Tetsuro Shigematsu

Tetsuro Shigematsu
Born	1971 (age 45–46) London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Radio broadcaster, comedian, filmmaker, writer
Years active	1993–present
Known for	Comedy, vlogging
Relatives	2 children
Website	https://shiggy.com
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Tetsuro Shigematsu (born 1971) is a Canadian radio broadcaster, comedian and filmmaker. He was the final host of CBC Radio One's former afternoon series The Roundup, where he replaced Bill Richardson in 2004, making him the first visible minority to host a daily network radio program in Canada. The show completed its final episode on November 4, 2005. Prior to working for CBC Radio, he was a writer for the Canadian TV show This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He is currently a writer for The Huffington Post, and the president of the Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre.

Shigematsu was born in London, England in 1971. His father was from Kagoshima, Japan, and his mother was from Osaka, Japan. His family emigrated to Canada in 1974. He grew up in Surrey, British Columbia, with four siblings, and studied in Montreal. He has a BFA from Concordia University.

In 1991, at the age of 19, Shigematsu became the youngest playwright to compete in the history of the Quebec Drama Festival.

From 1993 to 1996, Shigematsu wrote and performed his one-man show Rising Son in Montreal, Boston, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. In 1994, Tetsuro studied poetry with Allen Ginsberg. He then spent the following two years in Japan, where he studied Butoh dance with the founding master, Kazu Ohno in Yokohama, Japan.

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