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Takuma Takewaka

Japanese actor and voice actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ7678565 ↗
Source-derived summary

Takuma Takewaka (竹若 拓磨, Takewaka Takuma; born March 22, 1971) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He has been put into rehab after recovering from cerebral hemorrhage.

Filmography

Anime

Masaomi Ogami in Onmyou Taisenki

Amon in Witch Hunter Robin

Ogawara Ryouhei in Jinki:EXTEND

Kirihito in GetBackers

Okita Souji in Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto

Raina Cromwell in Dragonaut -The Resonance-

Morita Kaoru in Honey and Clover

Observer in Kekkaishi

Kenji in Swallowtail Inn

Izumi Higa in Sekirei

Dubs

Live-action

Alpha Dog, Frankie "Nuts" Ballenbacher (Justin Timberlake)

Antwone Fisher, Antwone Fisher (Derek Luke)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Charley Ford (Sam Rockwell)

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Hank Hanson (Ethan Hawke)

Bionic Woman, Will Anthros (Chris Bowers)

Black Hawk Down, Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett)

Boogeyman, Tim (Barry Watson)

Cabin Fever, Paul (Rider Strong)

The Comebacks, Lance Truman (Matthew Lawrence)

The Darjeeling Limited, Jack (Jason Schwartzman)

The Departed, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon)

Eight Below, Charlie Cooper (Jason Biggs)

Flags of Our Fathers, John Bradley (Ryan Phillippe)

The Fog, Nicholas Castle (Tom Welling)

Gossip Girl, Carter Baizen (Sebastian Stan)

He's Just Not That Into You, Ben (Bradley Cooper)

The Hole, Michael Steel (Desmond Harrington)

Just Married, Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher)

Ocean's trilogy, Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon)

On the Edge, Jonathan Breech (Cillian Murphy)

Pineapple Express, Saul Silver (James Franco)

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Nicholas Deveraux (Chris Pine)

REC, Pablo (Pablo Rosso)

Rocky Balboa, Robert Balboa, Jr.

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The public source identifies “Takuma Takewaka” as japanese actor and voice actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Takuma, Takewaka and Japanese.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-03-22. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Takuma, Takewaka and Japanese providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7678565. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971.

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This entry incorporates text from “Takuma Takewaka” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.