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Born on February 19, 1966 in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan, Hirohide Yakumaru is an actor and tarento. That puts Hirohide Yakumaru at 60 years old in 2026. The listed height is 170 cm.
My Take
Hirohide Yakumaru, born in 1966 in Musashino, Tokyo, has spent his career as an actor and a tarento — the Japanese category of broadcast personality that has no clean English equivalent. Much of that career has been in morning television, and I think morning television is the most underrated craft in the business. The job is to be the same person at the same hour on the day a disaster leads the news and on the day nothing happens at all. Too light and you seem callous; too grave and nobody can stand you over breakfast. Finding and holding that register for decades is a real skill that looks, from the couch, like no skill whatsoever. That is precisely the measure of it working. Our record on him is sparse — no listed credits or awards — so I will not invent a filmography. But longevity in that slot is its own evidence.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hirohide Yakumaru
- Name (Japanese)
- 薬丸裕英
- Born
- February 19, 1966 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Horse
- Origin
- Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
- Height
- 170 cm
- Occupation
- actor / tarento
2. Links
3. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Hirohide Yakumaru born?
Born February 19, 1966 (age 60).
Where is Hirohide Yakumaru from?
Hirohide Yakumaru is from Musashino, Tokyo, Japan.
What does Hirohide Yakumaru do?
Hirohide Yakumaru works as actor, tarento.
How tall is Hirohide Yakumaru?
Hirohide Yakumaru is 170 cm.
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