is a Japanese actor. He played Sanosuke Sagara in the

live action Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video ...

adaptation of the

manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is ...

and

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

series ''

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his wor ...

''. He is married to Japanese actress and model Yūka.

Filmography

Film

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Battle Royale II , abbreviated as ''BRII'', is a 2003 Japanese dystopian action film and a sequel to the 2000 film '' Battle Royale'', which in turn was based upon a controversial 1999 novel of the same title by Koushun Takami. A novelization of the film was ...

'' (2003) *''Fly, Daddy, Fly'' (2005) *'' Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2006) *''Hatsukoi'' (2006) *''Heavenly Forest Tada,''2006) *''Tsubakiyama Kacho no Nanoka-kan'' (2006) *''Tokyo Rhapsody'' (2007) *''Season of Snow ''(2008) *''Oppai Volleyball''(2009) *''Counterfeit'' (2009) *''Rise Up'' (2009) *''Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time''(2010) *''Cannonball Wedlock''(2011) *''

My Back Page is a 2011 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita, director of ''Linda Linda Linda''. It is based on Saburo Kawamoto's true life account. The film was featured at the 2011 (30th) Vancouver International Film Festival, the 2011 (16th) Busan I ...

'' (2011) *'' Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai'' (2011) *''

'' (2012), Sanosuke Sagara *''Fly With The Gold'' (2012) *''Princess Sakura: Forbidden Pleasures'' (2013) *'' Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno'' (2014), Sanosuke Sagara *'' Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends'' (2014), Sanosuke Sagara *''

S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future is a 2015 Japanese suspense action drama film directed by and based on the Japanese television drama series ' (S: The Last Policeman). Cast *Osamu Mukai *Gō Ayano * Yui Aragaki *Kazue Fukiishi *Munetaka Aoki *Hiroyuki Ikeuchi *Hiroyuki Hirayam ...

'' (2015) *'' Twisted Justice'' (2016) *''Snow Woman'' (2016) *''

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'' (2016) *''My Friend "A"'' (2018) *''Mori, The Artist's Habitat'' (2018) *''Our Departures'' (2018) *''

It Comes is a 2018 Japanese supernatural horror film, based on the original novel of the same name, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima and starring Junichi Okada, Haru Kuroki, Nana Komatsu, Takako Matsu, and Satoshi Tsumabuki. Plot A couple must protect t ...

'' (2018) *''

Samurai Marathon is a 2019 Japanese-British historical action adventure film directed by Bernard Rose and starring Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu and Mirai Moriyama. It is based on the 2014 novel ''The Marathon Samurai: Five Tales of Japan’s First Marathon'' b ...

'' (2019) *''

True Mothers is a 2020 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was selected to be shown at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on a 2015 novel by Mizuki Tsujimura. In June 2020, the Toronto International Film Festival announced that the fil ...

'' (2020) *''Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone'' (2020) *''Independence of Japan'' (2020) *'' Rurouni Kenshin: The Final'' (2021), Sanosuke Sagara *''Hokusai'' (2021), Takai Kōzan *''Kawa no Nagare ni'' (2021) *''99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie'' (2021), Takahisa Marukawa * '' The Roundup: No Way Out'' (TBA)

TV drama series

*''Umizaru'' (Fuji TV / 2005) ep.1 *''H2'' (TBS / 2005) *''Chiritotechin'' (NHK / 2007) *''Clear Skies, no Incidents'' (TBS / 2009) *''Buzzer Beat'' (Fuji TV / 2009) *''

Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010, spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced tha ...

'' (NHK / 2010),

Gotō Shōjirō Count was a Japanese samurai and politician during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period of Japanese history.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gotō Shōjirō" in He was a leader of which would evolve into a political party. Early lif ...

*''Job Termination Interview'' (NHK /2010) *'' The Japanese The Japanese Don't Know'' (NTV / 2010) *''Hatsukoi'' (NHK / 2012) *''

Taira no Kiyomori was a military leader and ''kugyō'' of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan. Early life Kiyomori was born in Heian-kyō, Japan, in 1118 as the first so ...

'' (NHK / 2012),

Benkei , popularly known as simply Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk ('' sōhei'') who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185) .html" ;"title="/sup>">/sup>. Benkei led a varied life, first becoming a monk, then a mountain ascetic ...

*''Meoto Zenzai'' (NHK / 2013) *''Doubles - Futari no Keiji'' (TV Asahi / 2013) *''Border'' (TV Asahi / 2014), Tachibana Yuma *''Ishi no Mayu'' (Wowow / 2015), Hideaki Takano *''Chikaemon'' (NHK / 2016), Mankichi *'' Pretty Proofreader'' (NTV / 2016), Hachirō Kaizuka *'' Segodon'' (NHK / 2018), Shimazu Hisamitsu *''North Light'' (NHK / 2020) *''

The 13 Lords of the Shogun is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Shun Oguri as Hōjō Yoshitoki. The series is the 61st NHK taiga drama. Cast Starring role *Shun Oguri as Hōjō Yoshitoki. Kōki Mitani pointed out some similarities between him and ...

'' (NHK / 2022), Kiso Yoshinaka *''Futari no Ultraman'' (NHK / 2022),

Hajime Tsuburaya was a Japanese film and television director, producer, and cinematographer. The eldest son of Eiji Tsuburaya, he began his career on the 1954 film, ''Godzilla'' and its sequel, '' Godzilla Raids Again'' as an assistant special effects cinematogr ...

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aoki, Munetaka Japanese male film actors 1980 births Japanese male television actors Living people People from Osaka Prefecture Male actors from Osaka Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors