Kimura Takuya

Profile

* Name: 木村拓哉 (きむら　たくや)
* Name (romaji): Kimura Takuya
* Nickname: Kimutaku
* Profession: Actor and singer
* Birthdate: 1972-Nov-13
* Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
* Height: 176cm
* Weight: 57kg
* Star sign: Scorpio
* Blood type: O
* Family: Wife/actress Kudo Shizuka, daughters Kokomi & Mitsuki
* Talent agency: Johnny's Entertainment (http://www.johnnys-net.jp)

TV Shows

* CHANGE (Fuji TV, 2008)
* Karei naru Ichizoku as Manypo Teppei (TBS, 2007)
* Hero SP as Kuriyu Kouhei (Fuji TV, 2006)
* Saiyuuki as Emperor Genyoku (Fuji TV, 2006, ep1)
* Engine as Kanzaki Jiro (Fuji TV, 2005)
* Pride as Satonaka Halu (Fuji TV, 2004)
* Good Luck!! as Shinkai Hajime (TBS, 2003)
* Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi as Katase Ryo (Fuji TV, 2002)
* Chuushingura 1/47 as Hirobe Yasubei (Fuji TV, 2001)
* Hero as Kuriyu Kouhei (Fuji TV, 2001)
* Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari BLACK ROOM (Fuji TV, 2001)
* Food Fight as voice of the crow (NTV, 2000)
* Beautiful Life as Okishima Shuji (TBS, 2000)
* Konya wa Eigyouchu (Fuji TV, 1999)
* Nemureru Mori as Ito Naoki (Fuji TV, 1998)
* Oda Nobunaga as Oda Nobunaga (TBS, 1998)
* Love Generation as Katagiri Teppei (Fuji TV, 1997)
* Gift as Yukio/Takehiro (Fuji TV, 1997)
* Ii Hito (Fuji TV, 1997)
* Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni as Kurosawa Riki (Fuji TV, 1997)
* Kyousoukyoku as Takakura Kakeru (TBS, 1996)
* Long Vacation as Hidetoshi Senna (Fuji TV, 1996)
* Lieutenant Ninzaburo Furuhata as Hayashi Isao (Fuji TV, 1996, ep17)
* Jinsei wa Jojo da as Ogami Kazuma (TBS, 1995)
* Kimi wa Toki no Kanata e (TV Asahi, 1995)
* Wakamono no Subete as Ueda Takeshi (Fuji TV, 1994)
* Asunaro Hakusho as Toride Osamu (Fuji TV, 1993)
* Izu no Odorikko as Kawabata Yasunari (TV Tokyo, 1993)
* Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta (Fuji TV, 1992)
* Otouto (TBS, 1990)

Movies

* I Come with the Rain (http://imdb.com/title/tt1024744) as Shitao (2008)
* Hero (http://www.hero-movie.net) as Kuriyu Kouhei (2007)
* Bushi no Ichibun / Love and Honor (http://www.ichibun.jp) as Mimura Shinnojo (2006)
* Hauru no Ugoku Shiro / Howl's Moving Castle (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347149) as Hauru (2005, voice)
* 2046 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212712) as Tak/Wang Jing Wen's boyfriend (2004)
* Kimi wo Wasurenai / Fly Boys, Fly! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256131) as Ueda Junichiro (1995)
* Shoot (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184896) as Yoshiharu Kubo (1994)
* Hajimete no Natsu ~Airplane Brothers~ as as Kitayama Hiroshi (1993)
* Kokoro no Kagami ~Mirror of the Heart~ as Takeru (1990)

Endorsements

* Georgia Coffee (2006~ )
* Nikon Camera (2006~ )
* Mandom Gatsby (2006~ )
* Levi's (2000~2001)
* Fujitsu PC (2000~ )
* Kirin Fire White Coffee (1999~ )
* Morinaga Weider in Jelly (1999~2005)

Recognitions

* 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008): Best Actor for CHANGE
* 2nd Seoul Drama Awards: Best Actor for Karei naru Ichizoku (2007)
* 52nd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Karei naru Ichizoku (2007)
* 6th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (02-03): Best Actor for Good Luck!!
* 33rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi (2002)
* 28th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Hero (2001)
* 4th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (00-01): Best Actor for Hero
* 24th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Beautiful Life (2000)
* 3rd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (99-00): Best Actor for Beautiful Life
* 19th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Nemureru Mori (1998)
* 1st Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (97-98): Best Actor for Love Generation
* 15th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Love Generation (1997)
* 9th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Long Vacation (1996)
* 7th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Outfit in Jinsei wa Jojo da (1995)
* 3rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Outfit in Wakamono no Subete (1994)
* Award: Best Jeanist (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Trivia

* JPOP group: SMAP (http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/smap/index.html) with Nakai Masahiro, Inagaki Goro, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Katori Shingo
* Self taught guitar player
* Became himself a qualified hairdresser after Beautiful Life