Takehiro Hira

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.

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Known For

We Couldn't Become Adults
We Couldn't Become Adults
Tornado
Tornado
Ace Attorney
Ace Attorney
Lesson of the Evil
Lesson of the Evil
The Floating Castle
The Floating Castle
Bushido
Bushido
Rumours
Rumours
Rental Family
Rental Family

Filmography

2025 Rental Family
as
2025 Tornado
as Fujin
2025 Captain America: Brave New World
as Prime Minister Ozaki
2024 Crosspoint
as Shigeru Watanabe
2024 Rumours
as Tatsuro Iwasaki
2024 Shōgun
as Ishido Kazunari
2023 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as Hiroshi Randa
2023 The Contestant
as Nasubi's Diary (voice)
2023 Gran Turismo
as Kazunori Yamauchi
2023 The Swarm
as Riku Sato
2021 We Couldn't Become Adults
as Keiichiro Sanai
2021 Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
as Kenta
2021 Yasuke
as Oda Nobunaga (voice)
2021 Tokyo Chiken no Otoko
as
2020 Lost Girls & Love Hotels
as Kazu
2019 Giri/Haji
as Kenzo Mori
2019 Erica 38
as Ikuo Hirasawa
2019 Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
as 雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ）
2018 Koujin
as
2018 Killing for the Prosecution
as Kazuki Tanno