Hiroaki Murakami

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 Onyado Kawasemi in 198081 and in a new series Shin Onyado Kawasemi in 1997 He appeared in Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shigotonin V as the floristturnedblacksmith 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 Years 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 200006 Zenigata Heiji 200405 Yagyū Jūbei Nanaban Shōbu 200507 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