Akira Onodera

{{Short description|Japanese actor}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|9|19}}

| birth_place = Hokkaido, Japan

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1968–present

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| website = https://www.from1-pro.jp/talent/detail.php?id=11

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{{nihongo|Akira Onodera|小野寺 昭|Onodera Akira|born September 19, 1943 in Hokkaido|lead=yes}} is a Japanese actor and narrator. He is well known for his role as Denka in Taiyō ni Hoero!.The Deka file2016 P.48{{cite web |url=https://dot.asahi.com/wa/2019032800024.html?page=3|title= 殿下役でスターになった小野寺昭 人形劇から太陽にほえろ！へ |work=AERA|date= 31 March 2019 |accessdate=29 July 2021}} He made his television debut in 1969 with Panto Akogare.{{cite web |url=https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/jinbutsu/detail.cgi?das_id=D0009070629_00000|title= AKIRA ONODERA |work=NHK|accessdate=29 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-0754|title=小野寺昭 プロフィール|work=日本タレント名鑑|accessdate= 28 July 2021}}

In 2015, Onodera won the award for best supporting actor of Tokyo Sports Film Award for Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen.{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/eiga/news/173015|title=ビートたけしが「龍三と七人の子分たち」に4冠授ける、東スポ映画大賞発表|work=映画ナタリー |publisher=ナターシャ |date=2016-01-26|accessdate=2016-01-27}}