Background
He made his first big break on 2002, as the official icon of the energy drink, Lipovitan D., along with long-time icon, Kosugi Kane, the son of the legendary martial art actor, Kosugi Shou.
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Eiji Takigawa
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Education
Hailed from Osaka, Takigawa graduated from the law department of Kounan Daigaku (Konan University) at Kobe, before he pursued his career in the entertainment industry. He graduated as the Lipovitan Doctorate icon on 29 March 2007.
Career
The company which produces LipoD felt that Takigawa offered the right aspects for the younger target market for the drink: passion, determination, cheerfulness, youth and intelligence. Takigawa is probably best known for originating the role of Kunimitsu Tezuka, the stoic captain of the Seigaku Middle School"s tennis club, in the Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, as part of the first generation Seigaku cast. He first appeared in the series in 2003, and ended on the graduation show, Side Fudomine, in the beginning of 2005.
He did not appear in the More Than Limit Saint Rudolph Gakuen musical as he was in America at the time, so Kengo Ohkuchi played the role.
Since his graduation, the role of Tezuka has been played by Yuu Shirota, Keisuke Minami, Daisuke Watanabe, and by Ryoma Baba. Takigawa returned to his role as Tezuka and reunited with the 1st generation Seigaku cast to perform in Tenimyu"s Dream Live 7th.
