Takaya Kamikawa

Kamikawa was born in Hachioji, Tokyo in 1965. He graduated from Hachioji-Kita high school in Tokyo. While studying economics in Chuo University, he acted in a minor theatrical group which was touring around Japan and performing at local schools. Kamikawa left Chuo University without a diploma, and joined the group Caramel Box to become a full-time actor.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, Kamikawa starred in a TV drama by NHK, Daichi no Ko, and played the leading role, Lu Yixin. The original author, Toyoko Yamasaki, initially wanted Masahiro Motoki to play the role. However, since most of the drama was filmed in China and required a lot of travel, Motoki was not able to meet the tight filming schedule. Then one of the staff found Kamikawa, who was still unknown, in a magazine.^{[citation needed]} Toyoko Yamasaki later commented that Kamikawa had been the right choice.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, he played Yamauchi Kazutoyo, the leading role of the NHK Taiga drama Kōmyō ga Tsuji.^[3]

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1995	Daichi no Ko	Lu Yixin	Lead role	[3]
1997	Mōri Motonari	Mōri Takamoto	Taiga drama	[4]
1999–2001	Omizu no Hanamichi	Shuichi Ishizaki	2 seasons	[5]
2000	Cinderella wa Nemuranai	Yoshinori		[5]
	Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta Koto	Shinichi Sayama		[5]
2003	The Great White Tower	Hitoshi Sekiguchi		[6]
2006	Kōmyō ga Tsuji	Yamauchi Kazutoyo	Lead role; Taiga drama	[3]
2010	Ryōmaden	Nakaoka Shintarō	Taiga drama	[4]
2012	Taira no Kiyomori	Taira no Morikuni	Taiga drama	[4]
2015	Angel Heart	Ryo Saeba	Lead role	[7]
2018	BG Personal Bodyguard	Goro Murata		[8]
2019	No Side Manager	Keiichiro Takigawa		[9]
2023	The Last Man: The Blind Profiler	Kyogo Godo		[10]
2024	Believe: A Bridge to You	Kazuo Hayashi		[11]

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1997	Tokyo Lullaby	Sadaji Asakawa		[3]
1999	Owls' Castle	Gohei Kazama		[3]
2025	The Last Man: The Movie – First Love	Kyogo Godo		[10]

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Television animation

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[12]
2007	Gurren Lagann	Anti-Spiral		[13]
2017	Kado: The Right Answer	Narrator		[13][14]
2018	Lupin the 3rd Part V: Misadventures in France	Enzo Bron		[15]
2021	Star Wars: Visions - The Village Bride	Vaan		[16]

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Animated films

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[12]
2009	Gurren Lagann the Movie	Anti-Spiral		[13]
2011	Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison	Maroi		[13]
2013	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Prince Ishitsukuri		[13]
2025	Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League	Kuraku Hagane		[17]

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Video games

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[12]
2008	Professor Layton and the Unwound Future	Stun Gun, Allen Dimitri	DS	[13]

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Japanese dubbing

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[12]
2016	Finding Dory	Hank		[13][18]

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