# 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.
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