Masachika Ichimura


Masachika Ichimura is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawagoe, Saitama and studied at the Theater Art College in Tokyo after graduating high school. He has also done voice acting work, with some of his roles being Mewtwo from the Pokémon franchise and Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Career

In 1973, he made his debut as an actor with Jesus Christ Superstar and became one of top actors of Shiki Theatre Company since then. He appeared in various musical plays as West Side Story, Equus, Cats, Evita and The [Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]. Besides he played the role of Shylock of The Merchant of Venice.
In 1990, he left the company and now signs up for Horipro. In February 2001, he reprised the role of Mewtwo in Super Smash Bros. Melee. In 2013, he played the role of Tokugawa Ieyasu in "Anjin: The Shogun and The English Samurai" in London.
In 2014, he cancelled the performance in Miss Saigon because of initial stomach cancer but in November of the year, he finished the treatment and returned to the theatre industry.
As of 2022, Masachika Ichimura was the longest running performer to play The Engineer in Miss Saigon, He played the role for 30 years from 1992 until 2022. In 2022, Masachika Ichimura also reached over 900 performances playing The Engineer in the Japanese production of Miss Saigon.

Filmography

Films

Television dramas

Musicals

Plays

Theatrical animation

Television animation

Original video animation (OVA)

Video games

Dubbing

Puppetry

Honors