Masanari Nihei Explained

Birth Name:	Masanari Nihei
Birth Date:	9 December 1940
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Actor

was a Japanese actor. He played Mitsuhiro Ide in Ultraman, having won the role when originally cast actor Susumu Ishikawa left the production.^[1]

Death

Masanari Nihei died on 21 August 2021 due to aspiration pneumonia. His funeral was held privately by his close relatives.^{[2] [3]}

Selected filmography

Film

• Kane-dukuri taikô-ki (1960)
• Ankokugai no dankon (1961)
• Nasake muyo no wana (1961)
• As a Wife, As a Woman (1961)
• Nakito gozansu (1961)
• Mothra (1961) - Dam Policeman / Infant Island Islander (uncredited)
• Witness Killed (1961)
• Gorath (1962) - Itô - Astronaut of Ôtori
• Dobunezumi sakusen (1962)
• Nihon ichi no wakadaishô (1962)
• Gekkyû dorobo (1962)
• Sengoku yarô (1963)
• Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei (1963)
• Ichi ka bachi ka (1963)
• Ringo no hana saku machi (1963) - Takuya Igarashi
• The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) - Rebel
• Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu (1963)
• Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari (1964)
• Aa bakudan (1964) - Tatsumi
• Nippon ichi no horafuki otoko (1964) - Construction Worker
• Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru (1964) - Seinen Miyaji
• Hana no oedo no musekinin (1964)
• Samurai Assassin (1965) - Ronin
• Nippon ichi no goma suri otoko (1965)
• Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965)
• Senjo ni nagareru uta (1965)
• Kureji no daiboken (1965)
• Ereki no Wakadaishō (1965) - Nishina / The Drummer of The Young Beats
• Onna no naka ni iru tanin (1966)
• Nippon ichi no gorigan otoko (1966)
• Kureji da yo: kisôtengai (1966) - Yokota
• Kureji daisakusen (1966)
• The Age of Assassins (1967) - Pappy
• Ultraman (1968) - Mitsuhiro Ide
• Nippon ichi no danzetsu otoko (1969)
• Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! (1969) - Henchman
• Hangyaku no Melody (1970)
• Dodesukaden (1970) - 4th Man calling out
• Nippon ichi no warunori otoko (1970)
• Nippon ichi no shokku otoko (1971)
• A Man′s World (1971) - Aoki
• Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki (1972) - Gen-san
• Isoge! Wakamono (1974) - Matsuo
• Shirauo (1977)
• Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo (1977)
• Hakunetsu Dead Heat (1977)
• Dainamaito don don (1978) - Inukai
• (1979) - Mitsuhiro Ide
• Ultraman (1979) - Mitsuhiro Ide
• Disciples of Hippocrates (1980) - Reporter
• Haithîn bugi (1982)
• Arashi o yobu otoko (1983) - Club manager
• Aitsu to lullaby (1983) - Takimoto
• Fireflies in the North (1984) - Tomosaburo Kumagai
• Usugeshô (1985)
• Ultraman Zearth (1996) - Photographer
• Revive! Ultraman (1996, Short) - Mitsuhiro Ide (archive footage)
• Ultraman Zearth 2 (1997) - Photographer
• (2001)
• Daikessen! Chô urutora 8 kyôdai (2008) - Owner of Cheep Candy Shop (final film role)

Television

• Ultra Q (1966; episodes 2, 6, and 15) - Nakamatsu's Assistant / Bank-Robber Gang Sato / The Man who Delivers Milk
• Ultraman (1966) - Mitsuhiro Ide
• Ultra Seven (1968, episode 42) - Masaya
• Mighty Jack (1968) - Akira Genda
• The Ultraman (1979-1980) - Hiroaki Tobe (voice)
• Tokkei Winspector (1990, episode 8) - Daizou Oomagari Gen'ichi Yonekura
• Sōrito Yobanaide (1997) - SP
• Ultraman Max (2006) - Dr. Date

Notes and References

1. Book: Ragona, August. Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla. Chronicle Books. 2007. 120. 9780811860789.
2. Web site: 俳優の二瓶正也さん死去 「ウルトラマン」のイデ隊員 . . 24 August 2021 . ja . 24 August 2021.
3. Web site: 「ウルトラマン」イデ隊員役の二瓶正也さん誤嚥性肺炎で死去、80歳 . Livedoor News . 24 August 2021 . ja . 24 August 2021.