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      • Hiroyuki Sanada OBE (真田 広之, Sanada Hiroyuki, né Shimozawa; 12 October 1960) is a Japanese actor.
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  2. Mar 4, 2024 · While Sanada, who stars as Lord Yoshii Toranaga in the show, has nearly six decades of experience in front of the camera, Shōgun marks his first time producing. But his qualms about...

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  3. Born in Tokyo, he was scouted by an entertainer while playing with the son of the actor Kokichi Takada who lived in the same condominium. After working as a model for a magazine for young children, he joined the Himawari Theatre Group at the age of five.

    Year
    Title
    Role
    Director(s)
    2025
    Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
    Simon McQuoid
    2023
    Shimazu Koji
    2022
    The Elder
    2021
    Bly Tanaka
  4. Jun 20, 2024 · Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks’ sprawling FX on Hulu series, adapted from James Clavell’s 1975 historical novel, marks a defining moment in Sanada’s career.

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  5. Mar 26, 2024 · Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), the ruler-to-be on the Shōgun family tree. In 1582, Oda Nobunaga was the most powerful warlord in Japan. Known as the first Great Unifier, Nobunaga ended a period of...

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    • 2 min
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  6. Apr 24, 2024 · In the series premiere of Shōgun, Hiroyuki Sanada’s Lord Toranaga, the soon-to-be-exiled regent at the center of the action, is described as “famous for his trickery” by his trusted vassal Lady...

  7. Feb 29, 2024 · He first rose to fame as a child actor, starring as Shin’ichi “Sonny” Chiba’s son in 1965’s Game of Chance, a film in which a newly single parent must quit his vices to support his son ...

  8. Mar 5, 2024 · Set in the 1600s, Shōgun is a military drama about Lord Yoshii Toranaga’s (played by legendary star Hiroyuki Sanada) rise to power and his surprising mentor-mentee bond with a stranded British...