Ken Nakagawa

Ken Nakagawa Character information Name in Japanese 中川ケン Romaji translation Nakagawa Ken Nicknames Gender Male Age 22 to 24 Born August 30 Virgo Death Hair color Brown Eye color Occupations Popular musician in the band "Mambo" Residence Family Relationships Education Affiliations

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Ken Nakagawa is a popular musician, member of the band "Manbou" (Mambō)*, where he is a vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. He is cameo character from another Ai Yazawa's manga "I'm Not an Angel" ("Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai").

He is around the same age as Midori Saejima and Shuuichii Takigawa, who also appeared in Gokinjo Monogatari, which means he is around 22 years old (6 years older than Mikako and her peers). And in the last, Extra chapter, then, he is around 33 years old.

Behind the scenes

*Band's name "Manbou" in japanese pronounced as "Mambō", (because ン[n] before ボ[b] and ぴ[p] usually reads as [m], as in a word えんぴつ [empitsu] - "pencil"). Also, in japanese マンボウ [Mambō] means Sunfish.

In different translations band's name spelled as Manbou and as Mambo.

Appearances

Gokinjo Monogatari

• Manga
  • The Yamaguchi Family's Tsutomu-kun (First mentioned)
  • Tale from a Distance (First appearance)
  • Extra chapter (Appearance on TV)
• Anime

Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai

• Manga

Gallery

Poster with Ken Nakagawa and CD, Mikako got on her 17th birthday (in manga)

Manbou CD booklet with Ken's lyrics (in manga)