Takehiro Hira

Takehiro Hira (平 岳大, Hira, Takehiro, born July 27, 1974) is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor. He was born in Japan and raised there until he was 15 years old. He went to high school in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, and then attended Brown University.[1]

Takehiro Hira
Born (1974-07-27) July 27, 1974
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Career

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[2] and Aku no Kyoten.[3] He plays Natsuka Masaie in the big-budget film Nobou's Castle.

International experience

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.[4]

Personal life

His father is Mikijirō Hira and his mother is Yoshiko Sakuma, a Japanese actress.[5]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2006Memories of Tomorrow
2007ChachaGotō Mototsugu
2010Sayonara Itsuka
SP -AmbitionTakigawa
SP -RevolutionTakigawa
Aibō: Gekijō-ban IIHideaki Maruyama
2011Hara-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiIi Naotaka
2012Lesson of the EvilTeacher Kume
Ace AttorneyMitsurugi
The Floating CastleNatsuka Masaie
2013ShundoMaster HaradaLead
The Eternal ZeroLieutenant
2015Mother's TreesKenjirō
S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Futuredoctor
FoujitaLieutenant
2017SekigaharaShima Sakon
2018Killing for the ProsecutionTanno
2019Erica 38
2020Lost Girls & Love HotelsKazuAmerican film
2021Snake EyesPost-production, American film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003Cosmetic
Love to be loved
Special Mission Boss
2004Go RyomaKurata Ike
Mito KomonGuest Star
The Clan of InugamiKiyotake
2005Nada sousou
2006Delicious ProposalHinohara
2008AtsuhimeTokugawa YoshinobuTaiga drama
2009DandanSawadaAsadora
Lineage of CopTerrorist
Counter Terrorist PoliceKubota
2010The Chapter of MountainHideoGuest Star
The diary of Doctor ChizuruGuest Star
2011FakeKGuest Star
GoSaji KazunariTaiga drama
Woman from Kyoto PoliceTakuma ŌkuraGuest Star
Absolute ZeroSawada
Tsukahara BokudenSamon Yamazaki
Boyfriend,husband and male friendHiroki Yagi
Science InvestigationGuest star
The return from Pearl HarborLieutenant Iwase
2012PioneersMorimitsu
The Life of Juzo ItamiJuzo ItamiLead role
Umechan SenseiSanada
2013Ooka echizen'Shogun
Tokuso SaizensenBenitake
Mottomo nagai GingaSeike
2014ShinzanmonoKajita
Iryu Team DragonSakurai
KindaichiHoshino
Kenkaku shibaiOkuboGuest Star
2015AiboTobishiroGuest Star
Kaze no TougeWashisuGuest Star
Keibuho Sugiyama ShintaroYabukiGuest Star
64Akama
Ishitachi no Renai jijyoizaki
Ishino MayuKadowakiWowow drama
Cho no SanmyakuYukio TabuchiLead
Shitamachi RocketKusaka
Onnnatachi no TokusoKuryu
2016Sanada MaruTakeda KatsuyoriTaiga drama
FragileKosakaGuest Star
99.9YamashiroGuest Star
IQ246KasaharaGuest Star
2017Uso no SensoToru Kushima
Iryu SosakuriharaGuest Star
2019Giri/HajiKenzo Mori

Stage
  • Rokumeikan (2002)
  • King Lear, Edmund (2003)
  • And Then There Were None, Philip Lombart (2004)
  • Hamlet,[6] Player Queen (2005)
  • Korikoribanashi (2006)
  • Othello, Iago (2007)
  • Genghis Khan, Title role (2008)
  • Gabrielle Chanel (2009)
  • The Film of the Nation, Gustav Friedrich (2011)
  • Bouye (2011)
  • Harvest Albert,(2012)
  • Pygmalion Dr. Higgins (2013)
  • HInoyouni Sabishi Anegaite (2014)
  • Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (2015)
  • Kakuonnna' (2016)
  • Super Kabuki (2016–18)
  • Otoko no Hanamichi (2017)
  • Yukinojo Henge (2017)
  • Phedre (2017)
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References
  1. ""Elite" Japan Entertainment News".
  2. ""Ace Attorney trailer" Nippon Cinema".
  3. ""Aku no Kyoten" Tokyo Hive".
  4. ""Hamlet Barbican" British Theatre Guild".
  5. "平幹二朗さん死去　８２歳　「蜷川マクベス」名演" [Mikijiro Hira, star of "Minagawa Macbeth" dead at 82] (in Japanese). Chunichi Shinbun. 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  6. Billington, Michael (November 12, 2004). ""Hamlet review Guardian" Guardian". The Guardian. London.
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