Fumiya Takahashi

Takahashi was born March 12, 2001, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.^[1] In 2017, he participated in a beauty pageant "Male High Schooler Mr. Contest [ja] 2017" and won the grand prize in December.^[2] He had his first television appearance in Nippon TV's Tokuson: Life Hacks! [ja], which premiered on April 12, 2018.^[3] He debuted as an actor in the stage play Taishō Roman Tantei Dan: Muttsu no Maria Zo in April 2018 as well.^[4][5] Besides, he participated in the Season 4 of Ameba TV's reality show Who Is the Wolf? [ja] in Q3 of the same year, which raised the popularity of Takahashi.^[6] During this period, Takahashi was referred to as "the top handsome high schooler in Japan".^[6]

In July 2019, it was announced that Takahashi would play the protagonist role in Kamen Rider Zero-One, which was the first Kamen Rider work in the Reiwa era.^[7] At the age of 18, he was the first main Kamen Rider actor who was born in the 21st century.^[8] He was also the first participant of the "Male High Schooler Mr. Contest" who played the lead role of a Kamen Rider work.^[7][a] The television drama series premiered from September 2019 to August 2020.^[7][10]

Having taken part in the Kamen Rider series for a year, Takahashi played Tōya Fujiwara, a student role in TV Asahi's Sensei wo Kesu Hōteishiki. [ja] from October 2020, making his first television drama appearance after Kamen Rider Zero-One.^[10] He joined the filming of the drama series only four days after the end of the filming process of Kamen Rider Zero-One the Movie: Real×Time.^[11] He played a student role as well in his next television drama, Captivated, by You.^[11] He played Akira Nikaidō in TBS's Kikazaranai Koi ni wa Riyū ga Atte [ja] from April 2021, making his first appearance in a prime time drama.^[12]

While consistently making appearances in television dramas,^[13] his notable works include Saiai [ja] in 2021^[14] and I Will Be Your Bloom in 2022.^[15] In 2023, he played Gaku Kitada in Fermat no Ryōri, marking his first time of playing the lead role in a prime time drama.^[15] He also played the lead role in a romantic movie for the first time in Kōkan Uso Nikki [ja] in the same year.^[16]

Drama

Film

• Official agency profile
• Fumiya Takahashi at IMDb