Togo Igawa
Yoshiyuki Baba, known professionally as Togo Igawa, is a Japanese actor based in England. He works primarily in British theatre, films and television. He was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2012 for his role in Total War: Shogun 2.
Career
Igawa founded Black Tent Theatre, a theatrical group in Japan before moving to the UK and becoming the first Japanese member of The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986.
He went on to have roles in major films such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai, and A Matter of Size.
Additionally, Igawa provides the voices of Professor Moshimo in Robotboy, and Hiro in the Thomas & Friends franchise starting with 2009's Hero of the Rails. He also appears in 2011's Johnny English Reborn, the sequel to Johnny English, as English's Tibetan guru and is in the 2012 film Gambit playing businessman Takagawa.
His television roles have included appearances in Lovejoy, Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters, The IT Crowd, Torchwood, Casualty, Archer, Doctor Who, and The Crown. In 2019 he joined the cast of BBC series Giri/Haji.
Igawa voiced the main villain Colonel Lee in the video game Crysis Warhead and the Yakuza character Jiro in the 2013 video game Payday 2. He was nominated for a BAFTA for his performance in Total War: Shogun 2.
In 2023 Igawa played real life businessman Hiroshi Yamauchi in Tetris.
In 2024, he will next be seen starring in Kyoto, a new play on the West End theatre, reuniting with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Personal life
Igawa lives in England with his wife Adrienne Baba.
He studied at The Haiyuza Theatre Company Acting School and Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music.
Filmography
Film
Kagirinaku toumei ni chikai blue as OkinawaThe Man Who Shot Christmas as KojiHalf Moon Street as Japanese WaiterJust like a Woman as Akira WatanabeIncognito as AgachiEyes Wide Shut as Japanese Man #1The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz as Japanese Scuba DiverThe Last Samurai as General HasegawaCode 46 as a DriverRevolver as FredMemoirs of a Geisha as TanakaIrish Jam as Mr. SuzukiSpeed Racer as Tetsuo TogokahnThe Hedgehog as Kakuro OzuHero of the Rails as Hiro A Matter of Size as KitanoNinja as Sensei TakedaMisty Island Rescue as Hiro Johnny English Reborn as Ting WangGambit as TakagawaKing of the Railway as Hiro 47 Ronin as Tengu Lord Hector and the Search for Happiness as Old MonkStreet Fighter: Assassin's Fist as GotetsuEverly as SadistThe Confessions as Japanese ministerStar Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi as Resistance Bridge OfficerThe Gentlemen as Wang Yong The Host as Lau Hoi HoTetris as Hiroshi Yamauchi
Television
Gems as Mr. Horikoshi/Mr. JimaNever the Twain as Japanese touristSmall World as Prof. Motakazu UmedaForever Green as Mr. OkisawaScreen Two as HirotoMurder Most Horrid as Japanese tourist Lovejoy as Mr. KashimotoDrop the Dead Donkey as MishimaYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters as Jafar Shin Robotboy as Professor MoshimoThe IT Crowd as YamamotoTorchwood as Dr. TanizakiThomas & Friends as Hiro Casualty as Than SeinMarco Polo as ChuluunArcher as Kentaro Sato Doctor Who as Secretary GeneralThe Amazing World of Gumball as Mr Yoshida, Mystical Narrator Doctors as Akio TanakaOrigin as Eiichi YagamiGiri/Haji as HotakaThe Crown as Emperor Hirohito
Video games
Shogun: Total War as NarratorPerfect Dark Zero as Zhang LiGenji: Days of the Blade as Musashibo BenkeiCrysis Warhead as Colonel LeePayday 2 as JiroTotal War: Shogun 2 as game's narratorEvil Genius 2: World Domination as JubeiWolfstride as OyabunRise of the Rōnin as Bladesmith's Counterpart