Acting
Jan 26, 1937
Tokyo, Japan
Takayama Sakae
Acting
Biography
Born on January 27, 1937. He appeared in films as a child actor from a young age, and in 1955, during the early days of television, he joined Radio Tokyo Television (now TBS) as an actor. While appearing in various dramas, he later shifted to work primarily in voice acting, serving as a personality (DJ) for various commercial radio stations (including FM stations). As a result, he is quite knowledgeable about music from the 1960s and 70s, including American pop, Japanese pop, Group Sounds, and folk. He has also been active as a voice actor, and his roles as Cookie in "Sunset 77" and Eightman in the anime "Eightman" are well-known to the general public. In addition, having worked for TBS Radio for 13 years, handling night baseball broadcasts and other sports-related work, he has many acquaintances with baseball players and sumo wrestlers. In that respect, he is knowledgeable about how professional athletes and their wives take care of and manage their health. Furthermore, having lived through the early days and development of television, as well as the heyday of radio, he possesses a wealth of behind-the-scenes stories of the industry and anecdotes about his interactions with television stars that are unimaginable today.
Television & Series (2)
A police officer working a routine case is hit by a car and mortally wounded. He is saved by a professor that transfers his consciousness into a powerful cyborg crime-fighter. Resurrected as the ultimate high-tech vigilante, it is up to 8Man to bring the lawless to justice and put an end to the escalating cycle of violence.
Eightman
October 1941, as the second World War threatens to destroy the civilized world, an unforeseen complication suddenly occurs. An alien invasion! Despite the sudden appearance of these extraterrestrial aggressors, the Axis and Allies continue their destructive conflict. Only the Kishin Corps and their giant Geo-Armor Robots (a.k.a.: Kishin), developed from a captured alien robot soldier, stand between the Earth and total annihilation! A teenager, named Taishi, suddenly finds himself at the center of a struggle over a mysterious black attaché case entrusted to him by his father, Professor Tokamura. The case contains the controlling mechanism for one of the giant Geo-Armor Robots, and the Japanese Kanto Army, the alien invaders, and the Kishin Corps all want to recover the device! Between the spies, the armies, the aliens, and the Giant Robots, Taishi is in for an epic adventure—if he can survive it!