Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi
高橋 一生
Screening of “Mokkoshi Daimyo!” 2019
Born (1980-12-09) December 9, 1980 (age 43)
Tokyo, Japan
EducationHorikoshi High School
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1990–present
AgentMy Promotion
Known for
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Spouse
(m. 2024)

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

Early life

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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

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On May 16, 2024, Takahashi and actor Marie Iitoyo, who is eighteen years younger than him, jointly announced through their respective agencies that they have registered their marriage. The couple revealed that they met on the set of the live-action adaptation of Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe, to which they had co-starred.[3]

Filmography

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TV series

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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]
Shōnen-tachi Koichi Sugita NHK [4]
1999 Genroku Ryōran Yanagisawa Yoshisato NHK Taiga drama [6]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
2025 Zero Day TBA TBA [23]

Films

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
1990 Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono Shohei Endo [24]
1995 Himeyuri no Tō [4]
1996 Tomoko no Baai Tokio Okada [4]
2000 Whiteout Kenji Amamiya [25]
2001 All About Lily Chou-Chou Ikeda-senpai [4]
2003 Collage of Our Life Kyohei Sekiguchi [4]
Kill Bill: Volume 1 Crazy 88 member American film [26]
2004 Swing Girls Sanga High School concert band director [27]
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Ryūnosuke Ōki (teenager) [28]
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 [29]
March Goes out like a Lamb Takashi Hayashida [30]
The Limit of Sleeping Beauty Kaito [4]
2016 Shin Godzilla Tatsuhiko Yasuda [31]
Blank13 Kōji Lead role [32]
2018 Recall Kazuaki Izaki [33]
The Lies She Loved Kippei Koide Lead role [32]
Million Dollar Man Tsukumo Furukawa [34]
2019 Until I Meet September's Love Susumu Hirano Lead role [35]
Samurai Shifters Gen'emon Takamura [36]
Romance Doll Tetsuo Lead role [37]
2020 Wife of a Spy Yūsaku Fukuhara [15]
2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning Katsura Kogorō [38]
2022 Shin Ultraman Ultraman (voice) [39]
2023 Rohan at the Louvre Rohan Kishibe Lead role [40]

Anime

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

Japanese dub

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Live-action
Year Title Role Voice dub for Notes Ref
2018 Legend of the Demon Cat Bai Letian Huang Xuan [41]
Animation
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2019 Moominvalley Snufkin [42]

Awards

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Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref
2018 The 42nd Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Himself Won [43]
The 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Recall, The Lies She Loved, Blank13, and Million Dollar Man Won [44]
2021 75th Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor Wife of a Spy Nominated [45]

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