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On December 28th, former SMAP members have sent a congratulatory message to Katori Shingo (44) and his new bride. Katori Shingo announced his marriage to a general woman on December 28th. Kimura Takuya (49) wrote a message saying “Medetai! Medetai! Medetai!” (Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!). Nakai Read More …
The 46th Hochi Film Awards was announced on November 30th (award ceremony will be held in Tokyo in mid-December) and the “Leading Actor Award” went to Kimura Takuya (49) for his role in the film “Masquerade Night” as a detective working undercover in a hotel. Read More …
Kimura Takuya (48) appeared on TV Asahi’s “Kaji Yaro!!! 2 Hour Special” which was broadcasted on September 7th. Kimura revealed in the “real meshi” segment in which the singer/actor participated in a project in which he cooked a dish which he usually eats. In the Read More …
Kimura Takuya and Ayase Haruka will be reuniting together in a drama, their first in ten years. The two starred in the TBS drama in 2009 for “MR. BRAIN”, but the last time they have worked together was in the TBS 2011 drama, “Nankyoku Tairiku”. Read More …
Actor Kimura Takuya (48) will be appearing the large-scale international drama “THE SWARM”. This is the actor’s first time to participate in an overseas drama and also a drama production in full-English. The English-language drama, which is based on Frank Schaetzing’s book of the same Read More …
Kimura Takuya has returned to the sequel to the popular PS4 game “Judge Eyes” (JUDGMENT). The game can be enjoyed without knowing the previous game. In addition to Kimura Takuya returning as the main character, Yagamii Takayuki, Tamaki Hiroshi and Yamamoto Koji will also appear Read More …
Kimura Takuya is collaborating with Ray-Ban in Japan for the release of their aluminum framed, tinted aviator sunglasses. Kimura Takuya has worn the Ray-Ban Wayfarers in the drama “Grand Maison Tokyo” and often wears Ray-Ban on his Instagram. For the collaboration, Kimura chose Aviator as Read More …
Actor/singer Kimura Takuya and actress Ashida Mana will co-star in a CM for the first time for “Town Work”, which will begin broadcasting on television on March 6th. The CM and the making of the CM was released:
In Japan, one jacket that is noticeable is Kimura Takuya’s orange/brown BAPE (a Bathing Ape) down jacket which his character Kuryu Kohei wore in the very popular drama series, “HERO”. On her Instagram, Kimura Takuya’s daughter Koki shared photos of her wearing a jacket similar Read More …
Kimura Takuya was on “Honmadekka! TV” to talk about his love for dogs and also what was his top things to purchase for 2020. Meanwhile, Kimura surprised his viewers using a word that many Japanese are not familiar with….”buffet”. When the program started, they showed Read More …
In Japan, one jacket that is noticeable is Kimura Takuya’s orange/brown BAPE (a Bathing Ape) down jacket which his character Kuryu Kohei wore in the very popular drama series, “HERO”. On her Instagram, Kudo Shizuka wore a similar BAPE jacket and wrote, “This down was Read More …
The sequel to the film “Masquerade Hotel” directed by Suzuki Masayuki starring Kimura Takuya and Nagasawa Masami has been announced. The sequel will be titled “Masquerade Night” and will be broadcast on September 2021. The original film which was released back on January 18, 2019 Read More …
Both Cocomi (Kokomi) and Koki (Mitsuki), daughters of Kimura Takuya and Kudo Shizuka, wished their father a happy birthday on Instagram. Sharing photos of when they were younger and a glimpse of KimuTaku as a cool father. View this post on Instagram A Read More …
Back in October, Kimura Takuya’s Nissan CM was voted #1 in CM Research Institute’s “Top 10 Favoritey CM” and on November 4th, another Kimura Takuya CM has taken #1 on the “Top 10 Favorite CM” and this one was for Kimura Takuya’s McDonald’s CM.
Actor/singer Kimura Takuya and actress Suzuki Kyoka have been on television together numerous times. And it happens that Suzuki was a special guest on the October 11th episode of TOKYO FM’s “Kimura Takuya Flow supported by GYAO!” and on the radio show, Suzuki praised Kimura’s Read More …