Author: LIAR/Anitama Cover Source: My Gentleman Fashion
The actor in the picture, can you say his name smoothly?
Few people must have known about it before the "Naoki Hanzawa" hit, and he did a street interview on TBS's "Hot Continent" program last September. Most people who often watch TV dramas say that they have an impression of it, "Ah, there have been in that TV series", but the name cannot be remembered, on the contrary, the audience remembers the name of the character more clearly. Even when a certain crew was killing green flowers, they called him "Kenichi Endo" to make him cry and laugh.
He is the actor we are going to introduce this time - Kenichi Takito.
Kenichi Takito, who was 16 years old at the time
Kenichi Takito impresses people not only with his highly recognizable appearance, but also with his superb acting skills that are extremely full of emotions. Friends who have watched "Naoki Hanzawa" and "Ranger Kenshin" should be familiar with his performance style of "staring and roaring". In "Ranger Sword Heart", Takito has long hair on his back and wears a fur coat, completely reproducing the image of Futaharu Sadoshima, one of the ten swords, coupled with his crazy expression of his eyes widening and roaring, playing the role of Kataji even more vividly, it can be said that this role must be him.
The left is from the TV animation "Langke Sword Heart - Meiji Swordsman Romantic Tan-", and the right is a still from the movie version of "Langke Sword Heart"
Mr. Takito's exaggerated performance is mainly derived from the background of his stage debut. In order to make the audience see clearly and remember deeply, the general stage performance will generally work the expression, which is the so-called yan art.
Kenichi Takito entered Tatsuya Nakayo's Namedō School in 1998 to study acting, and at the same time as Yoko Maki, he starred in the stage play "The Bottom" the following year. At that time, because the nameless school was mainly based on learning, it could not take over the drama without permission. It is said that the practice at that time began from sweeping the floor to running, and it was no different from life now. In 2007, he left The Nameless School at the end of his 10-year period.
During his residency, No Namoku co-starred in stage plays with his master Tatsuya Nakadai
In 2008, Takito was directed by Makoto Harada and starred as a reporter from the movie Beyond the Peak, Shusaku Kanzawa. At that time, he had no income to make ends meet by working in places like video stores. With the improvement of popularity in the industry, Takito began to receive more plays, quit his part-time job, and devoted himself to his acting career. In 10 years, he played the Chinese police officer Wang Mingcai, who began to appear in "Jumping the Great Search Line THE MOVIE3", which is also the origin of the nickname given to him by the audience. Director Hiroyuki Honko also spoke highly of him.
Wang Mingcai, a Chinese police officer who appears in "Jumping the Great Search Line THE MOVIE3 to Exonerate Criminals"
Although the popularity has gradually increased, the acting path has not been much improved, until the 13-year "Naoki Hanzawa" became a hit. Later, Takito was promoted to starring in last year's late-night drama "My Gentleman Fashion", and the character style in "My Gentleman Fashion" was also unusual. In the past two years, Takito has received more and more film and television dramas, whether it is the big screen or the small screen, many works can see his figure, the exposure rate is quite high, enough to prove that he is now hot popularity. In this year's NHK Toshi 10 "Rupture", Takito achieved a screen co-performance with his teacher Tatsuya Nakayo.
NHK Tochi 10 TV series "Rupture" visual image, from left: Kenichi Takito, Shiina Kirihei, Nakayo Tatsuya
Of course, Mr. Takito is also eager to star, and he laughs at the work he can't receive. "After all, the supporting role has the role that the supporting role should have", even if there is only one scene, he will treat it carefully. Mr. Takito seems to be more able to receive the kind of character who exists as a "key person" in the work than the average supporting role. In Mr. Takito's own words, "in order to increase the value of the starring role", so whether it is a dragon suit or a bad job, it must be responsible for acting well and making the story more interesting.
Takito didn't particularly care about what kind of character he was or what others called him. Outside the play, he is very low-key, and when confirming the finished scene and the finished photos, he is always behind the director and the cinematographer, and after they confirm that the OK signal has been issued, he can put down the big stone in his heart.
Even if there is no part of his own role in the repertoire, Takito will read all the lines and the script will be completely preserved. There is an anecdote that when filming the movie "Golden Dreamland", he even memorized all the lines of the protagonist played by Masato Sakai. Because the script is different from the script, there are only lines on it, about the personality of the characters they play, the personality of the opponents, the surrounding scenes, including the sound and smell, which will change due to shooting, although there is a director, assistant and other guidance, but the actual shooting also needs to be mastered by the actors themselves. Mr. Takito will confirm this in advance, write these notes on the script, and even include dialogue with the director, in order to play the role well.
Kenichi Takito was already a father of four children, with three sons and one daughter, and his wife was a descendant of the no-name school at that time, and is now a nutritionist. In an interview with "Hot Continent" last year, he expressed his desire to buy his own house and a car of his own. It is not known whether the wish of a year ago has now been fulfilled. But even then, he felt that his life was very happy and happy, and he had a good relationship with his friends, and he often exchanged emails with his high school classmates and occasionally got together to drink.
Although he became popular after the age of 35, it is believed that Kenichi Takito, who became a late adult, will give wonderful performances to the audience in more works in the future, and his acting career will continue to flourish.
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