Occupation Actor Height 1.83 m Role Theatre actor | Name Takehiro Hira Years active 2001–present | |
Born July 27, 1974 (age 50) ( 1974-07-27 ) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan Website www.siscompany.com/02manage/40hira/index.htm Parents Yoshiko Sakuma, Mikijiro Hira Movies and TV shows The Floating Castle, Atsuhime, Ace Attorney, Hara‑Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Saying good‑bye - oneday Similar People Mikijiro Hira, Yoshiko Sakuma, Eisuke Sasai, Satoshi Matsuda, Takashi Miike Profiles | ||
Takehiro Hira (平 岳大, Hira, Takehiro, born July 27, 1974) is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor. He was born in Japan and raised there until he was 15 years old. He went to high school in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, and then attended Brown University. Prior to becoming an actor, he held a few different kinds of jobs including care provider for autistic children, financial analyst, project manager at an internet start-up and tempura chief at a Japanese restaurant.
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Career
He made his theatrical debut in 2002 with Rokumeikan which was written by Yukio Mishima. He worked closely with his father Mikijiro Hira, who is also a Japanese actor. Takehiro played the role of Iago in the production of Othello with his father playing Othello. He received major recognition when he played the last shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa in the NHK taiga drama Atsuhime. He has appeared in several films of Takashi Miike, including Harakiri, Ace Attorney and Aku no Kyoten. He plays Natsuka Masaie in the big-budget film Nobou's Castle.
International experience
He played the role of the Player Queen in the English production of Hamlet in 2005, in which the title role was played by Michael Maloney. This three-month tour was received well at many places in the UK.
Personal life
His father is Mikijirō Hira and his mother is Yoshiko Sakuma, a Japanese actress.
Stage
Filmography
Actor
2024
The Amateur (filming) as
Professor
2023
Shogun (TV Mini Series) (post-production) as
Ishido Kazunari
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Ishido Kazunari
2023
Gran Turismo as
Kazunori Yamauchi
2023
The Swarm (TV Series) as
Riku Sato
- Episode #1.8 (2023) - Riku Sato
- Episode #1.7 (2023) - Riku Sato
- Episode #1.6 (2023) - Riku Sato
- Episode #1.5 (2023) - Riku Sato
- Episode #1.4 (2023) - Riku Sato
- Episode #1.3 (2023) - Riku Sato
- Episode #1.2 (2023) - Riku Sato (credit only)
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Riku Sato (credit only)
2021
We Couldn't Become Adults as
Keiichiro Sanai
2021
Snake Eyes as
Kenta
2021
Yasuke (TV Series) as
Nobunaga
- Balance (2021) - Nobunaga (voice)
- Mortal Sins (2021) - Nobunaga (voice)
- The Old Way (2021) - Nobunaga (voice)
- Ronin (2021) - Nobunaga (voice)
2020
Lost Girls and Love Hotels as
Kazu / yakuza
2019
Giri/Haji (TV Series) as
Kenzo Mori
- Episode #1.8 (2019) - Kenzo Mori
- Episode #1.7 (2019) - Kenzo Mori
- Episode #1.6 (2019) - Kenzo Mori
- Episode #1.5 (2019) - Kenzo Mori
- Episode #1.4 (2019) - Kenzo Mori
- Episode #1.3 (2019) - Kenzo Mori
- Episode #1.2 (2019) - Kenzo Mori
- Episode #1.1 (2019) - Kenzo Mori
2019
Erica 38 as
Ikuo Hirasawa
2019
Inosenusu Enzai Bengoshi (TV Series) as
Kazuhiko Unzen
- Episode #1.3 (2019) - Kazuhiko Unzen
2018
Killing for the Prosecution as
Kazuki Tanno
2018
Butler Saionji's Great Reasoning (TV Mini Series) as
Shinichi Yamana
- Episode #1.2 (2018) - Shinichi Yamana
2017
Sekigahara as
Sakon Shima
2017
CSI: Crime Scene Talks (TV Series)
- Episode #4.3 (2017)
2017
Uso no sensô (TV Series)
- Episode #1.5 (2017)
2017
Oh'oka Echizen: Shirasu ni Saita Shinjitsu (TV Movie)
2016
Sanadamaru (TV Series) as
Katsuyori Takeda
- Episode #1.50 (2016) - Katsuyori Takeda
- Ketsudan / Decision (2016) - Katsuyori Takeda
- Funade / Sailing Out (2016) - Katsuyori Takeda
- Episode dated 2 January 2016 (2016)
2016
IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.6 (2016)
2016
99.9: Criminal Lawyer (TV Series)
- Episode #1.9 (2016)
2016
Fragile: Byôrii Kishi Keiichirô no Shoken (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.10 (2016)
- Episode #1.9 (2016)
- Episode #1.8 (2016)
- Episode #1.7 (2016)
- Episode #1.6 (2016)
- Episode #1.5 (2016)
- Episode #1.4 (2016)
- Episode #1.3 (2016)
- Episode #1.2 (2016)
- Episode #1.1 (2016)
2013
Ôoka Echizen (TV Series) as
Yoshimune Tokugawa / Yoshimune
- Chichi, Shirasu ni Zasu (2014) - Yoshimune
- Meibugyo Tanjo (2013) - Yoshimune
2015
Foujita as
Lieutenant
2015
Ishi no mayu (TV Mini Series) as
Hitoshi Kadowaki
- Episode #1.5 (2015) - Hitoshi Kadowaki
- Episode #1.4 (2015) - Hitoshi Kadowaki
- Episode #1.3 (2015) - Hitoshi Kadowaki
- Episode #1.2 (2015) - Hitoshi Kadowaki
- Episode #1.1 (2015) - Hitoshi Kadowaki
2015
64 (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.5 (2015)
- Episode #1.4 (2015)
- Episode #1.3 (2015)
- Episode #1.2 (2015)
- Episode #1.1 (2015)
2015
The Love Affairs of Doctors (TV Mini Series) as
Yuichi Izaki
- Yureru Omoi- (2015) - Yuichi Izaki
- Episode #1.5 (2015) - Yuichi Izaki
- Episode #1.4 (2015) - Yuichi Izaki
2015
Kaze no Tôge: Ginkan no Fu (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.6 (2015)
- Episode #1.5 (2015)
- Episode #1.4 (2015)
- Episode #1.3 (2015)
- Episode #1.2 (2015)
- Episode #1.1 (2015)
2015
Lt. Shintarô Sugiyama, the Single Dad Cop (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.3 (2015)
2015
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (TV Series)
- Episode #13.10 (2015)
2014
Shinigami kun (TV Mini Series) as
Yuji Nagumo
- Episode #1.4 (2014) - Yuji Nagumo
2014
Sleeping Forest (TV Movie) as
Yasunari Kajita
2013
The Fighter Pilot
2013
Bushido as
Daihachiro Harada
2013
Special Crime Unit: Seven Police Dogs (TV Movie) as
Sakuma kuretake
2013
Mottomo tôi ginga (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.2 (2013)
- Episode #1.1 (2013)
2012
Lesson of the Evil as
Takeki Kume
2012
The Floating Castle as
Masaie natsuka
2012
Naniwa shônen tanteidan (TV Series) as
Toru Yokota
- Episode #1.12 (2012) - Toru Yokota
- Episode #1.11 (2012) - Toru Yokota
2012
The Higashino Keigo Mysteries (TV Mini Series) as
Sakurai Yuji
- A Marriage Report (2012) - Sakurai Yuji
2012
Umechan sensei (TV Series) as
Shinkichi Sanada
2012
Ace Attorney as
Shin Mitsurugi (Gregory Edgeworth)
2011
Princess Go (TV Series) as
Kazunari Saji
- Kibou (2011) - Kazunari Saji
- Senhime no konrei (2011)
- Saru no shoutai (2011) - Kazunari Saji
- Rienseyo (2011) - Kazunari Saji
- Hanayome no ketsui (2011) - Kazunari Saji
2011
The Woman of S.R.I. (TV Series)
- Episode #11.4 (2011)
2011
Tsukahara bokuden (TV Series)
- Kashima no tachi (2011)
2011
Zettai reido: Tokushu hanzai sennyû sôsa (TV Series) as
Tomoki Sawada
- Episode #1.2 (2011) - Tomoki Sawada
2011
The Woman Prosecutor of Kyôto (TV Series)
- Episode #7.1 (2011)
2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as
Naotaka Ii
2010
Partners: The Movie II
2010
Katsura Chizuru shinsatsu nichiroku (TV Series) as
Mikuniya Kihe
- Hana rousoku (2010) - Mikuniya Kihe
- Roui ni naru (2010) - Mikuniya Kihe
2010
Sankyô no shô (TV Movie)
2010
Goodbye, Someday as
Kasai
2008
Twins (TV Series) as
Yuichi
2009
Keikan no chi (TV Mini Series) as
Shinya Yoshimoto
- Dai ichi ya (2009) - Shinya Yoshimoto
2008
Atsuhime (TV Series) as
Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Ippon no michi (2008)
- Meiji zenya no saikai (2008)
- Muketsu kaijô (2008)
- Ôoku no shisha (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Yoshinobu kyûshutsu (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Haha kara no fumi (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Ryôma shisu tomo (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Yome no kesshin (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Musuko no shi (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Sacchô dômei (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Musuko no shutsujin (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Satsuma moyu (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Shûtome no kokoro yome no kokoro (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Yûjô to ketsubetsu (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Satsuma ka Tokugawa ka (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Giwaku no kaiken (2008)
- Kôke to buke (2008)
- Kôjo Kazunomiya (2008)
- Sakuramongai no hen (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Saraba Ikushima (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Shôgun no haha (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Tenshôin Atsuhime (2008)
- Futatsu no yuigon (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Tokugawa no tsuma (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Arai no kenpakusho (2008)
- Haha no aizô (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Yurusumaji, atsuhime (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Utsuwa kurabe (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Shôgun no himitsu (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Tsuma no ikusa (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Konrei no yoru (2008)
- Ôku nyûjô (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Nariakira no mitsumei (2008)
- Yokisenu engumi (2008)
- Haran no hanami (2008) - Yoshinobu Tokugawa
- Hime, shutsujin (2008)
- Chichi no negai (2008)
- Edo no hahagimi (2008)
- Saraba Sakurajima (2008)
- Tanabata no saikai (2008)
- Midaidokoro he no kesshin (2008)
- Atsuhime tanjô (2008)
- O'hime sama kyôiku (2008)
- Chichi no namida (2008)
- Onna no michi (2008)
- Nippon'ichi no otoko (2008)
- Meikun okoru (2008)
- Satsuma bunretsu (2008)
- Sakura jima no chikai (2008)
- Tenmei no ko (2008)
2007
Chacha: Tengai no Onna
2004
Lone Wolf and Cub (TV Series)
- Episode #3.9 (2004)
2004
Mito Kômon (TV Series) as
Ukyonosuke hojo
- Episode #33.1 (2004) - Ukyonosuke hojo
2003
Warushawa no aki (TV Movie) as
Nobuyuki Okamura
2003
Tokumei kakarichô Tadano Hitoshi (TV Series)
Self
2017
Tetsuko no heya (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 November 2019 (2019) - Self
- Episode dated 18 August 2017 (2017) - Self
2016
Tabisuru Euro (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
2012
VS Arashi (TV Series) as
Self
- Nobou no Shiro Team VS Harisenbon (2012) - Self
2012
Kodawari otoko to marusa no onna (TV Series documentary) as
Jûzô Itami
2009
Sôryoku hôdô! The News (TV Series) as
Self
Archive Footage
2011
Zettai reido: Tokushu hanzai sennyû sôsa (TV Series) as
Tomoki Sawada
- Episode #1.5 (2011) - Tomoki Sawada
References
Takehiro Hira Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA