Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 22, 1956
Place of Birth
Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Credits
78 titles
Hiroaki Murakami
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
Filmography
Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down
Rondo behind the Final Curtain
Hotel: Next Door
Todo Katsuo
嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇／梶隆臣篇-
Yako Hikoichi
Usogui
Hokoichi Yako
Love is Phantom
Hara Gonta
24 JAPAN
Heisuke Satonaka
Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
Double Fantasy
Shizawa
FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan
Error
Gold Woman
Yusuke Kikuta
The Rite of Loss
Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
沼田一郎
Zanka: Beautiful Snares
All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa
Hisayuki Asahina
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Yoshiharu Hayase
Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill
Larry Inoue
Love for Beginners
Keita Tsubaki
ATARU
Larry Inoue
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
悪党～重犯罪捜査班
Ryuzo Maejima（前島 隆造）
GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
Solanin
Policeman
My Husband is a Cartoonist
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
警視庁南平班〜七人の刑事〜
63 Minutes Later
Gu Gu, the Cat
刑事の証明
Shikaku Ukeoinin
TANNKA
M
新聞記者・鶴巻吾郎
Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei
Yagyu Jubei
Shibuya Story
Noboru Ando
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Zenigata Heiji
Zenigata Heiji
警察庁 特別広域捜査官 宮之原警部シリーズ（村上弘明版）
Seventeen
Wonderland in the Negative
金融腐蝕列島 再生
竹中治夫
西村京太郎サスペンス 天使の傷痕
田島伸治
Hachobori Seven
Genroku Ryoran
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
Hijikata Toshizo
Omigasa Juubee
Hideyoshi
Akechi Mitsuhide
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
Dark Hunter
Yataro Tanigawa
The Fire Still Burns