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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Biography

Birth Name:Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • Developed an interest in films when he was 8 years old and his mother took him to see "Some Came Running․"
  • Quote: "What most people don't know is that I was a healer long before I began acting․ It is my first love․"
  • Has been cast in multiple film adaptations of video games, including "Mortal Kombat" and "Tekken․"
  • His breakthrough role was in "The Last Emperor," in which he played a Eunuch named Chang
  • Founded a Post-New Age breathing modality called Chuu Shin that combines Western physical training with Eastern thought on internal energy systems
  • Voiced Sin Tzu in the "Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu" video game
  • Was an exchange student in Japan during his college years

Awards

  • 2017BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award-Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film: winner