Hassei Takano

This article is about an actor in the Kamen Rider Series.

Hassei Takano
Born	January 9, 1978 Chiba Prefecture
Role(s)	See Roles
Appearances	Kamen Rider Ryuki Kamen Rider The First Kamen Rider The Next Kamen Rider Drive Rider Time: Kamen Rider Ryuki

Hassei Takano (高野 八誠, Takano Hassei) born Mitsuhiro Tsuda (津田 充博, Tsuda Mitsuhiro) is a Japanese actor best known for his role as Hiroya Fujimiya/Ultraman Agul in Ultraman Gaia. He portrayed Miyuki Tezuka/Kamen Rider Raia in Kamen Rider Ryuki and both Katsuhiko Yano and Hayato Ichimonji in the films Kamen Rider The First and Kamen Rider The Next.

Personal Life

• Takano has been married to Ultraman Gaia co-star Yukari Ishida in 2006, who played his character's love interest in the show. Both them and their real-life daughter appeared in Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers.

Filmography

As Miyuki Tezuka in Kamen Rider Ryuki (2002)

As Hayato Ichimonji in Kamen Rider The First (2005) and in Kamen Rider The Next (2007)

As Katsuhiko Yano in Kamen Rider The First (2005)

As Keisuke Okamura in Kamen Rider Drive (2015)

Notes

• Takano's Ryuki co-star Jun Takatsuki also appeared in Ultraman and their characters in the Ultraman franchise both have a Ultraman identity, with Hassei being Agul, and Jun being Neos.
• Takano directed his own tokusatsu film series known as HE-LOW with notable cast members including fellow Kamen Rider and Ultraman alumni Takeshi Yoshioka, Takamasa Suga and Takaya Aoyagi.

External Links

• Official Instagram
• Official Twitter
• Hassei Takano in Wikipedia.