Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki
December, 2011
Background information
Native name	ピエール瀧
Birth name	Masanori Taki
Born	April 8, 1967 Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka
Origin	Japan
Genres	Techno
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Ki/oon Records
Associated acts	Denki Groove
Website	www.pierretaki.com

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 the front man for Japanese synthpop group Denki Groove, which consists of himself and Takkyu Ishino.^[1] As of 2001 he was involved in an exhibit called Prince Tongha with Hideyuki Tanaka in New York City.^[2] He also frequently appears as an actor in film and on television.

Selected filmography

Films

• Red Shadow (2001)
• 1980 (2003)
• 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)
• Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
• Attack on Titan (2015)
• Anger (2016)
• A Man Called Pirate (2016) – Fujimoto

Television

• Amachan (2013)
• Toto Neechan (2016) – Sōkichi Morita

Video games

• Siren 2 - Takeaki Misawa

Dubbing

• Frozen - Olaf

Discography

References

1. Gregory Beals. "Kings of Cool; Japan is grooving on DJs--those scruffy vinyl-scratchers whose pulsating 'techno' beats have everybody dancing :[Atlantic Edition]. " Newsweek 11 December 2000: 34. Platinum Periodicals. ProQuest. Accessed 18 September 2007
2. Jerry Saltz. "Screen savers." The Village Voice [New York] 31 Jul 2001,56. Platinum Periodicals. ProQuest. Accessed 18 September 2007

External links

• Official website
• Pierre Taki at the Internet Movie Database
• Pierre Taki discography at Discogs