Actor Takuji Kawakubo Now A Finance Planner as He Gained More Knowledge on Handling Money

Takuji Kawakubo, who is scheduled to appear in ” Piaf” starring Shinobu Otake, scheduled to be screened on February 24, is starting a new business as a financial planner (FP) in addition to his acting career. Having witnessed his parents’ financial struggles in his childhood, he is now a father of two and is also struggling to raise his children. How does he actually manage his family’s finances?

I’m in charge of everything. I basically pay with my credit card, so I can keep track of it through the statements. There is a reason why my wife doesn’t get involved. It’s because she feels a sense of petit guilt that she can spend what she earns on her own. I think this helps to improve the atmosphere in the home.

My wife is a housewife. I tell her that she can eat good food and buy whatever clothes she wants. So I am taking measures to make sure that she will be okay even if her savings fall to zero.

Nowadays, I don’t have any vague worries about money in the future, but my father had no sense of money, and that’s how I ended up living my life in my 20s. I think that removing the anxiety of many people, including advice on how I myself have improved from that, will lead to happiness.

As I mentioned in my February 20 article, “Why the actor in Shinobu Otake’s stage play ‘Piaf’ started a dual career as a FP,” Kawakubo was a classmate of Takayuki Yamada at Stardust, a major entertainment production company, where he worked until last May. After being scouted at the age of 17, he was constantly offered leading roles in commercials and dramas, so he was able to make a living even if he only continued acting.

However, after she got married and had a child in 2016, she began to feel a sense of crisis.

When I was only an actor, I was determined to keep going, and I didn’t think about failing, but now that I have a child, that way of thinking has changed. I felt that the message the government was sending about pensions was going to be tough for sole proprietors like us, and I was confronted with the reality that even if I failed, I would still have a life of protecting my family (including my children).

That’s why I was able to continue my studies even though “actor” and “financial planner” are two completely different vectors.

Pretending to save money will never save you money.

There is an image that asset management is for people with a lot of money, but everyone has a chance. There are many people who wish they had the opportunity to manage their money ……, but Kawakubo says that those people never get the chance to do so.

If you don’t have the time to study, you can’t manage your assets. It’s like saying you don’t have time to study, it’s something you don’t have in the end. You have to be creative about how you make money.

For example, if a housewife who does not currently have a job becomes interested in asset management, what should she do first?

First of all, you need a household account book! If you don’t know your current situation, you won’t know what to do to improve it. If you don’t know what’s going on, you won’t know why you can’t find the money to invest. Even if you think that someday ……, that someday won’t come forever. One way to do this is to use a household budgeting application such as MoneyForward, which you can quickly enter your finances while on the train. Keep track of it month by month and correct it as you go. Interview your family members as well. What we have decided is that we will not spend money that is not beneficial.