# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikijiro-hira
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:53:56.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikijiro-hira"
name: "Mikijirō Hira"
slug: "mikijiro-hira"
description: "Mikijirō Hira  was a Japanese actor. Starting as a stage actor in the 1950s, he also worked in film and television and was active until the time of his death. From the 1970s he starred in several of Yukio Ninagawa's productions, including an acclaimed role as Macbeth. Described as \"Japan's best Shakespearean actor\", Hira received several awards throughout his career, including an excellence award at the 2011 National Arts Festival hosted by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs."
tagline: "Japanese actor (1933-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hira_Mikijiro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-11-21"
deathDate: "2016-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.97
  momentum:             1.895621827411167
  historical:           8.206594666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386179/"
    handle:    "nm0386179"
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikijiro_Hira"
    title: "Mikijiro Hira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ميكيچيرو هيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikijir%C5%8D_Hira"
    title: "Mikijirō Hira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "میکیجیرو هیرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikijir%C5%8D_Hira"
    title: "Mikijirō Hira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E5%B9%B9%E4%BA%8C%E6%9C%97"
    title: "平幹二朗"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9E%88%EB%9D%BC_%EB%AF%B8%ED%82%A4%EC%A7%80%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "히라 미키지로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikijir%C5%8D_Hira"
    title: "Mikijirō Hira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11482771"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/118408"
    title: "Mikijiro Hira"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump