Takehiro Hira
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-07-27 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Most Known For
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as Hiroshi Randa
Shōgun
as Ishido Kazunari
Rental Family
as Shinji
Captain America: Brave New World
as Prime Minister Ozaki
Absolute Zero
as Tomoki Sawada
Gran Turismo
as Kazunori Yamauchi
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
as Koichi Yamashiro
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
The Swarm
as Riku Sato
Giri/Haji
as Kenzo Mori
Yasuke
as Oda Nobunaga (voice)
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
as Kenta
Shinigami-kun
Tornado
as Fujin
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
as Kazu
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
as 雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ）
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
as Suketake Inugami
Anima
Train Cruise
as Self - Presenter
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
as Naotaka Ii