Kanda Takashi, born Kanda Sumitaka (神田澄孝) in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Kakashi Pro (かかしプロ), Amachi Proze (アマチプロゼ), and Kitagawa Office (北川事務所).

He graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature, at Tokyo Imperial University (東京帝国大学文学部仏文科). In 1942, he joined the Japan Publishing Culture Association (日本出版文化協会), followed by Shochiku Ofuna Studio (松竹大船撮影所) in 1943, where he made his film debut in Warm Wind (暖き風).

During the Red Purge of 1950, Kanda was among those purged from the film industry, leading him to leave Shochiku the same year. In 1951, he co-founded Kinuta Pro (キヌタプロ) and later joined the Tokyo Actors Association (東京俳優協会), which led to his transfer to Toei (東映).

Around 1985, Kanda began suffering from angina. On July 13, 1986, after filming the final episode of Hissatsu Shigotonin V: Gekito-hen (必殺仕事人V・激闘編), he collapsed on an escalator at Kyoto Station while en route to Tokyo. He was taken to a hospital but passed away shortly after at the age of 68.

He is listed as an unknown rights holder by the General Incorporated Association of Visual Content Rights Management Organization (一般社団法人映像コンテンツ権利処理機構).

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