Hiroya Ishimaru

Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也, Ishimaru Hiroya, born Shinji Ishide (石出 伸二, Ishide Shinji), February 12, 1941) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator most famous for performing the role of Koji Kabuto in the 1972 series Mazinger Z and its sequels. He also voiced Tutty from Bosco Adventure and Ultraman Taro in recurring Ultra Series entries. He is also the official Japanese dub-over voice artist for Jackie Chan. He voiced Dracula in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. He also voiced Lei Wulong from the Tekken fighting game series, who has a strong resemblance to Jackie Chan. He is also a fluent English Speaker.

Hiroya Ishimaru
石丸 博也
Born	Shinji Ishide February 12, 1941[1] Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1960–present
Agent	Production Baobab
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]

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)
• Transformers: The Headmasters (1987) (Rodimus Convoy and Hot Rodimus)
• Godannar[2] (2003) (Tatsuya Aoi)
• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (2006) (Apachai Hopachai)
• Gin Tama (2008) (Captain Dragon (ep. 109))
• Ixion Saga DT (2012) (Father)
• Tokyo Ravens (2013) (Daizen Amami)
• One Piece (2016) (Kōzuki Oden)
• Princess Principal (2017) (Beatrice (Imitation Voice (other by Fukushi Ochiai, Motomu Kiyokawa, Tessho Genda, Kōsei Hirota) "Telephone partner") (ep. 9))

Theatrical animation

• Mazinger Z vs. Devilman (1973) (Kouji Kabuto)
• Doraemon: Nobita and Fantastic Three Musketeers (1994) (Dragon)
• Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: Yakiniku Road of Honor (2003) (Man of sanitary gown)
• Mazinger Z: Infinity (2018)

Video games

• Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) (Count Dracula)[3]
• Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (1999) (Koji Masuda)[3]
• Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS version) (2007) (Edward "Edge" Geraldine)[3]
• 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)[3]
• Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia (2017) (Edward "Edge" Geraldine)[4]
• Tekken series (Lei Wulong)[3]

Original video animation (OVA)

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

• 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)
  • Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (Jiang)[10]
  • Magnificent Bodyguards (Lord Ting Chung)[11]
  • Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin (Hsu Yin-Fung)[12]
  • Spiritual Kung Fu (Yi-Lang)[13]
  • Dragon Fist (Tang How-yuen)[14]
  • The Fearless Hyena (Shing Lung)[15]
  • Master with Cracked Fingers (Lung / Jackie)[16]
  • The Big Brawl (Jerry Kwan)[17]
  • The Young Master (Dragon Lung)[18]
  • Dragon Lord (Dragon Ho)[19]
  • Fantasy Mission Force (Sammy)[20]
  • Fearless Hyena Part II (Cheng Lung)[21]
  • Project A (Sergeant Dragon Ma)[22]
  • Winners and Sinners (CID 07 / Cop #7086)[23]
  • Wheels on Meals (Thomas)[24]
  • My Lucky Stars (Muscles)[25]
  • Police Story (Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)[26]
  • The Protector (Billy Wong)[27]
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (Muscles)[28]
  • Heart of Dragon (Ted / Tat Fung)[29]
  • Armour of God (Jackie)[30]
  • Project A Part II (Sergeant Dragon Ma)[31]
  • Dragons Forever (Jackie Lung)[32]
  • Police Story 2 (Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)[33]
  • Miracles ('Charlie' Kuo Chen Wah)[34]
  • Island of Fire (Da Chui)[35]
  • Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Jackie)[36]
  • Police Story 3: Super Cop (RHKP Inspector "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)[37]
  • Twin Dragons (Ma Yau / Bok Min)[38]
  • The Legend of the Drunken Master (Wong Fei Hung)
  • Rumble in the Bronx (Ma Hon Keung)[39]
  • Rush Hour (Detective Inspector Yang Naing Lee)[40]
  • Shanghai Noon (Chon Wang)[41]
  • Rush Hour 2 (Chief Inspector Lee)[42]
  • The Tuxedo (James "Jimmy" Tong / Clark Devlin)[43]
  • Shinjuku Incident (Steelhead / Nick)[44]
  • The Spy Next Door (Bob Ho)[45]
  • Dragon Blade (Huo An)[46]
  • Skiptrace (Bennie Chan)[47]
  • Kung Fu Yoga (Jack)[48]
  • Bleeding Steel (Lin Dong)[49]
  • The Foreigner (Ngoc Minh Quan)[50]
  • The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (Pu Songling)[51]
• The Amityville Horror (Jimmy (Marc Vahanian))
• The Big Gundown (1979 TV Asahi edition) (Manuel "Cucillo" Sanchez (Tomas Milian))
• Cloud Atlas (Captain Molyneux, Vyvyan Ayrs, Timothy Cavendish, Korean Musician, Prescient 2 (Jim Broadbent))[52]
• Die Hard (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Harry Ellis (Hart Bochner))
• Eaten Alive (Buck (Robert Englund))
• F/X: The Series (Rollie Tyler (Cameron Daddo))
• The Killer (Detective Li Ying (Danny Lee))[53]
• Numb3rs (Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol))
• The Rock (Major Tom Baxter (David Morse))[54]
• Texas, Adios (Jim Sullivan (Cole Kitosch))[55]
• Thunderbird 6 (Scott Tracy)
• Thunderbirds Are Go (Scott Tracy)
• The Towering Inferno (1984 NTV edition) (Roger Simmons (Richard Chamberlain))

Animation

• The Simpsons (1989), Lionel Hutz (Phil Hartman)[56][57]
• 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
• Transformers Animated (?), Rodimus Minor

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External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Hiroya Ishimaru at GamePlaza -Haruka- Voice Acting DataBase (in Japanese)
• Hiroya Ishimaru at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Hiroya Ishimaru at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)