Captain Tsubasa Mangaka makes a cameo in Toyota commercial

Date: 2006 October 16 17:25

Posted by Dallas Marshall

46 year old Yoichi Takahashi, creator of the hit manga, Captain Tsubasa will have a cameo in a TV commercial for Toyota Motor in Japan. The artist and story maker becomes the latest celebrity to take part for an ad campaign Toyota launched in April. Other celebrities in the commercial series include American actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Anime and Manga achievers promoting Japanese automobiles is nothing new, just a few years ago Evangelion animation director Hideaki Anno starred in a spot for Nissan.