Taiga Takano

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Taiga Takano
高野 大河
Born (1999-09-01) 1 September 1999
OccupationVoice actor
Employer81 Produce
Notable workBinan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara! as Shinkurō Unzen
AwardsSeiyu Awards Best New Actor Award (2026)

Taiga Takano (Japanese: 高野 大河, Hepburn: Takano Taiga; born 1 September 1999) is a Japanese voice actor from Sapporo, affiliated with 81 Produce.[1] After a brief career as a child stage actor in the Sapporo area, he starred in Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara! as Shinkurō Unzen and in 2026 won the 20th Seiyu Awards Best New Actor Award.

Biography

Takano, a native of Sapporo,[2] was born on 1 September[1] 1999.[3] Around the time of his later years in elementary school, he began taking lessons in hip-hop dance at his parents' suggestion.[3] While he was in sixth grade, the Shiki Theatre Company held a production of The Lion King, and he successfully passed an audition for their role of young Simba; he later recalled in an interview that this experience helped him "realize how much fun it is to become someone else and express myself using my voice and body".[3] He later joined local theater troupe Fruit Basket.[3]

After taking a break from acting to attend university, Takano decided to become a voice actor while pondering his future career plans.[3] After several failures at several open-call voice acting competitions, he took up the offer to participate at the 16th Seiyu Awards' Newcomer Discovery Audition, where he received job offers from seven agencies.[3] He subsequently moved to Tokyo and began his voice acting career.[4] He officially joined 81 Produce on 1 April 2023,[5] and he had minor roles in Atri: My Dear Moments, Duel Masters Lost, Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup, and Mix.[1]

In April 2025, it was announced that Takano would star as Shinkurō Unzen in Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara!.[6] He also voiced one of the brainwashed people in the 12th episode of Witch Watch.[7] In 2026, he won the Seiyu Awards Best New Actor Award at the 20th Seiyu Awards.[8]

Filmography

Television animation

Year Title Role Ref
2023MixBoxing club member[1]
2024Atri: My Dear MomentsShopping District residents[1]
2024Kinokoinu: Mushroom PupCameraman[1]
2025April Showers Bring May FlowersMale student A[1]
2025Classic Stars[1]
2025Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara!Shinkurō Unzen[6]
2025I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in ClassMale student B[1]
2025MonoHost[1]
2025Witch WatchBrainwashed man[7]
2026Beyblade XHina's friend[1]

Original net animation

Year Title Role Ref
2024Duel Masters LostCamper C[1]

Video games

Year Title Role Ref
2025Inazuma Eleven: Victory RoadJoss Fool, Chroma[1]
Disney Twisted-WonderlandGolden Trident Player[1]
Genshin ImpactPrisoner, Camden, Chamborduc[1]
Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage![1]

References

  1. 高野　大河. 81 Produce (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  2. Nakano, Taiga [@lion_tiger81] (21 April 2025). 北海道札幌市出身の道産子フレッシュボーイ(？) (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  3. 『第十六回声優アワード 新人発掘オーディション』最多7社のスカウトを受けた北海道出身の22歳・高野大河さん「人柄まで丸ごと愛していただけるような声優が目標」. deview.co.jp (in Japanese). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  4. 「第20回 声優アワード」新人声優賞：高野大河さんコメント. Animate Times (in Japanese). 15 March 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. "Information". 81 Produce (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  6. Tai, Anita (20 April 2025). "New Cute High Earth Defense Club Anime's New Video Reveals More Cast & Staff, Theme Songs, July 7 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  7. "Taiga Takano (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (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 credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  8. Cayanan, Joanna (15 March 2026). "Kikunosuke Toya, Shion Wakayama Win 20th Annual Seiyū Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved 19 March 2026.