Hassei Takano

is a Japanese actor and director. His real name is . He is known for his role as Hiroya Fujimiya, Ultraman Agul's human host in Ultraman Gaia.
==Career==
Hassei Takano made his debut as a child actor in the TV drama Rainbow Village in 1989.
He has portrayed various superheroes in tokusatsu dramas, beginning with Hiroya Fujimiya in Ultraman Gaia in 1998, a role he reprised in the 2008 film Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers, and Kamen Rider Raia/Miyuki Tezuka in Kamen Rider Ryuki in 2002, which he reprised in Kamen Rider Zi-O Spin-off and Rider Time: Kamen Rider Ryuki, in 2019.
Outside of Tokusatsu, Hassei also appeared in the 2004 film Oresama alongside internationally recognised musician Miyavi and played in the science fiction drama Keitai Sousakan 7 and was a Kiyoi, a vampire, in the Rh Plus live-action adaption.
In 2017, he directed the crowdfunded tokusatsu parody film HE-LOW and later its two sequels, HE-LOW THE SECOND and HE-LOW THE FINAL. The movies feature various actors from the Ultraman Series, such as Takeshi Yoshioka, Taiyo Sugiura, Takuya Negishi, Kiyotaka Uji and Takaya Aoyagi, as well as actors from the Kamen Rider series.
==Personal Life==
In 2006, he married Yukari Ishida, who portrayed Reiko Yoshii alongside him in Ultraman Gaia. They have a daughter and two sons together. When they reprised their roles in Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers, their eldest daughter Hinaka portrayed their in-universe daughter.
==Roles==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1998	Ultraman Gaia 	Hiroya Fujimiya/Ultraman Agul	Voice (Ultraman Agul)
2001	Ultraman Gaia: Gaia Again 	Hiroya Fujimiya/Ultraman Agul	Voice (Ultraman Agul)
2007	Ultraseven X 	Saku/Toshiyuki Ogata 	
2008	Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers 	Hiroya Fujimiya 	
2013	Ultraman Retsuden 	Hiroya Fujimiya/Ultraman Agul	Voice (Ultraman Agul)Episodes 95-96
2016	Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA 	Hiroya Fujimiya/Ultraman Agul	Voice (Ultraman Agul)
2021	INTO THE STORY: Ultraman Trigger -The Ultra-Ancient Treasure-	Ultraman Agul 	Voice
===Stage===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2001	Ultraman Festival 2001 Live Stage Part 2 	Ultraman Agul 	Voice
2018	Ultraman Festival 2018 Live Stage Part 1 	Ultraman Agul 	Voice
2021	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 1 	Ultraman Agul 	Voice
2021	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 2 	Ultraman Agul 	Voice
2021	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 3 	Ultraman Agul 	Voice
2023	Ultra Heroes EXPO 2023 Summer Festival Stage 1 	Hiroya Fujimiya/Ultraman Agul	Stage screen (Hiroya Fujimiya)Voice (Ultraman Agul)Finale
2023	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Gaia STAGE 1 	Ultraman Agul 	Voice
2023	"Ultraman Gaia" 25th, Mission Name: Gaia XIG Fighters, Get glory!	Hiroya Fujimiya/Ultraman Agul	Voice (Ultraman Agul)
===Stock grunts===
====Video games====
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3 	Ultraman Agul	
2005	Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth	Ultraman Agul	
====Stage====
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2022	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Dyna STAGE 1	Ultraman Agul	Part 2
==Gallery==
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Takeshi & Hassei.jpg|Takeshi Yoshioka & Hassei Takano
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Hassei, Tsu & Yoshi.jpg
Hassei with Takeshi & his collections.jpg|Hassei & his collections with Takeshi
Hassei & Agul.jpg|Hassei & Agul
Hassei, Takeshi Tsu, Yoshi & Taiyo drink.jpg
Hassei, Taiyo, Takeshi Tsu & Takeshi Yoshi.jpg
Takeshi Tsu, Takeshi Yoshi & Hassei with their Ultras.jpg
Yoshi, Taiyo, Hassei & Tsu.jpg
Takeshi with Gaia and Hassei with Agul.jpg
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Agul with Gaia and Hassei with Takeshi.jpg
Hassei with Takeshi behind the scene.jpg
Agul & Gaia fire with their hosts actors.jpg
Cosmos, Agul, Gaia, Dyna & their hosts actors.jpg
Cosmos, Agul, Gaia, Dyna & their hosts in Stage.jpg
Hassei Takano with Kohji Moritsugu.jpg|Hassei with Kohji Moritsugu
==Trivia==
*Alongside Takeshi Yoshioka, Hassei is a smoker in real life.
==External Links==
*HE-LOW official website
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