Hiroya Ishimaru Explained

Hiroya Ishimaru
Native Name:	石丸 博也
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Name:	Shinji Ishide
Birth Date:	12 February 1941^[1]
Birth Place:	Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Years Active:	1960–2023
Agent:	Production Baobab (Treated as an archive and still belongs to^[2])
Height:	167 cm

is a retired Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator most famous for performing the role of Koji Kabuto in the 1972 series Mazinger Z and its sequels, and for being the official Japanese dub-over voice artist for Jackie Chan. He is also a fluent English speaker.

On April 27, 2023, Ishimaru announced his retirement from voice acting.^[3]

Filmography

Television animation

• Mazinger Z (1972) (Koji Kabuto)
• Future Boy Conan (1978) (Orlo)
• Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) (Cosmodart Nasca)
• Starzinger (1978) (Jan Kugo)
• Ashita no Joe 2 (1980) (Tiger Ozaki)
• Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God (1985) (Professor Kotarō Hazuki)
• (1987) (Rodimus Convoy and Hot Rodimus)
• Godannar^[4] (2003) (Tatsuya Aoi)
• (2006) (Apachai Hopachai)
• Gintama (2008) (Captain Dragon (ep. 109))
• Ixion Saga DT (2012) (Father)
• Tokyo Ravens (2013) (Daizen Amami)
• One Piece (2021) (Kōzuki Oden)
• Princess Principal (2017) (Beatrice (Imitation Voice (other by Fukushi Ochiai, Motomu Kiyokawa, Tesshō Genda, Kōsei Hirota) "Telephone partner") (ep. 9))

Theatrical animation

• Mazinger Z vs. Devilman (1973) (Kouji Kabuto)
• (1994) (Dragon)
• (2003) (Man of sanitary gown)
• (2018)

Video games

• (1993) (Count Dracula)
• Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (1998) (Koji Masuda)
• Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS version) (2007) (Edward "Edge" Geraldine)
• Imagin Anime 3: You Will Find the Ul*ra Planet (2008) (Ultraman Taro)
• Kung Fu Rider (2010) (Tobio)
• Street Fighter X Tekken (2012) (Lei Wulong)
• Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia (2017) (Edward "Edge" Geraldine)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 石丸 博也｜日本タレント名鑑 . 日本タレント名鑑 . 2 September 2019 . ja . 3 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903020351/https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-0274 . dead .
2. Web site: man - ぷろだくしょんバオバブ.
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27. Web site: 香港発活劇エクスプレス 大福星 〈日本語吹替収録版〉. April 27, 2019. NBCUniversal Japan.
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    • Tekken
    ] series (Lei Wulong [''[[Tekken 3]] - Tekken 5 (battle grunts in Tekken 6 - Tekken 7])

    Original video animation (OVA)

    • Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Karl Robert Steinmetz)
    • Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990) (Shunsuke Sengoku)
    • Mazinkaiser (2001) (Koji Kabuto)

    Tokusatsu

    • Kamen Rider (1971) - (Shocker Scientist/Construction site worker/Prison guard) (actor) (4 episodes)
    • Ultraman Story (1984) (Ultraman Taro)
    • Ultraman Mebius (2006) (Ultraman Taro)
    • Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007) (Sharkie Chan (eps. 17 - 49))
    • Ultraman Ginga (2013) (Ultraman Taro)
    • Ultraman Ginga S (2014) (Ultraman Taro/Strium Brace)
    • Ultraman Taiga (2019) (Ultraman Taro) (ep.1)

    Live-action

    • Kamen Rider (1971) (Shocker Scientist (ep. 1))
    • Ultraman Leo (1975) (Professor Nakamoto (ep. 40))

    Dubbing roles

    Live-action

    • Jackie Chan
      • Hand of Death (Tan Feng)^[5]
      • Killer Meteors (Immortal Meteor)^[6]
      • New Fist of Fury (Cheng Long / Sing Lung / Ah Lung / Dragon)^[7]
      • Shaolin Wooden Men (Little Mute)^[8]
      • To Kill with Intrigue (Hsiao Lei)^[9]
      • Drunken Master (Freddie Wong)^[10]
      • Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (Jiang)^[11]
      • Magnificent Bodyguards (Lord Ting Chung)^[12]
      • Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin (Hsu Yin-Fung)^[13]
      • Spiritual Kung Fu (Yi-Lang)^[14]
      • Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Chien Fu)^[15]
      • Dragon Fist (Tang How-yuen)^[16]
      • The Fearless Hyena (Shing Lung)^[17]
      • Master with Cracked Fingers (Lung / Jackie)^[18]
      • The Big Brawl (Jerry Kwan)^[19]
      • The Young Master (Dragon Lung)^[20]
      • Dragon Lord (Dragon Ho)^[21]
      • Fantasy Mission Force (Sammy)^[22]
      • Fearless Hyena Part II (Cheng Lung)^[23]
      • Project A (Sergeant Dragon Ma)^[24]
      • Winners and Sinners (CID 07 / Cop #7086)^[25]
      • Wheels on Meals (Thomas)^[26]
      • My Lucky Stars (Muscles)^[27]
      • Police Story (Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)^[28]
      • The Protector (Billy Wong)^[29]
      • Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (Muscles)^[30]
      • Heart of Dragon (Ted / Tat Fung)^[31]
      • Armour of God (Jackie)^[32]
      • Project A Part II (Sergeant Dragon Ma)^[33]
      • Dragons Forever (Jackie Lung)^[34]
      • Police Story 2 (Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)^[35]
      • Miracles ('Charlie' Kuo Chen Wah)^[36]
      • Island of Fire (Da Chui)^[37]
      • (Jackie)^[38]
      • (RHKP Inspector "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)^[39]
      • Twin Dragons (Ma Yau / Bok Min)^[40]
      • The Legend of the Drunken Master (Wong Fei Hung)
      • Rumble in the Bronx (Ma Hon Keung)^[41]
      • Rush Hour (Detective Inspector Yang Naing Lee)^[42]
      • Shanghai Noon (Chon Wang)^[43]
      • Rush Hour 2 (Chief Inspector Lee)^[44]
      • The Tuxedo (James "Jimmy" Tong / Clark Devlin)^[45]
      • New Police Story (Chief Inspector Chan Kwok-wing)^[46]
      • Rob-B-Hood (Thongs)^[47]
      • Rush Hour 3 (Chief Inspector Yan Naing Lee)^[48]
      • The Forbidden Kingdom (Lu Yan / Hop)^[49]
      • Shinjuku Incident (Steelhead / Nick)^[50]
      • Looking for Jackie (Jackie Chan)^[51]
      • The Spy Next Door (Bob Ho)^[52]
      • The Karate Kid (Mr. Han)^[53]
      • Police Story 2013 (Detective Zhong Wen)^[54]
      • Dragon Blade (Huo An)^[55]
      • Skiptrace (Bennie Chan)^[56]
      • Kung Fu Yoga (Jack)^[57]
      • Bleeding Steel (Lin Dong)^[58]
      • The Foreigner (Ngoc Minh Quan)^[59]
      • (Pu Songling)^[60]
      • (Master)^[61]
      • Vanguard (Tang Huanting)^[62]
      • Ride On (Lao Luo)^[63]
    • The Amityville Horror (1982 NTV edition) (Jimmy (Marc Vahanian))^[64]
    • The Big Gundown (1979 TV Asahi edition) (Manuel "Cucillo" Sanchez (Tomas Milian))
    • Carrie (Principal Henry Morton (Barry Shabaka Henley))^[65]
    • Cloud Atlas (Captain Molyneux, Vyvyan Ayrs, Timothy Cavendish, Korean Musician, Prescient 2 (Jim Broadbent))^[66]
    • Dawn of the Dead (Roger "Trooper" DeMarco (Scott Reiniger))^[67]
    • Die Hard (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Harry Ellis (Hart Bochner))
    • Eaten Alive (Buck (Robert Englund))
    • (Rollie Tyler (Cameron Daddo))
    • The Killer (Detective Li Ying (Danny Lee))^[68]
    • Night of the Living Dead (Sheriff McClelland (George Kosana))^[69]
    • Numb3rs (Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol))
    • The Rock (Major Tom Baxter (David Morse))^[70]
    • Scarface (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Manolo "Manny Ray" Ribera (Steven Bauer))
    • Texas, Adios (1989 TV Tokyo edition) (Jim Sullivan (Cole Kitosch))^[71]
    • Thunderbird 6 (Scott Tracy)
    • Thunderbirds Are Go (Scott Tracy)
    • Tourist Trap (Jerry (Jon Van Ness))^[72]
    • The Towering Inferno (1984 NTV edition) (Roger Simmons (Richard Chamberlain))
    • West Side Story (1979 TBS edition) (Big Deal (Anthony 'Scooter' Teague), Pepe (Jay Norman))^[73]

    Animation

    • The Simpsons (1989
    -12-17†), Lionel Hutz (Phil Hartman)^{[74] [75]}
    • Jackie Chan Adventures (?), Jackie Chan
    • Kung Fu Panda (?), Monkey
    • Kung Fu Panda 2 (?), Monkey
    • Kung Fu Panda 3 (?), Monkey
    • Police Academy: The Animated Series (?), Carey Mahoney
    • Secrets of the Furious Five (?), Young Monkey
    • (?), Rodimus Minor

    External links

    • Official agency profile
    • Hiroya Ishimaru at GamePlaza -Haruka- Voice Acting DataBase
    .