Fumiya Takahashi

Fumiya Takahashi (高橋 文哉, Takahashi Fumiya, born March 12, 2001) is a Japanese actor.

Takahashi was born March 12, 2001, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In 2017, he participated in a beauty pageant "Male High Schooler Mr. Contest [ja] 2017" and won the grand prize in December. He had his first television appearance in Nippon TV's Tokuson: Life Hacks! [ja], which premiered on April 12, 2018. He debuted as an actor in the stage play Taishō Roman Tantei Dan: Muttsu no Maria Zo in April 2018 as well. Besides, he participated in the Season 4 of Ameba TV's reality show Who Is the Wolf? [ja] in Q3 of the same year, which raised the popularity of Takahashi. During this period, Takahashi was referred to as "the top handsome high schooler in Japan".

In July 2019, it was announced that Takahashi would play the protagonist role in Kamen Rider Zero-One, which was the first Kamen Rider work in the Reiwa era. At the age of 18, he was the first main Kamen Rider actor who was born in the 21st century. He was also the first participant of the "Male High Schooler Mr. Contest" who played the lead role of a Kamen Rider work. The television drama series premiered from September 2019 to August 2020.

Having taken part in the Kamen Rider series for a year, Takahashi played Tōya Fujiwara, a student role in TV Asahi's Sensei wo Kesu Hōteishiki. [ja] from October 2020, making his first television drama appearance after Kamen Rider Zero-One. He joined the filming of the drama series only four days after the end of the filming process of Kamen Rider Zero-One the Movie: Real×Time. He played a student role as well in his next television drama, Captivated, by You. He played Akira Nikaidō in TBS's Kikazaranai Koi ni wa Riyū ga Atte [ja] from April 2021, making his first appearance in a prime time drama.

While consistently making appearances in television dramas, his notable works include Saiai [ja] in 2021 and I Will Be Your Bloom in 2022. In 2023, he played Gaku Kitada in Fermat no Ryōri, marking his first time of playing the lead role in a prime time drama. He also played the lead role in a romantic movie for the first time in Kōkan Uso Nikki [ja] in the same year.

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