Togo Igawa

Igawa founded Black Tent Theatre, a theatrical group in Japan{{Cite news |date=2014-10-30 |title=Togo Igawa: how I became the RSC's first Japanese actor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/oct/30/togo-igawa-how-i-became-the-rscs-first-japanese-actor |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} before moving to the UK and becoming the first Japanese member of The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.togoigawa.com/togoigawa.com/Biography.html|title=Togo Igawa's biography|access-date=13 January 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/actor-togo-igawa-sean-bean-said-to-me-togo-the-queen-laughed-at-your-anger | title=Actor Togo Igawa: 'Sean Bean said to me: Togo, the Queen laughed at your anger!' }}

He went on to have roles in major films such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai, and A Matter of Size.{{cite web | url=https://bristololdvic.org.uk/profile/togo-igawa | title=Togo Igawa }}

Additionally, Igawa provides the voices of Professor Moshimo in Robotboy, and Hiro in the Thomas & Friends franchise starting with 2009's Hero of the Rails. He also appears in 2011's Johnny English Reborn, the sequel to Johnny English, as English's Tibetan guru and is in the 2012 film Gambit playing businessman Takagawa.{{Cite web |title=Togo Igawa {{!}} United Agents |url=https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/togo-igawa |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=www.unitedagents.co.uk}}

His television roles have included appearances in Lovejoy, Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters, The IT Crowd, Torchwood, Casualty, Archer, Doctor Who, and The Crown. In 2019 he joined the cast of BBC series Giri/Haji.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/casting-giri-haji | title=Casting announced as filming begins on new drama thriller Giri/Haji }}

Igawa voiced the main villain Colonel Lee in the video game Crysis Warhead and the Yakuza character Jiro in the 2013 video game Payday 2. He was nominated for a BAFTA for his performance in Total War: Shogun 2.{{Cite web |title=Games in 2012 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/2012/games/performer&ved=2ahUKEwjwjKnn8q-GAxVwVkEAHbWyAdEQFnoECCsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1_6Z14GDVyp_3lHEnF3Ppm |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=awards.bafta.org}}

In 2023 Igawa played real life businessman Hiroshi Yamauchi in Tetris.{{Cite web |last=Barder |first=Ollie |title=The Story Of 'Tetris' Is Finally Getting The Movie Treatment, With Togo Igawa As A Spot On Hiroshi Yamauchi |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2023/02/17/the-story-of-tetris-is-finally-getting-the-movie-treatment-with-togo-igawa-as-a-spot-on-hiroshi-yamauchi/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

In 2024, he will next be seen starring in Kyoto, a new play on the West End theatre, reuniting with the Royal Shakespeare Company.{{Cite web |title=Full casting announced for KYOTO, a major new co-production from The RSC and Good Chance |url=https://www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/full-casting-for-kyoto-a-major-new-coproduction-from-the-rsc-and-good-chance |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=West End Best Friend |language=en-US}}

Igawa lives in England with his wife Adrienne Baba.

He studied at The Haiyuza Theatre Company Acting School and Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music.{{cite web | url=https://sohovoices.co.uk/artists/togo-igawa/ | title=Soho Voices - Togo Igawa - Voice over artist }}

• Kagirinaku toumei ni chikai blue (1979) as Okinawa
• The Man Who Shot Christmas (1984) as Koji
• Half Moon Street (1986) as Japanese Waiter
• Just like a Woman (1992) as Akira Watanabe
• Incognito (1998) as Agachi
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999) as Japanese Man #1
• The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (1999) as Japanese Scuba Diver
• The Last Samurai (2003) as General Hasegawa
• Code 46 (2004) as a Driver
• Revolver (2005) as Fred
• Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) as Tanaka
• Irish Jam (2006) as Mr. Suzuki
• Speed Racer (2008) as Tetsuo Togokahn
• The Hedgehog (2009) as Kakuro Ozu
• Hero of the Rails (2009) as Hiro (voice)
• A Matter of Size (2009) as Kitano
• Ninja (2009) as Sensei Takeda
• Misty Island Rescue (2010) as Hiro (voice)
• Johnny English Reborn (2011) as Ting Wang
• Gambit (2012) as Takagawa
• King of the Railway (2013) as Hiro (voice)
• 47 Ronin (2013) as Tengu Lord (voice)
• Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) as Old Monk
• Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014) as Gotetsu
• Everly (2014) as Sadist[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/91122/two-everly-events-weekend-including-opening-night-vineland-drive/ Togo Igawa Everly]
• The Confessions (2016) as Japanese minister
• Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) as Resistance Bridge Officer
• The Gentlemen (2019) as Wang Yong (Dry Eye's uncle)
• The Host (2020) as Lau Hoi Ho
• Tetris (2023) as Hiroshi Yamauchi

• Gems (1985–1986) as Mr. Horikoshi/Mr. Jima
• Never the Twain (1988) as Japanese tourist
• Small World (1988) as Prof. Motakazu Umeda
• Forever Green (1989) as Mr. Okisawa
• Screen Two (1989) as Hiroto
• Murder Most Horrid (1991) as Japanese tourist
• Lovejoy (1992) as Mr. Kashimoto
• Drop the Dead Donkey (1996) as Mishima
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2005) as Jafar Shin (voice)
• Robotboy (2005–2008) as Professor Moshimo
• The IT Crowd (2006, 2008) as Yamamoto
• Torchwood (2006) as Dr. Tanizaki
• Thomas & Friends (2010–2020) as Hiro (voice)
• Casualty (2014) as Than Sein
• Marco Polo (2014) as Chuluun
• Archer (2015) as Kentaro Sato (voice)
• Doctor Who (2017) as Secretary General
• The Amazing World of Gumball (2017) as Mr Yoshida, Mystical Narrator (voice)
• Doctors (2017) as Akio Tanaka
• Origin (2018) as Eiichi Yagami
• Giri/Haji (2019) as Hotaka
• The Crown (2019) as Emperor Hirohito

• Shogun: Total War (2001) as Narrator
• Perfect Dark Zero (2005) as Zhang Li{{cite web |title=Togo Igawa |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Togo-Igawa/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=3 February 2021|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}
• Genji: Days of the Blade (2006) as Musashibo Benkei
• Crysis Warhead (2008) as Colonel Lee
• Payday 2 (2015) as Jiro
• ''Total War: Shogun 2 (2010, cooperating with Sega and Creative Assembly) as game's narrator
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination (2021) as Jubei
• Wolfstride (2020) as Oyabun
• Rise of the Rōnin (2024) as Bladesmith's Counterpart{{cite web|url=https://www.gameleap.com/articles/rise-of-the-ronin-voice-actors-full-cast-character-list|title=Rise of the Ronin Voice Actors: Full Cast & Character List|last=Aruya|first=Shida|date=March 30, 2024|publisher=Game Leap|website=www.gameleap.com|accessdate=May 15, 2024}}

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