Takuya (타쿠야)

Terada Takuya first became known in South Korea as a member of Cross Gene, the multinational idol group where he served as vocalist and visual. In the years since, he has made a more durable impression on Korean audiences not through music but through broadcast television, transitioning into a public personality whose candid on-screen moments — including a much-discussed reunion with his biological father — have kept him in regular rotation in the Korean entertainment conversation.

From idol to broadcaster

Cross Gene debuted as a multinational act, and Takuya's position as the group's Japanese vocalist and visual gave him early visibility in the Korean market. Standing at 188 cm, he drew consistent attention for his physical presence during the group's active period. Over time, however, his public profile shifted away from music and toward variety and documentary-style programming, a trajectory that has become increasingly common for idol-era performers navigating the back half of their twenties and into their thirties.

By his mid-thirties, Takuya had established a recognizable presence as a Japanese idol-turned-broadcaster, maintaining an active social media following on Instagram alongside his television appearances.

Mr. House Husband and a personal turning point

The program that brought Takuya the most sustained recent attention is Mr. House Husband 2, a Korean variety format in which the March 2026 episodes documented one of the more striking personal disclosures of his broadcast career. Over the course of several aired segments, Takuya revealed that he had been separated from his biological father at the age of ten and had gone roughly 25 years without contact, knowing little more than that the man might still be alive.

The reunion itself aired in late March 2026 and drew a peak viewership of 7.6 percent — a meaningful figure for the format. The emotional weight of the storyline carried into subsequent episodes: in April 2026, Takuya was shown confessing to his half-sibling, who is eleven years his junior and was born of his mother's remarriage, that they do not share the same father. The conversation, described in coverage as heartfelt, added another layer to a family history he had not previously discussed publicly.

The candor of those disclosures registered with viewers and generated sustained coverage, marking a different kind of visibility than his idol-era career had produced.

Public presence

Away from the more emotionally charged broadcast material, Takuya's coverage in early 2026 reflects a familiar pattern for variety-circuit personalities: Instagram posts from Gyeongnidan-gil in Seoul, a grey coat and a V-sign, and a brief revival of a pelvic dance associated with his Cross Gene era — performed, the coverage noted, for the first time in roughly ten years. At 34, his appearance continues to draw comment, and the combination of physical stature, retained idol-era visuals, and an unexpectedly open personal narrative has kept him a recurring subject in Korean entertainment media.

His off-screen friendships have also drawn notice. Coverage from April 2026 highlighted his connections with veteran Korean comedians Lee Kyung-kyu and Hong Kyung-min, relationships that signal the degree to which he has embedded himself in the broader Korean entertainment industry over the course of more than a decade in the market.