Hiroshi Tachi

is a Japanese actor and singer.

His ancestors were samurai of the Owari Domain and the family of the former samurai.

He graduated from Chiba Institute of Technology. He was a leader of a rock 'n' roll group Cools but he left the group soon after he joined Toei film company and made his film debut with The Classroom of Terror. In 1983, he moved to Yujiro Ishiharas production company.

In 2018, Tachi won the Best Actor award at the 42nd Montreal World Film Festival for his role in Owatta Hito.

As a singer Tachi is known for his hit song Nakanaide and appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen twice.

Filmography

Film The Classroom of Terror (1976) New Female Convict Scorpion Special: Block X (1977) Never Give up (1978), Nariaki Oba Abunai Deka (1987), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama Mata Mata Abunai Deka (1988), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama Mottomo Abunai Deka (1989), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama I Don't Have a License! (1994), Hiroshi Nanjo Abunai Deka Returns (1996), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama Abunai Deka Forever: The Movie (1998), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama Mada Mada Abunai Deka (2005), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama Eight Ranger (2012) Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days (2016), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama Life in Overtime (2018) The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Isoroku Yamamoto A Family (2021) Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022), King Bradley/Wrath Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022), King Bradley/Wrath The Parades (2024) Dangerous Cops: Home Coming (2024), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama A Light in the Harbor (2025) Golden Kamuy: The Abashiri Prison Raid (2026), Hijikata Toshizō Goodbye My Car (2026), Hiroshi Nanjo Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (2026)

Television Seibu Keisatsu (1979–84), first appears as Soutaro Tatsumi; nicknamed 'Tatsu' by his colleagues but dies in Episode 30 of Part I. Later appears as Eiji Hatomura, nicknamed 'Hato'. Abunai Deka (1986–89), Toshiki "Taka" Takayama Seibu Keisatsu Special (2004) Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006), Oda Nobunaga Papa to Musume no Nanokakan (2007), Kawahara Kyōichirō/ Kawahara Kōume Clouds Over the Hill (2010), Shimamura Hayao Jun and Ai (2012–13), Shin'ichirō Ōsaki Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 1 (2015), Inukai Tsuyoshi Natsume Sōseki no Tsuma (2016), Shigekazu Nakane Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido (2024), Hijikata Toshizō

Anime Golgo 13 (2008–2009), Duke Togo/Golgo 13

Video games Yakuza 2 (2006), Ryō Takashima

Discography Hiroshi Tachi has released the following albums during his musical career.

Studio albums Golden Shadow (1 April 1988) Impressions (21 December 1988) 異邦人 (Gentile) (2 March 1994)

Compilation Tachi – The Best (12 May 1993) Tachi – The Best Collection (2 November 2005)

Awards and honors Year Honors 2020Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette