Portrait of Takeshi Kaga

Acting

Takeshi Kaga

Career

Active from 1980 to 2025, busiest in 2017 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
29
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Death Note: The Last Name
Death Note: The Last Name
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Takeshi Kaga Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    4.0, average 4.8
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.2, average 2.0
  • Biographical
    0.2, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Japanese Drama 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Japanese Mystery 2
  • Mind Games 2
  • High Stakes 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
NEWジャングル
NEWジャングル

TV show

2020s

9 titles · average score 64
Love is Hard for a Rich Man
Love is Hard for a Rich Man (2025)

TV show · as Wataru Tendo

さよなら帝国劇場 最後の1日 THE ミュージカルデイ
さよなら帝国劇場 最後の1日 THE ミュージカルデイ (2025)

TV show

Get Ready!
Get Ready! (2023)

TV show · as Michizo Kenmochi

Red Nurse Call
Red Nurse Call (2022)

TV show · as Enokida Makoto

Love Deeply!
Love Deeply! (2021)

TV show · as Taro Hasuda

SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit
SIGNAL: The Movie – Cold Case Investigation Unit (2021)
GoodWatch score 56

as Shinjiro Itagaki

Gyoro Goes to the Theatre
Gyoro Goes to the Theatre (2021)

as (voice)

Mio's Cookbook
Mio's Cookbook (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

as Uneme

生きる
生きる (2020)

TV show

2010s

34 titles · average score 69
Blazing Transfer Students
Blazing Transfer Students (2017)

TV show · as Noboru Takizawa (Voz)

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)
GoodWatch score 87

as Professor Shigemura

AIBOU: The Movie IV
AIBOU: The Movie IV (2017)

as Maku Ryu

Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island
Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island (2015)

as Captain Razak (voice)

Last Night's Curry, Tomorrow's Bread
Last Night's Curry, Tomorrow's Bread (2014)

TV show · as 寺山连太郎

Lingering Spirits
Lingering Spirits (2014)

as Johnny Myochin

The After-Dinner Mysteries
The After-Dinner Mysteries (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

as Shinnosuke Unabara (ship captain)

Akko's Secret
Akko's Secret (2012)
GoodWatch score 59

as Kito

Good Life: Thank You, Papa, Goodbye
Good Life: Thank You, Papa, Goodbye (2011)

TV show · as Yukimura Shinpei

Andalusia: Revenge of the Goddess
Andalusia: Revenge of the Goddess (2011)

as Yosuke Ando

Kaibutsu-kun
Kaibutsu-kun (2010)

TV show · as The King

Joker: Unforgiven Investigator
Joker: Unforgiven Investigator (2010)

TV show · as Masaaki Itsudu

2000s

16 titles · average score 65
Zero Focus
Zero Focus (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gisaku Murota

The Laughing Policeman
The Laughing Policeman (2009)

as Masazumi Ishioka

Black Current
Black Current (2009)

as 日置啓吾

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mysterious Gentleman

Oh! My Girl!!
Oh! My Girl!! (2008)

TV show · as Kazuo Ishizaka

Death Note
Death Note (2006)
GoodWatch score 75

as Soichiro Yagami

Death Note: The Last Name
Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

as Soichiro Yagami

Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black
Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black (2005)

as Kiriko (voice)

Samurai Commando Mission 1549
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

as Takeshi Matoba / Oda Nobugana

Fire Boys
Fire Boys (2004)

TV show · as Gomi Hajime (48)

Say Hello to Black Jack
Say Hello to Black Jack (2003)

TV show

渡り番頭・鏡善太郎の推理
渡り番頭・鏡善太郎の推理 (2000)

TV show

1990s

10 titles · average score 67
Pokémon the Movie 2000
Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)
GoodWatch score 44

as Gelardan (voice)

Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow
Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow (1997)

as Alien Benzene (voice)

Ultraman Zearth
Ultraman Zearth (1996)

as Akuma Ogami / Alien Benzene

The Bridge Club
The Bridge Club (1996)

as Tatsuo Yamaki

Kura
Kura (1995)

TV show

Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall (1995)
GoodWatch score 90

as Jean Valjean (Japan)

Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)

TV show

Shizukanaru Don
Shizukanaru Don (1994)

TV show

He Is Always There
He Is Always There (1993)

TV show · as 中川淳一

As If In Flight
As If In Flight (1990)

TV show · as Okubo Toshimichi

1980s

10 titles · average score 67
The Yen Family
The Yen Family (1988)

as Hajime Kimura

Cabaret
Cabaret (1986)

as Takigawa

Mahjong Horoki
Mahjong Horoki (1984)

as Dosa Ken

A Hunter's Diary
A Hunter's Diary (1983)

as Ichiro Honda

森村誠一の奔放の宴 新妻の秘密パーティ体験記
森村誠一の奔放の宴 新妻の秘密パーティ体験記 (1983)

TV show

Suspicion
Suspicion (1982)
GoodWatch score 70

as Katsuo Toyosaki

Island of the Evil Spirits
Island of the Evil Spirits (1981)

as Kosuke Kindaichi

Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari
Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari (1981)

TV show · as 夫・大原正道

Tennō no Ryōriban
Tennō no Ryōriban (1980)

TV show

The Beast to Die
The Beast to Die (1980)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sanada