Chikara Hashimoto

Chikara Hashimoto (橋本 力, Hashimoto Chikara, 20 October 1933 – 11 October 2017[1]), also known as Riki Hashimoto (はしもと りき, Hashimoto Riki), was a Japanese professional baseball player and actor.

Chikara Hashimoto
Born: (1933-10-20)October 20, 1933
Died: October 11, 2017(2017-10-11) (aged 83)
Teams
Mainichi Orions, 1950s

Hashimoto played baseball for Mainichi Orions in the 1950s. He was forced to retire in 1958 following an injury, and then joined Daiei Studios. As an actor, he is known for his roles as Daimajin in the 1960s film trilogy and as Hiroshi Suzuki in the 1972 Bruce Lee movie Fist of Fury.[2][3]

Partial filmography
  • San'nin no kaoyaku (1960)
  • Sutekina yaro (1960)
  • Ginza no dora-neko (1960)
  • Ginzakko monogatari (1961)
  • Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (1961)
  • Ken ni kakeru (1962)
  • Jigoku no shikyaku (1962)
  • Yoru no haitô (1963) - Blue collar guy
  • Kyojin Ôkuma Shigenobu (1963)
  • Kuro no kirifuda (1964)
  • Mushuku mono (1964) - Bishamon (uncredited)
  • Nemuri Kyôshirô: Mashôken (1965)
  • Fukushû no kiba (1965) - Kurayami's henchman
  • Kumo o yobu kôdôkan (1965)
  • Daimajin (1966) - Majin (uncredited)
  • Daimajin ikaru (1966) - Shunpei Ikenaga / Majin
  • Gontakure (1966) - Port superintendent
  • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) - Majin
  • Aru koroshi ya (1967)
  • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) - Doctor A
  • Kaidan otoshiana (1968) - Udegawa
  • Zoku hiroku onna ro (1968) - The Inspector
  • Yôkai daisensô (1968) - Daimon
  • Shin Yotarô senki (1969) - Private FIrst Class Hashimoto
  • Mona Riza okyo (1971)
  • Fist of Fury (1972) - Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972)
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1986) - Japanese Fighter (final film role)

References
  1. "橋本力さん死去　元プロ野球選手の俳優、ブルース・リーと共演、大魔神のスーツアクターも". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. "大魔神の目にこだわり". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. Tsutsui, William (2017). Godzilla on my Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781137055576.


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