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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 27, 1951
Place of Birth
Saitama, Japan
Also Known As
- Yukijirou Hotaru
- Yukijirô Hotaru
- 螢雪次朗
- 渡辺 潔
- Yukiciro Hotaru
- Yukizirô Hotaru
- 蛍雪次郎
- 萤雪次朗
- Yukijiro Hotaru
- 螢雪次郎
Yukijiro Hotaru
1.3 Popularity
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
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Kurosaki
When You Wish Upon a Black Hole
2025
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Museum Director (from Museum of You)
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
8.4
Nakamura Hidetoshi / The Taikō
Shōgun
2024
0.0
Kamiya
Hoshi 35
2023
9.0
Otani
Sin Clock
2023
5.8
Goodbye Cruel World
2022
7.9
Dr. Tominaga
Tokyo Vice
2022
8.8
Santa
Avataro Sentai Donbrothers
2022
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Japan Gangster War 12
2021
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Japan Gangster War Chapter 11
2021
Credits
When You Wish Upon a Black Hole
as Kurosaki
2025
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Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
as Museum Director (from Museum of You)
2025
0.0
Shōgun
as Nakamura Hidetoshi / The Taikō
2024
8.4
Hoshi 35
as Kamiya
2023
0.0
Sin Clock
as Otani
2023
9.0
Goodbye Cruel World
2022
5.8
Tokyo Vice
as Dr. Tominaga
2022
7.9
Avataro Sentai Donbrothers
as Santa
2022
8.8
Japan Gangster War 12
2021
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Japan Gangster War Chapter 11
2021
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Inubu: The Dog Club
as Naoyuki Kume
2021
6.3
Japan Gangster War Chapter 10
2021
0.0
Keihen Line Story: Welcome to Private Homestay Kizunaya
as Yamano Taichi
2021
6.0
Japan Gangster War Chapter 9
2021
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Nezura 1964
as Nagano
2020
6.0
Japan Gangster War Chapter 8
2020
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Coming Home
as Haruo Kumai
2020
7.0
Japan Gangster War Chapter 7
2020
4.5
Japan Gangster War Chapter 6
2020
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AI Amok
2020
7.1
Kingdom 4: The Man Who Became Don
2020
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일본 야쿠자 전쟁
2020
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Konya wa Konoji De
as カズオ
2020
6.0
Japan Gangster War Chapter 5
2020
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Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi
2019
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Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2019
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GARO - Under the Moonbow
as Gonza Kurahashi
2019
8.8
From Miyamoto to You
2019
6.1
Kingdom 3: The Man Who Became Don
2019
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Japan Gangster War Chapter 3
2019
0.5
The Tragedy of the “W” Prefectural police
2019
7.5
Japan Gangster War Chapter 4
2019
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Mistress
as Araki Taizo
2019
3.1
Japan Gangster War
2019
6.5
Hoshi ni katarite
2019
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Japan Gangster War Chapter 2
2019
3.2
The Great Buddha Arrival
as Detective Osaki
2018
6.0
Samurai Sensei
as Toyo Yoshida
2018
6.4
Scars and Codes 2
2018
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Designated Lawyer
2018
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Scars and Codes
2018
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When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead
as Shinichi
2018
7.0
Sakura Guardian in the North
2018
8.0
Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch
2018
6.0
Unnatural
as 宮前
2018
8.4
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Dentaku Keiji 電卓刑事
2017
7.0
Columbo of Shinano 5 - The 'Shinano Country' Murder Case
as Miyazaki Yoshio
2017
0.0
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確証～警視庁捜査三課
2017
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The Last Recipe
as chinese husband
2017
6.8
Error
2017
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Columbo of Shinano 4 - The Karuizawa Forked Road Murder Case
as Miyazaki Yoshio
2017
0.0
CRISIS: Special Security Squad
2017
7.0
Hitoya no Toge
2017
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Columbo of Shinano 3 - The Hokkoku Kaido Murder Case
as Miyazaki Yoshio
2016
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Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
2016
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Crying Clown's Wedding
as Shinobu Katsumata
2016
8.0
Somebody's Xylophone
2016
6.3
Denshichi Torimonocho
2016
7.3
Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current
as Kohei Tominaga
2016
5.0
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2016
7.4
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Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors
as Kazuyoshi Kawagishi
2016
0.0
125 Years Memory
as Takeshita
2015
7.8
Osoi Shiawase
as 仙蔵
2015
0.0
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Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime
2015
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Seven Detectives
as Yoichi Sakagami
2015
7.4
35-Year-Old Virgin
2015
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Columbo of Shinano 2- The Togakushi Legend Murder Case
as Miyazaki Yoshio
2014
0.0
Shanti Days: 365 Days, Happy Breath
as Sato
2014
3.0
The Vancouver Asahi
2014
6.8
Osoroshi
2014
6.0
The Next Generation: Patlabor
2014
6.3
The Little House
as Liquor Store Old Man
2014
6.7
1914 Maboroshino Tōkyō ~ yomigaeru modan toshi ~
2014
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Sakura Housara
2014
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RoomMate
2013
5.8
Fly, Dakota, Fly!
2013
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Shougeki Gouraigan
2013
7.2
The Morning Set, Milk and Spring
2013
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Meshibana Keiji Tachibana
2013
7.0
GARO and the Wailing Dragon
as Kiria (voice)
2013
6.9
Neo Ultra Q
2013
9.2
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
as Kazuya
2013
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Joker Game
as Principal
2012
5.0
Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed
as Masakatsu Kodaira
2012
8.0
The Centenarian Clock
2012
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Tokyo Control
as Akira Tanabe（田辺 明）
2012
7.0
It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
as Shigeru sugaya
2012
7.0
There Is a Lie in Every Woman
2012
8.0
Solitary Gourmet
2012
8.9
The Parasite Doctor Suzune: Evolution
2011
2.9
The Scent of an Artificial Flower
2011
0.0
The Parasite Doctor Suzune: Genesis
2011
3.5
Mitsuko Delivers
as Kato
2011
5.2
Our Stardust Dance
2011
0.0
The Dog's Policeman: Tenohira Wanko
2011
0.0
A Man with Style
2011
5.3
Kamui: Gang of Life PART II
2011
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Kamui: Gang of Life PART I
2011
0.0
The Best Skilled Surgeon
2011
0.0
Wandering Home
as Yoshida
2010
6.2
SP: The Motion Picture
as Shinchi Tananbe
2010
8.0
Shadow Negotiator 2 - Naniwa's Legends of Compassion: The Man Who Knew The Secret
2010
0.0
Looking Up at the Half-Moon
as Dr. Natsume's boss
2010
6.0
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Pachi-Slot Bar Couple
2010
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Lust in Hell II - Farewells
2010
1.0
Saibanchou! Koko wa choueki 4-nen de dousuka
2010
0.0
Clouds Over the Hill
as 政吉
2009
8.2
Lust in Hell: Edge of the World
2009
3.8
The Laughing Policeman
as Tatsuo Uemura
2009
0.0
Deep Sea Monster Raiga
as Hajime Edo
2009
5.6
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Kinsaku Iwamoto
2009
6.2
The Code
2009
6.2
Rinjo
as 谷本正博
2009
6.0
Basara ningen
2009
0.0
Teke Teke 2
2009
5.8
Teke Teke
2009
5.9
A Story of Anna
2008
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Climber's High
as Jo Oimura
2008
6.1
Immoral
2008
5.0
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters
as Hajime edo
2008
5.9
A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies
2007
7.7
Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle
2007
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Kokichi Inugami
2006
6.9
GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night
as Gonza
2006
7.6
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Berna's Tail
2006
0.0
The iDol
as Homeless Man
2006
0.0
GARO
as Gonza Kurahashi
2005
7.7
GARO
as Sasuke
2005
7.7
Detective Office 5: Another Story
2005
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いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。
2005
0.0
Ashura
as Magotaro
2005
5.1
The Man Behind the Scissors
2005
5.2
Deep Love: The Story of Ayu
as Yoshiyuki's Father
2004
1.5
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
as Toshihiko Tamamushi
2004
9.0
The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage
2003
2.3
The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
as Toshio Saeki
2003
5.2
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Houseless Home
2003
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OL Zenido
2003
4.0
On-yado Kawasemi
2003
0.0
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
7.6
Project GMK: The Day Shusuke Kaneko Fought Godzilla
as Himself
2002
10.0
The Choice of Hercules
2002
8.0
Chikan bus 2: Misoji no hoteri
as Shigeru Satô
2002
2.0
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Silence of the Sushi Rolls
as Professor
2001
3.0
Mourning Wife
as Yutaka
2001
3.0
Queen Bee Honey
2001
1.0
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
2001
4.5
Police
as Police captian
2001
2.0
Hero
as Tsukuda
2001
8.0
Iron Armored Machine Mikazuki
as Kunio Doihara
2000
8.5
Crossfire
as Hasaba
2000
6.1
Thug Business Worker Sabu
2000
0.0
Boogiepop and Others
as Gorô Tadokoro
2000
4.7
The Demon Lady's Humiliation
2000
0.0
Birdcage of Horrors
1999
0.0
The Exam
1999
0.0
New Molester Diary
1999
0.0
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
as Tsutomu Osako
1999
7.4
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 6
1998
0.0
The Bondage Master
as Shiro
1998
3.5
Sexy S.W.A.T. Team
1998
3.5
Cure
as Ichiro Kuwano
1997
7.5
Moon Over Tao: Makaraga
as A Keeper For Arms
1997
6.3
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 5
1997
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Virgin Sniper
1997
1.0
Haunted School 3
as Policeman
1997
6.8
The King of Minami: Waiting Woman
1997
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Black Market Emperor: Silver and Gold 7 - Underworld Horse Racing Hell
1997
0.0
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 5
1997
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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
as Tsutomu Osako
1996
7.4
Be-Bop High School 4
1996
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Lipstick: Falling Woman
1996
0.0
The 15 Year Old Bride to Be
1996
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Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 4
1996
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The Metropolitan Police Branch 82
as Section Chief
1995
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Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass 2
1995
0.0
Mechanical Violator Hakaider
as Man in Brain Processing Room
1995
6.2
Heaven's Coin
as Katsuji Arai
1995
7.0
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
as Inspector Tsutomu Osako
1995
7.4
Aiyoku Shûdôin: Jukujo, Chijo, Seijo
1995
2.0
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
as Kyozo
1995
0.0
Hear the Whisper of a Rose
as Shinoda, a spiritual medium
1995
2.0
Molester Diary: A Man Who Kept Stroking Ass
1995
6.0
Zëiram 2
as Kamiya
1994
6.2
True Story! 82 Days with Amemiya Family
as Self
1994
6.2
We Are Not Alone
1993
5.0
Suite Room
1993
0.0
Zëiram
as Kamiya
1991
6.0
Female Punisher Zebra 2: Action Edition
1990
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Catastrophe
1990
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Network Baby
1990
0.0
Let's Go to the Hospital
as Sada
1990
6.0
La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine
as Diable
1990
8.0
Onihei Hankachō
1989
8.1
Oshare dorobō
1989
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Miho Yuki no Madonna Zecchô
1989
2.0
Inran Sisters
1988
2.0
The Yen Family
as Dance teacher
1988
5.9
Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting
1988
4.7
Welcome to the Ogenki Clinic: Feel Good All Over Again
as Sawaru Ogekuri
1988
5.4
Groper Train: Touch That Girl
as Makino Shotaro
1988
4.3
Koisuru Onna-tachi: Triple Ecstasy: Keiren
as Koichi Saimaki
1988
2.0
Eizu o buttobase: Momoiro puttsun musume
as Aisaku Ijô
1987
2.0
Groper Train: Touching and Going to Work
as White
1987
2.0
Time Adventure: 5 Seconds Til Climax
as Okano (Detective)
1986
6.1
Groper Train: Danger Signal
as Ogura Shotaro
1986
2.0
Exposed School Swimsuits
1986
2.6
Molester's Delivery Service
1986
1.0
Groper Train: Under Skirt
as Matsutaro Nakahara
1986
2.0
No More Comics!
1986
6.0
SM kyoshitsu: shikkin
1986
2.0
Lolita Production ONANIE
as Aisaku
1986
2.0
Sexy Battle Girls
as School President Fukurokôji
1986
4.0
Groper Train: Feels Like Climax
as Okano Shotaro
1986
2.0
Zetsukin gyaru: Yaruki munmun
as Priest Poirot
1985
2.0
🎬
Groper Train: Good Office Lady, Bad Office Lady, Normal Office Lady
1985
2.0
Apartment Wife: Ass Slave
as Yakuza
1985
2.0
Groper Train: 1 Centimeter From The Wall
as Shinpei Fukai
1985
1.0
Chikan tsûkin-basu
as Heihachi Satsuma - Retired Detective
1985
2.7
Wakazuma Misshitsu Bôkô Jiken
1985
2.0
🎬
Groper Train: One Shot on the Train
as Joke Togo
1985
1.0
Uno Koichiro no momosaguri
as Policeman
1985
5.0
Pink Physical Examination
1985
1.0
Sex Document: Nakase Jôzu
1985
2.0
Molester Train: Seiko's Ass
as Morizo San
1985
1.0
Mari wa tenshi no nioi
1985
2.0
🎬
Innocent Sisters! Chibo and Marco
1984
2.0
The Bondage
as Ibuki
1984
2.0
Sanjigen tōshi: Sex ultra eye
as Ken
1984
2.0
Female Prisoners: Brutal Treatment
as Yukijiro
1984
2.0
Molester's School Infirmary
1984
2.0
Sexy Timetrip Ninjas
as Sasuke Sarutobi / Actor on screen
1984
3.9
🎬
Motto Hoshii
1984
2.0
🎬
Jokôsei: Koshitsu de nyan-nyan
1984
2.0
Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio
as Ippei Kuroda
1984
2.0
🎬
Female Teacher: Lewd After School
1984
2.0
Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
as Ippei Kuroda
1984
3.9
Goodbye Boy
as Dr. Ishiyama
1984
3.7
Groper Train: Momoe's Ass
as Detective Ippei Kuroda
1983
0.0
Molester Train: Touch Me
1983
2.0
🎬
Groping Live Recording Trip
as Director Hayajiro
1983
2.0
🎬
Chikan honban namaroku ryokô
1983
2.0
🎬
Groper Train: Keiko's Hips
as Ippei Kuroda, private detective
1983
0.0
🎬
Molester Train: Rumiko's Ass
1983
1.0
Gamera 4: Truth
as Tsutomu Osako
N/A
0.0
痴漢ハンター4 倒錯者たちの沈黙
N/A
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