Akira Onodera

is a Japanese actor and narrator. He is well known for his role as Denka in Taiyō ni Hoero!. He made his television debut in 1969 with Panto Akogare.

In 2015, Onodera won the award for best supporting actor of Tokyo Sports Film Award for Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen.

Selected filmography

Films

226/Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989) It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994) Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) Tsuribaka Nisshiseries Aibō the Movie (2008) Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (2009) Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015)

Television Taiyō ni Hoero! (1972-1980) as Shima Kimiyuki Ōgon no Hibi (1978) as Konishi Yukinaga Oretachi wa Tenshi da! (1979) as Lawyer Fujinami On'yado Kawasemi (1980–83) Hissatsu Shikirinin (1984) as Shinkichi Aoi (2000) as Kyōgoku Takatsugu The Grand Family (2021) as Tabuchi