Takuya Kimura (木村 拓哉,Kimura Takuya, born November 13, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese singer, actor, and former member of the idol group SMAP. He is well known for his roles in television, such as Hero, Long Vacation, Good Luck!!, and Beautiful Life.
Kimura was the first person to portray Rui Hanazawa, voicing him in three audio dramas. The role was also his first time voice acting.
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Personal life[]
Kimura married singer and actress Shizuka Kudo on December 5, 2000. They have two daughters, Kokomi born in May 2001 and Mitsuki born in February 2003.[1] Mitsuki, who goes by the stage name Koki, made her modelling debut in 2018.[2] Kokomi, under the pseudonym Cocomi, made her modelling debut in 2020.[3]
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Kimura was the most suggested to play Rui in a survey conducted by Margaret. The survey was originally for a movie, but Margaret instead negotiated for an audio drama.[4]
He appeared on the covers of Margaret No.15[5] and 23 in 1993 to promote the audio drama.
Author Yoko Kamio talks extensively of meeting him during the first taping and her interview with him for Margaret in the series' fourth volume.
Kamio interviewed Kimura again along with Chisa Yokoyama to promote the third installment of the audio drama in Margaret.
In the tenth episode of the anime, a celebrity at Shizuka's party is called Takuya Muraki, a likely reference to Kimura.
