Sean K

Caster
radio personality
narrator

Years active2000s–2016AgentSundayNotable work

Make It 21 (2000–16)
Prime Factor (2013–15)

Television

Daiwa Shōken Jōhō TV (2001–11)
Channel Nama Kaiten TV News Zap! (2014–16)

Sean K (ショーン K, Shōn Kei, born 21 March 1968)^[1] is a former Japanese radio personality, narrator and tarento.^[2] His business name is Sean McArdle Kawakami (ショーン･マクアードル川上, Shōn Makuādoru Kawakami).^[3]^[4] His real name is Shinichiro Kawakami (川上伸一郎, Kawakami Shin'ichirō).^[5] He is represented with Sunday.

Sean K's career as a Japanese news and business commentator abruptly ended in 2016 after weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun exposed his fabricated academic background including claims of an MBA from Harvard Business School.^[6]

Filmography

Radio

Year	Title	Network
2000	Make It 21	J-Wave
2013	Prime Factor	J-Wave

Television programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes
	Sangyō Shin Jidai o Hiraita Chōsen-sha-tachi: Magellan no Tamashī	TV Tokyo, BS Japan	Caster
	Make It 21 TV	Daiwa Shōken Jōhō TV
	Insight×On-sight: Machi kara Mieru Economy	Daiwa Shōken Jōhō TV
2005	3-Kagetsu Topic Eikaiwa: 1-Nichi Marugoto Eigo de Hanasou! Igai ni Shiranai Nichijō Hyōgen	NHK-E	Narrator
2006	3-Kagetsu Topic Eikaiwa: Harumi Kurihara no Chōsen Kokoro o Tsutaeru Eigo	NHK-E	Narrator
2010	Tokudane!	Fuji TV	Friday commentator
2014	Channel Nama Kaiten TV News Zap!	BS Sk-Per!	Monday commentator; Originally Wednesday until 18 January 2016; Also appears in any day or may become MC
2015	Hōdō	TV Asahi	Wednesday commentator; Originally Thursday until 20 January 2016
	BS Fuji Live Social TV The Compass	BS Fuji

Title	Notes	Ref.
Intel "Intel, Haitteru"	Narration	^[7]
Kirin Beverage Gogo no Kōcha "Kirin: Gogo no Kōcha"	Narration
Nissan "Fugue"
Daiwa Securities Group	Narration
Mitsubishi Motors Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Bibliography

Year	Title
2004	Sean K no Soku Akira Sokutō Bijinesu Eigo Training
2005	Seikō Zenya: 21 no Kigyō Story
2007	MBA Kōgi-sei Chūkei: Keiei Senryaku
2009	Professional no 5 Jōken
	Jibun-ryoku o Kitaeru

References

^ "ショーンK". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). VIP Times. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "放送タレント" (in Japanese). Sunday. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017. Alt URL
^ "ショーンK". DJ Profile (in Japanese). Sunday. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "ショーンK が windows に求めること（スペシャルインタビュー）". Windows 10 Tokushū (in Japanese). Microsoft Japan. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "「ショーンK」はビジネスネーム! 本名は「川上伸一郎」…事務所社長が独占激白". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Hochi Shinbun. 17 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ Oi, Mariko (21 April 2016). "The Japanese magazine shaking up the cosy media club". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ "ショーンK". DJ Profile (in Japanese). Sunday. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.