Hiroaki Murakami
Born: 1956-12-22 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
2022
- Hotel: Next Door as Todo Katsuo
- Usogui as Hokoichi Yako
- 嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇／梶隆臣篇- as Yako Hikoichi
2021
- Love is Phantom as Hara Gonta
2020
- 24 JAPAN as Heisuke Satonaka
- Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
2018
- Double Fantasy as Shizawa
2016
- The Rite of Loss
- Gold Woman as Yusuke Kikuta
2015
2014
- All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa as Hisayuki Asahina
- The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom as Yoshiharu Hayase
2013
- Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill as Larry Inoue
2012
- ATARU as Larry Inoue
- Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
- Love for Beginners as Keita Tsubaki
2011
- 悪党～重犯罪捜査班 as Ryuzo Maejima（前島 隆造）
2010
2008
2007
2005
- Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei as Yagyu Jubei
- Shibuya Story as Noboru Ando
2004
- Zenigata Heiji as Zenigata Heiji
- Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2002
- 金融腐蝕列島 再生 as 竹中治夫
- Wonderland in the Negative
2001
- 西村京太郎サスペンス 天使の傷痕 as 田島伸治
2000
1999
- Genroku Ryoran as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira
1998
- Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi as Hijikata Toshizo
1997
1996
- Hideyoshi as Akechi Mitsuhide
1994
- Dark hunter as Yataro Tanigawa
1993
- The Fire Still Burns
- Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword as Yagyu Jubei Sangen
1992
1991
- Sure Death 5 as Masa
- Iron Maze as Sugita
- 源氏九郎颯爽記 秘剣揚羽の蝶
1990
- Miyamoto Musashi as Sasaki Kojiro
1989
1988
- Igai to Single Girl
- Break Out as Koji Nishimura
- Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Kamen Rider (Skyrider) (archival)
1987
- Sure Death 4 as Masa
- Yakuza Ladies 2 as Ryoji Kimoto
- Let's Gotokuji
- Mayonaka no tsuma-tachi
1986
- Miyako no kaze as 吉野雄一郎
- Sure Death! 3 as Kajiya no Masa
- Portrait in Prussian Blue
1985
- Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! as Hanaya no Masa
1984
- A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble! as Tsukuba Hiroshi / Skyrider (archive footage)
1983
- P. P. Rider as Kinta
1982
- Jealousy Game as Eiji Haga
1980
- Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider
1979
- Kamen Rider (Skyrider) as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider
- No More Easy Life
1971
- Kamen Rider as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider