Takaya Honda

Takaya Honda (born 6 September 1987) is an Australian actor and television presenter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Josh in the children's television series A gURLs wURLd, Klaus Thomson in the comedy series The Family Law and David Tanaka in Neighbours. Honda has also presented episodes of My Great Big Adventure and Play School.

Early and personal life Honda was born in Canberra, but moved to Sydney when he was young. Both of his parents coached gymnastics. His father, Kazuya Honda, was the coach for the Australia women's national gymnastics team. He attended Barker College and graduated in 2005. The following year he briefly attended UNSW College of Fine Arts, studying digital media, before he transferred to the University of Technology Sydney, where he studied a Bachelor of Arts in communication.

Honda became an ambassador for Dementia Australia in 2017. His mother Rhonda was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2009 when she was 52 years old. Honda announced the death of his mother in August 2023.

Honda became engaged to his partner Amy Schwab in May 2019, and they married in November 2020. On 31 July 2024, Honda and Schawb confirmed that they were expecting their first child, and their son was born on 20 January 2025.

Career Honda was invited to perform with the Sport For Jove Theatre Company by its founding member Damien Ryan. It led to him receiving representation within the acting industry. In 2012 and 2013 he also appeared in the company's critically acclaimed production of Hamlet.

From 2010, Honda began playing Josh in the children's television series A gURLs wURLd. He also joined the presenting team of ABC3 series My Great Big Adventure, along with Kayne Tremills, Stephanie Bendixsen and Nancy Denis. The following year, he became a presenter on Play School, In 2016, Honda joined the cast of The Family Law as Klaus Thomson. Honda was part of the ensemble cast that won two Equity Ensemble Awards. He also starred in Peter William Francis' short film Boyz filmed in Kurnell.

Honda also joined the main cast of long-running soap opera Neighbours as David Tanaka in 2016. He made his first appearance on 21 September 2016. Alongside Matt Wilson, Honda was part of the first same-sex marriage in an Australian television series since being legalised in Australia in 2017. The wedding episode aired on 3 September 2018. Honda told producers that he planned to leave Neighbours in 2021 in order to pursue new acting roles, but he stayed on until 2022 when the serial was cancelled. He was asked to return to finish off David's story when Neighbours was revived in 2023, which he agreed to do. Released in 2023, The Gift That Gives won Best Film at the New York International Women's Film Festival.

In December 2025, Honda and Matt Wilson began a podcast called Bin Night with Tak and Matty in which they began interviewing their former Neighbours co-stars. However, Wilson left the show after 18 episodes because of family commitments, with Honda continuing with the podcast.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2010–2011 A gURLs wURLd Josh Supporting role 2014 The Code Jase Episode: "#1.3" 2014–2015 My Great Big Adventure Himself (host) 10 episodes 2015 Skin Deep David 2015–2023 Play School Himself (host)2016–2019 The Family Law Klaus Thomson Recurring; 15 episodes 2016 Road Trip David Tanaka Web series 2016–2024 Neighbours David Tanaka Main cast 2017 Neighbours vs Time Travel David Tanaka Web series 2017 Naked Strangers Alex 2017 Boyz Julian Short film 2023 The Gift That Gives Callum Mori

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