Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
平田昭彦
	Hirata in 1957
Born	Akihiko Onoda; December 26, 1927; Seoul, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	July 25, 1984 (aged 56); Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–1984
Notable credit	Dr. Daisuke Serizawa in Godzilla
Spouse	Yoshiko Kuga (m. 1961)

Akihiko Hirata (平田昭彦, Hirata Akihiko) (December 16, 1927 – July 25, 1984), born Akihiko Onoda (小野田昭彦, Onoda Akihiko), was a Japanese film actor. While Hirata starred in many movies (including Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy), he is most well known for his work in the kaiju genre, including such films as King Kong vs. Godzilla, The Mysterians, Terror of Mechagodzilla, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and his most famous role of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, the brilliant but disturbed young scientist in the original Godzilla, released in 1954.^[1] Hirata was married to the popular actress Yoshiko Kuga^[2] from 1961 until his death. He died at age 56 in 1984^[2] after a long battle with lung cancer.^[3]

^ A Kaiju film website Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, provides details of Hirata's filmography.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference kotoba was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ IMDB biography, fills in some details of Hirata's life.

[1] A Kaiju film website Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, provides details of Hirata's filmography.

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[3] IMDB biography, fills in some details of Hirata's life.

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