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Takehiro Hira
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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 Yo…
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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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2027
Karoshi
Movie
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2026
Anima
Movie Paul
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2025
Rental Family
Movie Shinji Tada
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2025
Tornado
Movie Fujin
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2025
Captain America: Brave New World
Movie Prime Minister Ozaki
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2024
Crosspoint
Movie Shigeru Watanabe
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2024
Rumours
Movie Tatsuro Iwasaki
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2024
Shōgun
TV show Ishido Kazunari
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2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
TV show Hiroshi Randa
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2023
The Contestant
Movie Nasubi's Diary (voice)
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2023
Gran Turismo
Movie Kazunori Yamauchi
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2023
The Swarm
TV show Riku Sato
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2021
We Couldn't Become Adults
Movie Keiichiro Sanai
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2021
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Movie Kenta
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2021
Yasuke
TV show Oda Nobunaga (voice)
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2021
Tokyo Chiken no Otoko
Movie
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2020
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Movie Kazu
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2019
Giri/Haji
TV show Kenzo Mori
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2019
Erica 38
Movie Ikuo Hirasawa
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2019
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
TV show 雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ）
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2018
Koujin
Movie
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2018
Killing for the Prosecution
Movie Kazuki Tanno
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2017
Sekigahara
Movie Shima Sakon
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2017
War of Lies
TV show Toru Kushima
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2016
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
TV show Koichi Yamashiro
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2016
Fragile
TV show
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2015
Foujita
Movie Lieutenant
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2015
Stone's Cocoon
TV show Kadowaki Hitoshi
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2015
警視庁殺人分析班
TV show 門脇仁志
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2015
Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu
TV show
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2014
Shinigami-kun
TV show
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2014
Sleeping Forest
Movie Yasunari Kajita
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2013
Bushido
Movie Daihachiro Harada
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2013
Train Cruise
TV show Self - Presenter
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2013
Ooka Echizen
TV show Tokugawa Yoshimune
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2013
The Farthest Galaxy
TV show
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2012
Lesson of the Evil
Movie Takeki Kume
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2012
The Floating Castle
Movie Masaie Natsuka
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2012
Kekkon Houkoku
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