Akira Otaka movies and tv shows: he has appeared in films such as Cure (1997) as Yasukawa, The Human Chair (1997) as Yamanaka, License to Live (1998) as Garbage Man, Charisma (1999) as Tatsuo Tsuboi, Kamome (2000) as Nogami, Cream Lemon (2004) as Mr. Nonomura, Climber’s High (2008) as Shintaro Fujinami, Persona (2008), The Vancouver Asahi (2014) as Yosikazu Kono, My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016) as Takamori Minamiyama, Outrage Coda (2017), Paradise Next (2019), and The Young Strangers (2024). His television appearances include the dramas Rich Man, Poor Woman (2012), Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010) as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Fukigen na Gene (2005) as Mitsui Shigehito, AIBOU: Detective Duo (2000) as Shigehiko Katsumura, When a Tree Falls (2018) as Akira Kayama, This is Not a Business Expense! (2019) as President Shinozaki, Stay Tuned! (2019) as Takumi Shinoyama, Smiling Matryoshka (2024) as Masafumi Habu, and Hanzawa Naoki (2013) as Ichirō Matoba. Akira was born on November 15, 1957 in Aichi.