Masaya Taki
Description
Masaya Taki is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Nagano Prefecture, born on December 12, 1936. He was formerly affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's Consumer Cooperative Society until August 2009. Taki possesses a distinctive, somewhat husky voice quality, which led to him frequently being cast in the roles of elderly characters and professors in anime productions.
His career includes a number of notable voice roles in anime series from the late 1970s through the 1980s. In the 1977 series Gasshin Sentai Mechander Robo, he voiced the character Professor Shikishima. He was also part of the cast for the 1981 Sunrise anime Robot King Daioja, where he played the role of Jinnai, a steward to the royal family. In the 1984 science fiction series Video Warrior Laserion, Taki provided the voice for the character Bluheim across all 45 episodes. Beyond these works identified in the query, his filmography also includes a role in the 1977 anime Rascal the Raccoon, as Slummy, and the character Eijiro Karasawa in the 1989 series Legendary Idol Eriko.
In addition to his vocal performances, Taki was known to have a skill for playing the yo-yo. He utilized this talent professionally by serving as the yo-yo instructor for the live-action production of Sukeban Dekka.
His career includes a number of notable voice roles in anime series from the late 1970s through the 1980s. In the 1977 series Gasshin Sentai Mechander Robo, he voiced the character Professor Shikishima. He was also part of the cast for the 1981 Sunrise anime Robot King Daioja, where he played the role of Jinnai, a steward to the royal family. In the 1984 science fiction series Video Warrior Laserion, Taki provided the voice for the character Bluheim across all 45 episodes. Beyond these works identified in the query, his filmography also includes a role in the 1977 anime Rascal the Raccoon, as Slummy, and the character Eijiro Karasawa in the 1989 series Legendary Idol Eriko.
In addition to his vocal performances, Taki was known to have a skill for playing the yo-yo. He utilized this talent professionally by serving as the yo-yo instructor for the live-action production of Sukeban Dekka.
All Characters
- JapaneseAnime overview: Madō King Granzort
- JapaneseAnime overview: Robot King Daioja
- JapaneseAnime overview: Gasshin Sentai Mechander Robo
- JapaneseAnime overview: Shin Mashin Eiyūden Wataru: Mashinzan-hen
- JapaneseAnime overview: Video Warrior Laserion
- JapaneseAnime overview: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger
- JapaneseAnime overview: Sukeban Deka III: Shōjo Ninpōchō Denki
- JapaneseAnime overview: Chō Kōsoku Galvion