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Hiroaki Murakami
Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as Hiroshi Tsuku…
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Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as Hiroshi Tsukuba in Skyrider. Hiroaki appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. He appeared the NHK jidaigeki On'yado Kawasemi in 1980–81, and in a new series Shin On'yado Kawasemi in 1997. He appeared in Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shigotonin V as the florist-turned-blacksmith named Masa, and as a repeating character in Series and popularity. Five Taiga drama roles are among his credits. They are in Haru no Hatō (1985), Kōsaka Masanobu in Takeda Shingen (1988), Fujiwara no Kiyohira in Homura Tatsu (1993), Akechi Mitsuhide in Hideyoshi (1996), and Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu in Genroku Ryōran (1999). In the annual TV Tokyo New Year's spectacular, he portrayed Sasaki Kojirō in Miyamoto Musashi (1990), Kira no Nikichi in Jirōchō Sangokushi (1991), Yagyū Jūbei in Tokugawa Bugeichō Yagyū Sandai no Ken (1993), and Araki Mataemon in Tenka Sōran Tokugawa Sandai no Inbō (2006). Among the jidaigeki series he has starred in are Hatchōbori no Shichinin (2000-06), Zenigata Heiji (2004-05), Yagyū Jūbei Nanaban Shōbu (2005–07), and Shikaku Ukeoinin (2007). Additionally, he portrayed Oda Nobunaga in Taikōki Tenka o Neratta Otoko: Hideyoshi" (2006). He has appeared in more than fifteen films, including several in the Kamen Rider and " franchises. Further films to his credit include Gokudō no Onnatachi 2", Juliet Game" and Iron Maze" (In a Grove).
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2025
Rondo behind the Final Curtain
TV show
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2022
Hotel: Next Door
TV show Todo Katsuo
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2022
Usogui
Movie Hokoichi Yako
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2022
嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇／梶隆臣篇-
TV show Yako Hikoichi
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2021
Love is Phantom
TV show Hara Gonta
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2020
24 JAPAN
TV show Heisuke Satonaka
- 2020
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2018
Double Fantasy
TV show Shizawa
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2017
FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan
TV show
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2017
Error
Movie
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2016
Gold Woman
Movie Yusuke Kikuta
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2016
The Rite of Loss
Movie
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2015
Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
Movie 沼田一郎
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2015
Zanka: Beautiful Snares
TV show
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2014
All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa
Movie Hisayuki Asahina
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2014
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Movie Yoshiharu Hayase
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2013
Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill
Movie Larry Inoue
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2012
Love for Beginners
Movie Keita Tsubaki
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2012
ATARU
TV show Larry Inoue
- 2012
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2011
悪党～重犯罪捜査班
TV show Ryuzo Maejima（前島 隆造）
- 2010
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2010
Solanin
Movie Policeman
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2010
My Husband is a Cartoonist
TV show
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2010
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
TV show
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2009
警視庁南平班〜七人の刑事〜
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2009
63 Minutes Later
Movie
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2008
Gu Gu, the Cat
Movie
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2008
刑事の証明
TV show
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2007
Shikaku Ukeoinin
TV show
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2006
TANNKA
Movie M
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2006
新聞記者・鶴巻吾郎
TV show
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2005
Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei
TV show Yagyu Jubei
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2005
Shibuya Story
Movie Noboru Ando
- 2004
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2004
Zenigata Heiji
TV show Zenigata Heiji
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2003
警察庁 特別広域捜査官 宮之原警部シリーズ（村上弘明版）
TV show
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2003
Seventeen
Movie
- 2002
