Takehiro Hira
Takehiro Hira (平 岳大, Hira Takehiro, born July 27, 1974) is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor. Hira was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, to actors Mikijirō Hira and Yoshiko Sakuma. He was raised in Japan until he was 15 years old. He went to high school at Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, and then attended Brown University. He made his theatrical debut in 2002 with Rokumeikan, which was written by Yukio Mishima. He worked closely with his father, Mikijirō Hira, who was 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 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Ace Attorney, and Aku no Kyoten. He plays Natsuka Masaie in the big-budget film Nobou's Castle. He played the role of the Player Queen in the English stage 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. Hira played the lead role in the 2019 British TV series Giri/Haji. He has also had notable parts in the American films Lost Girls & Love Hotels (2020) and Snake Eyes (2021) and a minor role in Gran Turismo. In 2024, Hira starred in FX's adaptation of Shōgun. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takehiro Hira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Captain America: Brave New World
2025 · Prime Minister Ozaki
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023 · Hiroshi Randa
Shōgun
2024 · Ishido Kazunari
Gran Turismo
2023 · Kazunori Yamauchi
Absolute Zero
2010 · Tomoki Sawada
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
2016 · Koichi Yamashiro
Rental Family
2025 · Shinji Tada
The Swarm
2023 · Riku Sato
Giri/Haji
2019 · Kenzo Mori
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
2021 · Kenta
Yasuke
2021 · Oda Nobunaga (voice)
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
2019 · 雲仙一彦（うんぜん か...
Ooka Echizen
2013 · Tokugawa Yoshimune
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004 · Suketake Inugami
Train Cruise
2013 · Self - Presenter
Shinigami-kun
2014
IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius
2016
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
2020 · Kazu
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011 · Naotaka Ii
Rumours
2024 · Tatsuro Iwasaki
Tornado
2025 · Fujin
Fragile
2016
Stone's Cocoon
2015 · Kadowaki Hitoshi
Lesson of the Evil
2012 · Takeki Kume
War of Lies
2017 · Toru Kushima
Sekigahara
2017 · Shima Sakon
We Couldn't Become Adults
2021 · Keiichiro Sanai
The Contestant
2023 · Nasubi's Diary (voice)
Anima
2026 · Paul
Tsukahara Bokuden
2011 · Samon Yamazaki
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
竜馬がゆく
2004
Ace Attorney
2012 · Shin Mitsurugi (Gregor...
The Floating Castle
2012 · Masaie Natsuka
Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu
2015
Killing for the Prosecution
2018 · Kazuki Tanno
桂ちづる診察日録
2010 · 三国屋喜兵衛
SP: The Motion Picture
2010 · Eiji Takigawa
Foujita
2015 · Lieutenant
Goodbye, Someday
2010 · Kasai
Sleeping Forest
2014 · Yasunari Kajita
AIBOU: The Movie II
2010
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
2012 · Juzo Itami
Erica 38
2019 · Ikuo Hirasawa
Crosspoint
2024 · Shigeru Watanabe
Bushido
2013 · Daihachiro Harada
Koujin
2018
Kekkon Houkoku
2012
松本清張スペシャル 山峡の章
2010
ワルシャワの秋
2003
Tokyo Chiken no Otoko
2021