ACTOR
Hiroaki Hirata
1963 - Today

Hiroaki Hirata
Hiroaki Hirata (平田 広明, Hirata Hiroaki; born August 7, 1963) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. He is the founder of Hirata Production Japan. He is best known for voicing Sanji in One Piece. Other notable roles include Sha Gojyo in Saiyuki, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in Tiger & Bunny, Klein in Sword Art Online, Vergil in the Devil May Cry series, Mutta Nanba in Space Brothers, Leomon in Digimon Adventure, George Kodama in Kaze no Yojimbo, and Mr. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Hiroaki Hirata is the 6,561st most popular actor (down from 5,947th in 2024), the 1,724th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,460th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Japanese Actor.
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Among ACTORS
Among actors, Hiroaki Hirata ranks 6,561 out of 13,578. Before him are Elena Solovey, Lee Na-young, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Aleksey Buldakov, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Eion Bailey. After him are Jay O. Sanders, Michelle Reis, Alice Lake, Julius Falkenstein, Daniel Gillies, and Julianne Nicholson.
Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsElena Solovey
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 6,556
Lee Na-young
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 6,557
Bobbi Kristina Brown
1993 - 2015
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 6,558
Aleksey Buldakov
1951 - 2019
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 6,559
Mary Stuart Masterson
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 6,560
Eion Bailey
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 6,561
Hiroaki Hirata
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 6,562
Jay O. Sanders
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 6,563
Michelle Reis
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 6,564
Alice Lake
1895 - 1967
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 6,565
Julius Falkenstein
1879 - 1933
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 6,566
Daniel Gillies
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 6,567
Julianne Nicholson
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 6,568
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1963, Hiroaki Hirata ranks 431. Before him are Stefan Pettersson, Marcos Pontes, Jens Hultén, Li Shufu, Kira Ivanova, and David LaChapelle. After him are Gavin Hood, Florence Parly, Detlef Schrempf, Jed Brophy, Mark McGwire, and Mikael Pernfors.
Others Born in 1963
Go to all RankingsStefan Pettersson
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 425
Marcos Pontes
ASTRONAUT
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 426
Jens Hultén
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 427
Li Shufu
BUSINESSPERSON
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 428
Kira Ivanova
SKATER
1963 - 2001
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 429
David LaChapelle
PHOTOGRAPHER
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 430
Hiroaki Hirata
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 431
Gavin Hood
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 432
Florence Parly
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 433
Detlef Schrempf
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 434
Jed Brophy
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 435
Mark McGwire
BASEBALL PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 436
Mikael Pernfors
TENNIS PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 437
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Hiroaki Hirata ranks 1,724 out of 6,245. Before him are Daisuke Nitta (1980), Naomi Kawase (1969), Hiroshi Nanami (1972), Takashi Shimizu (1972), Hiroya Oku (1967), and Takafumi Kanazawa (1981). After him are Kaori Nagamine (1968), Satoru Mochizuki (1964), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Mitsuo Ikeda (1935), Hiromasa Azuma (1977), and Shota Tajima (1992).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsDaisuke Nitta
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 1,718
Naomi Kawase
FILM DIRECTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 1,719
Hiroshi Nanami
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 1,720
Takashi Shimizu
FILM DIRECTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 1,721
Hiroya Oku
COMIC ARTIST
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 1,722
Takafumi Kanazawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 1,723
Hiroaki Hirata
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 1,724
Kaori Nagamine
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 1,725
Satoru Mochizuki
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 1,726
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
FILM DIRECTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 1,727
Mitsuo Ikeda
WRESTLER
1935 - 2002
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 1,728
Hiromasa Azuma
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 1,729
Shota Tajima
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 1,730
Among ACTORS In Japan
Among actors born in Japan, Hiroaki Hirata ranks 120. Before him are Tomo Sakurai (1971), Takahiro Sakurai (1974), Rikiya Koyama (1963), Noriko Hidaka (1962), Yoshiko Tanaka (1956), and Wataru Takagi (1966). After him are Nana Mizuki (1980), Takeshi Kusao (1965), Toshihiko Seki (1962), Mitsuko Horie (1957), Tomokazu Seki (1972), and Hiroshi Kamiya (1975).
Tomo Sakurai
1971 - 2025
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 114
Takahiro Sakurai
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 115
Rikiya Koyama
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 116
Noriko Hidaka
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 117
Yoshiko Tanaka
1956 - 2011
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 118
Wataru Takagi
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 119
Hiroaki Hirata
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 120
Nana Mizuki
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 121
Takeshi Kusao
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 122
Toshihiko Seki
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 123
Mitsuko Horie
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 124
Tomokazu Seki
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 125
Hiroshi Kamiya
1975 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 126
















































