Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi
Issey Takahashi
高橋一生
Born	December 9, 1980 (age 43); Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Horikoshi High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990-present
Agent	My Promotion
Known for	Tami-ō; Whisper of the Heart;
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse	Marie Iitoyo (m. 2024)

Issey Takahashi or Issei Takahashi (高橋一生, Takahashi Issei)^[2] is a Japanese actor and singer.

Early life

Takahashi was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. At the age of 10, he starred in a Dragon Quest IV commercial featuring him as a schoolboy.

Personal life

On May 16, 2024, he announced his marriage to actress Marie Iitoyo.^[3]

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref
1990	New York Koi Monogatari II: Otome	Kazunori Togami	Fuji TV		^[4]
1992	Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger	Kai	TV Asahi	Episodes 47 to 50	^[5]
1998	Jiken 6	Yuichi Iwamoto	TV Asahi		^[4]
1998	Shōnen-tachi	Koichi Sugita	NHK		^[4]
1999	Genroku Ryōran	Yanagisawa Yoshisato	NHK	Taiga drama	^[6]
1999	Kowai Dōwa	Yuichi Kimijima	TBS		^[4]
2000	Ikebukuro West Gate Park	Kazunori Morinaga	TBS		^[7]
2001	Tales of the Unusual: Fall 2001		Fuji TV	Short drama	^[4]
	Ultraman Cosmos	Mitsuya	MBS		^[4]
	Handoku!!!	Kaze Minamino	TBS		^[4]
	Hero	Shinichi Furuta	Fuji TV	Episode 10	^[8]
2002	Emergency Room 24hours		Fuji TV		^[4]
2002	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro 8	Yoichi Funatsu	TBS	TV movie	^[4]
2003	Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP	Kazunori Morinaga	TBS	TV movie	^[4]
2004	The Great Horror Family	Kiyoshi Imawano	TV Tokyo	Lead role	^[9]
2004	Shinsengumi!	Matsudaira Sadaaki	NHK	Taiga drama	^[6]
2005	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo: Season 4	Naotaro Anzai	TV Asahi	Episode 4-5	^[4]
2006	Wagahai wa Shufu de Aru	Asano	TBS		^[4]
2006	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo: Season 5	Naotaro Anzai	TV Asahi	Episode 5	^[4]
2007	Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go	Ken Mishima	TBS		^[4]
	Iryu: Team Medical Dragon 2	Seiji Toyama	Fuji TV		^[4]
	Fūrin Kazan	Komai Masatake	NHK	Taiga drama	^[6]
2008	One Pound Gospel	Yusuke Ishizaka	NTV		^[4]
2008	Gonzo: Densetsu no Keiji	Yuji Hibino	TV Asahi		^[4]
2010	MM9	Ryo Haida	MBS		^[4]
	Iryu: Team Medical Dragon 3	Seiji Toyama	Fuji TV	Episode 9-10	^[4]
	Bones of Steel	Isao Yamamoto	NHK		^[4]
2011	Desperate Motherhood	Kenta Akiyama	Fuji TV		^[4]
	Ohisama	Hideo Uehara	NHK	Asadora; week 13	^[4]
	Odd Family 11	Kensuke Toyama	TV Asahi	Episode 6-7	^[4]
2012	Delusional Investigation - A Stylish Life of Associate Professor Koichi Kuwagara	Yasuo Yamauchi	TV Asahi	Episode 6	^[4]
	Becoming Mrs. Hayami	Akihiko Toritani	Fuji TV	Episode 8-9	^[4]
	Hitorishizuka	Shingo Kizaki	Wowow	Episode 1	^[4]
	Mi Wo Tsukushi Ryoricho	Mataji	TV Asahi	TV movie	^[4]
	W no Higeki	Shohei Masaki	TV Asahi		^[4]
	Naniwa Junior Detectives	Hiro Yamashita	TBS	Episode 6	^[4]
2013	Gekiryu: Watashi wo Oboete Imasuka?	Kenji Akiyoshi	NHK		^[4]
2013	Woman: My Life for My Children	Yugo Sawamura	NTV		^[4]
2014	Gunshi Kanbei	Inoue Kurouemon	NHK	Taiga drama	^[10]
	Nobunaga Concerto	Azai Nagamasa	Fuji TV	Episode 5-10	^[11]
	Night Teacher	Ichiro Yamada	TBS		^[4]
	Mosaic Japan	Yoshiaki Kui	Wowow		^[4]
	Funeral Procession of Peter	Masahiko Hashimoto	TBS		^[4]
2015	Dakara Koya	Shogo Kameda	NHK		^[4]
	Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist	Daisaku Fukuhara	NTV		^[4]
	Wise and Foolish	Mohei Kaibara	TV Asahi		^[10]
2016	Love That Makes You Cry	Joji Sabiki	Fuji TV		^[4]
	My Dangerous Wife	Kazuki Kujirai	Fuji TV-KTV		^[4]
	The Prime Minister's Chef	Haruki Kiyosawa	TV Asahi		^[4]
	Princess Maison	Masaichi Date	NHK		^[4]
	Wise and Foolish: Aratanaru Inbou	Mohei Kaibara	TV Asahi	TV movie	^[4]
	Wise and Foolish: Koisuru Sousaisen	Mohei Kaibara	TV Asahi	Lead role; TV movie	^[4]
	Ōedo Enjō	Hoshina Masayuki	NHK BS-P	Lead role	^[12]
	My Long Awaited Love Story	Soichirou Kurosawa	Fuji TV-KTV	Lead role; TV movie	^[4]
2017	Naotora: The Lady Warlord	Ono Masatsugu	NHK	Taiga drama	^[10]
	Quartet	Yutaka Iemori	TBS	Lead role	^[10]
	The Public Enemy	Makoto Todo	Fuji TV		^[4]
	Laugh It Up!	Shiori Inō	NHK	Asadora	^[10]
2018	Miracles	Kazuki Aikawa	Fuji TV	Lead role	^[13]
2019	Crescent Moon	Goro Oshima	NHK	Lead role	^[14]
	Tokyo Bachelors	Taro Ishibashi	TV Asahi	Lead role	^[10]
	Nagi's Long Vacation	Shinji Gamon	TBS		^[10]
2020	Wife of a Spy	Yūsaku Fukuhara	NHK	TV movie	^[15]
2020	Path of the Dragons	Ryuji Yabat a	Fuji TV		^[16]
2020–24	Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan	Rohan Kishibe	NHK	Lead role; 9 episodes	^[17]
2021	Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange	Haruto Hidaka	TBS		^[18]
2022	Snow Country	Shimamura	NHK	Lead role; TV movie	^[19]
	Invisible	Takafumi Shimura	TBS	Lead role	^[20]
	The Aromantics	Satoru Takahashi	NHK	Lead role	^[21]
2023	6-second Trajectory: Fireworks Expert Mochizuki Seitaro's Melancholy	Mochizuki Seitaro	TV Asahi	Lead role	^[22]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1990	Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono	Shohei Endo		^[23]
1995	Himeyuri no Tō			^[4]
1996	Tomoko no Baai	Tokio Okada		^[4]
2000	Whiteout	Kenji Amamiya		^[24]
2001	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Ikeda-senpai		^[4]
2003	Collage of Our Life	Kyohei Sekiguchi		^[4]
2003	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Crazy 88 member	American film	^[25]
2004	Swing Girls	Sanga High School concert band director		^[26]
	Crying Out Love in the Center of the World	Ryūnosuke Ōki (teenager)		^[27]
	Half a Confession	Ikegami		^[4]
	The Taste of Tea	Bucho Igobu		^[4]
2006	Love My Life	Take-chan		^[4]
2008	Detroit Metal City	Hideki Saji		^[4]
2013	Tokyo Sky Story	Koji		^[4]
2017	March Comes in like a Lion	Takashi Hayashida		^[28]
	March Goes out like a Lamb	Takashi Hayashida		^[29]
	The Limit of Sleeping Beauty	Kaito		^[4]
2016	Shin Godzilla	Tatsuhiko Yasuda		^[30]
2016	Blank13	Kōji	Lead role	^[31]
2018	Recall	Kazuaki Izaki		^[32]
	The Lies She Loved	Kippei Koide	Lead role	^[31]
	Million Dollar Man	Tsukumo Furukawa		^[33]
2019	Until I Meet September's Love	Susumu Hirano	Lead role	^[34]
	Samurai Shifters	Gen'emon Takamura		^[35]
	Romance Doll	Tetsuo	Lead role	^[36]
2020	Wife of a Spy	Yūsaku Fukuhara		^[15]
2021	Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning	Katsura Kogorō		^[37]
2022	Shin Ultraman	Ultraman (voice)		^[38]
2023	Rohan at the Louvre	Rohan Kishibe	Lead role	^[39]

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1995	Whisper of the Heart	Seiji Amasawa		^[10]

Japanese dub

Live-action

Year	Title	Role	Voice dub for	Notes	Ref
2018	Legend of the Demon Cat	Bai Letian	Huang Xuan		^[40]

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2019	Moominvalley	Snufkin		^[41]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref
2018	The 42nd Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	^[42]
2018	The 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Recall, The Lies She Loved, Blank13, and Million Dollar Man	Won	^[43]
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor	Wife of a Spy	Nominated	^[44]

References

External links

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

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