Takuya Kimura
Gender: Male
Born: 13th November 1972 (currently 39 years old)
Nationality: Japan
TV programs: Good Luck!!, Hero, Pride, Love Generation, Engine, Long Vacation, Karei-naru Ichizoku, Asunaro Hakusho, Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi, Nemureru Mori, Change, Beautiful Life, Mr. Brain, Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~, Jinsei wa Joujoda, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, Nankyoku tairiku: Kami no ryouiki ni idonda otoko to inu no monogatari, Furuhata Ninzaburo, Ii hito, Trinity Blood, Densetsu no Kyoshi, Nankyoku Tairiku
Movies: 2046, Chūshingura 1/47, Hero, I Come with the Rain, Love and Honor, Howl's Moving Castle, Redline, Space Battleship Yamato
Takuya Kimura (木村 拓哉, Kimura Takuya) (born November 13, 1972), nicknamed Kimutaku (キムタク), is a Japanese singer and actor. He is also a member of the Japanese idol group SMAP. Most of the TV dramas he starred in produced high ratings in Japan. He has become one of the most well-known and successful actors/singers/entertainers in Japan and other Asian countries.
Born in Tokyo, Kimura lived in Minoo, Osaka Prefecture until he was six years old. Then, he lived and attended elementary school and junior high school in Chiba. One of his relatives sent in the application to the Johnny & Associates talent agency, which specializes in young male teen idols, and he became a member of Johnny's Juniors, a group of trainees, in 1987. Then he became one of the 12 members in a unit called "Skate Boys". Skate Boys used to be backup dancers of Hikaru Genji, which at the time was a very popular group. In 1988, SMAP was created, and he joined. The group then consisted of six members: Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Katsuyuki Mori, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori; Katsuyuki Mori later left SMAP to pursue an autoracing career in the mid 90s. After SMAP was formed, each member pursued an
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