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name: "Ryūji Saikachi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ryuji-saikachi"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 March 1928"
died: "29 September 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-17T06:35:27.556455+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ryūji Saikachi

Actor. Born 27 March 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 29 September 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 March 1928, Tokyo, Japan
- **Died:** 29 September 2017
- **Active:** 1986–2003
- **Also known as:** Ryuji Saikachi, 槐 柳二, Ryuuji Saikachi, Ryûji Saikachi
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1057331, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/553057

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Ryūji Saikachi (also credited as Ryuji Saikachi and Ryûji Saikachi) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born on 27 March 1928 in Tokyo and died there on 29 September 2017.

Saikachi was active from 1958 to 2010. He provided voices for numerous anime films and television series, including the Old Engineer in *Castle in the Sky* (1986), Roujin in *Tokyo Godfathers* (2003), Grand Kai in *Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn* (1995), and Mole Beastman in the *Kamen Rider Amazon* television series (1974–1975). He also voiced Matthew Cuthbert in the anime adaptation of *Anne of Green Gables* (1979).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Tokyo Godfathers* (2003), Fi1m 82, as Roujin (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-godfathers.md)
- *Castle in the Sky* (1986), Fi1m 82, as Old Engineer (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/castle-in-the-sky.md)

## Also known for

- *Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn* (1995), Grand Kaiô (voice)
- *Monster* (2004), Dennis (voice)
- *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex* (2002), Kannazuki Wataru (voice)
- *Paranoia Agent* (2004), Mysterious Old Man (voice)
- *Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics* (1987), The Grandfather of the Forest (voice)
- *Roujin Z* (1991), Ache A (voice)
- *Kamen Rider* (1971), Ten-Faced Demon Gorgos (human rock face) (voice), Mole Beastman (voice)
- *Night on the Galactic Railroad* (1985), Store Owner (voice)

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