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Park24 Co., Ltd. will begin airing Times Car’s new TV commercial, “Sales Cars Nationwide,” nationwide from June 8, 2024. In the new commercial, Takahashi Issei appears as a sales department employee and humorously conveys the economic rationality of car sharing.
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Takahashi Issei (Issei Takahashi)
**Takahashi Issei** is a Japanese actor born on December 9, 1980 in Tokyo. His agency is Mai Promotion and his record label is Universal Sigma. His younger brother is Abe Yuma, a member of “Never Young Beach,” and his wife is actress Iitoyo Marie.
His background and career
Takahashi Issei took up various lessons during his childhood, and when his grandmother was pleased with him at a recital by a children’s theater group, he decided to become an actor. He made his film debut in 1990’s “Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono” and in 1995 he voiced Amasawa Seiji in Studio Ghibli’s animated film “Whisper of the Heart”.
He then joined the Tobiraza theater company in 2001 and expanded his activities as a stage actor. His first lead role in a serial drama was in the TV drama “Kaiki Daikazoku” (2004), and he attracted attention for playing the role of Kaibara Mohei in the 2015 drama “Tami-o”, winning him the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 1st Confidence Awards Drama Awards and the 86th The Television Drama Academy Awards.
Major appearances
TV dramas
‘Minna-ou’ (2015) – role of Kaibara Mohei
‘Quartet’ (2017) – role of Iemori Yukitaka
‘Onna-joushu Naotora’ (2017) – role of Ono Tajima-no-kami Masatsugu
‘Warotenka’ (2017) – role of Fujiyoshi
‘Tokyo Bachelors’ (2019) – role of Ishibashi Taro
‘Heaven and Hell: Two Psychos’ (2021) – role of Hidaka Haruto
‘Invisible’ (2022) – role of Shimura Takafumi
Movies
‘Flying Tire’ (2018) – role of Sawada Keiji
‘Woman Who Loves Lies’ (2018) – as Koide Kippei
‘Otoko: Otoko no Boku’ (2018) – as Kumi
‘Romance Doll’ (2020) – as Tetsuo
‘Wife of a Spy’ (2020) – as Fukuhara Yusaku
‘Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter The Beginning’ (2021) – as Katsura Kogorou
‘Shin Ultraman’ (2022) – as Ultraman (voice)
‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is a Man from the Louvre’ (2023) – as Kishibe Rohan
Awards
Takahashi Issei has won numerous awards for his versatile acting talents. Notable awards include the Best Actor Award at the 29th Yomiuri Theater Awards (Fakespeare), the 45th Kikuchi Kazuo Theater Award (Shakespeare in the 12th Year of Tempo), and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards (Flying Tire, The Woman Who Loves Lies, and The Man Who Made a Billion).
More information
For more information, please refer to the following link:
Takahashi Issei – Wikipedia (Japanese)
Other
In the new TV commercial “Sales Cars Nationwide,” Takahashi Issei appears as a sales department employee proposing the economic rationality of car sharing to the general affairs department. The commercial will be aired and distributed on TV and the web from June 8th.
