Kohji Moritsugu

is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for playing Dan Moroboshi, the protagonist and human form of the titular character of Ultraseven. He is widely regarded as the best actor in the Ultraman Series by fans along with Susumu Kurobe and Jiro Dan.
==Personal Life==
Birth named , he is the second son of the former member of civil engineering worker of the Takikawa Town Council in Takikawa City. In 1967, Kohji was selected with the higher reputation for the role as Dan Moroboshi during the audition for the series Ultraseven and took the original stage name .
Kohji Moritsugu is a complex man. He is in love with French music. He currently resides in Fujisawa-ish, Hasegawa. Married to a Chanson singer, he has 3 daughters. He revealed in an interview with the Peruvian website El Comercio that the Ultraseven series "changed his life, because it has a profound message, when I started to work in the recordings, I never imagined that it would be marked in my entire life", I don't get tired of watching the series, it is a great series for all generations". It was also revealed Moritsugu was an advertising model before Tsuburaya Productions convinced him to work in the series. It is also revealed that his house is like a museum of Ultraseven, with many Ultraseven masks, black and white pictures, and a few pictures in color of himself and the UG team. He also said that he is still good friends with the Ultra Guard crew, and that they often go out together, and that they are like family. He said that everyone calls him "Dan", and he is very rarely called by his real name.
==Roles==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1967	Ultraseven 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)
1967	Ultraseven 	Jiro Satsuma 	Episode 17 "Underground Go! Go! Go!"
1968	Fight! Mighty Jack 	Choushichi Dan 	Episode 12 "Take Back the Mighty!! (Part 1)"Episode 13 "Take Back the Mighty!! (Part 2)"
1971	Return of Ultraman 	Dan Moroboshi 	Episode 38 "When the Ultra Star Shines"
1973	Ultraman Taro 	Dan Moroboshi 	Episode 33 "5 Seconds Before the Great Explosion of the Land of Ultra!"Episode 34 "The Last Day of the Six Ultra Brothers!"
1974	Ultraman Leo 	Dan Moroboshi 	
1994	Ultraseven - Operation: Solar Energy 	Narrator 	
1994	Ultraseven - Operation: Solar Energy 	Ultraseven 	Voice
1994	Ultraseven - Planet of the Earthlings 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Grunts (Ultraseven)
1997	Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow	Ban Satsuma 	
1998	Ultraseven 30th Anniversary Memorial Trilogy 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)
1999	Ultraseven: The Final Chapters 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)
1999	Ultraseven: The Final Chapters 	Narrator 	
2002	Ultraseven 35th Anniversary: EVOLUTION 	Narrator 	
2005	Ultraman Max 	Takeru Ozaki 	Episode 19 "Person Coming from the Door"
2006	Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2007	Ultraman Mebius 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)Episode 46 "The Immortal Grozam"Episode 50 "Words from the Heart -Final Trilogy III-"
2007	Ultraseven X 	Dan Moroboshi 	Episode 12 "NEW WORLD"
2008	Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2009	Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Ghost Rebirth 	Ultraseven 	Voice
2009	Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2010	Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial 	Ultraseven 	Voice
2011	Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar 	Ultraseven 	Voice
2012	Ultraman Saga 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2013	New Ultraman Retsuden 	Ultrasevenhttp://web.archive.org/web/20161112035404/http://blog.m-78.jp/2013/06/26/次回よりスタート！%E3%80%80「新」ウルトラマン列伝/ 	VoiceEpisode 1 "Encounter With the Light"
2017	Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds! 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2017	Ultra Fight Orb 	Ultraseven 	Voice
2017	Ultraman Geed 	Ultraseven 	VoiceEpisode 1 "Welcome to the Secret Base"
2023	Ultraseven IF Story “The Future 55 Years Ago” 	Dan Moroboshi 	Younger appearance superimposed on body doublehttps://m-78.jp/news/post-6729http://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/6096
2023	Ultraseven IF Story “The Future 55 Years Ago” 	Jiro Satsuma 	
===Stage===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2001	Ultraman Festival 2001 Live Stage Part 1	Ultraseven 	Voice
2001	Ultraman Festival 2001 Live Stage Part 2	Ultraseven 	Voice
2007	Ultraman Premier Stage 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultrasevenhttps://ultra.hida-ch.com/ 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2008	Ultraman Premier Stage 2 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultrasevenhttps://ultra.hida-ch.com/ 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2008	Hida Takayama: Ultra Hero Legend Stage 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultrasevenhttps://ultra.hida-ch.com/ 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2009	Ultraman Premier Stage 3 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultrasevenhttps://ultra.hida-ch.com/ 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2011	Ultraman Premier 2011 	Dan Moroboshi/Ultrasevenhttps://ultra.hida-ch.com/ 	Voice (Ultraseven)
2012	Ultraman Festival 2012 Live Stage Part 1	Ultraseven 	Voice
2012	Ultraman Festival 2012 Live Stage Part 2	Ultraseven 	Voice
2013	The Earthling All Alone feat. ULTRASEVEN	Security Guardhttps://www.due-pro.com/ultra/https://m-78.jp/news/n-2107	
2014	3 Major Tokusatsu Hero Festival 	Ultrasevenhttps://m-78.jp/news/n-2661 	Voice
2016	Ultra Heroes EXPO 2017 Battle Stage 	Ultraseven 	Voice
2017	Ultraman Festival 2017 Live Stage Part 1	Ultraseven 	Voice
2017	Ultraman Festival 2017 Live Stage Part 2	Ultraseven 	Voice
===Stock grunts===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1968	Ultraseven 	Imit-Ultraseven 	Episode 46 "The Showdown of Dan vs Seven
1981	Ultraman 80 	Delusion Ultraseven 	Episode 44 "Duel! 80 vs Seven"
2006	Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Hikari Saga 	Ultraseven 	SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
2007	Ultraman Mebius 	Ultraseven 	Episode 50 "Words from the Heart -Final Trilogy III-"
2010	Ultra Galaxy Legend Gaiden: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero	Imit-Ultraseven (SR)	
2013	Ultraman Ginga 	Ultraseven 	Dark Spark War flashbacks in episodes 1, 7, 11Episode 10 "Darkness and Light"
2013	Ultraman Ginga 	Ultraseven Dark 	Distorted gruntsEpisode 9 "The Jet Black Ultra Brothers"
2017	Ultraman Geed 	Ultraseven 	Ultra Capsule
2020	Ultraman Z 	Ultraseven 	Ultra Medal
2020	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy 	Ultraseven 	Chapter 2 "The Divergence"
2021	Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga 	Ultraseven 	Ultra MedalEpisode 8 "The Propagating Invasion"
2022	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad 	Ultraseven 	Grunts from Ultraman Mebius
====Video games====
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1998	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 	Ultraseven 	
2002	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 2 	Ultraseven 	
2004	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3 	Ultraseven 	
2005	Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth 	Ultraseven 	
2006	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 0 	Ultraseven 	
2010	Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Coliseum DX: The Gathering of The Ultra Heroes!	Ultraman Zero	
2015	Lost Heroes 	Ultraseven 	BONUS EDITION
2015	Lost Heroes 2 	Ultraseven 	
===Other Roles===
*Kamen Rider Blade - Hiroshi Tennoji/Kerberos II
==Gallery==
Dan Moroboshi HD 0002.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraseven
Jiro Satsuma.png|Moritsugu as Jiro Satsuma in Ultraseven
Choushichi Dan.png|Moritsugu as Choushichi Dan in Fight! Mighty Jack
Dan Moroboshi 1971.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Return of Ultraman
Dan Moroboshi 1973.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraman Taro
Dan Moroboshi 1974.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraman Leo
Dan Moroboshi 1994.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraseven - Planet of the Earthlings
Ban Satsuma.png|Moritsugu as Ban Satsuma in Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow
Vlcsnap-2019-06-03-19h16m01s205.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraseven 30th Anniversary Memorial Trilogy
Vlcsnap-2018-10-06-22h35m11s145.jpeg|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraseven: The Final Chapters
Takeru Ozaki.png|Moritsugu as Takeru Ozaki in Ultraman Max
Dan Moroboshi 2006.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers
Dan Moroboshi 2007.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraman Mebius
Dan Moroboshi 2007 2.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraseven X
Dan Moroboshi 2008.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers
Dan Moroboshi 2009.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie
Dan Moroboshi 2012.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraman Saga
Dan Moroboshi 2017 Movie.png|Moritsugu as Dan Moroboshi in Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds!
Ultraseven IF Story 00008.png|Moritsugu as Jiro Satsuma in Ultraseven IF Story “The Future 55 Years Ago”
===Miscellaneous===
Mqdefault.jpg|Kohji with Susumu Kurobe and Jiro Dan
6777 623729991080196 560273325271993382 n.jpg|Kohji acting by showing his Ultra Eye and his friends representing each of their role as human hosts of Ultramen.
Ultra7 Moritsuguhoy.jpg|Kohji Moritsugu, with an Ultraseven mask
Seven-07.jpg|Kohji Moritsugu, & the cast at the Ultraseven Blu-Ray Premiere Meeting
Saburo, Kohji and Ryu.png|Saburo Shinoda, Kohji, and Ryu Manatsu doing their transformation poses
11008206 475592502588257 1366179789 n.jpg|From left to right: Jiro Dan, Kohji Moritsugu, Saburo Shinoda, Susumu Kurobe, Keiji Takamine
Takeshi Gaia & Kohji Seven.jpg|Kohji and Takeshi Yoshioka
Miyano and Kohji.jpg|Kohji Moritsugu with Mamoru Miyano, Ultraman Zero's voice actor
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bandicam 2017-03-10 16-19-53-955.jpg|Kohji Moritsugu with the rest of the Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds! cast
bandicam 2017-03-10 16-20-10-879.jpg|Kohji Moritsugu Speaking to Kensuke Takahashi
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Shunji, Takuya, Susume and Kohji in their kousen stance.jpg| Shunji Igarashi, Takuya Negishi, Susumu Kurobe, and Kohji in their kousen stance
Dan and Pointer.jpg|Moritsugu sitting on top of Pointer (a homage to a scene from the first episode of Ultraseven)
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==Trivia==
*Like Susumu Kurobe, Kohji played a villain in one of Toei's works, Hiroshi Tennoji in Kamen Rider Blade.
*Mortisugu was one of many tokusatsu actors who narrated an episode of Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department in 2022.https://akiba-souken.com/article/55820/ He narrated the seventh episode as a reference to Ultraseven.
==External Links==
*Moritsugu's restaurant, Joli Chapeau
*Web archive of El Comercio interview (Spanish)
==References==
Category:Real Life People
Category:Actors
Category:Male Actors
Category:Actors who appeared in Kamen Rider