Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the Godzilla film series. He was born on April 29, 1934 and died on March 14, 2022.
Takarada was born in Japan-occupied Korea and spent some time in Harbin, China.
His father was a railway engineer on the South Manchuria Railway. He stayed in Harbin after the war and was fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.
Takarada and his family moved to Allied-occupied Japan in 1948.
In April 1953, he joined Toho as part of their “New Face” program. In his feature film debut, he played a minor role in And Then the Liberty Bell Rang, a biopic of educator Fukuzawa Yukichi.
Akira Takarada children: Who is his daughter Michiru Kojima?
Kojima is the daughter of Takarada. She was born in Tokyo, Japan on April 25, 1967.
She is also into acting just like her dad.
She is well known for her contributions to Sotsugyô Proof (1987), Konchû monogatari minashigo Hatchi (1989), and You (1982).
