RIP Takashi Inagaki

 

Actor Takashi Inagaki dies of pneumonia at the age of 87 He is in charge of many dubbing roles such as the role of Palpatine, the supreme chairman of "Star Wars"

Yahoo Japan

3/272025

 

Takashi Inagaki passed away.

 Actor Takashi Inagaki died of pneumonia at 4:30 p.m. on the 12th at a hospital in Machida City, Tokyo. He was 87 years old. The theater company Mingei, to which he belongs, made the announcement on his official website on the 27th.

"Takashi Inagaki, real name, an actor from the Mingei Theater Company, passed away at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at a hospital in Machida City, Tokyo, at the age of 87." "The funeral was held on Friday, March 21 at a family funeral, and the chief mourner was her daughter, Kayako Akahori. For inquiries, please contact the theater company Mingei. I would like to respectfully inform you here."

According to the troupe, "There are no plans to hold a farewell party."

Mr. Inagaki was born in Gunma Prefecture on May 11, 1937. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Shibukawa High School, he went to the Actor's Theater Training School (8th class), became a research student at the Mingei Theater Company in '59, and became a member of the theater company in '64. The first stage was "The Cage" in 60.

The main stage performances are Lapchenko in Arbuzov's "The Irkutsk Story", Happy in Miller's "Death of a Salesman", Lautrec in Juro Miyoshi's "The Man on Fire", Dussel in Anne Frank's "Anne Frank's Diary", Hitler in Brecht's "Schbeik in World War II", Gorky's "The Abyss" actors, Tomoyoshi Murayama's "Doomsday Hour" by Yamada Uemon, Steinbeck's original "The Grapes of Wrath" narrator, Okamoto Kyodo's "Haiku Master" by Michidori and Junji Kinoshita's "Master" by the pianist. In high school, he studied piano with Noboru Toyomasu and showed his skills in the play "The Master" (91, 97, 2004).

Recent stage performances include Kinji Obata's "Kobe Kita Hotel" by Keishiro Oga (09.10), Kinji Obata's "Doron Doron - Yotsuya Kaidan" by Kikugoro Onoe (10-13), Yoji Sakate's "The Return" by Yoshimitsu Kirimoto (11), David Berry's "The Whale of August" by Joshua (13.14), and Brendan Behan's "Hitojichi" Monçoir (15). The final stage is "Paper Moon" by Itsuki Sato, Ryo Yanai (18). He has also appeared in many Nikkatsu films such as "Life Like a Weed," "The Sixty-Third Regiment of Fools," "Kill Those Who Get in the Way," "The Girl in the Glass," and "The City Without a Map."

He has also appeared in many external voices (dubbing), including foreign dramas such as "ER Emergency Room", "White House", "Lost", the movie "007" series, "Titanic", "Armageddon", "Spider-Man", and "Hitchcock". In recent years, the "Kingdom Hearts" video game has been released, including the "Hunger Games" series (President Coriolanus Snow), the "Star Wars" series (Palpatine), "007: Skyfall" (Kinkade), "Planet of the Apes: Genesis" (Jon Landon), "The Hobbit: The Kingdom of the Dragon" (Berlin), and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Henrik Vanger). In the series, he voiced Yen Sid.

INAGAKI, Takashi (Inagaki Takashi)

Born: 5/11/1937, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Died: 3/12/2025, Machida City, Tokyo, Japan

 

Takashi Inagaki’s western – voice actor:

Westworld (TV) 2016  [Japanese voice of Anthony Hopkins]