Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi (高橋 英樹, Takahashi Hideki; born February 10, 1944) is a Japanese actor. Born in Kisarazu, Chiba near Tokyo, he attended Ichikawa Gakuen and later Nihon University.^[1][2]

Hideki Takahashi
Takahashi in 1962
Born	(1944-02-10) February 10, 1944 (age 81) Chiba, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–present
Spouse	Akiko Kobayashi ​ (m. 1974)​
Children	Maasa Takahashi
Website	https://grapecom.jp/talent_writer/takahashi-hideki/

Career

Takahashi made his debut with Nikkatsu and acted in youth-oriented films. Takahashi made film debut with Kōgenji^[3] directed by Buichi Saitō in 1961. In 1963, he starred in the yakuza film The Symbol of a Man directed by Akinori Matsuo and won popularity.^[4] Under exclusive contract with Nikkatsu, his notable films are Fighting Elegy and Tattooed Life.

In 1971, Takahashi left Nikkatsu and became a freelance actor.^[5] In 1974, he starred in Kenji Misumi's last film The Last Samurai.^[5] On television, he became a star in such jidaigeki television dramas as Kunitori Monogatari and Momotarō-zamurai.^[1] Modern roles are also in his repertoire. Among these is Detective Totsukawa in the Nishimura Kyōtarō Travel Mystery series. Takahashi is also active as a personality in quiz shows, exemplified by Quiz Nihonjin no Shitsumon (NHK, 1993–2003). He was a judge for Iron Chef.

Family

His daughter is Maasa Takahashi, a professional presenter of Fuji Television.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1961	Kōgenji			[6]
1962	Ue o muite aruko	Ken Matsumoto
1963	Izu no Odoriko	Kawasaki	Lead role
	Aoi sanmyaku	Yasukichi Tominaga		[7]
	The Symbol of a Man		Lead role
1964	Our Blood Will Not Forgive		Lead role
1965	Tattooed Life		Lead role
1966	Fighting Elegy	Kiroku Nanbu	Lead role
1968	The Sword Gamblers	Joekichi Hanada
1969	Daimon Otokode Shinitai	Nonaka Tetsugorō	Lead role
	The Wild Sea	Katsuyuki Shinoda	Lead role
1970	Men and War Part I	Shintaro Tsuge		[8]
	Earth Ninja Chronicles: Duel in the Wind		Lead role
1971	Gyakuen Mitsusakazuki	Kikukawa	Lead role
	Men and War Part II	Shintaro Tsuge		[9]
1973	Miyamoto Musashi	Miyamoto Musashi	Lead role	[10]
	Men and War Part III	Shintaro Tsuge		[11]
1974	The Last Samurai	Sugi Toranosuke	Lead role	[12]
2011	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	Zekrom (voice)		[13]
2017	Napping Princess	Isshin Shijima (voice)		[14]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1968	Ryōma ga Yuku	Takechi Hanpeita	Taiga drama	[6]
1969–1970	Kurama Tengu	Kurama Tengu	Lead role
1971	Haru no Sakamichi	Sakazaki Naomori	Taiga drama	[6]
1973	Kunitori Monogatari	Oda Nobunaga	Lead role; Taiga drama	[15]
1974–1975	Amigasa Jūbei	Tsukimori Jūbei	Lead role
1976–1981	Momotarō-zamurai (NTV)	Momotarō	Lead role	[16]
1977	Kashin	Kawai Tsugunosuke	Taiga drama	[17]
1982–1985	Tōyama no Kin-san	Kin-san	Lead role
1987–1995	Sanbiki ga Kiru!	Yasaka Heishirō	Lead role	[6]
1988–2002	Hideki Takahashi's Captain Series	Keizō Sugisaki	Lead role
1990	Tobu ga Gotoku	Shimazu Hisamitsu	Taiga drama	[18]
1992–1994	Momotarō-zamurai (TV Asahi)	Momotarō	Lead role
1994	Oda Nobunaga	Oda Nobunaga	Lead role
1998	Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu (TV Asahi)	Tokugawa Ieyasu and his double	Lead role
2000–2022	Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery	Inspector Totsugawa	Lead role
2001	Hōjō Tokimune	Mōri Suemitsu	Taiga drama	[19]
2005	Yoshitsune	Fujiwara no Hidehira	Taiga drama	[20]
2008	Atsuhime	Shimazu Nariakira	Taiga drama	[21]
2009	Nene: Onna Taikōki	Tokugawa Ieyasu	Miniseries
2009–2011	Clouds Over the Hill	Kodama Gentarō		[22]
2011	The After-Dinner Mysteries	Seitarō Hōshō
2014	Hell Teacher Nūbē	Mugenkai Jikū
	Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu (TV Tokyo)	Shima Sakon		[23]
2015	Burning Flower	Ii Naosuke	Taiga drama	[24]
2016	Here Comes Asa!	Ōkuma Shigenobu	Asadora	[25]
2025	News Anchor	Yoshio Kunisada		[26]
	Unbound	Tokugawa Harusada	Taiga drama	[27]