Takehiro Hira
Acting • Born 1974-07-27
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.
Filmography
54 credits
We Couldn't Become Adults
Movie • 2021
Keiichiro Sanai
Tornado
Movie • 2025
Fujin
Ace Attorney
Movie • 2012
Shin Mitsurugi (Gregory Edgeworth)
Lesson of the Evil
Movie • 2012
Takeki Kume
Gran Turismo
Movie • 2023
Kazunori Yamauchi
The Floating Castle
Movie • 2012
Masaie Natsuka
Bushido
Movie • 2013
Daihachiro Harada
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Movie • 2011
Naotaka Ii
Rumours
Movie • 2024
Tatsuro Iwasaki
Rental Family
Movie • 2025
Shinji Tada
SP: The Motion Picture
Movie • 2010
Eiji Takigawa
Sleeping Forest
Movie • 2014
Yasunari Kajita
Koujin
Movie • 2018
Foujita
Movie • 2015
Lieutenant
The Contestant
Movie • 2023
Nasubi's Diary (voice)
Crosspoint
Movie • 2024
Shigeru Watanabe
Captain America: Brave New World
Movie • 2025
Prime Minister Ozaki
AIBOU: The Movie II
Movie • 2010
Sekigahara
Movie • 2017
Shima Sakon
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Movie • 2020
Kazu
Killing for the Prosecution
Movie • 2018
Kazuki Tanno
Erica 38
Movie • 2019
Ikuo Hirasawa
Goodbye, Someday
Movie • 2010
Kasai
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Movie • 2021
Kenta
Kekkon Houkoku
Movie • 2012
Karoshi
Movie
Tokyo Chiken no Otoko
Movie • 2021
Anima
Movie • 2026
Yasuke
TV • 2021
Oda Nobunaga (voice)
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
TV • 2012
Juzo Itami
Shinigami-kun
TV • 2014
The Swarm
TV • 2023
Riku Sato
Fragile
TV • 2016
桂ちづる診察日録
TV • 2010
三国屋喜兵衛
Train Cruise
TV • 2013
Self - Presenter
Stone's Cocoon
TV • 2015
Kadowaki Hitoshi
IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius
TV • 2016
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
TV • 2016
Koichi Yamashiro
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
TV • 2023
Hiroshi Randa
Absolute Zero
TV • 2010
Tomoki Sawada
War of Lies
TV • 2017
Toru Kushima
Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu
TV • 2015
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
TV • 2011
The Farthest Galaxy
TV • 2013
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
TV • 2004
Suketake Inugami
Shōgun
TV • 2024
Ishido Kazunari
Tsukahara Bokuden
TV • 2011
Samon Yamazaki
Giri/Haji
TV • 2019
Kenzo Mori
竜馬がゆく
TV • 2004
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
TV • 2019
雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ）
Ooka Echizen
TV • 2013
Tokugawa Yoshimune
警視庁殺人分析班
TV • 2015
門脇仁志
真珠湾からの帰還～軍神と捕虜第一号～
TV • 2011
松本清張スペシャル 山峡の章
TV • 2010