Takeshi Kaga

Takeshi Kaga

actor

Takeshi Kaga was born on Oct 12, 1950 in Japan. Takeshi Kaga's big-screen debut came with Island of the Evil Spirits directed by Masahiro Shinoda in 1981, strarring Kosuke Kindaichi. Takeshi Kaga is known for Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale directed by Tomohiko Itô, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka stars as Kirito and Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna Yuuki. Takeshi Kaga has got 1 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Takeshi Kaga achieved is Yokohama Film Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Takeshi Kaga plays is Love Deeply - Season 1 which will be released on Apr 14, 2021.

Takeshi Kaga was born in 1950 in Kanazawa City, Japan. At the age of 7, he joined the Kanazawa city boys choir, which began his life-long interest in music and the theatre. At the age of 22, he joined the SHIKI musical company, one of the most popular musical companies in Japan. Kaga became the first Japanese to perform as Tony in "West Side Story", the first Japanese Jesus in "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1973), and the first to play Jean ValJean in "Les Miserables". He left SHIKI in 1980 to focus on his film and TV work, but returned to the theatre in 2000 in "Macbeth", and in "Jeckyll and Hyde" in 2001.

  • Birthday

    Oct 12, 1950
  • Place of Birth

    Kanazawa, Japan

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 3 nominations

Yokohama Film Festival
1985
Best Actor
Winner - Festival Prize

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