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Yukijirō Hotaru (螢雪次朗, Hotaru Yukijirō) is a Japanese actor.^[1] He is best known for the role of Gonza Kurahashi in the Garo television franchise.

Filmography

Film

• Sexy Battle Girls (1986)
• Time Adventure: Zeccho 5-byo Mae (1986)
• Itoshino Half Moon (1987)
• Ogenki kurinikku: Tatte moraimasu aka Welcome to the Ogenki Clinic (1988)
• Subway Serial Rape: Lover Hunting (1988)
• Zeiram (1991)
• Aiyoku Shūdōin: Jukujo, Chijo, Seijo (1995)
• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
• Mechanical Violator Hakaider (1995)
• The Bondage Master (1996)
• Jukujo no Sasoijiru: Nanbon de Mohoshii (1997)
• Onna chikan sôsakan: Oshiri de shôbu! aka Sexy S.W.A.T. Team (1998)
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
• Tekkōki Mikazuki (2000)
• Pyrokinesis (2000)
• Mourning Wife (2001)
• Porisu (2001)
• Stacy (2001)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
• Molester's Bus 2: Heat of the Over Thirty (2002)
• The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2003)
• Ashurajō no Hitomi (2005)
• Deep Sea Monster Reigo (2005)
• The Inugamis (2006)
• Garo Special: Byakuya no Maju (2006)
• The iDol (2006)
• A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)
• Garo: Makai no Hana (2014)
• The Little House (2014)
• 125 Years Memory (2015)
• Garo: Makai Retsuden (2016)
• Sakura Guardian in the North (2018)
• The Great Buddha Arrival (2018)
• Restart After Come Back Home (2020)
• Nezura 1964 (2021), Nagano
• Inubu: The Dog Club (2021)^[2]
• Nobutora (2021)^[3]
• Goodbye Cruel World (2022)^[4]
• Sin Clock (2023)^[5]

Television

• La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine (TV series, 1990)
• Ultraman Max (TV series, 2005–2006)
• Garo (TV series, 2005–2006)
• Tenchijin (TV series, 2009)
• Garo: Makai Senki (TV series, 2011/2012)
• Shōgun (TV miniseries, 2024)

References