Pierre Taki Explained

Pierre Taki
Birth Name:	Masanori Taki
Native Name:	ピエール瀧
Native Name Lang:	jpn
Birth Date:	8 April 1967
Birth Place:	Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka
Module:	Embed: yes Origin: Japan Genre: Techno Background: solo_singer Years Active: 1986 - present Label: Ki/oon Records Associated Acts: Denki Groove

, better known by his stage name, is the front man for Japanese synthpop group Denki Groove, which consists of himself and Takkyu Ishino.^[1] As of 2001 he was involved in an exhibit called Prince Tongha with Hideyuki Tanaka(Japanese graphic designer) in New York City.^[2] He also frequently appears as an actor in film and on television.^[3]

Selected filmography

Films

• Red Shadow (2001)
• 1980 (2003)
• Survive Style 5+ (2004)
• Linda Linda Linda (2005)
• (2005)
• Sway (2006)
• Rainbow Song (2006)
• Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)
• 10 Promises to My Dog (2008)
• One Million Yen Girl (2008)
• School Days with a Pig (2008)
• Rakugo Story (2010)
• The Floating Castle (2012)
• The Devil's Path (2013) – Sudō
• Like Father, Like Son (2013)
• (2014)
• Attack on Titan (2015)
• Twisted Justice (2016)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Rage (2016)
• (2016) – Fujimoto
• Outrage Coda (2017) – Hanada
• The Blood of Wolves (2018) – Ginji
• Sunny/32 (2018)
• A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 (2019)
• Miyamoto (2019)
• Samurai Shifters (2019)
• Romance Doll (2020) – Kaoru Kubota
• Zokki (2021)^[4]
• September 1923 (2023) – Shinjirō Sunada^[5]
• Horizon (2024)^[6]

Television

• Amachan (2013)
• Gunshi Kanbei (2014) – Hachisuka Koroku^[7]
• Daddy Sister (2016) – Sōkichi Morita
• Rikuoh (2017) – Kenji Obara
• The Naked Director (2019) – Wada
• Idaten (2019) – Shinsaku Kurosaka
• Sanctuary (2023) – Enshō-oyakata
• House of Ninjas (2024) – Zensuke Omi^[8]
• Tokyo Swindlers (2024)^[9]

Animation

• Hakaba Kitarō (2008) – Trump Omoi (eps. 4–5)
• Super Crooks (2021) – Gladiator^[10]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Console	Source
2005	WTF: Work Time Fun	N/A	Game director	PlayStation Portable
2006	Siren 2	Takeaki Misawa		PlayStation 2
2008	The Last Guy	N/A	Game director	PlayStation 3
2018	Judgment	Kyohei Hamura	Later patched out and replaced	PlayStation 4	^[11] ^[12]
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Olaf

Dubbing

Title	Role	Voice dub for	Notes	Source
Frozen	Olaf
Kubo and the Two Strings	Beetle/Hanzo			^[13]

Legal issues

In March 2019, Taki was arrested on suspicion of cocaine use and his latest video game, Judgment, was withdrawn from sale by the publisher, Sega.^{[3] [14]} His appearance has been removed in the Western release.^[15] He was later released on bail on April 4, 2019.^[16] After he admitted to using cocaine, the Tokyo District court sentenced him to eighteen months in prison, suspended for three years.^[17]

His voice acting roles were also replaced such as Olaf from Frozen.^{[18] [19]} Home video releases of Frozen were removed in Japan.^[20]

Since then, Shunsuke Takeuchi became the new Japanese dub voice of Olaf.

Notes and References

1. Gregory Beals. "Kings of Cool; Japan is grooving on DJs—those scruffy vinyl-scratchers whose pulsating 'techno' beats have everybody dancing :[Atlantic Edition]. " Newsweek December 11, 2000: 34. Platinum Periodicals. ProQuest. Retrieved September 18, 2007
2. Jerry Saltz. "Screen savers." The Village Voice [New York] 31 July 2001,56. Platinum Periodicals. ProQuest. Retrieved September 18, 2007
3. News: Denki Groove's Pierre Taki arrested in drug bust and reportedly admits to using cocaine . Japan Times . March 13, 2019 .
4. Web site: 吉岡里帆、鈴木福、満島真之介ら映画『ゾッキ』に豪華キャスト18名. October 21, 2020. Cinematoday. October 20, 2020.
5. Web site: 福田村事件. September 29, 2022. eiga.com.
6. Web site: 水平線. January 13, 2024. eiga.com.
7. Web site: 軍師官兵衛. June 14, 2024. allcinema.
8. Web site: 賀来賢人が主演・原案「忍びの家」に吉岡里帆、田口トモロヲ、柄本時生ら出演. February 29, 2024. Natalie.
9. Web site: 綾野剛×豊川悦司「地面師たち」に北村一輝、小池栄子、ピエール瀧、染谷将太ら出演. June 14, 2024. Natalie.
10. Web site: Netflix Unveils Trailer, More Cast for Super Crooks Anime. Anime News Network. October 22, 2021. October 22, 2021.
11. Web site: Project Judge Is A Courtroom Thriller-Themed Action Game Set in Kamurocho. September 10, 2018. Siliconera.com. March 29, 2019.
12. Web site: Pierre Taki (visual voices guide). Behind The Voice Actors. March 29, 2019. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
13. Web site: KUBO／クボ 二本の弦の秘密 – Fukikaeru-Daisakusen. Fukikaeru.com. ja. March 10, 2018.
14. News: Cammy Harbison . Sega Pulls 'Yakuza' Spin-Off Game 'Judgment' From Japanese Retailers After Pierre Taki Arrest . Newsweek . March 13, 2019 .
15. Web site: Judgment Game's Western Release Removes Pierre Taki's Role. Anime News Network. March 29, 2019.
16. Web site: Police Are Irritated by Japanese Public's 'Flippant' Reaction to Pierre Taki's Drug Crime.
17. News: June 18, 2019 . Denki Groove's Pierre Taki given suspended sentence for cocaine use . The Japan Times . 23 September 2020.
18. Web site: Jennifer Sherman . Square Enix Replaces Pierre Taki as Voice of Olaf in Kingdom Hearts III in Patch. Animenewsnetwork.com. March 14, 2019.
19. Web site: Kingdom Hearts III Is Changing Olaf's Japanese Voice in an Update Following Pierre Taki's Arrest. March 14, 2019. Siliconera.com. March 29, 2019.
20. Web site: Disney stops selling, producing 'Frozen' Blu-rays in Japan as Pierre Taki drug arrest fallout continues. Japan Today. March 29, 2019.