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
Kamen Rider
1971
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010
Hideyoshi
1996
0Miyako no kaze
1986
Kamen Rider Skyrider
1979
24 JAPAN
2020
Genroku Ryoran
1999
ATARU
2012
0The Fire Still Burns
1993
0The Fire Still Burns
1993
A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!
1984
Rondo behind the Final Curtain
2025
Filmography
Kamen Rider
as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider · 1971
My Husband is a Cartoonist
· 2010
Hideyoshi
as Akechi Mitsuhide · 1996
Miyako no kaze
as 吉野雄一郎 · 1986
Kamen Rider Skyrider
as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider · 1979
24 JAPAN
as Heisuke Satonaka · 2020
Genroku Ryoran
as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira · 1999
ATARU
as Larry Inoue · 2012
The Fire Still Burns
· 1993
The Fire Still Burns
as FUJIWARA no Kiyohira · 1993
A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble!
as Tsukuba Hiroshi / Skyrider (archive footage) · 1984
Rondo behind the Final Curtain
· 2025
Hachobori Seven
· 2000
Hotel: Next Door
as Todo Katsuo · 2022
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead
· 2012
Double Fantasy
as Shizawa · 2018
Miyamoto Musashi
as Sasaki Kojiro · 1990
悪党～重犯罪捜査班
as Ryuzo Maejima（前島 隆造） · 2011
嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇／梶隆臣篇-
as Yako Hikoichi · 2022
Zenigata Heiji
as Zenigata Heiji · 2004
Love is Phantom
as Hara Gonta · 2021
Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei
as Yagyu Jubei · 2005
Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword
as Yagyu Jubei Sangen · 1993
Usogui
as Hokoichi Yako · 2022
The Great White Tower
as Goro Zaizen · 1990
Solanin
as Policeman · 2010
Zanka: Beautiful Snares
· 2015
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
as Hijikata Toshizo · 1998
FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan
· 2017
Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill
as Larry Inoue · 2013
Iron Maze
as Sugita · 1991
GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
· 2010
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
as Yoshiharu Hayase · 2014
Love for Beginners
as Keita Tsubaki · 2012
Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King
as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Skyrider · 1980
TANNKA
as M · 2006
新・御宿かわせみ
Yakuza Ladies 2
as Ryoji Kimoto · 1987
63 Minutes Later
· 2009
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
· 2010
Igai to Single Girl
· 1988
熱っぽいの！
as 花岡康
All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa
as Hisayuki Asahina · 2014
The Rite of Loss
· 2016
Jealousy Game
as Eiji Haga · 1982
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
as Hanaya no Masa · 1985
Sure Death 4
as Masa · 1987
P. P. Rider
as Kinta · 1983
Sure Death! 3
as Kajiya no Masa · 1986
Sure Death 5
as Masa · 1991
Gu Gu, the Cat
· 2008
Break Out
as Koji Nishimura · 1988
No More Easy Life
· 1979
Shikaku Ukeoinin
· 2007
Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down
· 2025
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
· 2004
Let's Gotokuji
· 1987
Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
· 2020
Shibuya Story
as Noboru Ando · 2005
金融腐蝕列島 再生
as 竹中治夫 · 2002
Assassin's Target: Iemitsu
· 1995
Omigasa Juubee
· 1997
Seventeen
· 2003
Error
· 2017
Portrait in Prussian Blue
· 1986
Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
as Hiroshi Tsukuba / Kamen Rider (Skyrider) (archival) · 1988
Gold Woman
as Yusuke Kikuta · 2016
刑事の証明
· 2008
Shadow Hunters
· 1992
The Juliet Game
· 1989
Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
as 沼田一郎 · 2015
Dark Hunter
as Yataro Tanigawa · 1994
新聞記者・鶴巻吾郎
· 2006
警視庁南平班〜七人の刑事〜
· 2009
源氏九郎颯爽記 秘剣揚羽の蝶
· 1991
警察庁 特別広域捜査官 宮之原警部シリーズ（村上弘明版）
· 2003
Mayonaka no tsuma-tachi
· 1987
西村京太郎サスペンス 天使の傷痕
as 田島伸治 · 2001
Wonderland in the Negative
· 2002