---
name: "Takaaki Hirakawa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takaaki-hirakawa"
fi1m_id: "takaaki-hirakawa"
imdb_id: "nm7296721"
tmdb_id: 4352620
wikidata_id: "Q108597227"
roles: []
born: "30 November 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:10:32.961188+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Takaaki Hirakawa

## Identity

Takaaki Hirakawa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takaaki-hirakawa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takaaki-hirakawa
- **IMDb ID:** nm7296721
- **TMDB ID:** 4352620
- **Wikidata ID:** Q108597227
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108597227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7296721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4352620

Actor. Born 30 November 1988 in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Born:** 30 November 1988, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108597227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7296721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4352620

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*BLUE EYE SAMURAI*](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Takaaki Hirakawa is a Japanese actor. He voiced Tengu Crest in the animated series *Blue Eye Samurai* (2023) and appeared as Lord Mizoguchi in *Shōgun* (2024) and as a cashier in *The Price We Pay* (2022).

Hirakawa moved from Japan to the United States in 2011. He studied vocal performance at the Musicians Institute Hollywood, graduating in 2013, and later trained in improv at The Second City Hollywood, where he performed in sketch shows and founded an Asian-American comedy group.

*Sources: imdb.com, voyagela.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *BLUE EYE SAMURAI* (2023), Fi1m 79, as Tengu Crest (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Pale View of Hills* (2025), as Matsuda's Colleague
- *My Fireworks* (2025), Actor
- *Shōgun* (2024), series, as Mizoguchi
- *BLUE EYE SAMURAI* (2023), series, as Tengu Crest (voice) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md)
- *The Price We Pay* (2023), as Cashier
- *No Evil* (2016), as Delivery Man

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/takaaki-hirakawa