Takehiro Hira
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: July 27, 1974
Place of Birth: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Filmography
as Shinji
as Fujin
as Prime Minister Ozaki
as Shigeru Watanabe
as Tatsuro Iwasaki
as Ishido Kazunari
as Hiroshi Randa
as Nasubi's Diary (voice)
as Kazunori Yamauchi
as Riku Sato
as Keiichiro Sanai
as Kenta
as Oda Nobunaga (voice)
as Kazu
as Kenzo Mori
as Ikuo Hirasawa
as 雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ）
as Kazuki Tanno
as Shima Sakon
as Toru Kushima
as Koichi Yamashiro
as Lieutenant
as Kadowaki Hitoshi
as Yasunari Kajita
as Daihachiro Harada
as Self - Presenter
as Tokugawa Yoshimune
as Takeki Kume
as Masaie Natsuka
as Juzo Itami
as Shin Mitsurugi (Gregory Edgeworth)
as Samon Yamazaki
as Naotaka Ii
as Eiji Takigawa
as 三国屋喜兵衛
as Tomoki Sawada
as Kasai
as Suketake Inugami