Hideaki Takizawa life and biography

Hideaki Takizawa is a Japanese actor and a member of the J-pop duo Tackey & Tsubasa from Tokyo, Japan.

In 2002, when he reached the age of 20, he debuted with his best friend Tsubasa Imai in the group Tackey & Tsubasa under the record label Avex Trax. That same year, he graduated from Johnny's Junior. Tackey & Tsubasa have released many popular singles such as "Ho! SUMMER" and "Venus". He gained fame as an actor after starring in Japanese dramas such as Majo no Jouken and Strawberry on the Shortcake.

He was born as the youngest child in a family of five. From an early age, he was impressed and inspired by watching KinKi Kids. Eventually, he joined Johnny & Associates in April 1995 when he was only 13. In the same year, he had his first acting role in a drama Mokuyou no Kaidan as Akaboshi Noboro. He continued to expand his fan base with each drama. However, he did not rise to prominence until 1999 when he starred in the controversial yet popular drama Majo no Jouken with co-star Nanako Matsushima, in which he played a high-school transfer student, Kurosawa Hikaru, who fell in love with his teacher. This was his first leading role and received positive reviews.

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- Joined Johnny’s Entertainment in April 1995, at the age of 13. He submitted his own application form to join JE.
- His first job was to backdance for Kinki Kids in their concert on 05 May 1995.
- His favourite idol was Domoto Koichi (of Kinki Kids).
- Takki became the leader of the Johnny’s Juniors, and is now also known as the Papa of the juniors. They call him Papa Takki.
- Was originally intended to debut as a solo artist with the song Ki.Se.Ki., but Takki wanted to debut as a group with Imai Tsubasa. Fans supported by sending in letters to Johnny’s and - Takki and Tsubasa finally debutted as a unit on 11 September, 2002. They released their first "mini album" Hatachi that day.
- Tackey & Tsubasa staged concerts in Taiwan and Thailand even prior to releasing an album. Takki had 6 computers in his room, and recently added a Mac to his collection. He once said that his room was very hot due to the heat coming from the computers.
- Takki’s song writing name is LaVenDer. He has written many songs since his junior days, for himself, and his kouhais as well. Look below for a list of songs he has penned.
- Takki had his first solocon on 23rd Dec (in Osaka Jou Hall) and 25th Dec (in Yokohama Arena) in 2005.
- Takki fell and broke his nose 2 days before Tackey and tsubasa's concerts in Nagoya, during their X~Dame tour in February 2007. He had to wear a nose mask, and performed 2 shows a day, only 2 days after the accident. He removed the nose mask during the Fukuoka shows a week later, using only a plaster. Fans were heartbroken when they saw him performing more enthusiastically than usual, with a huge bruise under his right eye.
- He is part of an unofficial group within Johnny's Entertainment called "No Border", which includes as its members Atsuhiro Sato of Hikaru Genji, Yoshihiko Inohara of V6, Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, Shingo Murakami of Kanjani8, Toma Ikuta of Johnny's Jr., Koichi Domoto of KinKi Kids, Tatsuya Yamaguchi of TOKIO and Jun Matsumoto of Arashi. It was group formed when the 9 members from different JE groups met up for dinner and decided to name themselves "No Border". They are known to interact freely, bypassing the senpai-kouhai relationships formed by JE.
- When he was young, he said he wanted to be a pro-wrestler.

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