Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda is one of those figures who makes you stop and think about the sheer weight of a life lived across eras. Born in 1918 — Taisho Japan, when the world was still piecing itself back together after one war and hurtling toward another — he somehow made it through Tokyo Imperial University and then chose acting, which tells you everything you need to know about where his real passion lived. The fact that he worked both on screen and as a voice actor is what gets me: that's a rare kind of presence, where your face earns trust in one room and your voice alone holds a room in another. He passed in 1986, so he never got to see how much the craft he helped build would grow, but you can feel the gravity of that old-school stage discipline in every performer who came after him. Quiet legend energy, no flash required.

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Takashi Kanda (April 14, 1918 – July 13, 1986) was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Tokyo. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he pursued a career in both on-screen acting and voice work, leaving a presence in Japanese entertainment across both disciplines. He passed away on July 13, 1986.

Name (English)

Takashi Kanda

Name (Japanese)

神田隆

Reading

かんだ たかし

Born

April 14, 1918 – July 13, 1986

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Horse

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Active years

1943 - 1986

Occupation

Actor / Voice Actor

University

University of Tokyo

Spouse

神田春江（妻）

Works summary

Appearances

493 (1950–1986)

By year

1950: 3, 1952: 2, 1953: 6, 1954: 7, 1955: 6, 1956: 13, 1957: 11, 1958: 10, 1959: 11, 1960: 11, 1961: 7, 1962: 8, 1963: 6, 1964: 3, 1965: 7, 1966: 12, 1967: 5, 1968: 7, 1969: 7, 1970: 11, 1971: 10, 1972: 12, 1973: 23, 1974: 16, 1975: 23, 1976: 20, 1977: 16, 1978: 15, 1979: 10, 1980: 23, 1981: 21, 1982: 12, 1983: 9, 1984: 9, 1985: 9, 1986: 9

Debut work

醜聞

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9E%E7%94%B0%E9%9A%86%20(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11590674

Tags

• Born in Tokyo
• Actor
• Voice Actor

Last updated

2026-08-26

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