Takashi Nikaido

Takashi Nikaido (二階堂高嗣) is a Japanese actor and singer who is a member of boy band Kis-My-Ft2 and its derivative group Busaiku (舞祭組) under Starto Entertainment. His nickname is Nika and Nika-chan.

History
Nikaido's older sister was a fan of the Kinki Kids and sent Nikaido's resume to the Johnny & Associates when he was 10 years old. He said his sister told him that he was going to a Kinki Kids concert today and took him to the audition site. After auditioning, he joined Johnny & Associates in February 2001. At the same audition venue were Toshiya Miyata and Wataru Yokoo, who later became members of Kis-My-Ft2.

He was only 10 years old when he entered the entertainment industry, and it is said that he had a rebellious period due to the frustration of not being able to CD debut quickly. At the Johnny's, which had a strict hierarchical relationship, he surprised everyone by calling his seniors without an honorific title. When he met Shingo Katori of SMAP, the most successful group in Johnny's at the time, he scared everyone by saying, "Who are you?." But he is said to have had a strange charm that did not make people hate him for it.

After joining several groups as a trainee (Johnny's Jr.), he was selected as a member of Kis-My-Ft2 in 2005, and he made his CD debut with Everybody Go on August 10, 2011, seven years after their formation.

In 2001, he made his first drama appearance in Fuji TV's "NO KISS".

In 2011, he made his first film appearance in the movie "Ogawa no be"小川の辺.

On December 13, 2013, Busaiku was formed from Kis-My-Ft2 with Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata and Wataru Yokoo produced by Masahiro Nakai who was a member of SMAP.

He is physically strong and a good acrobat, often performing somersaults and backflips at live shows. He is also a good rapper and often raps in Kis-My-Ft2's songs. In Kis-My-Ft2, he is in charge of live direction.

He loves solo camping and opened his personal official YouTube channel on the theme of camping in December 2023.

Nakai's Watch
Masahiro Nakai is known for taking care of his junior members of Johnny's, and Kis-My-Ft2 members are said to be especially fond of him as his direct juniors. In 2016, four members of Busaiku had dinner with Nakai, who had produced busaiku, Nikaido was given a luxury watch by Nakai. The watch was a Franck Muller wristwatch that Nakai bought it for himself on his 30th birthday, Nikaido jokingly asked, "It's a nice watch. I want it," and Nakai removed the watch on the spot and gave it to Nikaido as a real gift. Since then, Nikaido always wore this watch, appeared on TV and at concerts, and at every occasion mentioned that it was a watch given to him by Nakai. Nakai had told him, "When you turn 30, buy your own watch," so in 2021, the 10th anniversary of Kis-My-Ft2's debut, Nikaido bought a limited edition watch at Franck Muller. Nikaido is said to have great respect for Nakai, and often appears at Kis-My-Ft2 concerts wearing a hat, as Nakai did when he was in SMAP.

Discography

 * Jossy Matsumura=Takashi Nikaido

TV Drama

 * Digital photo drama "NO KISS" (September 25, 2001, Fuji TV) - played the role of Yoshihiko in his elementary school days (reminiscent scene)
 * BAD BOYS J (April 7, 2013 - June 23, 2013, Nippon TV) - Danno Hidenori role
 * Woman Contractor - The Trap of a Trapped Woman (September 12, 2014, Fuji TV) - Shunsaku Kogure as Shunsaku
 * Heisei Maisakigumi Otoko (October 18, 2014 - January 4, 2015, Nippon TV) - as Takatsugu Nikaido, the group lead
 * Why was my family erased? Psychopath of Fear Who Manipulates the Mind - Narumi Saku's Challenge II (July 1, 2015, Nippon TV) - as Takasugi Sota
 * Tokucho no Onna - National Tax Bureau Special Investigation Department (March 4, 2017, Fuji TV) - as Koichiro Zaizen
 * "OO" People's Lives (April 24 - June 26, 2018, Nippon TV) - as Toshiki Hagiwara, the group's lead actor (the four members of Maisakigumi, including Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata, and Wataru Yokoo)
 * Midsummer Boy - 19452020 Final Episode (September 18, 2020, TV Asahi)

Movie

 * Ogawa no be (2011, Toei) - as Samon Ota
 * BAD BOYS J THE MOVIE -The Last Guardian- (November 9, 2013) - Playing the role of Hidenori Danno
 * Adult Friendship (May 12, 2023) - Playing the role of an apartment resident

Streaming Dramas

 * Pleasure Installation (December 4 - 25, 2020, dTV (Lemino)) - Taka Toyama as Taka

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

 * The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The Ginga Eiyu Densetsu: Gekkou Ouhen (August 3 - 12, 2012, Tennozu Ginga Gekijo Theatre) - Playing the role of Caldwell
 * The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Shining Star, Breaking Through the Darkness (November 15 - 18, 2012, Tokyo International Forum) - as Darfit von Reuss (opposite Wataru Yokoo)
 * The Legend of the Galactic Heroes Chapter 3: Civil War (March 31 - April 13, 2013, Aoyama Theatre) - as Wolfgang Mittermeier
 * The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Chapter 4, The Second Part, Clash (February 12 - March 2, 2014, Aoyama Theatre) - as Wolfgang Mittermeier

Moshi Mo Juku

 * Moshi Mo Juku (April 5 and 7, 2019, Tokyo Globe Theatre)
 * Moshi Mo Juku Hagi Performance (May 25 and 26, 2019, Hagi Civic Center, Main Hall)
 * Moshi Mo Juku (March 22 and 23, 2023, Tokyo Globeza)
 * Moshi Mo Juku Fukuoka Performance (April 19-20, 2023, Canal City Theater)

Other Activities
For activities as a member of Kis-My-Ft2, see Kis-My-Ft2.

Radio

 * Appare yatteremasu! (October 11, 2021 -, MBS Radio (Japan)) Regular on Mondays

Commercial

 * Sapporo Breweries "Sapporo WATER SOUR" (August 24, 2021)

YouTube

 * NIKAchanNEL - (December 2023- ) Weekly updates