Takashi Kashiwabara: Japanese "Jiang Shu", a salty 13-year love affair with the "grass girl" of Meteor Garden

Appearing in many hit movies, but with the role of Jiang Shushu in the Japanese version of Innocence, Takashi has become his first love in the hearts of millions of fans and is famous all over Asia.

Takashi Kashiwabara is one of the leading male gods of the land of the rising sun and is known as "Japan's last male beauty in the 20th century". With his statue-like face, straight nose bridge, eyes that seem to contain a thousand confidants, and a temperament that is both sad and cold, Takashi has made many young women's hearts sobbing.

Appearing in many hit movies, but with her role as Naoki Irie in Itazura na Kiss (also known as the character Jiang Shushu in the Japanese version of Innocence), Takashi has become a first love in the hearts of millions of fans and is famous all over Asia. Although this film has been remade many times, the version played by Takashi is still a "wall" that is difficult to overcome.

Takashi Kashiwabara was born in Kobe in 1977, coming from an ordinary family with a father who worked as an official and a stay-at-home mother. As a child, Takashi was a naughty, playful boy who did not care much about studying, and his academic achievements were not outstanding. At school, he was quite shy, closed off, so there were no female friends to pursue. Takashi even shared with the media that he was rejected by his first love after expressing his feelings for her.

After winning Junon magazine's Superboy contest in 1993, Takashi Kashiwabara entered the entertainment industry. A year later, he focused on developing his career as an actor and quickly rose to fame when he appeared in the classic Love Letter.

It is known that one of the classic, iconic scenes in director Shunji Iwai's film Love Letter is the schoolboy Itsuki Fujii standing with his back against the window reading, his slanted face appearing, beautiful in the sunlight and breeze.

That poetic image made many people distracted and sobbed and Itsuki Fujii became the first love of many female viewers at that time. Actor Takashi Kashiwabara, who played Fujii thanks to this role, became a cult movie star, was the ideal lover of the Japanese Young Women's Association at that time.

In 1996, after starring in the Japanese version of Innocence, Takashi's name became famous throughout Japan and spread to neighboring Asian countries. With the advantage of appearance, Takashi achieved success very early.

However, at that time, Takashi was labeled a "vase" on the screen, the public only paid attention to his appearance and few people bothered about acting when watching Takashi Kashiwabara's films. The actor once revealed that he was scolded by the director, commented on his immature acting, at one point he once thought about giving up but in the end persisted in pursuing it because of his passion.

Despite efforts to improve, improve acting skills, and agree to play supporting roles to try out different types of roles, none of Takashi's roles can overcome the huge shadow of the character in Love Letter or Poetry. The public always remembers him as the "first love of youth" of the old days.

His career during this period was not smooth sailing, in the field of acting, Takashi kept struggling to find a place for himself, and singing also failed. He once formed a Rock 'n Roll group with friends, acting as the lead vocalist but did not achieve success when the group soon disbanded.

In 2003, suffering from shoulder pain and migraines, the actor had to take a break from work for two years for treatment. Because of that, the career is declining. During this time, beauty Hiroko Hatano was always there to take care of him. Touched by her affection, Takashi decides to move forward with marriage. But this marriage lasted only two years. During this period, he fell into depression, stuck when his love and career were in trouble.

Overcoming a difficult period in his life, Takashi returned with a different image. He is stronger, more experienced and more stylish when he appears in public or on screen. Takashi still works hard in films, actively participating in TV shows, the events of which he previously operated very modestly. Takashi then reprised his role with Kyokugen Suiri Coliseum (2004) and then Byakuyako, an adaptation of Keigo Higashino's novel White Night.

He may not be the famous movie star he used to be, but Takashi is now recognized as a powerful actor. Over time, the audience also not only focused on his appearance but also praised and deeply impressed with the roles that he built. He continues to make his mark with quality drama film works.

Today, Takashi Kashiwabara is a 45-year-old man who lives a relatively private life, freely pursues and dedicates himself to what he is passionate about.

In his personal life, after the breakdown of his marriage to beauty Hiroko Hatano, Takashi also fell in love again with Yuki Uchida. It is known that the beauty was famous for her genderless beauty in the 90s, who played the heroine "Grass" Tsukushi Makino in the Japanese version of Meteor Garden. She is a powerful actress, respected by many people in the profession.

In 1995, Takashi Kashiwabara and Yuki Uchida played a couple in a commercial, however, at that time, they only considered each other as ordinary colleagues. After that, the pair once again collaborated on the movie "Big Wing" and made the audience "cringe" with extreme "chemistry". However, by then, both of them had lovers and soon each had their own families.

By 2010, the couple once again reunited, started dating and have been together ever since. The two artists are so private that in the past 10 years, neither Takashi nor Yuki have once made their love affair public. The public can only learn that the two are still dating through ultra-rare photos provided by paparazzi.

Not long ago, Japanese media caught the couple walking the streets together, going to 1 restaurant together for a meal. The two showed warm interest in every gesture that made the public admire. There are many opinions that, for the past 30 years, although Takashi and Yuki have not registered their marriage or had any weddings, Takashi and Yuki are indeed a perfect couple, making up for each other.

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