Takeshi Yanagita was born in Japan and raised in Michigan for most of his life. He attended BYU-Idaho where he got his bachelor’s in Computer Science and met his beautiful wife Sarah. They were married and sealed in December of 2016, and have two beautiful and crazy cats, Sophie and Turnip. Takeshi enjoys speed cubing, gaming with friends and dancing Lindy hop (which is what first impressed Sarah). After moving last year, he is happy to finally be back in Japan with his wife and cats. Takeshi would not consider himself an actor, but a supportive husband and patron of the arts. He thanks YTG for giving him his acting debut and the special experience of performing alongside his wife. It was a ton of fun!

Takeshi jumped in at the last minute to play several characters in The Upside.