is a Japanese actor from MIto,

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. He started his acting career at the

Bungakuza is a Japanese theatre company. Along with the Mingei Theatre Company and the Haiyuza Theatre Company it is considered one of the "Big Three" among Shingeki theatre troupes. History The company was founded by Kunio Kishida, Mantarō Kubota ...

Theatre Company's acting school. His first film appearance was in the Nikkatsu Roman Porno film ''Sei to Ai no Korider'' in 1977.

Filmography

Film

* ''Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion'' (1985) * ''

Shiki Natsuko is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi. Cast * Setsuko Karasuma as Natsuko * Morio Kazama as Kanamori * Hirotarō Honda as Nakagaki * Shōhei Hino as Kawamoto * Masumi Okada as Takahito Mori * Nobuko Miyamoto as Mariko Awards ...

'' (1980) as Nakagaki * ''Dixieland Daimyo'' (1986) as Suzukawa Kadonosuke * '' Sure Death 4: Revenge'' (1987) as Sugie Iori * '' Rainbow Kids'' (1991) as Takano * ''

No Worries on the Recruit Front is a Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. The film gives a description of the life of students struggling to find a job at the end of college in Japan at the end of the 1980s, a time when companies would fight to get the best students to j ...

'' (1991) * '' Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict'' (1992) as Samurai to be executed by Ogami Ittō * '' Shall We Dance?'' (1996) * '' Gamera: Guardian of the Universe'' (1995) as Masaaki Saitō * '' Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru'' (1998) as Tsuguo Tadokoro * '' Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris'' (1999) as Masaaki Saitō * ''

Poppoya is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy ...

'' (1999) as Miner * '' Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji'' (1999) as Asakichi * '' Dora-heita'' (2000) as Denkichi * '' Sennen no Koi Story of Genji'' (2001) * '' Vengeance for Sale'' (2002) as Hotta * '' Dvilman'' (2004) as Asuka * '' Kamen Rider: The First'' (2005) as The Private Secretary * ''

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'' (2005) as Rear Admiral Keizō Komura * '' Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love'' (2006) as Riku Kagami * '' Oh! Oku'' (2006) as

Arai Hakuseki was a Confucianist, scholar-bureaucrat, academic, administrator, writer and politician in Japan during the middle of the Edo period, who advised the ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Ienobu. His personal name was Kinmi or Kimiyoshi (君美). Hakuseki (白� ...

* '' Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z'' (2013) as Strategist Raider * '' Kikaider Reboot'' (2014) as Sōgorō Honda * '' Tōkyō Mukokuseki Shōjo'' (2015) * '' Your Lie in April'' (2016) * ''Alivehoon'' (2022) as Ryūji Kasai * ''The Broken Commandment'' (2022) * ''Natchan's Little Secret'' (2023) * ''The Legend and Butterfly'' (2023) as

Oda Nobuhide was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and magistrate of the Sengoku period known as "Tiger of Owari" and also the father of Oda Nobunaga, the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobuhide was a deputy ''shugo'' (Shugodai) of lower Owari Province and head of t ...

* ''Salary Man Kintaro 2'' (2025) as Mita

Television

* ''

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

'' (1977, ep.282), (1979, ep.339) * '' Daitokai Part II'' (1977) (ep.27) * '' Hissatsu Shimainin'' (1981) as Naojiro * '' ShinHissatsu Shimainin'' (1982) as Naojiro * ''

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

'' (1983) as

Honda Masazumi (1566 – April 5, 1637) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan. He later became a ''daimyō'', and one of the first rōjū of the Tokugawa shogunate. Masazumi was born in 15 ...

* '' Sanada Taiheiki'' (1985) as Asano Yukinaga * '' Nemuri Kyoshiro: Conspiracy at Edo Castle'' (1993) as Mibu Chushō * '' Kumokiri Nizaemon'' (1995) as Kumagoro * ''

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'' (2006) as Riku Kagami * ''

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 that ...

'' (2010) as Kozone Kendō * '' Man of Destiny'' (2012) as Yasuhiro Sonegawa * ''

Hana Moyu is a 2015 Japanese historical drama television series, the 54th NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series stars Mao Inoue as Sugi Fumi, a sister of Meiji Restoration scholar Yoshida Shōin. It premiered on January 4, 2015, and ended on December 13, 2015 ...

'' (2015) as Tominaga Yūrin * '' Naotora: The Lady Warlord'' (2017) as Nakamura Yodayū

References

External links

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Hirotarō Honda official
{{DEFAULTSORT:Honda, Hirotaro 1951 births Living people Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Male actors from Ibaraki Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors