is a Japanese actor. He graduated from

Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as tertiary component of the Aoyama Gakuin. The u ...

. Katsuno's debut was as a detective Texas in the television series

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

in 1974 and he won great popularity through the role. The episode his character Texas was killed recorded 42.5% audience rating, it was highest audience rating in ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Katsuno, Hiroshi 1949 births Living people Actors from Kumamoto Prefecture Japanese male actors Aoyama Gakuin University alumni