Ryu Manatsu

is a Japanese actor, singer and voice actor. His real name is . He is best known for his role as Gen Otori/Ultraman Leo. He also sang the theme song for Ultraman Leo and is a member of the Ultraman Foundation.
The filming of Ultraman Leo was a very intense and difficult experience for him, with the training that Dan Moroboshi gives to Gen proving painful and difficult to enact. During the filming of episode 8, he was paralyzed from the waist down because of a scene in which Gen sits under a waterfall in the freezing cold.http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2015/01/15/video-ryu-manatsu-ultraman-leo-attend-super-festival-67/
==Roles==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1974	Ultraman Leo 	Gen Otori/Ultraman Leo 	Voice (Ultraman Leo)
1984	Anime-chan 	Editor 	
2006	Ultraman Max 	Stationed Police Officer	Episode 33 "Welcome! To the Earth: Part 1: The Science of the Planet Baltan"Episode 34 "Welcome! To the Earth: Part 2: Farewell! Alien Baltan"
2006	Ultraman Mebius 	Gen Otori/Ultraman Leo 	Voice (Ultraman Leo)Episode 34 "The Man Without a Home"
2009	Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie 	Ultraman Leo 	Voice
2010	Ultra Galaxy Legend Gaiden: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero	Ultraman Leo 	Voice
2010	Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial 	Ultraman Leo 	Voice
2011	Ultimate Force Zero: Another Space Adventure 	Ultraman Leo 	Voice
2012	Ultraman Saga 	Gen Otori/Ultraman Leo 	Voice (Ultraman Leo)
2015	Ultra Fight Victory 	Ultraman Leo 	Voice
===Stage===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2009	Ultraman Premier Stage 3 	Gen Otori/Ultraman Leo 	Voice (Ultraman Leo)
2011	Ultraman Premier 2011 	Gen Otori/Ultraman Leo 	Voice (Ultraman Leo)
2014	3 Major Tokusatsu Hero Festival	Ultraman Leohttps://m-78.jp/news/n-2661	Voice
===Stock grunts===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1974	Ultraman Leo 	Ultraseven 	Lower-pitchEpisode 1 "The Day When Ultraseven Dies, is the Day when Tokyo Sinks!"
1974	Ultraman Leo 	Astra 	
2006	Ultraman Mebius 	Ultraman Leo	Episode 1 "A Fateful Encounter"Episode 50 "Words from the Heart -Final Trilogy III-"
2006	Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Hikari Saga 	Ultraman Leo	SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
2013	Ultraman Ginga 	Ultraman Leo	Dark Spark War flashbacks in episodes 1, 7, 11
2017	Ultraman Geed 	Ultraman Leo	Episode 1 "Welcome to the Secret Base"Ultra Capsule in other episodes
2020	Ultraman Z 	Ultraman Leo	Ultra Medal
2021	Sevenger Fight 	Ultraman Leo	Episode 10 "Time for the Eye of the Lion to Shine"
2021	Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga	Ultraman Leo	Ultra MedalEpisode 8 "The Propagating Invasion"
====Video games====
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2002	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 2	Ultraman Leo	
2004	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3	Ultraman Leo	
2006	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 0	Ultraman Leo	
2015	Lost Heroes 2 	Ultraman Leo	
===Other Roles===
*Engine Sentai Go-Onger - Toujirou Fuji
*Outer Man - Chief Oshima
==Discography==
:;Ultraman Leo
::Ultraman Leo (Opening)
::Hoshizora no Ballad
::MAC no March
==Gallery==
Gen Ohto HD 1.png|Manatsu as Gen Otori in Ultraman Leo
Stationed Police Officer Max.png|Manatsu as a Stationed Police Officer in Ultraman Max
GenOthoriMebius.png|Manatsu as Gen Otori in Ultraman Mebius
Gen Ohto 2012.png|Manatsu as Gen Otori in Ultraman Saga
===Miscellaneous===
Ryu_Manatsu-p1.jpg
Ryu and Kohji.jpg|Ryu Manatsu and Kohji Moritsugu
Saburo and Ryu.jpg|Ryu Manatsu and Saburo Shinoda
51d461c3.jpg|Ryu Manatsu with Saburo Shinoda and Kohji Moritsugu
Saburo, Kohji and Ryu.png
6777 623729991080196 560273325271993382 n.jpg|Ryu with Jiro Dan, Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu and Keiji Takamine at Ultraman Festival 2014https://m-78.jp/news/n-2642
Ryu Manatsu 2020s.jpeg
==Trivia==
*In episode 3 and 4, although the scene of special training the chop toward the basin is famous, at the time of this shooting is actually in the middle of winter, his lower body had paralyzed past the cold. In the very beginning when Ryu Manatsu are asked your impressions of shooting in Leo also at the time of the magazine, "No, I'm strong in the name exactly as midsummer, but the middle of winter is painful." And enough to comment. Comments made after is so "It was really dying too too cold."
*Even in special training scenes other than the above, Gen Otori of the force of the screen "Jeep special lesson" in episode 6 was not only acting by Ryu, but realistic harshness itself. Special training that confronts opponents with the pointed log with the same story is also a very dangerous scene, but this special scene was full story no stunt. Regarding jeep training, "I confessed in a later interview that I was told that" When I protest that I will be thrown out and die "if there is a photo taken with a sweet braking jeep and saying" Next time " It is.
*Besides the above special training scenes, all the actions of Gen Otori were all handled by Ryu Manatsu himself. Good of the height and the action of the body's ability, even Kohji Moritsugu, the actor who portrayed Dan Moroboshi and Ultraseven's voice actor, was co-starred has acclaimed in his own book.
*The policeman Manatsu plays in Ultraman Max wears a ring resembling the Leo Ring.
*Manatsu is friends with Saburo Shinoda, the actor who played Ultraman Taro's human host, Kotaro Higashi.
**The two have yet to appear together in the Ultraman Series.
**Their sons were classmates.
**When Ryu suffered from gastric cancer in 2004, Shinoda helped him find a second opinion and get treatment.
==External Links==
*Ryu Manatsu at Anime News Network
*Web archive of Ryu Manatsu's Tamura Pro Profile
==References==
Category:Real Life People
Category:Actors
Category:Male Actors
Category:Voice Actors
Category:Narrators
Category:Singers