Mikijirō Hira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikijirō Hira

Japanese actor

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1933

Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 23-Oct-2016

Profession: actor, seiyū, impresario

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Mikijiro Hira (? ???, Hira Mikijiro, 21 November 1933 – 23 October 2016) 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.