Yuta Takahata Explained

Yuta Takahata
Native Name:	高畑裕太
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	13 September 1993
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Education:	Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music
Years Active:	2012 - 16; 2019-present
Agent:	Free
Height:	1.81 m^[1]
Television:	Mare
Father:	Ryosuke Otani
Mother:	Atsuko Takahata
Relatives:	Kotomi Takahata (sister-in-law)

^[1] is a Japanese actor and tarento.

Takahata graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music.^[1] He is the eldest son of actress Atsuko Takahata and actor Ryosuke Otani,^[2] and his sister-in-law is actress Kotomi Takahata. Takahata is also related to Keiko Kitagawa and Daigo.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Biography

Takahata was a member of the baseball team at Gyosei International School.^[8] ^[9] His position was catcher.^[10]

When he was in his third year of high school, he saw his mother, Atsuko, in the play A Streetcar Named Desire and was inspired to become an actor. He made his acting debut in the drama Akkoto Bokura ga Ikita Natsu in 2012.^[10] Later in April Takahata went to Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, the same college his mother graduated from, and studied theatre acting.^[10] ^[11]

In 2015 he gained recognition when he appeared in the Asadora Mare.^[12] Takahata's reputation later increased as he appeared in a number of variety shows sometimes with his mother Atsuko.^[12] ^[13] ^[14]

On 23 August 2016 he was arrested by the Gunma Prefectural Police on charges of sexual assault against a female employee at a business hotel in Maebashi, where he stayed during movie shoot.^[15] ^[16] ^[17]

On 9 September 2016 at the Maebashi District Public Prosecutors Office, Takahata and the victim declared that the charges would be dropped.^[18] ^[19] On the same day his manager, Mitsuzo Ishii Office, cancelled his contract,^[20] and he became independent.^[20]

On August 16, 2019, he continued his entertainment activities by appearing in the stage production of "Goodbye Nishiko-Kun".^[21]

Filmography

TV drama

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2012	Akkoto Bokura ga Ikita Natsu	Osamu Sasaki
2014	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro	Kazushi Kakimoto
2015	The Eternal Zero	Okubo			^[22] ^[23]
	Mare	Yoichiro Sumi	NHK		^[24] ^[25]
		Tetsudo "Poppo" Hisakawa			^[26]
2016	Ōoku
	Budōkan	Haruki Maeda			^[27]
	Tonari no Shinsengu		Fuji TV
	Noboru Tachibana Seishun Tebikae	Yasuke Shintani
	Aogeba Tōtoshi	Takeshi Jinnai	TBS
	Otokomeshi	Shinya Yonekura	TV Tokyo	Episodes 1 to 5	^[28] ^[29] ^[30] ^[31] ^[32]

Unscheduled due to scandal

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2016	Mōmoku no Yoshinori Sensei: Hikari o Ushinatte Kokoro ga Mieta	Kyota Sasaki		^[33] ^[34]
2016	Sanada Maru	Sanada Nobumasa	NHK	^[35] ^[36]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	Okāsan no Ki	Keiji Kajiya
	Ao no Kaerimichi		^[37] ^[38]
2017	Nannichi Kunsairai		^[39]

Cancelled due to scandal

Stage

Canceled due to scandal

Year	Title	Ref.
2016	Sayōnaraba, iza	^[42]
2017	Theater Cocoon On Repertory 2017 Sekai	^[43] ^[44]

Other TV programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2015	Peke Pon Plus	Fuji TV
2016	Guruguru Ninety Nine	NTV	"Kanaboshi Sumou-bu" Regular
2016	Go Taimen Variety: 7-ji ni aimashou	TBS	Regular	^[45] ^[46]