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name: "Takashi Tachibana"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takashi-tachibana"
fi1m_id: "takashi-tachibana"
imdb_id: "nm0846181"
tmdb_id: 555255
wikidata_id: "Q5371338"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 May 1940"
died: "30 April 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T10:45:33.693399+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Takashi Tachibana

## Identity

Takashi Tachibana

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takashi-tachibana
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takashi-tachibana
- **IMDb ID:** nm0846181
- **TMDB ID:** 555255
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5371338
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Tachibana_(journalist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5371338, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846181/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/555255

Actor. Born 28 May 1940 in Nagasaki. Died 30 April 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 May 1940, Nagasaki
- **Died:** 30 April 2021
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Tachibana_(journalist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5371338, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846181/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/555255

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Whisper of the Heart*](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md) (82)

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## Biography

Takashi Tachibana (1940–2021) was a Japanese journalist, essayist and occasional voice actor. A graduate in French literature from the University of Tokyo, he worked for the magazine Bungeishunjū and wrote extensively on social and political topics in Japan.

He collaborated with Studio Ghibli on research and publications, and provided the voice of Seiya Tsukishima in the 1995 film *Whisper of the Heart*. He also served as producer on the 2022 documentary *When I Opened the Door to That Garden*.

*Sources: imdb.com, anilist.co, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Seiya Tsukishima (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *When I Opened the Door to That Garden* (2022), Producer
- *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), as Seiya Tsukishima (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Shiba Ryotaro Prize 1997: Shiba Ryotaro Prize (won)
- Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize 1991: Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize (won)
- Kikuchi Kan Prize 1983: Kikuchi Kan Prize (won)
- Kodansha Non-Fiction Award 1979: Kodansha Non-Fiction Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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