Hiroaki Murakami
{{Short description|Japanese actor}}
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| birth_name = 村上弘明
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| birth_place = Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1978 – Present
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{{nihongo|Hiroaki Murakami|村上 弘明|Murakami Hiroaki|extra=born December 22, 1956}} is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-3263 |title=村上 弘明 |work=日本タレント名鑑 |publisher=VIPタイムズ社 |accessdate=2019-03-08}}{{Harvnb|OFM仮面ライダー8|2004|p=26|loc=「主演俳優の素顔2 村上弘明」}}
Career
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 the Hissatsu series drama Hissatsu Shigotonin V as the florist-turned-blacksmith named Masa, and as a repeating character in Series and popularity.{{cite web|url= https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/nakanishimasao/20181028-00101923/ |publisher=Yahoo News|title=村上弘明が語る恩人への思い| accessdate= March 15, 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=http://catalog.oscarpro.co.jp/PcSearch/talent_detail/Talent/talent_search_result_list/1260/ |title=村上弘明 -オスカー電子カタログ |accessdate=2019-03-05|publisher=オスカープロモーション}}
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 Hissatsu franchises. Further films to his credit include Gokudō no Onnatachi 2, Juliet Game, and Iron Maze (In a Grove).
Filmography
=Film=
- No More Easy Life (1979)
- 8 Kamen Riders vs. Galaxy King (1980) as Sky Rider
- Jerashî gêmu (1982) as Eiji Haga
- P.P. Rider (1983) as Kinta
- Hissatsu! Buraun-kan no kaibutsutachi (1985) as Masa the florist
- Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (1986)
- Purushian burû no shôzô (1986)
- Let's Gôtoku-ji! (1987)
- Sure Death 4: Revenge (1987) as Masa
- Gokudo no onna-tachi 2 (1987) as Ryoji Kimoto
- Ikidomari no Banka: Brake out (1988) as Koji Nishimura
- Juliet Game (1989) as Masahiko
- Iron Maze (1991) as Sugita
- Hissatsu!5 Ōgon no Chi (1991)
- Hissatsu! Mondo Shisu (1996)
- 17sai tabidachi no futari (2003)
- Shibuya monogatari (2005) as Noboru Ando
- Tannka (2005) as M
- Daichi no uta (2011)
- Love for Beginners (2012) as Keita Tsubaki
- Kyôryû wo horô! (2013)
- Idainaru, Shurarabon (2014)
- Bannou kanteishi Q: Mona Riza no hitomi (2014)
- Usogui: Lie Eater (2022) as Hikoichi Yakō{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/95306/|title= 嘘喰い|access-date= October 27, 2021|work= eiga.com}}
- Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99052/|title= 釜石ラーメン物語|access-date= March 11, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
- Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down (2025){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103202/|title= 陽が落ちる|access-date= 9 January 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
- Shasen Henkō (TBA){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98583/|title= 車線変更 キューポラを見上げて|access-date= March 11, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
=Television=
- Kamen Rider Skyrider (1979) as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Sky Rider
- On'yado Kawasemi (1980-1983)
- Hissatsu Shigotonin V (1985) as Hanaya no Masa
- Hissatsu Shigotonin V Gekitouhen (1986) as Kajiya no Masa
- Hissatsu Shigotonin V Senpuhen (1986-1987) as Masa
- Hissatsu Shigotonin V Fuunryūkohen (1987) as Masa
- Takeda Shingen (1988) as Kōsaka Masanobu{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/88-taiga.html|title= 武田信玄|access-date= 11 March 2025|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}
- Homura Tatsu (1993) as Fujiwara no Kiyohira
- Hideyoshi (1996) as Akechi Mitsuhide{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000936094/cast/|title= 秀吉の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= May 26, 2024|work= The Television}}
- Shinsengumi Keppūroku (1998) as Toshizo Hijikata
- Genroku Ryoran (1999) as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
- Nene: Onna Taikōki (2009)
- Yae's Sakura (2013)
- 24 Japan (2020) as Heisuke Satonaka{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2167774/full/|title=『24 JAPAN』CTUメンバー発表 栗山千明、池内博之、朝倉あき、村上弘明、佐野史郎|website=Oricon|language=ja|date=July 24, 2020|access-date=January 12, 2022}}
- Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department (2022) as Narrator (episode 2){{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-12/miss-kuroitsu-from-the-monster-development-department-anime-reveals-cast-for-original-characters-/.181433|title=Miss Kuroitsu From the Monster Development Department Anime Reveals Cast for Original Characters, Narrator for Episode 2|website=Anime News Network|date=January 12, 2022|access-date=January 12, 2022}}
References
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=Works cited=
- {{Cite book |ref={{SfnRef|OFM仮面ライダー8|2004}} |title=KODANSHA Official File Magazine 仮面ライダー |volume=8 スカイライダー |date=2004-07-09 |publisher=講談社 |isbn=4-06-367087-2}}
External links
- [http://www.geocities.jp/murakamizenith/ Official site]
- {{IMDb name|0613461}}
- [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0245880.htm Murakami Hiroaki] at JMDB
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