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Taniguchi Masashi (Masashi Taniguchi)

Taniguchi Masashi

Date of birth: 5 November 1977 (48 years old)

Country: Japanese

Masashi Taniguchi is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo on 5 November 1977. He belongs to Society of Style Co., Ltd. (SOS Entertainment). At high school he was a reader model for the magazine Tokyo Street News!. After graduating he worked for private companies, then left, unsure what he wanted to do. He debuted as a magazine model at 19 and later moved to the SOS modelling agency on a colleague's recommendation. After appearing in commercials, he debuted as an actor in 1999 as Tatsumi Nagare / Go Blue in First Aid Squadron Go Go Five. In 2004 he and a filmmaker launched the company Implant Pictures and began film production, and in July 2012 he formed the unit [G] with actor Atsushi Harada. In 2016 he played Hitoshi Takayama / Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha in Kamen Rider Amazons, his first transformation-hero role in 17 years. Between 2011 and 2016 he belonged to the entertainment unit Hybrid Amusement Show bpm, and since 2016 he has been a model for Yohji Yamamoto's s'yte. His roles also include Togawa Yousuke in No Touching At All (2014) and Bacht / Kamen Rider Falchion in Kamen Rider Saber (2020).

Career timeline

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