---
name: "Takehiro Hira"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takehiro-hira"
fi1m_id: "takehiro-hira"
imdb_id: "nm3042346"
tmdb_id: 1082509
wikidata_id: "Q5271205"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 July 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-09T04:03:07.532668+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."
---

# Takehiro Hira

## Identity

Takehiro Hira

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takehiro-hira
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takehiro-hira
- **IMDb ID:** nm3042346
- **TMDB ID:** 1082509
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5271205
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takehiro_Hira, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5271205, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3042346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1082509

Actor. Born 27 July 1974 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 July 1974, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** 平 岳大, تاکه‌هیرو هیرا, تاكاهيرو هيرا
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 53 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 58 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $563m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takehiro_Hira, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5271205, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3042346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1082509

## Coming up

- *Karoshi* (2027-01-28)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rental Family*](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) (58), [*Captain America: Brave New World*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md) (46)
- **Netflix:** [*Giri/Haji*](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md) (84)

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

## Fi1m on Takehiro Hira

> Takehiro Hira makes authority credible without insisting on solemnity. We rate the steadiness he brings to *Giri/Haji*; *Rental Family* shows how little even a good performance can do when the writing keeps looking elsewhere.

In *Giri/Haji* (2019), Takehiro Hira keeps Kenzo Mori steady while the programme changes style around him. His restraint gives us someone to follow through Joe Barton's crowded crime story, even when the gang intrigue starts to drag. Kelly Macdonald's Sarah helps him keep the human exchanges from becoming pauses between plot developments. We warmed to Kenzo when Barton's humour interrupted the serious business; Hira's steadiness makes room for both.

*Atsuhime* (2008) brought him recognition as Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and his repeated work with Takashi Miike included Ii Naotaka in *Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai* (2011). Authority figures and antagonists recur in his casting, which often calls for quiet intensity. *Giri/Haji* marked his international breakthrough.

*Rental Family* (2025) shows what happens when the writing gives him less. As Shinji Tada, who runs the agency supplying Brendan Fraser's Phillip with work, Hira suggests a life the film does not spend enough time exploring. Mari Yamamoto, playing Aiko Nakajima, is similarly short-changed, though both performances are good. Hikari's film keeps returning to Phillip, leaving the Japanese characters chiefly there to be helped by him. We wanted more of Shinji, but an actor making us curious about a character cannot supply the scenes a script has omitted.

That is a limitation of the material, and it matters when choosing where to start with Hira. Barton's writing is the more rewarding match because it allows duty and family to emerge through humour as well as serious talk. Hira can keep us attentive without insisting that every exchange announce its importance. Start with *Giri/Haji*, allowing a little patience for the gang intrigue; *Rental Family* is too quick to turn away from him.

## Biography

Takehiro Hira (平 岳大) is a Japanese actor born on 27 July 1974 in Setagaya, Tokyo. The son of actors Mikijirō Hira and Yoshiko Sakuma, he was raised in Japan until the age of 15, attended Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University.

He made his theatrical debut in 2002 in *Rokumeikan* by Yukio Mishima and worked with his father, playing Iago opposite Mikijirō Hira's Othello. He received early recognition for portraying the last shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa in the NHK taiga drama *Atsuhime* and has appeared in several films by Takashi Miike, including *Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai* (2011).

Hira played the lead in the 2019 British series *Giri/Haji*, for which he received a BAFTA nomination. His international credits include *Lost Girls & Love Hotels* (2020), *Snake Eyes* (2021), *Gran Turismo* (2023), *Shōgun* (2024) as Ishido Kazunari, for which he was Emmy-nominated, and *Rental Family* (2025) as Shinji Tada.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Captain America: Brave New World* (2025), Fi1m 46, as Prime Minister Ozaki — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md)
- *Rental Family* (2025), Fi1m 58, as Shinji Tada — [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md)
- *Gran Turismo* (2023), Fi1m 56, as Kazunori Yamauchi — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-turismo.md)
- *Giri/Haji* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Kenzo Mori — [page](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *Karoshi* (2027), Actor
- *Anima* (2026), as Paul
- *Rental Family* (2025), as Shinji Tada — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md)
- *Tornado* (2025), as Fujin
- *Captain America: Brave New World* (2025), as Prime Minister Ozaki — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md)
- *Crosspoint* (2024), as Shigeru Watanabe
- *Rumours* (2024), as Tatsuro Iwasaki
- *Shōgun* (2024), series, as Ishido Kazunari
- *Monarch: Legacy of Monsters* (2023), series, as Hiroshi Randa, Hiroshi Randa (archive footage)
- *The Contestant* (2023), as Nasubi's Diary (voice)
- *Gran Turismo* (2023), as Kazunori Yamauchi — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/gran-turismo.md)
- *The Swarm* (2023), series, as Riku Sato
- *We Couldn't Become Adults* (2021), as Keiichiro Sanai
- *Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins* (2021), as Kenta
- *Yasuke* (2021), series, as Oda Nobunaga (voice)
- *Tokyo Chiken no Otoko* (2021), Actor
- *Lost Girls & Love Hotels* (2020), as Kazu
- *Giri/Haji* (2019), series, as Kenzo Mori — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/giri-haji.md)
- *Erica 38* (2019), as Ikuo Hirasawa
- *Innocence, Fight Against False Charges* (2019), series, as 雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ）
- *Koujin* (2018), Actor
- *Killing for the Prosecution* (2018), as Kazuki Tanno
- *Sekigahara* (2017), as Shima Sakon
- *War of Lies* (2017), series, as Toru Kushima
- *IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius* (2016), series, Actor
- *99.9 Criminal Lawyer* (2016), series, as Koichi Yamashiro
- *Fragile* (2016), series, Actor
- *Foujita* (2015), as Lieutenant
- *Stone's Cocoon* (2015), series, as Kadowaki Hitoshi
- *警視庁殺人分析班* (2015), series, as 門脇仁志
- *Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu* (2015), series, Actor
- *Shinigami-kun* (2014), series, Actor
- *Sleeping Forest* (2014), as Yasunari Kajita
- *Bushido* (2013), as Daihachiro Harada
- *Ooka Echizen* (2013), series, as Tokugawa Yoshimune
- *The Farthest Galaxy* (2013), series, Actor
- *Lesson of the Evil* (2012), as Takeki Kume
- *The Floating Castle* (2012), as Masaie Natsuka
- *Kekkon Houkoku* (2012), Actor
- *Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna* (2012), series, as Juzo Itami
- *Ace Attorney* (2012), as Shin Mitsurugi (Gregory Edgeworth)
- *真珠湾からの帰還～軍神と捕虜第一号～* (2011), series, Actor
- *Tsukahara Bokuden* (2011), series, as Samon Yamazaki
- *Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai* (2011), as Naotaka Ii
- *CSI: Crime Scene Talks* (2011), series, Actor
- *Princess Go* (2011), series, as Kazunari Saji
- *AIBOU: The Movie II* (2010), Actor
- *SP: The Motion Picture* (2010), as Eiji Takigawa
- *桂ちづる診察日録* (2010), series, as 三国屋喜兵衛
- *Absolute Zero* (2010), series, as Tomoki Sawada
- *松本清張スペシャル　山峡の章* (2010), series, Actor
- *Goodbye, Someday* (2010), as Kasai
- *稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ* (2004), series, as Suketake Inugami
- *竜馬がゆく* (2004), series, Actor
- *ワルシャワの秋* (2003), Actor
- *Stages*, Actor
- *The Degrees of Pain*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Takehiro Hira](https://film.one/media/person/7359/gallery-2e0e2d605aa9.jpg) Takehiro Hira — Embassy of the United States in Japan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Takehiro_Hira_20240220.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![“Shogun” big hit prayer event at Zojoji.](https://film.one/media/person/7359/gallery-12cf50ad4191.jpg) “Shogun” big hit prayer event at Zojoji. — Embassy of the United States in Japan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/%E2%80%9CShogun%E2%80%9D_big_hit_prayer_event_at_Zojoji_1.jpg/1280px-%E2%80%9CShogun%E2%80%9D_big_hit_prayer_event_at_Zojoji_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![“Shogun” big hit prayer event at Zojoji.](https://film.one/media/person/7359/gallery-64840875f1b1.jpg) “Shogun” big hit prayer event at Zojoji. — Embassy of the United States in Japan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/%E2%80%9CShogun%E2%80%9D_big_hit_prayer_event_at_Zojoji_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-%E2%80%9CShogun%E2%80%9D_big_hit_prayer_event_at_Zojoji_1_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![“Shogun” big hit prayer event at Zojoji.](https://film.one/media/person/7359/gallery-237492c185bb.jpg) “Shogun” big hit prayer event at Zojoji. — Embassy of the United States in Japan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/%E2%80%9CShogun%E2%80%9D_big_hit_prayer_event_at_Zojoji_2.jpg/1280px-%E2%80%9CShogun%E2%80%9D_big_hit_prayer_event_at_Zojoji_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Takehiro Hira](https://film.one/media/person/7359/gallery-fd04ddc8bce0.jpg) Takehiro Hira — Image via TMDB
- ![Takehiro Hira](https://film.one/media/person/7359/gallery-a18c6e24a312.jpg) Takehiro Hira — Image via TMDB
- ![Takehiro Hira](https://film.one/media/person/7359/gallery-788ba3563f25.jpg) Takehiro Hira — Image via TMDB
- ![“Shogun” big hit prayer event at Zojoji.](https://film.one/media/person/7359/gallery-d70aab02d0d0.jpg) “Shogun” big hit prayer event at Zojoji. — Embassy of the United States in Japan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%E2%80%9CShogun%E2%80%9D_big_hit_prayer_event_at_Zojoji_3.jpg/1280px-%E2%80%9CShogun%E2%80%9D_big_hit_prayer_event_at_Zojoji_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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