is a Japanese voice actor from Sapporo, affiliated with 81 Produce. 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, was born on 1 September 1999. Around the time of his later years in elementary school, he began taking lessons in hip-hop dance at his parents' suggestion. 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". He later joined local theater troupe Fruit Basket.
After taking a break from acting to attend university, Takano decided to become a voice actor while pondering his future career plans. 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. He subsequently moved to Tokyo and began his voice acting career. He officially joined 81 Produce on 1 April 2023, and he had minor roles in Atri: My Dear Moments, Duel Masters Lost, Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup, and Mix.
In April 2025, it was announced that Takano would star as Shinkurō Unzen in Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara!. He also voiced one of the brainwashed people in the 12th episode of Witch Watch. In 2026, he won the Seiyu Awards Best New Actor Award at the 20th Seiyu Awards. Filmography Television animation YearTitleRoleRef 2023 Mix Boxing club member 2024 Atri: My Dear Moments Shopping District residents 2024 Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup Cameraman 2025 April Showers Bring May Flowers Male student A 2025 Classic Stars 2025 Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Haikara! Shinkurō Unzen 2025 I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class Male student B 2025 Mono Host 2025 Witch Watch Brainwashed man 2026 Beyblade X Hina's friend Original net animation YearTitleRoleRef 2024 Duel Masters Lost Camper C Video games YearTitleRoleRef 2025 Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Joss Fool, Chroma Disney Twisted-Wonderland Golden Trident Player Genshin Impact Prisoner, Camden, Chamborduc Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!
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