Born and raised in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, Takase graduated from Waseda University.
In April 2008, Takase was moved to Tokyo Announcement Room and appointed as a biweekly newscaster of NHK's morning news show NHK News Ohayō Nippon, where he starred from 4:30 to 5:55 am until March 2010.
He also hosted Gekkan Toretate My Video from April 2009 to March 2010.
In April 2017, Takase was appointed the main presenter for NHK News Ohayō Nippon, where he anchored with Mayuko Wakuda and Maho Kuwako.
[2] When Takase worked for NHK Niigata Branch, he met and married Misaki Kawano around December 2003, who was an announcer for Television Niigata Network.