# Takashi Kashiwabara

Takashi Kashiwabara (Japanese: 柏原 崇, Hepburn: Kashiwabara Takashi, born March 16, 1977) is a former Japanese actor. After retiring from acting, he became a behind-the-scenes worker and is currently the manager of Yuki Uchida.

## Career

In 1993, he made his acting debut in the TV drama Shadow of Youth, which made him won the grand prize at the 6th Junon Super Boy Contest.
In 1995, at the film Love Letter directed by Shunji Iwai, he made his screen debut and the following year won the Japanese Academy Awards for Newcomer of the Year. In South Korea, he gained explosive popularity despite his short screen time as soon as it was released.
In 1996, he played a role in the TV drama Hakusen Nagoshi. Since then it was made into a series for nine years. He also returned from both illness and suspension for assault in this drama.
In 2003, he left the Itsumo Futari de after two episodes due to neck-shoulder-arm syndrome during filming, and his role was replaced by Shingo Katsurayama.
In 2006, he appeared in a TV drama series for the first time in a long time. On February 25th, he divorced Hiroko Hatano.
Nearly a decade later, in October, 2015, he opened his official website.

## Personal life

In June 2004, he married actress Hiroko Hatano, and held his wedding reception at Happo-en. In December at same year, he was involved in an assault incident after an argument with a person who had parked on the street and was washing his car.
After his divorce, he dated Yuki Uchida, with whom he co-starred in the drama Big Wing, for a long time, but eventually retired from acting and became Uchida's manager. He says that "he is often surprised when he bumps into people he used to work with at Uchida's sets". He is currently working behind the scenes, and refuses to appear in public at all.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Love Letter | Itsuki Fujii | |
| 1995 | Birthday Present | Nakamoto Chosuke | |
| 1999 | Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto | Shuntarō Takase | Lead role |
| 2000 | Another Heaven | Atsushi Kimura | |
| 2000 | Tales of the Unusual | Yuichi Tokunagi | Lead role; anthology film |
| 2006 | Black Night | Satoichi | Lead role; anthology film |
| 2006 | 13 no Tsuki | Yoshioka Yu | Lead role |
| 2008 | AIBOU: The Movie | Kazunori Shioya | |
| 2009 | The Unbroken | Onchi Katsumi | |
| 2010 | Leonie | Michihiko Kawada | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Hakusen Nagashi | Yūsuke Hasebe | |
| 1996 | Itazura na Kiss | Naoki Irie | Lead role |
| 1997 | Hakusen Nagashi: Spring at Age 19 | Yūsuke Hasebe | Television film |
| 1998 | Tabloid | Takumi Saruwatari | |
| 1999 | Hakusen Nagashi: The Wind at Age 20 | Yūsuke Hasebe | Television film |
| 2001 | Hakusen Nagashi: The Poem of Travels | Yūsuke Hasebe | Television film |
| 2003 | Hakusen Nagashi: Age 25 | Yūsuke Hasebe | Television film |
| 2004 | Orange Days | Sano | |
| 2005 | Hakusen Nagashi: The Final – Even as the Times of Dreaming have Passed | Yūsuke Hasebe | Television film |

### Original video

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1995 | Akagi the Gambler | Akagi Shigeru | Lead role | |
| 1997 | Akagi the Gambler 2 | Akagi Shigeru | Lead role | |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 1996 | 19th Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Love Letter | Won | |
| 1999 | 23rd Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself | Won | |