Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A 2011 Skate Canada International, Takahashi ya sami maki 84.66 a cikin gajeren shirin da 153.21 a cikin wasan motsa jiki kyauta don lashe lambar tagulla tare da jimlar maki 237.87. A NHK Trophy na 2011, ya sami sabon mafi kyawun ƙimar mutum na 90.43 don jagorantar gajeren shirin, tare da ci gaba na maki 10.66 akan abokin aikinsa Takahiko Kozuka. Ya lashe lambar zinare tare da jimillar maki 259.75 kuma ya cancanci zuwa Grand Prix Final. Ya zama na biyu a wasan karshe. A cikin
Gasar zakarun Japan, Takahashi ya kasance na farko bayan gajeren shirin tare da ci 96.05 kuma ya zama na uku a wasan motsa jiki kyauta, inda ya ci maki 158.38. Tare da jimillar maki 254.60, ya lashe lambar yabo ta kasa ta biyar, inda ya gama gaban Takahiko Kozuka da Yuzuru Hanyu, kuma an zaba shi don yin gasa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2012, inda ya lashe lambar azurfa. Jama'ar Faransa sun yi imanin cewa ya cancanci lambar zinare a kan Patrick Chan wanda ke da kurakurai, gami da faɗuwa a kan Axel biyu, kuma ya yi farin ciki da sakamakon ƙarshe. Takahashi duk da haka ya bayyana cewa ya yi farin ciki da sakamakon, wanda bai yi tsammani ba bayan aikin tiyata a lokacin bazara. Takahashi ya kammala kakar wasa a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2012. Ya kafa sabbin bayanan sirri a cikin gajeren shirin, wasan motsa jiki kyauta, da kuma gabaɗaya, kuma ya gama na farko a cikin taron maza. Sakamakonsa na gajeren shirin, 94.00, ya kafa sabon tarihi a matsayin mafi girma a ƙarƙashin Tsarin Shari'ar ISU. Wannan ita ce nasarar farko da Takahashi ya samu a kan Patrick Chan tun daga Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2010.