Taisaku Akino

Taisaku Akino (Japanese: 秋野　太作, Hepburn: Akino Taisaku; born Masaaki Tsusaka, February 14, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

He grew up in Komagome, Toshima ward. In 1967, he made his acting debut in the Kinoshita Keisuke Theater production of "Kinenju".^[6] In 1974, he married the actress Kiwako Taichi. They quickly divorced.^[7] In 1975, he married a former Takarasienne singer Hekiren On (Mandarin: 温 碧蓮, Pinyin: Wēn Bìlián) whose father had migrated from Taipei to Osaka. Hekiren Tsusaka was then renamed Akiko Tsusaka. They raised three children: Takuji W. Tsusaka^[8], Yuri Okumoto, and Saki Tsusaka.