Hiroaki Murakami

Known for ActingBorn 1956-12-22 (age 69)Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as Hiroshi Tsukuba in Skyrider. Hiroaki appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. He appeared the NHK jidaigeki On'yado Kawasemi in 1980–81, and in a new series Shin On'yado Kawasemi in 1997. He appeared in Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shigotonin V as the florist-turned-blacksmith named Masa, and as a repeating character in Series and popularity. Five Taiga drama roles are among his credits. They are in Haru no Hatō (1985), Kōsaka Masanobu in Takeda Shingen (1988), Fujiwara no Kiyohira in Homura Tatsu (1993), Akechi Mitsuhide in Hideyoshi (1996), and Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu in Genroku Ryōran (1999). In the annual TV Tokyo New Year's spectacular, he portrayed Sasaki Kojirō in Miyamoto Musashi (1990), Kira no Nikichi in Jirōchō Sangokushi (1991), Yagyū Jūbei in Tokugawa Bugeichō Yagyū Sandai no Ken (1993), and Araki Mataemon in Tenka Sōran Tokugawa Sandai no Inbō (2006). Among the jidaigeki series he has starred in are Hatchōbori no Shichinin (2000-06), Zenigata Heiji (2004-05), Yagyū Jūbei Nanaban Shōbu (2005–07), and Shikaku Ukeoinin (2007). Additionally, he portrayed Oda Nobunaga in Taikōki Tenka o Neratta Otoko: Hideyoshi" (2006). He has appeared in more than fifteen films, including several in the Kamen Rider and " franchises. Further films to his credit include Gokudō no Onnatachi 2", Juliet Game" and Iron Maze" (In a Grove).Read more

Movies & web series

Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei

Hachobori Seven

Hideyoshi

Shibuya Story

Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi

Let's Gotokuji

FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan

My Husband is a Cartoonist

Kamen Rider (Skyrider)

悪い奴ほどよく眠る

Sure Death 5

24 JAPAN

Genroku Ryoran

Break Out

Yakuza Ladies 2

Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King

Love for Beginners

Kuroi Gashu: Kusa

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom

No More Easy Life

Solanin

ATARU

The Juliet Game

Sure Death 4

Sure Death! 3

Portrait in Prussian Blue

Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!

Hotel: Next Door

Gu Gu, the Cat

Double Fantasy

Love is Phantom

Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill

Kamen Rider

TANNKA

All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa

Seventeen

A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!

P. P. Rider

Usogui

Jealousy Game

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

Iron Maze

63 Minutes Later

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down

Rondo behind the Final Curtain

嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇／梶隆臣篇-

Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura