Joe Takagi

Joe Yoshinobu Takagi was the president of Nakatomi Trading. He appeared in the film Die Hard and was played by James Shigeta.

History
Takagi hosted the christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza for his employees. The party was halted by Hans Gruber and a group of terrorist who seized the building in an attempt to steal millions of dollars in bearer bonds. Gruber then took Takagi away from the others and began to interrogate him for information about the buildings vault. Takagi was shot in the head after refusing to give Gruber the code for the vault locks.