RIKIYA TAKANO

Born and raised under Mt. Fuji, Rikiya grew up surrounded by nature in Japan. When he was in junior high he was inspired by two Japanese actors, Nishida Toshiyuki and Ken Watanabe. He soon started following his dream to work in Hollywood as a filmmaker. After graduating in Tokyo, he attended California State University, Northridge to pursue a major in Film Production.

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Rikiya produced one short film and worked on various other short films as an Art Director while attending CSU. Since 2018 he has been working with the production company tenFrames as a Producer’s Assistant. In addition to his work behind the camera, he has acted in various projects including the independent feature film Last Night (2018), and Netflix Original Series, Hyperdrive (2019), and also he has been working on the short films as producer. Recently, he has been working at a casting company KAIJU INC. in Tokyo and worked for International/Japanese MV, Commercial, TV shows and films as a casting associate.

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He is a diligent and creative filmmaker from Japan who has been challenging himself in Hollywood to make his dream come true.