# Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi or Issei Takahashi (高橋 一生, Takahashi Issei) is a Japanese actor and singer.

## Early life

Takahashi was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. At the age of 10, he starred in a Dragon Quest IV commercial featuring him as a schoolboy.

## Personal life

On May 16, 2024, Takahashi and actor Marie Iitoyo, who is eighteen years younger than him, jointly announced through their respective agencies that they have registered their marriage. The couple revealed that they met on the set of the live-action adaptation of Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe, to which they had co-starred.

## Filmography
### TV series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | New York Koi Monogatari II: Otome | Kazunori Togami | |
| 1992 | Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger | Kai | Episodes 47 to 50 |
| 1998 | Jiken 6 | Yuichi Iwamoto | |
| 1998 | Shōnen-tachi | Koichi Sugita | |
| 1999 | Genroku Ryōran | Yanagisawa Yoshisato | Taiga drama |
| 1999 | Kowai Dōwa | Yuichi Kimijima | |
| 2000 | Ikebukuro West Gate Park | Kazunori Morinaga | |
| 2001 | Tales of the Unusual: Fall 2001 | | Short drama |
| 2001 | Ultraman Cosmos | Mitsuya | |
| 2001 | Handoku!!! | Kaze Minamino | |
| 2001 | Hero | Shinichi Furuta | Episode 10 |
| 2002 | Emergency Room 24hours | | |
| 2002 | Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro 8 | Yoichi Funatsu | TV movie |
| 2003 | Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP | Kazunori Morinaga | TV movie |
| 2004 | The Great Horror Family | Kiyoshi Imawano | Lead role |
| 2004 | Shinsengumi! | Matsudaira Sadaaki | Taiga drama |
| 2005 | AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo: Season 4 | Naotaro Anzai | Episode 4-5 |
| 2006 | Wagahai wa Shufu de Aru | Asano | |
| 2006 | AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo: Season 5 | Naotaro Anzai | Episode 5 |
| 2007 | Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go | Ken Mishima | |
| 2007 | Iryu: Team Medical Dragon 2 | Seiji Toyama | |
| 2007 | Fūrin Kazan | Komai Masatake | Taiga drama |
| 2008 | One Pound Gospel | Yusuke Ishizaka | |
| 2008 | Gonzo: Densetsu no Keiji | Yuji Hibino | |
| 2010 | MM9 | Ryo Haida | |
| 2010 | Iryu: Team Medical Dragon 3 | Seiji Toyama | Episode 9-10 |
| 2010 | Bones of Steel | Isao Yamamoto | |
| 2011 | Desperate Motherhood | Kenta Akiyama | |
| 2011 | Ohisama | Hideo Uehara | Asadora; week 13 |
| 2011 | Odd Family 11 | Kensuke Toyama | Episode 6-7 |
| 2012 | Delusional Investigation - A Stylish Life of Associate Professor Koichi Kuwagara | Yasuo Yamauchi | Episode 6 |
| 2012 | Becoming Mrs. Hayami | Akihiko Toritani | Episode 8-9 |
| 2012 | Hitorishizuka | Shingo Kizaki | Episode 1 |
| 2012 | Mi Wo Tsukushi Ryoricho | Mataji | TV movie |
| 2012 | W no Higeki | Shohei Masaki | |
| 2012 | Naniwa Junior Detectives | Hiro Yamashita | Episode 6 |
| 2013 | Gekiryu: Watashi wo Oboete Imasuka? | Kenji Akiyoshi | |
| 2013 | Woman: My Life for My Children | Yugo Sawamura | |
| 2014 | Gunshi Kanbei | Inoue Kurouemon | Taiga drama |
| 2014 | Nobunaga Concerto | Azai Nagamasa | Episode 5-10 |
| 2014 | Night Teacher | Ichiro Yamada | |
| 2014 | Mosaic Japan | Yoshiaki Kui | |
| 2014 | Funeral Procession of Peter | Masahiko Hashimoto | |
| 2015 | Dakara Koya | Shogo Kameda | |
| 2015 | Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist | Daisaku Fukuhara | |
| 2015 | Wise and Foolish | Mohei Kaibara | |
| 2016 | Love That Makes You Cry | Joji Sabiki | |
| 2016 | My Dangerous Wife | Kazuki Kujirai | |
| 2016 | The Prime Minister's Chef | Haruki Kiyosawa | |
| 2016 | Princess Maison | Masaichi Date | |
| 2016 | Wise and Foolish: Aratanaru Inbou | Mohei Kaibara | TV movie |
| 2016 | Wise and Foolish: Koisuru Sousaisen | Mohei Kaibara | Lead role; TV movie |
| 2016 | Ōedo Enjō | Hoshina Masayuki | Lead role |
| 2016 | My Long Awaited Love Story | Soichirou Kurosawa | Lead role; TV movie |
| 2017 | Naotora: The Lady Warlord | Ono Masatsugu | Taiga drama |
| 2017 | Quartet | Yutaka Iemori | Lead role |
| 2017 | The Public Enemy | Makoto Todo | |
| 2017 | Laugh It Up! | Shiori Inō | Asadora |
| 2018 | Miracles | Kazuki Aikawa | Lead role |
| 2019 | Crescent Moon | Goro Oshima | Lead role |
| 2019 | Tokyo Bachelors | Taro Ishibashi | Lead role |
| 2019 | Nagi's Long Vacation | Shinji Gamon | |
| 2020 | Wife of a Spy | Yūsaku Fukuhara | TV movie |
| 2020 | Path of the Dragons | Ryuji Yabat a | |
| 2020–24 | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan | Rohan Kishibe | Lead role; 9 episodes |
| 2021 | Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange | Haruto Hidaka | |
| 2022 | Snow Country | Shimamura | Lead role; TV movie |
| 2022 | Invisible | Takafumi Shimura | Lead role |
| 2022 | The Aromantics | Satoru Takahashi | Lead role |
| 2023 | Six-Second Path: The Melancholy of Fireworks Master Seitaro Mochizuki | Mochizuki Seitaro | Lead role |
| 2025 | Zero Day | TBA | |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Hoshi wo Tsugu Mono | Shohei Endo | |
| 1995 | Himeyuri no Tō | | |
| 1996 | Tomoko no Baai | Tokio Okada | |
| 2000 | Whiteout | Kenji Amamiya | |
| 2001 | All About Lily Chou-Chou | Ikeda-senpai | |
| 2003 | Collage of Our Life | Kyohei Sekiguchi | |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Crazy 88 member | American film |
| 2004 | Swing Girls | Sanga High School concert band director | |
| 2004 | Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | Ryūnosuke Ōki (teenager) | |
| 2004 | Half a Confession | Ikegami | |
| 2004 | The Taste of Tea | Bucho Igobu | |
| 2006 | Love My Life | Take-chan | |
| 2008 | Detroit Metal City | Hideki Saji | |
| 2013 | Tokyo Sky Story | Koji | |
| 2017 | March Comes in like a Lion | Takashi Hayashida | |
| 2017 | March Goes out like a Lamb | Takashi Hayashida | |
| 2017 | The Limit of Sleeping Beauty | Kaito | |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla | Tatsuhiko Yasuda | |
| 2016 | Blank13 | Kōji | Lead role |
| 2018 | Recall | Kazuaki Izaki | |
| 2018 | The Lies She Loved | Kippei Koide | Lead role |
| 2018 | Million Dollar Man | Tsukumo Furukawa | |
| 2019 | Until I Meet September's Love | Susumu Hirano | Lead role |
| 2019 | Samurai Shifters | Gen'emon Takamura | |
| 2019 | Romance Doll | Tetsuo | Lead role |
| 2020 | Wife of a Spy | Yūsaku Fukuhara | |
| 2021 | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | Katsura Kogorō | |
| 2022 | Shin Ultraman | Ultraman (voice) | |
| 2023 | Rohan at the Louvre | Rohan Kishibe | Lead role |
| 2025 | Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe: At a Confessional | Rohan Kishibe | Lead role |

### Anime

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1995 | Whisper of the Heart | Seiji Amasawa | | |

### Japanese dub
#### Live-action

| Year | Title | Role | Voice dub for | Notes | Ref. |
| 2018 | Legend of the Demon Cat | Bai Letian | Huang Xuan | | |

#### Animation

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2019 | Moominvalley | Snufkin | | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result |
| 2018 | The 42nd Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself | Won |
| 2018 | The 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Recall, The Lies She Loved, Blank13, and Million Dollar Man | Won |
| 2021 | 75th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actor | Wife of a Spy | Nominated |