Hiroaki Murakami

Hiroaki Murakami

Known for
Acting
Born
December 22, 1956 (age 69)
Birthplace
Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

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).

Known For

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Filmography

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新・御宿かわせみ poster

新・御宿かわせみ

TV · 1 ep

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熱っぽいの!

熱っぽいの!

TV · as 花岡康 · 1 ep

2025
Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down poster

Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down

Movie

2025
Rondo behind the Final Curtain poster

Rondo behind the Final Curtain

TV · 3 eps

2022
Usogui poster

Usogui

Movie · as Hokoichi Yako

2022
嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇/梶隆臣篇- poster

嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇/梶隆臣篇-

TV · as Yako Hikoichi · 4 eps

2022
Hotel: Next Door poster

Hotel: Next Door

TV · as Todo Katsuo · 6 eps

2021
Love is Phantom poster

Love is Phantom

TV · as Hara Gonta · 12 eps

2020
Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura poster

Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura

Movie

2020
24 JAPAN poster

24 JAPAN

TV · as Heisuke Satonaka · 24 eps

2018
Double Fantasy poster

Double Fantasy

TV · as Shizawa · 5 eps

2017
Error poster

Error

Movie

2017
FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan poster

FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan

TV · 10 eps

2016
The Rite of Loss poster

The Rite of Loss

Movie

2016
Gold Woman poster

Gold Woman

Movie · as Yusuke Kikuta

2015
Kuroi Gashu: Kusa poster

Kuroi Gashu: Kusa

Movie · as 沼田一郎

2015
Zanka: Beautiful Snares poster

Zanka: Beautiful Snares

TV · 10 eps

2014
All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa poster

All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa

Movie · as Hisayuki Asahina

2014
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom poster

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom

Movie · as Yoshiharu Hayase

2013
Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill poster

Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill

Movie · as Larry Inoue

2012
Love for Beginners poster

Love for Beginners

Movie · as Keita Tsubaki

2012
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead poster

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

Movie

2012
ATARU poster

ATARU

TV · as Larry Inoue · 11 eps

2011
悪党~重犯罪捜査班 poster

悪党~重犯罪捜査班

TV · as Ryuzo Maejima(前島 隆造) · 8 eps

2010
GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell poster

GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell

Movie

2010
Solanin poster

Solanin

Movie · as Policeman

2010
悪い奴ほどよく眠る

悪い奴ほどよく眠る

TV · 1 ep

2010
My Husband is a Cartoonist poster

My Husband is a Cartoonist

TV · 156 eps

2009
63 Minutes Later poster

63 Minutes Later

Movie

2009
警視庁南平班〜七人の刑事〜

警視庁南平班〜七人の刑事〜

TV · 1 ep

2008
Gu Gu, the Cat poster

Gu Gu, the Cat

Movie

2008
刑事の証明

刑事の証明

TV · 1 ep

2007
Shikaku Ukeoinin poster

Shikaku Ukeoinin

TV · 1 ep

2006
TANNKA poster

TANNKA

Movie · as M

2006
新聞記者・鶴巻吾郎

新聞記者・鶴巻吾郎

TV · 1 ep

2005
Shibuya Story poster

Shibuya Story

Movie · as Noboru Ando

2005
Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei poster

Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei

TV · as Yagyu Jubei · 19 eps

2004
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao poster

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

Movie

2004
Zenigata Heiji poster

Zenigata Heiji

TV · as Zenigata Heiji · 20 eps

2003
Seventeen poster

Seventeen

Movie

2003
警察庁 特別広域捜査官 宮之原警部シリーズ(村上弘明版)

警察庁 特別広域捜査官 宮之原警部シリーズ(村上弘明版)

TV · 1 ep

2002
Wonderland in the Negative poster

Wonderland in the Negative

Movie

2002
金融腐蝕列島 再生 poster

金融腐蝕列島 再生

Movie · as 竹中治夫

2001
西村京太郎サスペンス 天使の傷痕

西村京太郎サスペンス 天使の傷痕

TV · as 田島伸治 · 1 ep

2000
Hachobori Seven poster

Hachobori Seven

TV · 66 eps

1999
Genroku Ryoran poster

Genroku Ryoran

TV · as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira · 49 eps

1998
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi poster

Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi

TV · as Hijikata Toshizo · 10 eps

1997
Omigasa Juubee poster

Omigasa Juubee

TV · 1 ep

1996
Hideyoshi poster

Hideyoshi

TV · as Akechi Mitsuhide · 49 eps

1995
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu poster

Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

Movie

1994
Dark Hunter poster

Dark Hunter

Movie · as Yataro Tanigawa

1993
The Fire Still Burns poster

The Fire Still Burns

TV · as FUJIWARA no Kiyohira · 15 eps

1993
Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword poster

Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword

TV · as Yagyu Jubei Sangen · 13 eps

1992
Shadow Hunters poster

Shadow Hunters

Movie

1991
Iron Maze poster

Iron Maze

Movie · as Sugita

1991
Sure Death 5 poster

Sure Death 5

Movie · as Masa

1991
源氏九郎颯爽記 秘剣揚羽の蝶 poster

源氏九郎颯爽記 秘剣揚羽の蝶

Movie

1990
Miyamoto Musashi poster

Miyamoto Musashi

TV · as Sasaki Kojiro · 13 eps

1990
The Great White Tower poster

The Great White Tower

TV · as Goro Zaizen · 2 eps

1989
The Juliet Game poster

The Juliet Game

Movie

1988
Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering poster

Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering

Movie · as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Kamen Rider (Skyrider) (archival)

1988
Break Out poster

Break Out

Movie · as Koji Nishimura

1988
Igai to Single Girl poster

Igai to Single Girl

TV · 6 eps

1987
Sure Death 4 poster

Sure Death 4

Movie · as Masa

1987
Mayonaka no tsuma-tachi

Mayonaka no tsuma-tachi

Movie

1987
Let's Gotokuji poster

Let's Gotokuji

Movie

1987
Yakuza Ladies 2 poster

Yakuza Ladies 2

Movie · as Ryoji Kimoto

1986
Sure Death! 3 poster

Sure Death! 3

Movie · as Kajiya no Masa

1986
Portrait in Prussian Blue poster

Portrait in Prussian Blue

Movie

1986
Miyako no kaze poster

Miyako no kaze

TV · as 吉野雄一郎 · 150 eps

1985
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! poster

Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!

Movie · as Hanaya no Masa

1984
A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble! poster

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

Movie · as Tsukuba Hiroshi / Skyrider (archive footage)

1983
P. P. Rider poster

P. P. Rider

Movie · as Kinta

1982
Jealousy Game poster

Jealousy Game

Movie · as Eiji Haga

1980
Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King poster

Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King

Movie · as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider

1979
No More Easy Life poster

No More Easy Life

Movie

1979
Kamen Rider Skyrider poster

Kamen Rider Skyrider

TV · as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider · 54 eps

1971
Kamen Rider poster

Kamen Rider

TV · as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider · 54 eps