13 Facts About Cyril Takayama

Cyril Takayama was born on September 27,1974 and is an American magician of French, Moroccan and Japanese descent who is perhaps best known for his magic performances around Japan.

Cyril Takayama's father is from the Okinawa prefecture in Japan, while his mother is French of Moroccan descent, both of whom were beauticians.

Cyril Takayama had a troubled upbringing, and a profile in Magic published in the mid 2000s describes him being expelled from school at 15 and then dropping out of school at the age of 16.

Cyril Takayama attempted to contact Japanese magic circles, but was viewed as an outsider.

At the age of 17, Cyril Takayama met Ito, a rich Japanese businessman who employed him to perform in his hotel for 4 to 5 days a week.

Cyril Takayama performed as a magician for weddings and parties for two years, and created his own stage magic show within 2 months.

Cyril Takayama became interested in magic when he was six years old when he went to a magic show in Las Vegas where he saw a guest magician levitate a woman and cut himself in half.

The first time Cyril Takayama ever performed magic in front of people was during his junior high school's talent show.

Since 2005, Cyril Takayama has been steadily increasing in popularity in Japan as well as on the Internet, due to many of his magic shows being uploaded and viewed on the popular video-sharing site YouTube.

Cyril Takayama put on a show with kids in remote region of Nepal and performed few of the magic acts for small crowd near Tribhuvan International Airport.

Cyril Takayama appeared on the MTV series called Room 401 where magicians prank unsuspecting victims.

Cyril Takayama appeared in the movie Redbelt, playing a minor role as the magician.

Cyril Takayama was a speaker and performer at the 2010 Essential Magic Conference that took place in Portugal.