Akira Terao

is Japanese musician and movie actor.

Terao was born in Yokohama (Kanagawa prefecture) in Japan, son of an actor and film director Jukichi Uno.

Terao was known mostly in Japan for his album nihongo|"Reflections"|リフレクションズ, which sold in 1980s in Japan in more than one and a half million copies and the hit song nihongo|"Ruby No Yubiwa"|ルビーの指環.

As an actor he debuted as Kenichi in ’’Chikadô no taiyô made’’ - a film directed by Kei Kumai in 1968. In 1985 he started to work with Akira Kurosawa in "Ran". Five years later he appeared as "I" in Kurosawa's "Dreams". He has also 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 " [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yasashii_Jikan Yasashii Jikan] " as well as in the latest Takuya Kimura helmed drama, "Change" (Spring 2008).