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Yumi Takada(I)

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
  • Producer
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Yumi Takada
Yumi started her career in the entertainment industry since 1982 as an agent for European fashion models in Tokyo. She traveled throughout Europe and the US to audition models for Tokyo Collections and TV commercials. In 1988, Yumi moved her career to Los Angeles and moved on in her career as an independent casting director and has been doing so for more than 2,500 casting projects including "Age of Samurai" by Netflix (rated number one in Docuseries), "The Paper Tigers" which was scored 100% and ranked number one in action film category by Rotten Tomatoes. She works as a Japanese casting consultants to help many films including "Pachinko" Apple TV series, "Suicide Squad", Dead Pool 2, and "Sophie and a Rising Sun". She has done numerous TV commercial casting projects for US and Asian markets in past 35 years.
BornJune 2
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BornJune 2
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Ken Watanabe in Lettres d'Iwo Jima (2006)
    Lettres d'Iwo Jima
    7.8
    • Casting Department
    • 2006
    Le Temps des samouraïs: Les origines sanglantes du Japon (2021)
    Le Temps des samouraïs: Les origines sanglantes du Japon
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Casting Director
    Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2 (2018)
    Deadpool 2
    7.6
    • Casting Department(Japan)
    • 2018
    Suicide Squad (2016)
    Suicide Squad
    5.9
    • Casting Department
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Casting Director



    • Rental Family
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production



    • Other Side of the Hole (2022)
      Other Side of the Hole
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2022
    • Le Temps des samouraïs: Les origines sanglantes du Japon (2021)
      Le Temps des samouraïs: Les origines sanglantes du Japon
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2021
    • Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Ron Yuan, and Alain Uy in The Paper Tigers (2020)
      The Paper Tigers
      6.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • My Father, The Healer (2020)
      My Father, The Healer
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • The Quiet Man (2018)
      The Quiet Man
      2.3
      Video Game
      • la casting director
      • 2018
    • NHK supesharu (1989)
      NHK supesharu
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2018
    • La saveur des ramen (2018)
      La saveur des ramen
      6.8
      • Casting Director
      • 2018
    • Shizuka Nishida in Fleur (2017)
      Fleur
      4.6
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2017
    • Outro (2017)
      Outro
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2017
    • Red Skies at Night: The Story of Flower (2016)
      Red Skies at Night: The Story of Flower
      4.7
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2016
    • Karate Kill (2016)
      Karate Kill
      5.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2016
    • Masterless (2015)
      Masterless
      3.5
      • Casting Director
      • 2015
    • Scott Adkins in Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear (2013)
      Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear
      6.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2013
    • Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (2012)
      Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D
      8.1
      Video Game
      • Casting Director
      • 2012
    • Blood Ties
      2.8
      Video
      • Casting Director
      • 2011

    Casting Department



    • Kieu Chinh, Adam Garcia, Nia Rush, Tsu Shan Chambers, and Eduardo Ávila Judoman in My Eyes (2024)
      My Eyes
      3.9
      • american casting director
      • 2024
    • Modern Love Tokyo (2022)
      Modern Love Tokyo
      6.7
      TV Series
      • extras casting
      • 2022
    • Taiga Nakano in Lost Man Found (2022)
      Lost Man Found
      7.7
      TV Series
      • casting director in us
      • 2022
    • Youn Yuh-jung, Kwon Eun-sung, Lee Min-ho, Anna Sawai, Jin Ha, Kim Kang-hoon, and Minha Kim in Pachinko (2022)
      Pachinko
      8.4
      TV Series
      • japanese casting consultant (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Masumi in Yakuza Princess (2021)
      Yakuza Princess
      4.8
      • casting
      • 2021
    • Le Temps des samouraïs: Les origines sanglantes du Japon (2021)
      Le Temps des samouraïs: Les origines sanglantes du Japon
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • casting: USA, Japan
      • 2021
    • The Naked Director (2019)
      The Naked Director
      7.6
      TV Series
      • casting
      • 2019–2021
    • Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2 (2018)
      Deadpool 2
      7.6
      • casting consultant: Japan
      • 2018
    • Terrace House: Aloha State (2016)
      Terrace House: Aloha State
      7.4
      TV Series
      • casting
      • 2017
    • Suicide Squad (2016)
      Suicide Squad
      5.9
      • casting assistant
      • 2016
    • Lorraine Toussaint, Don Henderson Baker, Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Takashi Yamaguchi, Mickey Dodge, Karen Wheeling Reynolds, and Meredith Jackson in Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)
      Sophie and the Rising Sun
      6.7
      • Japanese casting consultant
      • 2016
    • Jajji! (2014)
      Jajji!
      6.3
      • casting: u.s.
      • 2014
    • R100 (2013)
      R100
      5.9
      • casting: u.s.
      • 2013
    • Ken Watanabe in Hayabusa: Harukanaru kikan (2012)
      Hayabusa: Harukanaru kikan
      5.3
      • casting: US
      • 2012
    • Hyun Bin and Tang Wei in Man-choo (2010)
      Man-choo
      6.8
      • casting: Los Angeles
      • 2010

    Producer



    • Shizuka Nishida in Fleur (2017)
      Fleur
      4.6
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Red Skies at Night: The Story of Flower (2016)
      Red Skies at Night: The Story of Flower
      4.7
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016

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    • Height
      • 1.56 m
    • Born
      • June 2
      • Tokyo, Japan

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