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is a Japanese musician, singer and movie actor. He is the eldest son of actor Jūkichi Uno. Terao is known for wearing sunglasses and for his expressions of Nihilism. Because he has two moles on one cheek, he has the nickname of "hoppe" (ボッペ), meaning "cheek". He attended schools Wako Gakuen, Hosei University Daini Senior High School, and graduated from the vocational school Bunka Gakuin.The promotional agencies to which he has belonged are, in order, Horipro, Ishihara International Productions, Inc., and ''Terao Ongaku Jimusho'' (寺尾音楽事務所), literally "Terao Music Offices," his own, personal office. As of 2012, he is the only male actor to have received both the Japan Record Award and the Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. ==Career== In 1966, he debuted as a bassist of Group Sounds band, The Savage. As an actor, he debuted as Kenichi in ''Chikadō no taiyō made'', a film directed by Kei Kumai in 1968. As a singer, Terao was known mostly for his 1981 album , which sold more than one and a half million copies in Japan with the hit song . In 1985, Terao started to work with Akira Kurosawa in ''Ran''. Five years later he appeared as "I" in Kurosawa's ''Dreams''. He has worked with director Takashi Koizumi in ''After the Rain'' and ''The Professor's Beloved Equation''. As for dramas, Terao has acted with Kazunari Ninomiya in ''Yasashii Jikan'' as well as in the latest Takuya Kimura-helmed drama, ''Change'' (spring 2008). He won the award for best actor at the 47th Blue Ribbon Awards for ''Half a Confession''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Akira Terao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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