Munetaka Aoki (青木 崇高, Aoki Munetaka, born 14 March 1980) is a Japanese actor. He played Sanosuke Sagara in the live action adaptation of the manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin.[1][2] He is married to Japanese actress and model Yūka.

Munetaka Aoki
青木 崇高
Munetaka Aoki at the Red Carpet Premiere of Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno / The Legend Ends, on June 5, 2014
Born	(1980-03-14) 14 March 1980 (age 42) Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Agent	Stardust Promotion
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse	Yūka ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1

Filmography

Film

• Battle Royale II (2003)
• Fly, Daddy, Fly (2005)
• Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006)
• Hatsukoi (2006)
• Heavenly Forest Tada,2006)
• Tsubakiyama Kacho no Nanoka-kan (2006)
• Tokyo Rhapsody (2007)
• Season of Snow (2008)
• Oppai Volleyball(2009)
• Counterfeit (2009)
• Rise Up (2009)
• Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2010)
• Cannonball Wedlock(2011)
• My Back Page (2011)
• Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
• Rurouni Kenshin (2012), Sanosuke Sagara
• Fly With The Gold (2012)
• Princess Sakura: Forbidden Pleasures (2013)
• Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014), Sanosuke Sagara
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014), Sanosuke Sagara
• S The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future (2015)
• Twisted Justice (2016)
• Snow Woman (2016)
• Silence (2016)
• My Friend "A" (2018)
• Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2018)
• Our Departures (2018)
• It Comes (2018)
• Samurai Marathon (2019)
• True Mothers (2020)
• Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone (2020)
• Independence of Japan (2020)
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021), Sanosuke Sagara
• Hokusai (2021), Takai Kōzan
• Kawa no Nagare ni (2021)[3]
• 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021), Takahisa Marukawa[4]
• The Roundup: No Way Out (TBA)[5]

TV drama series

• Umizaru (Fuji TV / 2005) ep.1
• H2 (TBS / 2005)
• Chiritotechin (NHK / 2007)
• Clear Skies, no Incidents (TBS / 2009)
• Buzzer Beat (Fuji TV / 2009)
• Ryōmaden (NHK / 2010), Gotō Shōjirō[6]
• Job Termination Interview (NHK /2010)
• The Japanese The Japanese Don't Know (NTV / 2010)
• Hatsukoi (NHK / 2012)
• Taira no Kiyomori (NHK / 2012), Benkei[6]
• Meoto Zenzai (NHK / 2013)
• Doubles - Futari no Keiji (TV Asahi / 2013)
• Border (TV Asahi / 2014), Tachibana Yuma
• Ishi no Mayu (Wowow / 2015), Hideaki Takano
• Chikaemon (NHK / 2016), Mankichi
• Pretty Proofreader (NTV / 2016), Hachirō Kaizuka[7]
• Segodon (NHK / 2018), Shimazu Hisamitsu[6]
• North Light (NHK / 2020)[8]
• The 13 Lords of the Shogun (NHK / 2022), Kiso Yoshinaka[6]
• Futari no Ultraman (NHK / 2022), Hajime Tsuburaya[9]

References

External links

• Official profile (in Japanese)
• Munetaka Aoki at IMDb