Takumi Nishio

Takumi Nishio
Native name	西尾 拓美
Romanized	Nishio Takumi
Born	June 17, 1967 Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Voice actor
Voice of	Tsukasa Domyoji

Takumi Nishio (西尾 拓美 (にしお たくみ) , Nishio Takumi, born June 17, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan) is a former actor, singer, and voice actor. Nishio now works as a chef. He married his wife Tomomi Nishimura in 1997.

Nishio voiced Tsukasa Domyoji in the Hana Yori Dango drama CDs. He is the first person to portray Tsukasa.

Biography

Career

Nishido and his wife Tomomi Nishimura in 1997

Nishio began working as a voice actor under the name, Takumi Nishio (西尾 巧 () , Takumi Nishio) in the late 1980s. In 1988, he joined a male idol group name CHA-CHA, which was disbanded in 1994. Nishio retired from being a singer and actor in 1996. After retirement, he began working as a chef and restaurant manager in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Personal life

On September 17, 1997, he married actress and singer, Tomomi Nishimura.

Selected filmography

Drama CDs

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Hana Yori Dango	Tsukasa Domyoji

Notes

• He is married to Tomomi Nishimura, who portrayed Akira Mimasaka's mother in Hana Yori Dango Returns.
• Yoko Kamio met him and Takuya Kimura during the recording of the first drama CD. She told them, " you two fit the images [of my characters] perfectly." Kimura joked with Nishio that she meant he was "as dumb as Tsukasa".

External links

• Takumi Nishio on Japanese Wikipedia
• Takumi Nishio at the Anime News Network