Takuya Kawamura (QuizKnock)

Takuya Kawamura
Kawamura Takuya (河村拓哉)
Kawamura in 2023
Born (1993-12-20) December 20, 1993
Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan
Alma materTokyo University
OccupationsQuiz player, television writer and personality, YouTuber
Years active2016 – present
EmployerQuizKnock
AgentWatanabe Entertainment
Spouse
Shinohara Kaori
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(m. 2024)​
Children1

Takuya Kawamura (Japanese: 河村拓哉, Hepburn: Kawamura Takuya; December 20, 1993) is a Japanese quiz player, writer, television personality and member of the YouTube and media group QuizKnock.

Biography

Kawamura was born on December 20, 1993, in Kanuma, Tochigi. He later moved to Saitama Prefecture and back to Mashiko, Tochigi when he was in second grade in elementary school. He later moved back to Kanuma after finishing fifth grade. He graduated from Utsunomiya Middle School and High School. In his third year in high school, he joined the trial session of Tokyo University's quiz club. He entered Tokyo University's Faculty of Science in 2012, where he joined the university quiz club. Later, he was asked by Takushi Izawa to join QuizKnock upon launching in 2017. He joined the group and took charge of planning the videos, writing the quiz questions for both the videos and articles on their website, as well as appearing in the group's video.[1][2] He debuted on television on February 2019 at TV Asahi's 100,000-en Dekiru Kana as a guest and apprearing in various television shows as guest.[3] Starting in 2022, he served as the chairman and host of the quiz competition "WHAT" for high school students.[2][4] He also publish his first novel Mephisto Readers Club, published by Kodansha, in the same year.[4] His fans have given him the nickname "God" (神, Kami).[1][5]

Personal life

Before joining QuizKnock, he said that he wanted to become a programmer or a novelist.[2] He met his now wife and fellow television personality Shinohara Kaori in the University of Tokyo quiz club.[6] Kawamura announced that he would be getting married in July 2022 on a quiz-style game of Werewolf—a card game—in a video of him and other members playing it; the video was uploaded to the "QuizKnock" channel and became number 1 on YouTube trending in Japan.[5][7] They got married in February 2024[8] and announced the birth of their first child in the same year.[9]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "Kuizubūmu o sendō "kami" ga karu saku toi sensu QuizKnock no Kawamura-san (Kanuma shusshin)" クイズブームを先導 ｢神｣がかる作問センス QuizKnockの河村さん(鹿沼出身) [Leading the quiz boom: QuizKnock's Kawamura (from Kanuma) with his godlike question-making skills]. Shimotsuke Shimbun (in Japanese). May 1, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Tōdai de hajimeta kuizu, hirogatta chansu tanoshīkara hajimaru manabi no saki ni" 東大で始めたクイズ、広がったチャンス 楽しいから始まる学びの先に [Quiz at the University of Tokyo opens up new opportunities for learning]. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  3. ^ Shiohana, Netsuba (June 5, 2019). "Moto Tōdai-ō hikiiru "QuizKnock" yori, Kawamura Takuya ga "sekai fushigi hakken!" Ni shutsuen! Sono miryoku ga tsutawaru dōga to wa?" 元東大王率いる「QuizKnock」より、河村拓哉が『世界ふしぎ発見！』に出演！ その魅力が伝わる動画とは？ [Takuya Kawamura from QuizKnock, led by the former Tokyo University King, will be appearing on "World Mysteries Revealed!" What video conveys his charm?]. Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Kuizu to misuterī wa igaito nite iru ─ ─ QuizKnock Kawamura Takuya × shōsetsu-ka Igarashi Tadashi hito taidan" クイズとミステリーは意外と似ている──QuizKnock・河村拓哉×小説家・五十嵐律人対談 [Quiz and mystery are surprisingly similar - A conversation between QuizKnock's Takuya Kawamura and novelist Ritsuto Igarashi]. Da Vinci (in Japanese). August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "QuizKnock "kekkon hōkoku jinrō" kyūjōshō 1-i ni Kawamura Takuya no entame seishin" QuizKnock「結婚報告人狼」急上昇1位に 河村拓哉のエンタメ精神 [QuizKnock's "Marriage Announcement Werewolf" soars to No. 1 - Kawamura Takuya's entertainment spirit]. Kai-You (in Japanese). July 14, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  6. ^ ""Kuizu" to "nazotoki" no chigai wa dai ronsō!? QuizKnock Kawamura Takuya ni kiite mita" 「クイズ」と「謎解き」の違いは大論争！？QuizKnock・河村拓哉に聞いてみた [The difference between "quiz" and "mystery solving" is a hot topic of debate! We asked QuizKnock's Takuya Kawamura]. TBS Radio (in Japanese). August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  7. ^ Sekiguchi, Yumi (July 18, 2022). "Ninki YouTuber ga aitsuide kekkon& hakyoku o hōkoku…… dōga de hyōshutsu shita sorezore no sutansu" 人気YouTuberが相次いで結婚＆破局を報告……動画で表出したそれぞれのスタンス [Popular YouTubers announce marriages and breakups one after another... Their respective stances expressed in videos]. Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  8. ^ Sekiguchi, Yumi (March 10, 2024). "Kuizu ni tīpātī……"rashisa" zenkai no YouTuber no kekkonshiki o furikaeru" クイズにティーパーティー……“らしさ”全開のYouTuberの結婚式を振り返る [A quiz and a tea party... A look back at the YouTuber's wedding, which was full of his "personality"]. Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  9. ^ "Shinohara Kawori, dai 1-shi shussan o hōkoku QuizKnock Kawamura Takuya ga yorisou kazoku 3 shotto mo hatsu kōkai" 篠原かをり、第１子出産を報告 QuizKnock河村拓哉が寄り添う家族３ショットも初公開 [Kaori Shinohara announces the birth of her first child, and QuizKnock's Takuya Kawamura also reveals the first photo of the family together]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). June 19, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  10. ^ "QuizKnock Kawamura Takuya, Shinohara Kawori ga kuizu hon kankō "saikyō no fūfu" ga 100-mon kōan" QuizKnock河村拓哉、篠原かをりがクイズ本刊行 “最強の夫婦“が100問考案 [QuizKnock's Takuya Kawamura and Kaori Shinohara publish a quiz book with 100 questions devised by the "strongest couple"]. Kai-You (in Japanese). July 7, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
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