Hiroya Ishimaru

Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也, Ishimaru Hiroya; born Shinji Ishide (石出 伸二, Ishide Shinji), February 12, 1941) 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.

Hiroya Ishimaru
石丸 博也
Born	Shinji Ishide (1941-02-12) February 12, 1941 (age 84)[1] Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1960–2023,2024 (Limited activity in dubbing some Jackie Chan films)
Agent(s)	Production Baobab (Treated as an archive and still belongs to[2])
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]

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)
• Transformers: The Headmasters (1987) (Rodimus Convoy and Hot Rodimus)
• Godannar^[4] (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)^[5]
• Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (1998) (Koji Masuda)^[5]
• Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS version) (2007) (Edward "Edge" Geraldine)^[5]
• 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)^[5]
• Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia (2017) (Edward "Edge" Geraldine)^[6]
• Tekken series (Lei Wulong [Tekken 3 - Tekken 5 (battle grunts in Tekken 6 - Tekken 7])^[5]

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)^[7]
  • Killer Meteors (Immortal Meteor)^[8]
  • New Fist of Fury (Cheng Long / Sing Lung / Ah Lung / Dragon)^[9]
  • Shaolin Wooden Men (Little Mute)^[10]
  • To Kill with Intrigue (Hsiao Lei)^[11]
  • Drunken Master (Freddie Wong)^[12]
  • Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (Jiang)^[13]
  • Magnificent Bodyguards (Lord Ting Chung)^[14]
  • Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin (Hsu Yin-Fung)^[15]
  • Spiritual Kung Fu (Yi-Lang)^[16]
  • Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (Chien Fu)^[17]
  • Dragon Fist (Tang How-yuen)^[18]
  • The Fearless Hyena (Shing Lung)^[19]
  • Master with Cracked Fingers (Lung / Jackie)^[20]
  • The Big Brawl (Jerry Kwan)^[21]
  • The Young Master (Dragon Lung)^[22]
  • Dragon Lord (Dragon Ho)^[23]
  • Fantasy Mission Force (Sammy)^[24]
  • Fearless Hyena Part II (Cheng Lung)^[25]
  • Project A (Sergeant Dragon Ma)^[26]
  • Winners and Sinners (CID 07 / Cop #7086)^[27]
  • Wheels on Meals (Thomas)^[28]
  • My Lucky Stars (Muscles)^[29]
  • Police Story (Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)^[30]
  • The Protector (Billy Wong)^[31]
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (Muscles)^[32]
  • Heart of Dragon (Ted / Tat Fung)^[33]
  • Armour of God (Jackie)^[34]
  • Project A Part II (Sergeant Dragon Ma)^[35]
  • Dragons Forever (Jackie Lung)^[36]
  • Police Story 2 (Sergeant "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)^[37]
  • Miracles ('Charlie' Kuo Chen Wah)^[38]
  • Island of Fire (Da Chui)^[39]
  • Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Jackie)^[40]
  • Police Story 3: Super Cop (RHKP Inspector "Kevin" Chan Ka-kui)^[41]
  • Twin Dragons (Ma Yau / Bok Min)^[42]
  • The Legend of the Drunken Master (Wong Fei Hung)
  • Rumble in the Bronx (Ma Hon Keung)^[43]
  • Rush Hour (Detective Inspector Yang Naing Lee)^[44]
  • Shanghai Noon (Chon Wang)^[45]
  • Rush Hour 2 (Chief Inspector Lee)^[46]
  • The Tuxedo (James "Jimmy" Tong / Clark Devlin)^[47]
  • New Police Story (Chief Inspector Chan Kwok-wing)^[48]
  • Rob-B-Hood (Thongs)^[49]
  • Rush Hour 3 (Chief Inspector Yan Naing Lee)^[50]
  • The Forbidden Kingdom (Lu Yan / Hop)^[51]
  • Shinjuku Incident (Steelhead / Nick)^[52]
  • Looking for Jackie (Jackie Chan)^[53]
  • The Spy Next Door (Bob Ho)^[54]
  • The Karate Kid (Mr. Han)^[55]
  • Police Story 2013 (Detective Zhong Wen)^[56]
  • Dragon Blade (Huo An)^[57]
  • Skiptrace (Bennie Chan)^[58]
  • Kung Fu Yoga (Jack)^[59]
  • Bleeding Steel (Lin Dong)^[60]
  • The Foreigner (Ngoc Minh Quan)^[61]
  • The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (Pu Songling)^[62]
  • Viy 2: Journey to China (Master)^[63]
  • Vanguard (Tang Huanting)^[64]
  • Ride On (Lao Luo)^[65]
• The Amityville Horror (1982 NTV edition) (Jimmy (Marc Vahanian))^[66]
• The Big Gundown (1979 TV Asahi edition) (Manuel "Cucillo" Sanchez (Tomas Milian))
• Carrie (Principal Henry Morton (Barry Shabaka Henley))^[67]
• Cloud Atlas (Captain Molyneux, Vyvyan Ayrs, Timothy Cavendish, Korean Musician, Prescient 2 (Jim Broadbent))^[68]
• Dawn of the Dead (Roger "Trooper" DeMarco (Scott Reiniger))^[69]
• 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))^[70]
• Night of the Living Dead (Sheriff McClelland (George Kosana))^[71]
• Numb3rs (Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol))
• The Rock (Major Tom Baxter (David Morse))^[72]
• Scarface (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Manolo "Manny Ray" Ribera (Steven Bauer))
• Texas, Adios (1989 TV Tokyo edition) (Jim Sullivan (Cole Kitosch))^[73]
• Thunderbird 6 (Scott Tracy)
• Thunderbirds Are Go (Scott Tracy)
• Tourist Trap (Jerry (Jon Van Ness))^[74]
• The Towering Inferno (1984 NTV edition) (Roger Simmons (Richard Chamberlain))
• West Side Story (1979 TBS edition) (Big Deal (Anthony 'Scooter' Teague), Pepe (Jay Norman))^[75]

Animation

• The Simpsons (1989-12-17†), Lionel Hutz (Phil Hartman)^[76][77]
• 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