Hiroya Ishimaru

Template:Short description Template:More footnotes needed Template:Main otherTemplate:Wikidata image 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.

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 (2003) (Tatsuya Aoi)
• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (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)
• Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (1994) (Dragon)
• Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Yakiniku Road of Honor (2003) (Man of sanitary gown)
• Mazinger Z: Infinity (2018)

Video games

• Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (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)
• 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)
  • Killer Meteors (Immortal Meteor)
  • New Fist of Fury (Cheng Long / Sing Lung / Ah Lung / Dragon)
  • Shaolin Wooden Men (Little Mute)
  • To Kill with Intrigue (Hsiao Lei)
  • Drunken Master (Freddie Wong)
  • Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (Jiang)
  • Magnificent Bodyguards (Lord Ting Chung)
  • Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin (Hsu Yin-Fung)
  • Spiritual Kung Fu (Yi-Lang)
  • Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Chien Fu)
  • Dragon Fist (Tang How-yuen)
  • The Fearless Hyena (Shing Lung)
  • Master with Cracked Fingers (Lung / Jackie)
  • The Big Brawl (Jerry Kwan)
  • The Young Master (Dragon Lung)
  • Dragon Lord (Dragon Ho)
  • Fantasy Mission Force (Sammy)
  • Fearless Hyena Part II (Cheng Lung)
  • Project A (Sergeant Dragon Ma)
  • Winners and Sinners (CID 07 / Cop #7086)
  • Wheels on Meals (Thomas)
  • My Lucky Stars (Muscles)
  • Police Story (Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)
  • The Protector (Billy Wong)
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (Muscles)
  • Heart of Dragon (Ted / Tat Fung)
  • Armour of God (Jackie)
  • Project A Part II (Sergeant Dragon Ma)
  • Dragons Forever (Jackie Lung)
  • Police Story 2 (Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)
  • Miracles ('Charlie' Kuo Chen Wah)
  • Island of Fire (Da Chui)
  • Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Jackie)
  • Police Story 3: Super Cop (RHKP Inspector "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)
  • Twin Dragons (Ma Yau / Bok Min)
  • The Legend of the Drunken Master (Wong Fei Hung)
  • Rumble in the Bronx (Ma Hon Keung)
  • Rush Hour (Detective Inspector Yang Naing Lee)
  • Shanghai Noon (Chon Wang)
  • Rush Hour 2 (Chief Inspector Lee)
  • The Tuxedo (James "Jimmy" Tong / Clark Devlin)
  • New Police Story (Chief Inspector Chan Kwok-wing)
  • Rob-B-Hood (Thongs)
  • Rush Hour 3 (Chief Inspector Yan Naing Lee)
  • The Forbidden Kingdom (Lu Yan / Hop)
  • Shinjuku Incident (Steelhead / Nick)
  • Looking for Jackie (Jackie Chan)
  • The Spy Next Door (Bob Ho)
  • The Karate Kid (Mr. Han)
  • Police Story 2013 (Detective Zhong Wen)
  • Dragon Blade (Huo An)
  • Skiptrace (Bennie Chan)
  • Kung Fu Yoga (Jack)
  • Bleeding Steel (Lin Dong)
  • The Foreigner (Ngoc Minh Quan)
  • The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (Pu Songling)
  • Viy 2: Journey to China (Master)
  • Vanguard (Tang Huanting)
  • Ride On (Lao Luo)
• The Amityville Horror (1982 NTV edition) (Jimmy (Marc Vahanian))
• The Big Gundown (1979 TV Asahi edition) (Manuel "Cucillo" Sanchez (Tomas Milian))
• Carrie (Principal Henry Morton (Barry Shabaka Henley))
• Cloud Atlas (Captain Molyneux, Vyvyan Ayrs, Timothy Cavendish, Korean Musician, Prescient 2 (Jim Broadbent))
• Dawn of the Dead (Roger "Trooper" DeMarco (Scott Reiniger))
• 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))
• Night of the Living Dead (Sheriff McClelland (George Kosana))
• Numb3rs (Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol))
• The Rock (Major Tom Baxter (David Morse))
• Scarface (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Manolo "Manny Ray" Ribera (Steven Bauer))
• Texas, Adios (1989 TV Tokyo edition) (Jim Sullivan (Cole Kitosch))
• Thunderbird 6 (Scott Tracy)
• Thunderbirds Are Go (Scott Tracy)
• Tourist Trap (Jerry (Jon Van Ness))
• The Towering Inferno (1984 NTV edition) (Roger Simmons (Richard Chamberlain))
• West Side Story (1979 TBS edition) (Big Deal (Anthony 'Scooter' Teague), Pepe (Jay Norman))

Animation

• The Simpsons (1989-12-17†), Lionel Hutz (Phil Hartman)
• 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

External links

• Official agency profile Template:In lang
• Hiroya Ishimaru at GamePlaza -Haruka- Voice Acting DataBase Template:In lang
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• Hiroya Ishimaru at the Japanese Movie Database Template:In langTemplate:EditAtWikidata