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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Known For
Tornado
Fujin
2025
Captain America: Brave New World
Prime Minister Ozaki
2025
Crosspoint
Shigeru Watanabe
2024
Rumours
Tatsuro Iwasaki
2024
Shōgun
Ishido Kazunari · (10 episodes)
2024
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Hiroshi Randa · (6 episodes)
2023
The Contestant
Nasubi's Diary (voice)
2023
Gran Turismo
Kazunori Yamauchi
2023
The Swarm
Riku Sato · (8 episodes)
2023
We Couldn't Become Adults
Keiichiro Sanai
2021
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Kenta
2021
Yasuke
Oda Nobunaga (voice) · (6 episodes)
2021
Tokyo Chiken no Otoko
2021
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Kazu
2020
Giri/Haji
Kenzo Mori · (8 episodes)
2019
Erica 38
Ikuo Hirasawa
2019
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ） · (1 episode)
2019
Koujin
2018
Killing for the Prosecution
Kazuki Tanno
2018
Sekigahara
Shima Sakon
2017
War of Lies
Toru Kushima · (1 episode)
2017
IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius
(1 episode)
2016
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
(1 episode)
2016
Fragile
(1 episode)
2016
Foujita
Lieutenant
2015
Stone's Cocoon
Kadowaki Hitoshi · (5 episodes)
2015
警視庁殺人分析班
門脇仁志 · (1 episode)
2015
Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu
(6 episodes)
2015
Shinigami-kun
(1 episode)
2014
Sleeping Forest
Yasunari Kajita
2014
Bushido
Daihachiro Harada
2013
Train Cruise
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2013
Ooka Echizen
Tokugawa Yoshimune · (42 episodes)
2013
The Farthest Galaxy
(2 episodes)
2013
Lesson of the Evil
Takeki Kume
2012
The Floating Castle
Masaie Natsuka
2012
Kekkon Houkoku
2012
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
Juzo Itami · (1 episode)
2012
Ace Attorney
Shin Mitsurugi (Gregory Edgeworth)
2012
Tsukahara Bokuden
Samon Yamazaki · (7 episodes)
2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Naotaka Ii
2011
Rental Family
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
(1 episode)
2011
AIBOU: The Movie II
2010
SP: The Motion Picture
Eiji Takigawa
2010
Goodbye, Someday
Kasai
2010
Karoshi
Anima
桂ちづる診察日録
三国屋喜兵衛 · (1 episode)
2010
Absolute Zero
Tomoki Sawada · (1 episode)
2010
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Suketake Inugami · (1 episode)
2004
竜馬がゆく
(4 episodes)
2004