Takashi Kashiwabara

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

In 2006, he appeared in a TV drama series for the first time in a long time. On February 25th, he divorced Hiroko Hatano.^[5]

Nearly a decade later, in October, 2015, he opened his official website.

In June 2004, he married actress Hiroko Hatano, and held his wedding reception at Happo-en.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8] He says that "he is often surprised when he bumps into people he used to work with at Uchida's sets".^[9] He is currently working behind the scenes, and refuses to appear in public at all.^[10] However, on April 3, 2026, it was announced that Kashiwabara and Uchida had officially registered their marriage.^[11]