Masanori Taki (瀧 正則, Taki Masanori; born April 8, 1967), better known by his stage name Pierre Taki (ピエール瀧, Piēru Taki), is a Japanese musician and actor. He is the front man for synthpop group Denki Groove, which consists of himself and Takkyu Ishino. As of 2001 he was involved in an exhibit called Prince Tongha with Hideyuki Tanaka in New York City. He also frequently appears as an actor in film and on television.
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Filmography
Films
Red Shadow (2001)
1980 (2003)
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Linda Linda Linda (2005)
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
Sway (2006)
Rainbow Song (2006)
Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)
10 Promises to My Dog (2008)
One Million Yen Girl (2008)
School Days with a Pig (2008)
Rakugo Story (2010)
The Floating Castle (2012)
The Devil's Path (2013), Sudō
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
Attack on Titan (2015)
Twisted Justice (2016)
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Rage (2016)
Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (2016), Fujimoto
Outrage Coda (2017), Hanada
The Blood of Wolves (2018), Ginji
Sunny/32 (2018)
A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 (2019)
Miyamoto (2019)
Samurai Shifters (2019)
Romance Doll (2020), Kaoru Kubota
Zokki (2021)
September 1923 (2023), Shinjirō Sunada
Horizon (2024)
Bullet Train Explosion (2025)
Hero's Island (2025), Kishaba
A Light in the Harbor (2025), Yuto Otsuka
New Group (2026), the principal
Tokyo Burst: Crime City (2026)
Television
Amachan (2013)
Gunshi Kanbei (2014), Hachisuka Koroku
Daddy Sister (2016), Sōkichi Morita
Rikuoh (2017), Kenji Obara
The Naked Director (2019), Wada
Idaten (2019), Shinsaku Kurosaka
Sanctuary (2023), Enshō-oyakata
House of Ninjas (2024), Zensuke Omi
Tokyo Swindlers (2024)
Human Vapor (2026), Mamoru Sakamoto
Animation
Hakaba Kitarō (2008), Trump Omoi (eps. 4–5)
Super Crooks (2021), Gladiator
The Last Blossom (2025), Housenka
Ludography
Legal issues
In March 2019, Taki was arrested on suspicion of cocaine use and his latest video game, Judgment, was withdrawn from sale by the publisher, Sega. His appearance has been removed in the Western release. He was later released on bail on April 4, 2019. After he admitted to using cocaine, the Tokyo District court sentenced him to eighteen months in prison, suspended for three years.
His voice acting roles were also replaced such as Olaf from Frozen. Home video releases of Frozen were removed in Japan.
Since then, Shunsuke Takeuchi became the new Japanese dub voice of Olaf.