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Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也) is a Actor Japonais born on 7 may 1965 at Hachiōji City (Japon)

Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也)

Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也)
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Nationality Japon
Birth 7 may 1965 (58 years) at Hachiōji City (Japon)

Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也, Kamikawa Takaya, born May 7, 1965) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor.

Takaya Kamikawa was born in Hachioji, Tokyo in 1965. He graduated from Hachioji-Kita high school in Tokyo. While studying economics in Chuo University, he acted in a minor theatrical group which was touring around Japan and performing at local schools. Kamikawa left Chuo University without a diploma, and joined the group Caramel Box to become a full-time actor.

In 1995, Kamikawa starred in a TV Drama by NHK, "Daichi no Ko," and played the leading role, Lu Yixin. The original author, Toyoko Yamasaki, initially wanted Masahiro Motoki to play the role. However, since the most of the drama was filmed in China and required a lot of travel, Motoki was not able to meet the tight filming schedule. Then one of the staff found Kamikawa, who was still unknown, in a magazine. Toyoko Yamasaki later commented that Kamikawa had been the right choice.

Kamikawa is nicknamed "cyborg" by his colleagues due to his extraordinary ability to memorize scripts. Although he did not understand or speak Chinese when he was offered the role of Lu Yixin, he somehow memorized all his lines in Chinese by ear for the role.

In 2006, he played Yamauchi Kazutoyo, the leading role of "Koumyou ga Tsuji" in the NHK Taiga drama.

In 2009, he left the group Caramel Box.

On December 4, 2009, he married a former stage actress who was 25 years old then.

He played the Anti-Spiral in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

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Filmography of Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也) (13 films)

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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, 2h17
Directed by Isao Takahata
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Historical, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Feminist films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Sur la Lune, Political films, Alternate history films, Space opera, Children's films
Actors Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata, Tomoko Tabata, Darren Criss
Roles Prince Ishitsukuri (voice)
Rating80% 4.0011654.0011654.0011654.0011654.001165
A bamboo cutter named Sanuki no Miyatsuko discovers a miniature girl inside a glowing bamboo shoot. Believing her to be a divine presence, Miyatsuko and his wife decide to raise her as their own, calling her "Princess". The girl grows rapidly and conspicuously, marveling her parents and earning her the nickname "Takenoko" (Little Bamboo) from the other children in the village. Sutemaru, the oldest among Kaguya's friends, develops a particularly close relationship with her.
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Genres Comedy
Actors Mirei Kiritani, Nana Katase, Yu Shirota (城田 優), Natsumi Abe, Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也), Kento Hayashi
Roles Seki Ichinomiya
Rating63% 3.174053.174053.174053.174053.17405
Riku, l'héritier d'un conglomérat d'entreprises, est déterminé à vivre sa vie sans rien devoir à personne, par principe. Cependant, un jour, il manque de se noyer dans une rivière et est sauvé par une fille sans abri nommée Nino. Pour rembourser sa dette, il commence à vivre avec elle au bord de la rivière en tant qu'amant.
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison, 1h48
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Horror, Animation
Themes Prison films
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Mie Sonozaki, Chie Nakamura, Rikiya Koyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Showtaro Morikubo
Roles Maroi (voice)
Rating71% 3.5567753.5567753.5567753.5567753.556775
Naruto Uzumaki is arrested to the criminal containment facility known as Hoozuki Jou (鬼灯城, lit. "Physalis Castle") in the Hidden Grass Village, after he is declared responsible for attacking the Fourth Raikage and the members of Jōnin from the Hidden Mist and Rock Village. There, Mui (無為), the head of the prison, places the Tenrou o Tsukau (天牢を使う, lit. "Sky Prison Control") seal on Naruto which limits his chakra. On the first night, Naruto uses a clone as a decoy to escape from prison, but his clone is secretly taken by Mui to have the Nine-tailed beast's chakra extracted which leads him to the real Naruto, and he is shortly recaptured and placed in solitary confinement, before delaying Mui's plans.
The Last Princess
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Actors Jun Matsumoto, Masami Nagasawa, Hiroshi Abe, Kippei Shiina, Masahiro Takashima, Jun Kunimura
Rating59% 2.9521552.9521552.9521552.9521552.952155
Makabe Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), a loyal retainer of Princess Yuki (Masami Nagasawa), has been commissioned to transport Yuki and Akizuki's ample treasury of gold bars safely to the politically stable Hayakawa. They disguise themselves as humble firewood peddlers, hiding the gold bars inside the logs they are carrying so as to pass safely through roadblocks set up by Yamana, which is under the control of Takayama Gyobu (Kippei Shiina), whose attire bears a striking resemblance to that of Darth Vader.
Paco and the Magical Book, 1h45
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Ayaka Wilson, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ryō Kase, Eiko Koike, Anna Tsuchiya
Roles Asano
Rating68% 3.4374153.4374153.4374153.4374153.437415
The movie is set in a hospital where "strange" people are sent. One of the older, gruffer patients, is Onuki, a business owner who is sent to the hospital after a heart attack, thinks little of the other hospital patients, and hopes to die without being remembered by such "worthless" people. Another patient, a young girl named Paco, is in the hospital due to a memory disorder- she can only remember the events of one day at a time. Each day she reads a pop-up children's book, and often asks Onuki to read to her. Each day it is a new story for her.
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean, 2h8
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Toshirō Yanagiba, Yuu Kashii, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ken Ishiguro
Roles Man
Rating53% 2.6635152.6635152.6635152.6635152.663515
In the last months of the Second World War, the Empire of Japan receives a final gift from the collapsing Nazi Germany: the I-507, a highly advanced submarine equipped with experimental technology.
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, 1h48
Directed by Shūsuke Kaneko
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Giant monster films, Gamera, Reptile, Disaster films
Actors Shinobu Nakayama, Ai Maeda, Yukijirō Hotaru, Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦), Ayako Fujitani, Kei Horie
Roles Air force controller
Rating71% 3.5513853.5513853.5513853.5513853.551385
Three years have passed since Gamera defeated the Legion, and the world is once again plagued by the Gyaos, which have evolved into Hyper Gyaos. Mayumi Nagamine, noted ornithologist, returns to aid the Japanese government in addressing this threat. A graveyard of Gamera fossils is found at the bottom of the sea. Shadowy government agents, occultist Miss Asukura and Kurata Shinji, are meanwhile working to a different agenda, with Asukura believing Gamera to be an evil spirit.
Owls' Castle, 2h18
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Kiichi Nakai, Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也), Mako Iwamatsu, Jinpachi Nezu
Roles Kazama Gohei
Rating60% 3.049393.049393.049393.049393.04939
Alors que le grand commandant militaire Nobunaga Oda consolidait son pouvoir à travers le Japon, l'une de ses actions consistait à anéantir un clan d'assassins, tuant chaque homme, femme et enfant qu'il trouvait dans le village. Des années plus tard, l'un des survivants a engagé un jeune mais habile assassin pour venger la mort de ses amis et de sa famille. Sa mission : se faufiler dans le château le plus gardé du Japon et tuer le souverain suprême du pays.
Tokyo Lullaby, 1h27
Directed by Jun Ichikawa
Genres Drama
Actors Mitsuko Baishō, Kyōzō Nagatsuka, Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也), Kaori Momoi
Roles Sadaji Asakawa
Rating61% 3.0928453.0928453.0928453.0928453.092845
Koichi Hamanaka suddenly returns to the tightly knit community, a shopping district, in a corner of Tokyo that he once called home. His whereabouts and his activities over the past few years are a mystery to everyone, including his parents, and the wife and child he left behind. His wife Hisako is torn between her love for him and her attempt to overcome the pain she suffered when he deserted them. Tami Osawa, Hamanaka's former lover, runs the shop in the neighbourhood. Meanwhile, Asakura, a writer who has taken a liking to Hisako, starts to look into the past to try and find out why Hisako could have married a man like Hamanaka. In doing so, he comes across details from Tami's life. As the past resurfaces and unravels, Koichi, Hisako and Tami's lives are irrevocably affected.