{{Short description|Japanese actor (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Munetaka Aoki | image = Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Inferno The Legend Ends, Red Carpet Premiere Munetaka Aoki.jpg | alt = | caption = Munetaka Aoki at the Red Carpet Premiere of Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno / The Legend Ends, on June 5, 2014 | native_name = 青木 崇高 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|3|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Osaka, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2002–present | agent = Stardust Promotion | credits = | spouse = {{marriage|Yūka|2016}} | children = 1 | website = }} {{nihongo|'''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'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-07-25/emi-takei-to-play-live-action-rurouni-kenshin-kaoru|title = Emi Takei to Play Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin's Kaoru | publisher=Anime News Network | first=Egan | last=Loo | date=25 July 2011 | accessdate=14 October 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-04/live-action-rurouni-kenshin-sequels-cast-okina-sawagejo|title = Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Sequels Cast Okina, Sawagejō}}</ref> and engineer Sōsaku Tachibana in ''Godzilla Minus One''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abrams |first=Simon |date=December 1, 2023 |title=''Godzilla Minus One'' |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/godzilla-minus-one-movie-review-2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201190604/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/godzilla-minus-one-movie-review-2023 |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=July 8, 2024 |website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> He is married to Japanese actress and model Yūka.
==Filmography==
===Film=== *''Battle Royale II'' (2003), Jun Nanami *''Fly, Daddy, Fly'' (2005) *''Limit of Love: Umizaru'' (2006), Masaya Watanabe *''Hatsukoi'' (2006) *''Heavenly Forest Tada,''2006) *''Tsubakiyama Kacho no Nanoka-kan'' (2006) *''Tokyo Rhapsody'' (2007) *''Season of Snow '' (2008) *''Oppai Volleyball'' (2009), Kazuki Jo<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/53932/|title= おっぱいバレー|access-date= 30 August 2024|work= Eiga.com}}</ref> *''Counterfeit'' (2009) *''Rise Up'' (2009) *''Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time''(2010) *''Cannonball Wedlock''(2011) *''My Back Page'' (2011), Christ *''Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai'' (2011), Hikokurō Omodaka *''Rurouni Kenshin'' (2012), Sanosuke Sagara<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/56790/|title= るろうに剣心|access-date= 12 May 2026|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''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), Katsuichiro Kurata *''Twisted Justice'' (2016), Kuribayashi *''Snow Woman'' (2016) *''Silence'' (2016), Prison Guard #1 *''My Friend "A"'' (2018) *''Mori, The Artist's Habitat'' (2018) *''Our Departures'' (2018) *''It Comes'' (2018), Kotoko Higa *''Samurai Marathon'' (2019), Yoshikuni Ueki *''True Mothers'' (2020), Debt collector *''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)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20211112/18/|title= なすしおばら映画祭が長編映画を製作！「川のながれに」に個性派＆実力派が結集|access-date= November 15, 2021|work= Eiga.com}}</ref> *''99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie'' (2021), Takahisa Marukawa<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/93933/1|title= 『99.9 THE MOVIE』12.30公開 榮倉奈々＆木村文乃らも登場する最新予告解禁|access-date= September 12, 2021|work= Crank-in!}}</ref> *''Yamabuki'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96417/|title= やまぶき|access-date= December 14, 2023|work= Eiga.com}}</ref> * ''The Roundup: No Way Out'' (2023),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003896770|author=Jo Ji-young|title=[공식] "윤계상→손석구 이어 3대 빌런 이준혁"…마동석 '범죄도시3' 20일 첫 삽 떴다|trans-title=[Official] "Yoon Kye-sang → 3rd villain after Son Seok-gu, Lee Jun-hyeok"... Ma Dong-seok's 'Crime City 3' first shovel appeared on the 20th |publisher=Sports Chosun|via=Naver|date=July 25, 2022|access-date=July 25, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> Ricky *''Godzilla Minus One'' (2023), Sōsaku Tachibana<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2293275/full/|title= 『ゴジラ-1.0』キャスト解禁 『らんまん』神木隆之介&浜辺美波が出演 山田裕貴や青木崇高も参加|access-date= September 4, 2023|work= Oricon}}</ref> *''Missing'' (2024), Yutaka<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99212/|title= ミッシング|access-date= November 30, 2023|work= Eiga.com}}</ref> *''Serpent's Path'' (2024), Sōichirō<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101316/|title= 蛇の道|access-date= April 20, 2024|work= Eiga.com}}</ref> *''Ghost Cat Anzu'' (2024), Tetsuya (voice)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101298/|title= 化け猫あんずちゃん|access-date= May 8, 2024|work= }}</ref> *''Scarlet'' (2025), Rosencrantz (voice)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103145/|title= 果てしなきスカーレット|access-date= 16 July 2025|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''The Samurai and the Prisoner'' (2026), Araki Kyuzaemon<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2431620/full/|title= 『黒牢城』主演・本木雅弘×黒沢清監督で実写映画化 菅田将暉、吉高由里子、オダギリジョーら主演級キャスト集結|access-date= 21 January 2026|date= 21 January 2026|website= Oricon|language=ja}}</ref> *''Godzilla Minus Zero'' (2026), Sōsaku Tachibana<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Kulkarni|first=Shubham|date=2026-04-15|title=‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Sets Diwali IMAX Clash With ‘Ramayana’ as Takashi Yamazaki Expands Oscar-Winning Franchise|url=https://varietyindia.com/godzilla-minus-zero-sets-diwali-imax-clash-with-ramayana-as-takashi-yamazaki-expands-oscar-winning-franchise/|access-date=2026-04-16|website=Variety India|language=en-US}}</ref>
===TV drama series=== <!-- NEED SOURCE *''Umizaru'' (Fuji TV / 2005) ep.1 *''H2'' (TBS / 2005) *''Chiritotechin'' (NHK / 2007) *''Clear Skies, no Incidents'' (TBS / 2009) *''Buzzer Beat'' (Fuji TV / 2009) *''Job Termination Interview'' (NHK /2010) *''The Japanese The Japanese Don't Know'' (NTV / 2010) *''Hatsukoi'' (NHK / 2012) *''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 --> *''Ryōmaden'' (2010), Gotō Shōjirō<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/10-taiga.html|title= 龍馬伝|access-date= 24 April 2026|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> *''Taira no Kiyomori'' (2012), Benkei<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/12-taiga.html|title= 平清盛|access-date= 24 April 2026|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> *''Pretty Proofreader'' (2016), Hachirō Kaizuka<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=358247|script-title=ja:TV 地味にスゴイ！校閲ガール・河野悦子|accessdate=2016-11-30|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=Japanese}}</ref> *''Segodon'' (2018), Shimazu Hisamitsu<ref name=taiga>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2199488/full/|title= NHK大河「鎌倉殿の13人」に青木崇高、木曽義仲役に「大きな喜び」|accessdate= July 8, 2021|work= Oricon}}</ref> *''North Light'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/81707/1|title= 田中みな実、横山秀夫原作ドラマ出演「重厚な世界観の中で新たな経験」|accessdate= October 26, 2020|work= Crank-in!}}</ref> *''The 13 Lords of the Shogun'' (2022), Kiso Yoshinaka<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/22-taiga.html|title= 鎌倉殿の13人|access-date= 24 April 2026|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> *''Futari no Ultraman'' (2022), Hajime Tsuburaya<ref>{{cite web |url= https://navicon.jp/news/73488/|title= 沖縄復帰50年！日本復帰前後の沖縄を描く「ふたりのウルトラマン」5/2BSプレミアムとNHK4Kで放送！|access-date= May 1, 2022|work= Navicon}}</ref> *''The Decagon House Murders'' (2024), Shimada Kiyoshi<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-15 |title=Live-Action The Decagon House Murders Series Reveals Cast in New Trailer |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-03-13/live-action-the-decagon-house-murders-series-reveals-cast-in-new-trailer/.208677 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref> *''Like a Dragon: Yakuza'' (2024), Goro Majima<ref name=Majima>{{cite web | last=Garside | first=Megan | title=Amazon confirms Majima casting in Like a Dragon: Yakuza – and it's an actor brought in from the games | website=gamesradar | date=September 20, 2024 | url=https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/action-shows/amazon-confirms-majima-casting-in-like-a-dragon-yakuza-and-its-an-actor-brought-in-from-the-games/ | access-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref> *''1972: Nagisa no Keika'' (2025), Seitoku Yonaha<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20250703/5/|title= 高橋一生主演ドラマ「1972 渚の螢火」に青木崇高、小林薫、城田優ら【特報映像あり】|access-date= 11 July 2025|date= 11 July 2025|website= Eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''Gyakuzoku no Bakushin'' (2027), Kurimoto Jō'un<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2450817/full/|title= 来年大河『逆賊の幕臣』新キャスト5人解禁 宮野真守&モグライダー芝が大河ドラマ初出演|access-date= 24 April 2026|date= 24 April 2026|website= Oricon|language=ja}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.stardust.co.jp/section3/profile/aokimunetaka.html Official profile] {{in lang|ja}} * {{IMDb name|1328568}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aoki, Munetaka}} Category:Japanese male film actors Category:1980 births Category:Japanese male television actors Category:Living people Category:Actors from Osaka Prefecture Category:Male actors from Osaka Prefecture Category:21st-century Japanese male actors