Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara Born May 14th, 1932 Kanagawa, Japan Notable role(s) Shigeru Kawamura, Joji Atsumi, Doctor Masada, Kazuo Fujita, First Officer Saiki, Senzo Koyama, Mu Agent Uoto Unno, Jiro Torahata, Kanamaki, Doctor Yuzo Mamiya, Observer Morio, Commander Nishikawa, Kenkichi Miki, Makoto Obata, Captain of the Queen Coral, JSDF Commander Segawa, Takayuki Segawa, Paleontologist Hachiro Jinguji First work Farewell Rabaul (1954) Notable work Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

Kenji Sahara  (佐原 健二,   Sahara Kenji), born Masayoshi Kato (加藤 正好,   Katō Masayoshi) and formerly known by the stage name Tadashi Ishihara (石原 忠,   Ishihara Tadashi), is a Japanese actor. He is known for appearing in many of Toho's kaiju films in the Showa, Heisei, and Millennium series, as well as several entries in Tsuburaya Productions' Ultra Series. His 13 appearances in Godzilla films are the most of any actor.

Selected filmography

• Godzilla (1954) as daily newspaper reporter / partygoer on pleasure boat
• Rodan (1956) as Shigeru Kawamura
• The Mysterians (1957) as Joji Atsumi
• H-Man (1958) as Doctor Masada
• Mothra (1961) as Helicopter Pilot
• Gorath (1962) as First Officer Saiki
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) as Kazuo Fujita
• Matango (1963) as Senzo Koyama
• Atragon (1963) as Mu Agent Uoto Unno
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) as Jiro Torahata
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Editor-in-Chief Kanamaki
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) as Soldier
• Ultra Q (TV 1966) as Jun Manjome [27 episodes]
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966) as Dr. Yuzo Mamiya
• Ultraseven (TV 1967-1968) as Commander Takenaka [14 episodes]
• Son of Godzilla (1967) as Morio
• Destroy All Monsters (1968) as Commander Nishikawa
• All Monsters Attack (1969) as Kenkichi Miki
• Space Amoeba (1970) as Makoto Obata
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) as Captain of the Queen Coral
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) as JSDF Commander Segawa
• Conflagration (1975) as Kagoshima reporter
• Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981) as Dr. Johno [3 episodes]
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) as Takayuki Segawa
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) as Takayuki Segawa
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) as Takayuki Segawa
• Ultraman Nexus (TV 2004-2005) as Tougou [7 episodes]
• Godzilla Final Wars (2004) as Paleontologist Hachiro Jinguji
• Ultraman Max (TV 2005-2006) as Sahashi [1 episode]
• Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (2008) as Jun Manjome

Interviewee

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998)

External links

• Interview by David Milner and Guy Tucker (March 1995)
• Interview by Robert Biondi (July 1997)

References

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Bibliography

• Tanaka, Tomoyuki (10 December 1983). The Complete History of Toho Special Effects Movies. Toho. ISBN 4-924609-00-5.

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