Takehiro Hira (平 岳大, Hira Takehiro, born July 27, 1974) is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Rental Family
Character:Shinji
Release Date:20/11/2025
Tornado
Character:Fujin
Release Date:30/05/2025
Captain America: Brave New World
Character:Prime Minister Ozaki
Release Date:12/02/2025
Crosspoint
Character:Shigeru Watanabe
Release Date:16/10/2024
Rumours
Character:Tatsuro Iwasaki
Release Date:01/07/2024
The Contestant
Character:Nasubi's Diary (voice)
Release Date:08/09/2023
Gran Turismo
Character:Kazunori Yamauchi
Release Date:09/08/2023
We Couldn't Become Adults
Character:Keiichiro Sanai
Release Date:05/11/2021
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Character:Kenta
Release Date:22/07/2021
Tokyo Chiken no Otoko
Character:
Release Date:24/03/2021
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Character:Kazu
Release Date:18/09/2020
Erica 38
Character:Ikuo Hirasawa
Release Date:07/06/2019
Koujin
Character:
Release Date:17/09/2018
Killing for the Prosecution
Character:Kazuki Tanno
Release Date:24/08/2018
Sekigahara
Character:Shima Sakon
Release Date:26/08/2017
Foujita
Character:Lieutenant
Release Date:24/11/2015
Sleeping Forest
Character:Yasunari Kajita
Release Date:02/01/2014
Bushido
Character:Daihachiro Harada
Release Date:19/10/2013
Lesson of the Evil
Character:Takeki Kume
Release Date:10/11/2012
The Floating Castle
Character:Masaie Natsuka
Release Date:02/11/2012
Kekkon Houkoku
Character:
Release Date:06/09/2012
Ace Attorney
Character:Shin Mitsurugi (Gregory Edgeworth)
Release Date:11/02/2012
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Character:Naotaka Ii
Release Date:15/10/2011
AIBOU: The Movie II
Character:
Release Date:23/12/2010
SP: The Motion Picture
Character:Eiji Takigawa
Release Date:30/10/2010
Goodbye, Someday
Character:Kasai
Release Date:23/01/2010
Television Appearances
Shōgun
Character:Ishido Kazunari
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Character:Hiroshi Randa
The Swarm
Character:Riku Sato
Yasuke
Character:Oda Nobunaga (voice)
Giri/Haji
Character:Kenzo Mori
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
Character:雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ）
War of Lies
Character:Toru Kushima
IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius
Character:
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Character:Koichi Yamashiro
Fragile
Character:
Stone's Cocoon
Character:Kadowaki Hitoshi
警視庁殺人分析班
Character:門脇仁志
Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu
Character:
Shinigami-kun
Character:
Train Cruise
Character:Self - Presenter
Ooka Echizen
Character:Tokugawa Yoshimune
The Farthest Galaxy
Character:
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
Character:Juzo Itami
真珠湾からの帰還～軍神と捕虜第一号～
Character:
Tsukahara Bokuden
Character:Samon Yamazaki
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Character:
桂ちづる診察日録
Character:三国屋喜兵衛
Absolute Zero
Character:Tomoki Sawada
松本清張スペシャル 山峡の章
Character:
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Character:Suketake Inugami
竜馬がゆく
Character:
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