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name: "Hiroya Ishimaru"
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born: "12 February 1941"
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# Hiroya Ishimaru

Actor. Born 12 February 1941 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 February 1941, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
- **Also known as:** 石丸 博也
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2565019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/554368

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Tokyo Godfathers*](https://film.one/film/tokyo-godfathers.md) (82)

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## Biography

Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也), born Shinji Ishide (石出 伸二) on 12 February 1941 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese voice actor, actor and narrator. He trained initially with the Himawari Theatre Company after leaving university studies and began voice work in the 1960s.

He is best known for voicing Kouji Kabuto in the 1972 series *Mazinger Z* and its many sequels and adaptations, and for providing the Japanese dub voice for Jackie Chan in numerous films over more than four decades. Other notable roles include Apachai Hopachai in *Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple* (2006), Yasuo in *Tokyo Godfathers* (2003), and Kozuki Oden in *One Piece* (2021). Ishimaru announced his retirement from voice acting in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tokyo Godfathers* (2003), Fi1m 82, as Yasuo (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-godfathers.md)

## Also known for

- *Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple* (2006), Apachai Hopachai (voice)
- *Mazinger Z* (1972), Kouji Kabuto
- *Future Boy Conan* (1978), Orlo (voice), Additional Voices (voice)
- *Digimon Adventure* (1999), Taichi's Father (voice)
- *UFO Robot Grendizer* (1975), Koji Kabuto (voice), Kouji Kabuto (voice)
- *The Mysterious Cities of Gold* (1982), Groucho (voice)
- *Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus* (1995), Hijacker #2 (voice)
- *Cyber City Oedo 808* (1990), Sengoku (voice)

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