Akira Ohashi
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Akira Ohashi (大橋 明 Ōhashi Akira) is a Japanese stuntman and stunt coordinator who has worked as a kaiju suit actor in various tokusatsu media. Most notably, he portrayed Gamera in Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, Gamera's opponent Iris in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, and King Ghidorah in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Ohashi has also worked as a director on Keita Amemiya's Garo franchise, including for the movies Garo Side Story: The Tougen Flute and Bikū the Movie, and the television series GARO: Gold Storm Flight.
Selected filmography
- Gridman (TV 1993-1994) as Gridman [episode 21]
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) as Gamera / riot policeman in subway / worker in Sendai
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) as Iris / Trauma Gamera / man in Shibuya
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) as stunt double for Misato Tanaka
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) as King Ghidorah / fishery staff
- Zebraman (2004) as Sadakogeruge
- Gamera the Brave (2006) as additional stunts
- Nezura 1964 (2020) as Mammoth Nezura [motion capture]
- War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs. Goura (2023) as Jaron
- Hoshi 35 (2023) as Hoshikuzu
Gallery
Akira Ohashi inside the Gamera suit on the set of Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Ohashi and Hirofumi Fukuzawa next to the G3 Gamera suit
Akira Ohashi with a 1995 Gamera suit in 2017
Ohashi with the Iris suit in 2017
Ohashi (left) with Toshinori Sasaki and the Toto suit in 2017
Ohashi and Mizuho Yoshida reenact Godzilla and King Ghidorah's battle from Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack in 2018
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