Hiroya Ishimaru
Hiroya Ishimaru 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, though he continues to work in a limited capacity to dub Chan in films.
Filmography
Television animation
- Mazinger Z
- Future Boy Conan
- Space Battleship Yamato II
- Starzinger
- Ashita no Joe 2
- Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God
- Transformers: The Headmasters
- Godannar
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
- Gintama
- Ixion Saga DT
- Tokyo Ravens
- One Piece
- Princess Principal )
Theatrical animation
- Mazinger Z vs. Devilman
- Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen
- Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Yakiniku Road of Honor
- ''Mazinger Z: Infinity''
Video games
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring
- Final Fantasy IV
- Imagin Anime 3: You Will Find the Ul*ra Planet
- Kung Fu Rider
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
- Tekken series
Original video animation (OVA)
Tokusatsu
- Kamen Rider –
- Ultraman Story
- Ultraman Mebius
- Juken Sentai Gekiranger
- Ultraman Ginga
- Ultraman Ginga S
- ''Ultraman Taiga''
Live-action
Dubbing roles
Live-action
- Jackie Chan
- *Hand of Death
- *Killer Meteors
- *New Fist of Fury
- *Shaolin Wooden Men
- *To Kill with Intrigue
- *Drunken Master
- *Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
- *Magnificent Bodyguards
- *Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
- *Spiritual Kung Fu
- *Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
- *Dragon Fist
- *The Fearless Hyena
- *Master with Cracked Fingers
- *The Big Brawl
- *The Young Master
- *Dragon Lord
- *Fantasy Mission Force
- *Fearless Hyena Part II
- *Project A
- *Winners and Sinners
- *Wheels on Meals
- *My Lucky Stars
- *Police Story
- *The Protector
- *Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
- *Heart of Dragon
- *Armour of God
- *Project A Part II
- *Dragons Forever
- *Police Story 2
- *Miracles
- *Island of Fire
- *Armour of God II: Operation Condor
- *Police Story 3: Super Cop
- *Twin Dragons
- *The Legend of the Drunken Master
- *Rumble in the Bronx
- *Rush Hour
- *Shanghai Noon
- *Rush Hour 2
- *The Tuxedo
- *New Police Story
- *Rob-B-Hood
- *Rush Hour 3
- *The Forbidden Kingdom
- *Shinjuku Incident
- *Looking for Jackie
- *The Spy Next Door
- *The Karate Kid
- *Police Story 2013
- *Dragon Blade
- *Skiptrace
- *Kung Fu Yoga
- *Bleeding Steel
- *The Foreigner
- *The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang
- *Viy 2: Journey to China
- *Vanguard
- *Ride On
- *Panda Plan
- *Karate Kid: Legends
- The Amityville Horror
- The Big Gundown
- Carrie
- Cloud Atlas
- Dawn of the Dead
- Die Hard
- Eaten Alive
- F/X: The Series
- The Killer
- Night of the Living Dead
- Numb3rs
- The Rock
- Scarface
- Texas, Adios
- Thunderbird 6
- Thunderbirds Are Go
- Tourist Trap
- The Towering Inferno
- West Side Story, Pepe )
Animation
- The Simpsons, Lionel Hutz
- 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