Hiroaki Iwanaga

Okay, there's something about a guy who's a genuine 187cm just standing in frame that instantly makes a shot feel sturdier, and that's the energy I get from Hiroaki Iwanaga. What sells me is the backstory: a kid from little Hasami in Nagasaki who went to an engineering university, not some drama-school golden boy who plotted stardom from age ten. That gives him a quietly earned, blue-collar steadiness I really respect. Watching that towering, model-clean frame carry the dead-straight sincerity a tokusatsu hero needs, you kind of have no choice but to look up to him, literally and otherwise. I love that he never seems to shout for attention, just stacks up lead and supporting roles and keeps showing up. Honestly, I think he's the type who'll only get better with age.

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Hiroaki Iwanaga is a Japanese actor and model born on November 23, 1979, in Hasami, Nagasaki Prefecture. Standing 187 cm tall, he is known for his imposing physical presence on screen. He graduated from Fukuoka Institute of Technology before pursuing a career in acting and modeling. He is active on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Name (English)

Hiroaki Iwanaga

Name (Japanese)

岩永洋昭

Reading

いわなが ひろあき

Born

November 23, 1979 (age 46)

Origin

Hasami, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Height

187cm

Occupation

Actor / Model / Television Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Goat

Blood type

A

Agency

G-STAR.PRO

Active years

2000 -

University

Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Spouse

Married (2016 -)

Works summary

Appearances

144 (1999–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1999: 1, 2000: 1, 2001: 1, 2004: 1, 2007: 2, 2008: 5, 2009: 9, 2010: 8, 2011: 10, 2012: 12, 2013: 19, 2014: 9, 2015: 5, 2016: 9, 2017: 4, 2018: 7, 2019: 3, 2020: 4, 2021: 2, 2022: 10, 2023: 3, 2025: 1, 2026: 4, year unknown: 14

Debut work

ほっかほっか亭

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hiroaki.iwanaga/
• Xhttps://x.com/hiroaki_iwanaga
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E6%B0%B8%E6%B4%8B%E6%98%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8973428

Tags

• From Nagasaki Prefecture
• Actor
• Model
• Television Actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.