Acting

Yukijiro Hotaru

Profession: Acting
Born: August 27, 1951 · Saitama, Japan

Biography

Born 1951 in Saitama, Japan, Yukijiro Hotaru (螢雪次朗) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for the role of Gonza Kurahashi in the Garo television franchise.

Known for

Shōgun

Series · 2024 · ★ 8.4

Cure

Film · 1997 · ★ 7.6

Tokyo Vice

Series · 2022 · ★ 7.9

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

Film · 1995 · ★ 7.4

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Film · 1999 · ★ 7.4

Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

Film · 1996 · ★ 7.5

Unnatural

Series · 2018 · ★ 8.4

Teke Teke

Film · 2009 · ★ 6.0

Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead

Film · 2018 · ★ 7.0

Filmography

2026 Crossroad
2025 Kyou mo Curry desu ka? · そば屋店主
2025 When You Wish Upon a Black Hole · Kurosaki
2025 Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special · Museum Director (from Museum of You)
2025 GARO: Taiga · Old Man
2025 憶えのない殺人 · 内山宗史郎
2025 Ultraman Omega · Ahdel
2024 Shōgun · Nakamura Hidetoshi / The Taikō
2023 Hoshi 35 · Kamiya
2023 Sin Clock · Otani
2022 Goodbye Cruel World
2022 Tokyo Vice · Dr. Tominaga
2022 Avataro Sentai Donbrothers · Santa
2021 Japan Gangster War 12
2021 Japan Gangster War Chapter 11
2021 Inubu: The Dog Club · Naoyuki Kume
2021 Japan Gangster War Chapter 10
2021 Keihen Line Story: Welcome to Private Homestay Kizunaya · Yamano Taichi
2021 Japan Gangster War Chapter 9
2020 Nezura 1964 · Nagano
2020 Japan Gangster War Chapter 8
2020 Restart After Coming Back Home · Haruo Kumai
2020 Japan Gangster War Chapter 7
2020 Japan Gangster War Chapter 6
2020 AI Amok
2020 Kingdom 4: The Man Who Became Don
2020 일본 야쿠자 전쟁
2020 Konya wa Konoji De · カズオ
2020 Japan Gangster War Chapter 5
2019 Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi
2019 Distorted Ripples · Kenji Yamao
2019 Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2019 GARO - Under the Moonbow · Gonza Kurahashi
2019 From Miyamoto to You
2019 Kingdom 3: The Man Who Became Don
2019 Japan Gangster War Chapter 3
2019 The Tragedy of the "W" Prefectural Police
2019 A Town and a Tall Chimney · Yao Sadakichi
2019 Japan Gangster War Chapter 4
2019 Mistress · Araki Taizo
2019 Japan Gangster War
2019 Hoshi ni katarite
2019 Japan Gangster War Chapter 2
2018 The Great Buddha Arrival · Detective Osaki
2018 Samurai Sensei · Toyo Yoshida
2018 Scars and Codes 2
2018 Designated Lawyer
2018 Scars and Codes
2018 When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead · Shinichi
2018 Sakura Guardian in the North
2018 Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch
2018 Unnatural · 宮前
2017 Dentaku Keiji 電卓刑事
2017 Columbo of Shinano 5 - The 'Shinano Country' Murder Case · Miyazaki Yoshio
2017 確証～警視庁捜査三課
2017 The Last Recipe · chinese husband
2017 Error
2017 Columbo of Shinano 4 - The Karuizawa Forked Road Murder Case · Miyazaki Yoshio
2017 CRISIS: Special Security Squad
2017 Hitoya no Toge
2016 Columbo of Shinano 3 - The Hokkoku Kaido Murder Case · Miyazaki Yoshio
2016 Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
2016 Crying Clown's Wedding · Shinobu Katsumata
2016 Somebody's Xylophone
2016 Denshichi Torimonocho
2016 Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current · Kohei Tominaga
2016 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016 Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors · Kazuyoshi Kawagishi
2015 125 Years Memory · Takeshita
2015 Osoi Shiawase · 仙蔵
2015 Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime
2015 Dr.STOЯKS · Kazuo Motokura
2015 Seven Detectives · Yoichi Sakagami
2015 35-Year-Old Virgin
2014 Columbo of Shinano 2 - The Togakushi Legend Murder Case · Miyazaki Yoshio
2014 Shanti Days: 365 Days, Happy Breath · Sato
2014 The Vancouver Asahi
2014 Osoroshi
2014 The Next Generation: Patlabor
2014 The Little House · Liquor Store Old Man