Hiroshi Tachi

is a Japanese actor and singer.

His ancestors were samurai of the Owari Domain and the family of the former samurai.

He graduated from Chiba Institute of Technology. He was a leader of a rock 'n' roll group Cools but he left the group soon after he joined Toei film company and made his film debut with The Classroom of Terror. In 1983, he moved to Yujiro Ishiharas production company. In the 1980s, he won great popularity through his roles in the TV drama series Seibu Keisatsu and Abunai Deka.

In 2018, Tachi won the Best Actor award at the 42nd Montreal World Film Festival for his role in Owatta Hito.

As a singer Tachi is known for his hit song Nakanaide and appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen twice.

Filmography

Film

• The Classroom of Terror (1976)
• New Female Convict Scorpion Special: Block X (1977)
• Never Give up (1978) - Nariaki Oba
• Abunai Deka (1987) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• Mata Mata Abunai Deka (1988) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• Mottomo Abunai Deka (1989) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• Abunai Deka Returns (1996) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• Abunai Deka Forever: The Movie (1998) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• Mada Mada Abunai Deka (2005) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• Eight Ranger (2012)
• ' (2016) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• Life in Overtime (2018)
• The Great War of Archimedes (2019) – Isoroku Yamamoto
• A Family (2021)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022) – King Bradley/Wrath
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022) – King Bradley/Wrath
• Golden Kamuy (2024) – Hijikata Toshizō
• The Parades (2024)
• Dangerous Cops: Home Coming (2024) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• A Light in the Harbor (2025)
• Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison (2026) – Hijikata Toshizō
• Goodbye My Car (2026) – Hiroshi Nanjo
• ' (2026)

Television

• Seibu Keisatsu (1979–84) – first appears as Soutaro Tatsumi; nicknamed 'Tatsu' by his colleagues but dies in Episode 30 of Part I. Later appears as Eiji Hatomura, nicknamed 'Hato'.
• Abunai Deka (1986–89) – Toshiki "Taka" Takayama
• Seibu Keisatsu Special (2004)
• Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) – Oda Nobunaga
• Papa to Musume no Nanokakan (2007) – Kawahara Kyōichirō/ Kawahara Kōume
• Clouds Over the Hill (2010) – Shimamura Hayao
• Jun and Ai (2012–13) – Shin'ichirō Ōsaki
• Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 1 (2015) – Inukai Tsuyoshi
• Natsume Sōseki no Tsuma (2016) – Shigekazu Nakane
• ' (2024) – Hijikata Toshizō