Eiji Takigawa

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website = nihongo| Eiji Takigawa|滝川 英治|Takigawa Eiji, is Japanese actor, singer, and entertainer. Hailed from Osaka, Takigawa graduated from the law department of Kounan Daigaku (Konan University) at Kobe, before he pursued his career in the entertainment industry.

Career

He made his first big break on 2002, as the official icon of the energy drink, Lipovitan D, along with long-time icon, Kosugi Kane, the son of the legendary martial art actor, Kosugi Shou. The company which produces LipoD feels that Takigawa offers the right aspects for the younger target market for the drink: passion, determination, cheerfulness, youth and intelligence.

He graduated as the Lipovitan D icon on March 29, 2007.

As Kunimitsu Tezuka in the "Prince of Tennis" musicals

Eiji is probably best known for his role as Kunimitsu Tezuka, the stoic captain of the Seigaku Middle School's tennis club, in the "Prince of Tennis" musical series, Tenimyu, as part of the first generation Seigaku cast. He first appeared in the series in 2003, and ended on the graduation show, "Side Fudomine", in the beginning of 2005. He did not appear in the "More Than Limit St. Rudolph Gakuen" musical, in which Kengo Ohkuchi played the role.

Since his graduation, the role of Tezuka has been played by Yuu Shirota, Keisuke Minami, and currently by Daisuke Watanabe.

Other work

Takigawa has released a DVD called Treasure of Age (and some sites also call it as 'Treasure of Eiji') on 2004, which was produced by Marvelous Entertainment.

Eiji reunited with Tenimyu castmates Kimeru, Sota Aoyama, and Naoya Gomoto to appear in the PV of Kimeru's single, "TIMELESS", on October 4, 2006. The PV is only on the Type A Limited Edition of the single. There's also a short movie, TIMELESS ~The Movie, that was released on DVD on November 18, 2006.

On TeniMyu Supporters DVD vol. 5 that was released on April 28, 2007, Takigawa appeared along with his first generation Seigaku castmates. He then went on to play the role of Tsukamoto Hidemi on the live-action movie adaptation of the manga series "Mousou Shoujo Otaku Kei" by Konjou Natsumi.

On January 27, 2008, Takigawa took on the part of Riki in "Kamen Rider Kiva", the human form of Dogga, the Frankenstein's monster that assists Kiva in fighting the enemies. Since April 1, 2008, Takigawa's career is being managed by Shochiku Entertainment, the talent, stageplay, and actors' subsidiary of Shochiku.

External links

* [http://www.takigawa-eiji.com/ Official website]