Born in Kyushu, Japan and raised in Los Angeles since the age of three, Dennis Yukio Takeda has followed his personal ambitions and passions into a diverse artistic career. He graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art in Studio Arts from CSULB. He has studied his craft of acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse and in recent years has been studying under the guidance of his acting coach and mentor, Sal Romeo, at the Friends and Artist Theatre. Among his artistic endevours, he was a program director at a private art school and taught the fundamentals of art to children of all ages. Dennis had also started a volunteer program at the Children Hospital of Los Angeles to teach the benefits of art to the patients in the hospital. From this program, he has been recognized on Los Angeles news broadcasts Channel 9 (KCAL) as a "California Dreamer", Channel 2 (KCBS) as a "HomeTown Hero", and Channel 7 (KABC) as a "Eyewitness News Salutes." These news segments can be seen in the reel section of this website under "Hometown Hero".His artistic and design skills have been employed for many diverse companies and individuals to promote their products or business. Among them are DVD covers for a feature film titled "Running Springs" distributed by Echelon Productions, a short film titled "A Day in the Life of a Bathroom Key" which was nominated for numerous film festivals and a website for a major feature film in pre-production titled "Spaghetti Park". Among his television, film and stage credits, Dennis had the pleasure of working on the Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winner "Letters from Iwojima," directed by Clint Eastwood. He also had a lead role and executive producer credit on the feature film titled "Running Springs." He recently finished a 26 show stage run at the Ensemble Theatre in Santa Barbara for a 2003 Tony award winning Broadway stage play titled "Take Me Out" by Richard Greenberg in which he played the role of "Kawabata," a Japanese born baseball pitcher of the fictional "Empires."Dennis is in pre-production on his own short film project that he has written and will star in titled "Giving Hope." He is currently represented by the Bicoastal Talent and Literary Agency for network T.V, feature film and commercial roles. For any inquiries regarding his artwork or acting employment, please go to the contact section of the website for more information.

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