Issey Takahashi

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Issey Takahashi or Issei Takahashi (高橋 一生, Takahashi Issei)^[1] is a Japanese actor and singer.^[2]

Issey Takahashi
高橋 一生
Screening of “Mokkoshi Daimyo!” 2019
Born	(1980-12-09) December 9, 1980 (age 44) Tokyo, Japan
Education	Horikoshi High School
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	1990–present
Agent	My Promotion
Known for	Tami-ō Whisper of the Heart
Spouse	Marie Iitoyo ​ (m. 2024)​

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

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1990	New York Koi Monogatari II: Otome	Kazunori Togami		[4]
1992	Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger	Kai	Episodes 47 to 50	[5]
1998	Jiken 6	Yuichi Iwamoto		[4]
	Shōnen-tachi	Koichi Sugita		[4]
1999	Genroku Ryōran	Yanagisawa Yoshisato	Taiga drama	[6]
	Kowai Dōwa	Yuichi Kimijima		[4]
2000	Ikebukuro West Gate Park	Kazunori Morinaga		[7]
2001	Tales of the Unusual: Fall 2001		Short drama	[4]
	Ultraman Cosmos	Mitsuya		[4]
	Handoku!!!	Kaze Minamino		[4]
	Hero	Shinichi Furuta	Episode 10	[8]
2002	Emergency Room 24hours			[4]
	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro 8	Yoichi Funatsu	TV movie	[4]
2003	Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP	Kazunori Morinaga	TV movie	[4]
2004	The Great Horror Family	Kiyoshi Imawano	Lead role	[9]
	Shinsengumi!	Matsudaira Sadaaki	Taiga drama	[6]
2005	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo: Season 4	Naotaro Anzai	Episode 4-5	[4]
2006	Wagahai wa Shufu de Aru	Asano		[4]
	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo: Season 5	Naotaro Anzai	Episode 5	[4]
2007	Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go	Ken Mishima		[4]
	Iryu: Team Medical Dragon 2	Seiji Toyama		[4]
	Fūrin Kazan	Komai Masatake	Taiga drama	[10]
2008	One Pound Gospel	Yusuke Ishizaka		[4]
	Gonzo: Densetsu no Keiji	Yuji Hibino		[4]
2010	MM9	Ryo Haida		[4]
	Iryu: Team Medical Dragon 3	Seiji Toyama	Episode 9-10	[4]
	Bones of Steel	Isao Yamamoto		[4]
2011	Desperate Motherhood	Kenta Akiyama		[4]
	Ohisama	Hideo Uehara	Asadora; week 13	[4]
	Odd Family 11	Kensuke Toyama	Episode 6-7	[4]
2012	Delusional Investigation - A Stylish Life of Associate Professor Koichi Kuwagara	Yasuo Yamauchi	Episode 6	[4]
	Becoming Mrs. Hayami	Akihiko Toritani	Episode 8-9	[4]
	Hitorishizuka	Shingo Kizaki	Episode 1	[4]
	Mi Wo Tsukushi Ryoricho	Mataji	TV movie	[4]
	W no Higeki	Shohei Masaki		[4]
	Naniwa Junior Detectives	Hiro Yamashita	Episode 6	[4]
2013	Gekiryu: Watashi wo Oboete Imasuka?	Kenji Akiyoshi		[4]
	Woman: My Life for My Children	Yugo Sawamura		[4]
2014	Gunshi Kanbei	Inoue Kurouemon	Taiga drama	[11]
	Nobunaga Concerto	Azai Nagamasa	Episode 5-10	[12]
	Night Teacher	Ichiro Yamada		[4]
	Mosaic Japan	Yoshiaki Kui		[4]
	Funeral Procession of Peter	Masahiko Hashimoto		[4]
2015	Dakara Koya	Shogo Kameda		[4]
	Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist	Daisaku Fukuhara		[4]
	Wise and Foolish	Mohei Kaibara		[13]
2016	Love That Makes You Cry	Joji Sabiki		[4]
	My Dangerous Wife	Kazuki Kujirai		[4]
	The Prime Minister's Chef	Haruki Kiyosawa		[4]
	Princess Maison	Masaichi Date		[4]
	Wise and Foolish: Aratanaru Inbou	Mohei Kaibara	TV movie	[4]
	Wise and Foolish: Koisuru Sousaisen	Mohei Kaibara	Lead role; TV movie	[4]
	Ōedo Enjō	Hoshina Masayuki	Lead role	[14]
	My Long Awaited Love Story	Soichirou Kurosawa	Lead role; TV movie	[4]
2017	Naotora: The Lady Warlord	Ono Masatsugu	Taiga drama	[15]
	Quartet	Yutaka Iemori	Lead role	[16]
	The Public Enemy	Makoto Todo		[4]
	Laugh It Up!	Shiori Inō	Asadora	[17]
2018	Miracles	Kazuki Aikawa	Lead role	[18]
2019	Crescent Moon	Goro Oshima	Lead role	[19]
	Tokyo Bachelors	Taro Ishibashi	Lead role	[13]
	Nagi's Long Vacation	Shinji Gamon		[13]
2020	Wife of a Spy	Yūsaku Fukuhara	TV movie	[20]
	Path of the Dragons	Ryuji Yabat a		[21]
2020–24	Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan	Rohan Kishibe	Lead role; 9 episodes	[22]
2021	Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange	Haruto Hidaka		[23]
2022	Snow Country	Shimamura	Lead role; TV movie	[24]
	Invisible	Takafumi Shimura	Lead role	[25]
	The Aromantics	Satoru Takahashi	Lead role	[26]
2023	Six-Second Path: The Melancholy of Fireworks Master Seitaro Mochizuki	Mochizuki Seitaro	Lead role	[27]
2025	Zero Day	TBA		[28]
	1972: Nagisa no Keika	Taichi Maeda	Lead role; miniseries	[29]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1990	Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono	Shohei Endo		[30]
1995	Himeyuri no Tō			[4]
1996	Tomoko no Baai	Tokio Okada		[4]
2000	Whiteout	Kenji Amamiya		[31]
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	[32]
2004	Swing Girls	Sanga High School concert band director		[33]
	Crying Out Love in the Center of the World	Ryūnosuke Ōki (teenager)		[34]
	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		[35]
	March Goes out like a Lamb	Takashi Hayashida		[36]
	The Limit of Sleeping Beauty	Kaito		[4]
2016	Shin Godzilla	Tatsuhiko Yasuda		[37]
	Blank13	Kōji	Lead role	[38]
2018	Recall	Kazuaki Izaki		[39]
	The Lies She Loved	Kippei Koide	Lead role	[38]
	Million Dollar Man	Tsukumo Furukawa		[40]
2019	Until I Meet September's Love	Susumu Hirano	Lead role	[41]
	Samurai Shifters	Gen'emon Takamura		[42]
	Romance Doll	Tetsuo	Lead role	[43]
2020	Wife of a Spy	Yūsaku Fukuhara		[20]
2021	Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning	Katsura Kogorō		[44]
2022	Shin Ultraman	Ultraman (voice)		[45]
2023	Rohan at the Louvre	Rohan Kishibe	Lead role	[46]
2025	Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe: At a Confessional	Rohan Kishibe	Lead role	[47]

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1995	Whisper of the Heart	Seiji Amasawa		[13]

Japanese dub

Live-action

Year	Title	Role	Voice dub for	Notes	Ref.
2018	Legend of the Demon Cat	Bai Letian	Huang Xuan		[48]

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	Moominvalley	Snufkin		[49]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2017	7th Confidence Award Drama Prizes	Best Supporting Actor	Quartet	Won	[50][51]
2018	The 42nd Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	[52]
	The 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Recall, The Lies She Loved, Blank13, and Million Dollar Man	Won	[53]
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor	Wife of a Spy	Nominated	[54]