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Takuya Kimura

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Takuya Kimura

Born November 13, 1972 in Chiba, Chiba, Japan36 films

Takuya Kimura (Japanese: 木村 拓哉, Hepburn: Kimura Takuya, born November 13, 1972) is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia.

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A 1996 television drama series, Long Vacation, in which he landed his first lead role, became a massive success, creating a phrase called the "Lon-bake phenomenon". He was given the title, "The King of Ratings", as his subsequent television series continued to generate high ratings and each show became a social phenomenon as it aired. Five of his works are ranked in the 10 best-viewed TV drama series in Japan, the highest of which is his 2001 drama series, Hero. He also starred in blockbuster films, including Love and Honor (2006), Hero (2007) and Howl's Moving Castle (as a voice actor, 2004).

Kimura is also known for his work in the video games Judgment and Lost Judgment, portraying Takayuki Yagami.

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Howl's Moving Castle posterFirst watchHowl's Moving Castle20048.4as Howl (voice)Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Boy and the Heron poster7.4The Boy and the Heron20232046 poster7.220462004Redline poster7.6Redline2009Blade of the Immortal poster6.7Blade of the Immortal2017Space Battleship Yamato poster6.4Space Battleship Yamato2010Love and Honor poster7.4Love and Honor2006Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur poster7.3Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur2020I Come with the Rain poster5.6I Come with the Rain2009

Filmography

36 films as actor
  1. 2026Kyojo: ReunionKimichika Kazama
  2. 2026Kyojo RequiemKimichika Kazama
  3. 2025Tokyo TaxiKoji Usami
  4. 2025Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
  5. 2024Grande Maison ParisNatsuki Obana
  6. 2024Grande Maison Tokyo SpecialObana Natsuki
  7. 2023The Boy and the HeronShoichi Maki (voice)
  8. 2023THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLYOda Nobunaga
  9. 2022Next Destination: Live Tour 2022
  10. 2021Masquerade NightKosuke Nitta
  11. 2020Doraemon: Nobita's New DinosaurJill (voice)
  12. 2020Go with the Flow: Live Tour
  13. 2019Masquerade HotelKosuke Nitta
  14. 2018Killing for the ProsecutionTakeshi Mogami
  15. 2017Blade of the ImmortalManji
  16. 2015HeroKohei Kuryu
  17. 2012Gift of SMAP
  18. 2010Space Battleship YamatoSusumu Kodai
  19. 2009RedlineJP (voice)
  20. 2009I Come with the RainShitao
  21. 2007HeroKohei Kuryu
  22. 2006Love and HonorShinnojo Mimura
  23. 2006HERO SPKohei Kuryu
  24. 20042046Tak
  25. 2004Howl's Moving CastleHowl (voice)
  26. 2003Smap! Tour! 2002!
  27. 2001Chûshingura 1/47Yasube Horibe
  28. 2001Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP SpecialNaoki Yunomoto
  29. 1999Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAPTakuya Kimura
  30. 1998Oda NobunagaOda Nobunaga
  31. 1997Because I Am Me
  32. 1995Fly Boys, Fly!Junichiro Ueda
  33. 1994SEXY SIX SHOW
  34. 1994Shoot!Yoshiharu Kubo
  35. 1993SMAP VIDEO Hajimete no natsuYo Kitayama
  36. 19921992.1 SMAP 1st LIVE "Come on New Year !!" Concert