, better known by his stage name , is the front man for Japanese

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group

Denki Groove is a Japanese music group founded in 1989. It consists of Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki. History Denki Groove was founded in 1989 by Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki, both of whom are natives of Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. They ...

, which consists of himself and

Takkyu Ishino , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese musician, DJ, record producer, and singer from Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. He is a member of Denki Groove is a Japanese music group founded in 1989. It consists of Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Ta ...

. As of 2001 he was involved in an exhibit called Prince Tongha with

Hideyuki Tanaka is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo who is attached to Aoni Production. He is a graduate of the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He is most known for his roles in ''One Piece'' (as Donquixote Doflamingo), '' Dokaben'' (as Tarou ...

in New York City. He also frequently appears as an actor in film and on television.

Filmography

Films

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Red Shadow is a Japanese manga series written and Illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1966 to 1967. The manga was adapted into a 52-ep ...

'' (2001) *''1980'' (2003) *''

Survive Style 5+ ''Survive Style 5+'' is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Gen Sekiguchi and produced by Hiroyuki Taniguchi. It stars Tadanobu Asano, Kyōko Koizumi, Reika Hashimoto, Jai West, Sonny Chiba and Vinnie Jones. Synopsis The film follows five simultan ...

'' (2004) *''

Linda Linda Linda is a 2005 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita. It stars Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yu Kashii, and Shiori Sekine (of the band Base Ball Bear) as teenagers who form a band to cover songs by the Japanese punk rock band the The Blu ...

'' (2005) *'' Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean'' (2005) *'' Sway'' (2006) *''

Rainbow Song is a 2006 Japanese film by director Naoto Kumazawa and produced by Shunji Iwai (who also co-wrote the screenplay under pseudonym Aminosan). Kumazawa had worked with Iwai before, having directed the making-of documentary for ''Swallowtail (fil ...

'' (2006) *''

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'' (2007) *'' 10 Promises to My Dog'' (2008) *''

One Million Yen Girl is a 2008 Japanese drama film written and directed by Yuki Tanada. The film is a variation on seishun-eiga and family drama that tells the story from a woman's perspective. The troubled 21-year-old female protagonist named Suzuko Sato (Yū Aoi) s ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2008) *''Rakugo Story'' (2010) *''

The Floating Castle is a 2012 Japanese historical-drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo, starring Mansai Nomura, and adapts Ryō Wada's novel (2007) of the same name. Set in feudal Japan, the film is based on the Siege of Oshi and depicts the stru ...

'' (2012) *''

The Devil's Path is a 2013 Japanese crime drama film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Takayuki Yamada, Lily Franky, and Pierre Taki. This Film was inspired by serial murder case which involved the Ryoji Goto and Shizuo Mikami. Cast * Takayuki Yamada as S ...

'' (2013) – Sudō *'' Like Father, Like Son'' (2013) *'' Parasyte: Part 1'' (2014) *''

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'' (2015) *''

Twisted Justice is a 2016 Japanese crime comedy-drama film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi and written by Junya Ikegami. It was released in Japan by Toei and Nikkatsu on June 25, 2016. Plot Cast * Gō Ayano as Yoichi Moroboshi * *Yukio Ueno * Haruna Yabuki * * ...

'' (2016) *''

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'' (2016) *''

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'' (2016) *'' Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate'' (2016) – Fujimoto *''

Outrage Coda is a 2017 Japanese yakuza film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano, and starring Kitano himself. It was released in Japan on 7 October 2017. It is a sequel to Kitano's 2012 film, '' Beyond Outrage'', and completes Kitano's '' Outrage ...

'' (2017) – Hanada *''

The Blood of Wolves is a 2018 Japanese crime yakuza film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Koji Yakusho and Tori Matsuzaka. The 2021 film ''Last of The Wolves'' was released as a sequel to this film. Premise 1988, Hiroshima, Japan. Shūichi Hioka (Tori Mats ...

'' (2018) – Ginji *''Sunny/32'' (2018) *''A Gambler's Odyssey 2020'' (2019) *'' Miyamoto'' (2019) *''Samurai Shifters'' (2019) *''Romance Doll'' (2020) – Kaoru Kubota *''Zokki'' (2021) *'' September 1923'' (2023) – Shinjirō Sunada *''Horizon'' (2024) *''

Bullet Train Explosion is a 2025 Japanese action thriller film directed by Shinji Higuchi and starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kanata Hosoda, Non, Takumi Saitoh, Machiko Ono, Jun Kaname and Hana Toyoshima. A sequel to the 1975 film ''The Bullet Train'', the film premiered ...

'' (2025) *''Hero's Island'' (2025) – Kishaba

Television

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Amachan is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast ...

'' (2013) *''

Gunshi Kanbei is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes. The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junich ...

'' (2014) –

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*'' Daddy Sister'' (2016) – Sōkichi Morita *''Rikuoh'' (2017) – Kenji Obara *''

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'' (2019) – Wada *''

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'' (2019) – Shinsaku Kurosaka *''

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'' (2023) – Enshō-oyakata *''

House of Ninjas is a Japanese television series developed by Dave Boyle for Netflix based on a story by Kento Kaku (acting as co-executive producer), Yoshiaki Murrao and Takafumi Imai. It stars Kaku as the protagonist, alongside Yōsuke Eguchi, Tae Kimura, Ke ...

'' (2024) – Zensuke Omi *''

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'' (2024)

Animation

*'' Hakaba Kitarō'' (2008) – Trump Omoi (eps. 4–5) *''

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'' (2021) – Gladiator *''The Last Blossom'' (2025) – Housenka

Ludography

Dubbing

Discography

Legal issues

In March 2019, Taki was arrested on suspicion of cocaine use and his latest video game, ''

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'', was withdrawn from sale by the publisher,

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. His appearance has been removed in the Western release. He was later released on bail on April 4, 2019. After he admitted to using cocaine, the Tokyo District court sentenced him to eighteen months in prison, suspended for three years. His voice acting roles were also replaced such as Olaf from '' Frozen''. Home video releases of ''Frozen'' were removed in Japan. Since then,

Shunsuke Takeuchi is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. He won the award for Best Rookie Actor at the 10th Seiyu Awards. His roles include Producer in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'', Alexander Yamato in '' King of Prism'', Juuza H ...

became the new Japanese dub voice of Olaf.

References

External links

* * * * 1967 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Japanese techno musicians Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists Place of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Shizuoka Prefecture Actors from Shizuoka Prefecture Male voice actors from Shizuoka Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors 20th-century Japanese male singers 20th-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese singers {{Japan-musician-stub