Hiroya Ishimaru

Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也) 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.

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)) -->

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