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Neighbours David star's life - stunning wife, kids show host, and poignant axe tribute
Neighbours, following Gareth's death.After the dramatic scenes at the River Bend, Emma refuses to believe that David and Freya could not save Gareth.How will they react? And what will this mean for David and Freya? Viewers will have to wait and see.Since joining the soap in 2016, David Tanaka has been involved in many of Neighbours' huge storylines, including the soap's first on-screen gay marriage in 2020.Away from the soap, actor Takaya Honda has also led an interesting life, as well as paying a sweet tribute to the soap following its axe.Long before he joined Neighbours as fan-favourite David Tanaka in 2016, actor Takaya Honda appeared in the hit Australian TV series Girl's World, as well as Family Law.It was not the only iconic children's TV show role that he had though, as away from acting, he was also a presenter on series including Play School and My Great Big Adventure.He is also a talented theatre actor, and has been seen on stage in productions of Shakespeare plays including Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It.Away from acting he is also an ambassador for the charity Dementia Australia.Neighbours fans were recently devastated when it was announced that the soap would be coming to an end later this year.The announcement followed Channel 5's decision to drop the show from its schedule, with the station saying in a statement: "Neighbours will no longer air on Channel 5 beyond this summer.
