Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as Hiroshi Tsukuba in Skyrider. Hiroaki appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. He appeared the NHK jidaigeki On'yado Kawasemi in 1980–81, and in a new series Shin On'yado Kawasemi in 1997. He appeared in Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shigotonin V as the florist-turned-blacksmith named Masa, and as a repeating character in Series and popularity. Five Taiga drama roles are among his credits. They are in Haru no Hatō (1985), Kōsaka Masanobu in Takeda Shingen (1988), Fujiwara no Kiyohira in Homura Tatsu (1993), Akechi Mitsuhide in Hideyoshi (1996), and Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu in Genroku Ryōran (1999). In the annual TV Tokyo New Year's spectacular, he portrayed Sasaki Kojirō in Miyamoto Musashi (1990), Kira no Nikichi in Jirōchō Sangokushi (1991), Yagyū Jūbei in Tokugawa Bugeichō Yagyū Sandai no Ken (1993), and Araki Mataemon in Tenka Sōran Tokugawa Sandai no Inbō (2006). Among the jidaigeki series he has starred in are Hatchōbori no Shichinin (2000-06), Zenigata Heiji (2004-05), Yagyū Jūbei Nanaban Shōbu (2005–07), and Shikaku Ukeoinin (2007). Additionally, he portrayed Oda Nobunaga in Taikōki Tenka o Neratta Otoko: Hideyoshi" (2006). He has appeared in more than fifteen films, including several in the Kamen Rider and " franchises. Further films to his credit include Gokudō no Onnatachi 2", Juliet Game" and Iron Maze" (In a Grove). 村上弘明(1956년생, Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 仮面ライダー１号～ＲＸ大集合, 질투의 게임, 闇の狩人가 있으며, 그 외에도 가면라이더, 게게게 여보, 아타루, 徳川武芸帳 柳生三代の剣, 必殺！5 黄金の血, 仮面ライダー(新), 히데요시, 24 JAPAN, 銭形平次, 必殺4 恨みはらします, 아타루 - 퍼스트 러브 & 라스트 킬, 元禄繚乱 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 해가 지다에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2025년 終幕のロンド —もう二度と、会えないあなたに—에 출연했다. 2025년 해가 지다에 출연했다. 2022년 호텔 -넥스트 도어-에서 Todo Katsuo 역을 맡았다.