Prior to Zyuranger, he played a recurring role as Manabu YamajiImage:Icon-crosswiki.png in the Metal Heroes series Sekai Ninja Sen JiraiyaImage:Icon-crosswiki.png, which he re-portrayed in cameo in Kidou Keiji JibanImage:Icon-crosswiki.png. Takumi is the first actor playing a Ranger to be born after Super Sentai premiered, born 1 year and 7 months after Gorenger's premiere. In 2015, he met his counterparts the American version of Super Sentai which is Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.