Issei Takahashi

Issei Takahashi
Native name	高橋 一生
Born	(1980-12-09) December 9, 1980 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Horikoshi High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990 -
Agent	My Promortion
Known for	Min-ō Whisper of the Heart
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Issei Takahashi (高橋 一生, Takahashi Issei, born December 9, 1980, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor who is represented by My Promortion.

Biography

Takahashi is born in Tokyo and graduated from Horikoshi High School. He is part of Tobiraza and his semi-leading debut is in Fortin Brass in 2001.

One of Takahashi's classmates is Junichi Okada of V6 and stated that they "had a good relationship to go to the drive, and told each other to wanting to work sometime together", and they first co-starred in Gunshi Kanbei. During filming, they also have a private time and called it the "palace".

Takahashi became notable in voice acting in Whisper of the Heart, and played with Yōko Honna, Yorie Yamashita, and Mayumi Iizuka of Only Yesterday.

He has frequently appeared with Kankurō Kudō during his works.

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1990	New York Koi Monogatari II: Otome	Kazunori Togami	Fuji TV
1991	Chūō Freeway		TBS
1992	Special Rescue Exceedraft	Taro Osaki	TV Asahi
	Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger	Kai	TV Asahi	Episodes 47 to 50
1998	Bishōjo H		TV Asahi
	Setsunai		TV Asahi
	Jiken 6	Yuichi Iwamoto	TV Asahi
	Natchan-ka		TV Asahi	Episode 7
	Shōnen-tachi	Koichi Sugita	NHK
1999	Kinpachi-sensei	Sushi deliver	TBS	5th Series, Episode 18
	Genroku Ryōran	Yanagisawa Yoshisato	NHK	Taiga drama
	L×I×V×E	Saito	TBS
	Waruikoto	Norifumi Hirata	Fuji TV, Kyodo TV
	Kowai Dōwa	Yuichi Kimijima	TBS
2000	Ikebukuro West Gate Park	Kazunori Morinaga	TBS
	Hamidashi Keiji Jōnetsu-kei		TV Asahi	5th Series, Episode 4
2001	Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari		Fuji TV
	Hero	Shinichi Furuta	Fuji TV	Episode 10
	Kochira Dai San Shakai-bu	Tetsushi Nojima	TBS
	Ultraman Cosmos	Mitsuya	MBS
	Handoku!!!	Kaze Minamino	TBS
2002	Emergency Room 24hours		Fuji TV
	Zeimu Chōsakan Tarō Madogiwa no Jiken-bo 8	Yoichi Funatsu	TBS
2004	Shinsengumi!	Matsudaira Sadaaki	NHK	Taiga drama
	Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy		TV Tokyo
	The Great Horror Family	Kiyoshi Imawano	TV Tokyo	Lead role
	Hagurekeiji Junjō-ha		TV Asahi
2005	Aibō	Naotaro Anzai	TV Asahi	Season 4, Episodes 4 and 5 and Season 5, Episode 5
	Climber's High	Rintaro Anzai	NHK
2006	Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga Dekita ka na	Masakzau Kitahara	TBS
	Kētai Keiji Zenigata Kaminari		BS-TBS
	Koisuru Nichiyōbi New Type		BS-TBS
	Wagahai wa Shufudearu	Takumi "Yoru Shizuka" Asano	TBS
	Premium Saturday		Fuji TV
	Nada Sōsō		TBS
2007	Fūrin Kazan	Komai Masatake	NHK
	Special Express Tanaka 3	Ken Mishima	TBS
	Sexy Voice and Robo		NTV	Episode 7; Unaired
	Ita: Team Medical Dragon 2	Seiji Toyama	Fuji TV
2008	One-pound Gospel	Yusuke Ishizaka	NTV
	Gonzō Densetsu no Deka	Yuji Hibino	TV Asahi
2010	Tetsu no Hone	Isao Yamamoto	NHK
	Soil	Shogo Katakuri	WOWOW
	MM9	Ryo Haida	MBS
	Gekai Suma Hisayoshi	Nomura	TV Asahi
2011	Namae o Nakushita Megami	Hidetaka Anno	Fuji TV
	Ohisama	Hideo Uehara	NHK
	Last Money: Ai no Nedan	Takamichi Yamauchi	NHK	Episode 4
	All She Was Worth	Yasuji Kurata	TV Asahi
	Jūichinin mo iru!	Kensuke Toyama	TV Asahi	Episodes 6 and 7
2012	Mōsō Sōsa: Kuwa Kata Jun Kōichi Kyōju no Stylish na Seikatsu	Yasuo Yamauchi	TV Asahi	Episode 6
	Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi	Akihiko Toritani	Fuji TV	Episodes 8 and 9
	Murder at Mt. Fuji	Kanehira Mazaki	TV Asahi
	Naniwa Shōnentanteidan	Hiroo Yamashita	TBS	Episode 6
	Mi o Tsukushi Ryōri jō	Mataji	TV Asahi
	Hitorishizuka	Shingo Kizaki	WOWOW	Episode 1
2013	Last Hope	Ken Saito	Fuji TV
	Last Dinner		NHK BS Premium	Episode 6
	Gekiryū: Watashi o Oboete Imasu ka?	Kenji Shuho	NHK
2014	Gunshi Kanbei	Inoue Kurouemon	NHK	Taiga drama
	Yoru no Sensei	Ichiro Yamada	TBS
	Mosaic Japan	Yoshiaki Kyui	WOWOW
	Peter no Sōretsu	Masahiko Hashimoto	TBS
	Nobunaga Concerto	Azai Nagamasa	TV Asahi	Episode 5
2015	Dakara Kōya	Shogo Kameda	NHK BS Premium
	Dr.Rintarō	Daisaku Fukuhara	NTV
	The Premium	Kenji Hatanaka	NHK BS Premium
	Min-ō	Mohei Kaibara	TV Asahi
2016	Ōedo Enjō	Hoshina Masayuki	NHK BS Premium	Lead role
2017	Onna jōshu Naotora	Ono Masatsugu	NHK	Taiga drama

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Hoshiwotsugumono	Shohei Endo
1995	Himeyuri no Tō
1996	Tomoko no Baai	Tokio Okada
2000	Whiteout	Kenji Amamiya
2001	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Ikeda-senpai
2003	Collage of Our Life	Kyohei Sekiguchi
	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Crazy 88 member
2004	Han Ochi	Ikegami
	Socrates in Love	Taiboku (childhood)
	The Taste of Tea	Bucho Igobu
	Swing Girls	Sanga High School concert band director
2006	Love My Life	Take-chan
2008	Detroit Metal City	Hideki Saji
2013	Tokyo Sky Story	Koji

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Only Yesterday
1995	Whisper of the Heart	Seiji Amasawa

External links

• My Promortion profile (Japanese)
• Gekidan Tobiraza profile (Japanese)