Wataru Takagi (高木 渉, Takagi Wataru) is a Japanese voice actor who voices Okuyasu Nijimura in the third season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, Diamond is Unbreakable. He previously also voiced several characters for the Capcom fighting games.
He is also known for several other roles such as Wataru Takagi and Genta Kojima in Detective Conan, Caiman in Dorohedoro, Eikichi Onizuka in Great Teacher Onizuka, Obito Uchiha in Naruto, Masaru Aoki in Hajime no Ippo, Knuckle Bine in Hunter × Hunter, Cubot in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Garfield in The Garfield Show.
Biography
Wataru Takagi was born on July 25, 1966, in Chiba Prefecture.
Originally, Takagi wanted to be a stage actor but became disinterested in that particular career. He reoriented himself after seeing an advert on the Katsuta Voice Actor Academy and devoted himself to becoming a voice actor.
Takagi made his debut in 1987 as a voice actor in the TV anime Mister Ajikko although some sources claim that he made his debut in 1988.[3] Since then, Takagi has appeared in multiple animes playing various roles. In 2002, Takagi associated himself with Kappei Yamaguchi and Tomokazu Seki to form a trio of voice actors named the "Sannin no Kai".[4] Takagi expanded his activity to that of a stage actor. He also became the representative of the A Capella Club Theatrical Company.[4]
In 2016, Wataru Takagi made his debut as a live-action actor and appeared in the TV Drama Sanada Maru as Oyamada Shigemasa. He's then taken several other live-action roles.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra Jump CM | Commercial | 2012 |
| All-Star Battle | Video Game | 2013 |
| Eyes of Heaven | Video Game | 2015 |
| Diamond is Unbreakable | Anime | 2016 |
| Morioh RADIO 4 GREAT | Radio | 2016 |
| Diamond is Unbreakable Drama CD | CD | 2016 |
| Stardust Shooters | Video Game | 2017 |
| Diamond Records | Video Game | 2017 |
| Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan | OVA | 2017-2020 |
| JoJo's Pitter-Patter Pop! | Video Game | 2019 |
| JOESTAR RADIO | Radio | 2021 |
| Last Survivor | Video Game | 2021 |
| ORAORAdio S | Radio | 2022 |
| All-Star Battle R | Video Game | 2022 |
| Puzzle & Dragons | Video Game | 2022 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Drama CD | CD | 1992 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage for the Future | Video Game | 1999 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
Gallery
Signature
Yuki Ono and Wataru Takagi - Morioh RADIO 4 GREAT #6
Yuki Ono and Wataru Takagi - #7
Yuki Ono, Wataru Takagi and Daisuke Ono - #8
Yuki Ono and Wataru Takagi - #9
Yuki Ono and Wataru Takagi - #10
Yuki Ono and Wataru Takagi - #11
Yuki Ono and Wataru Takagi - #18
Yuki Ono, Yuki Kaji, Wataru Takagi, Takahiro Sakurai, and Daisuke Ono - #21
Yuki Ono, Yuki Kaji, Wataru Takagi, Takahiro Sakurai, and Daisuke Ono - #22
Takagi & Part 4 Final Episode Cast
Wataru Takagi Stats on Morioh RADIO 4 GREAT
Videos
JOESTAR RADIO
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AnimeNewsNetwork
- ↑ https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/727/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170317144148/https://seigura.com/senior/road/20170118_20715/2.html
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 『テレビ・タレント人名事典（第6版）』日外アソシエーツ、2004年6月、660頁。ISBN 4-8169-1852-3。
