In 1973, he was given the stage name Shōhei Hino by novelist Shōtarō Ikenami.
[1] In the same year, he won popularity through his role Hashiba Hideyoshi in Kunitori Monogatari.
[4] In 1974, Hino made film appearance for the first time in eight years and played lead role for the first time in My Blood is the Blood of Others directed by Toshio Masuda.
[5]He was one of the candidates for the role of main character Genji in Shohei Imamura's film Eijanaika but eventually he played a smaller role.
[7] In 2012, Hino played General Hideki Tojo in the film Emperor.