Hailed from Osaka, Takigawa graduated from the law department of Kounan Daigaku (Konan University) at Kobe, before he pursued his career in the entertainment industry.
The company which produces LipoD felt that Takigawa offered the right aspects for the younger target market for the drink: passion, determination, cheerfulness, youth and intelligence.
He did not appear in the More Than Limit St. Rudolph Gakuen musical as he was in America at the time, and actor Kengo Ohkuchi filled in as Tezuka for the show.
Since his graduation, the role of Tezuka has been played by Yuu Shirota, Keisuke Minami, Daisuke Watanabe, and by Ryoma Baba.
He then went on to play the role of Hidemi Tsukamoto on the live-action movie adaptation of the manga series Fujoshi Rumi by Natsumi Konjo.