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|name          =Kenpachiro Satsuma
|name          =Kenpachiro Satsuma
|occupation    =[[:Category:Suit Actors|Suit actor]]
|occupation    =[[:Category:Suit Actors|Suit actor]]
|character      =[[Hedorah]], [[Gigan]], [[Godzilla]], [[Pulgasari]], [[Yamata no Orochi]]
|character      =[[Hedorah]], [[Gigan]], [[Godzilla (Heisei)|Godzilla]], [[Pulgasari]], [[Yamata no Orochi]]
|birthday      =May 27, 1947
|birthday      =May 27, [[1947]]<ref name="HGChronicle">{{cite book|title=[[Heisei Godzilla Chronicle]]|date=14 July 2014|edition=2nd|publisher=Kinema Junpo|pages=254-255|isbn=978-4-87376-319-4}}</ref>
|birthplace    =Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, [[Japan]]
|birthplace    =Izumi, Kagoshima, [[Japan]]
|death          =December 16, [[2023]] (aged 76)<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f89dcf83afa5da82c209307d1566fce4d91a8fff|title=Godzilla actor Kenhachiro Satsuma dies, 76 years old; Godzilla's second suit actor also appeared in the North Korean movie "Pulgasari"|date=16 December 2023|work=Yahoo! Japan}}</ref>
|first          =''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
|first          =''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
|notable        =''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
|notable        =''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
|wikipedia      =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenpachiro_Satsuma
|imdb          =http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766368/
|imdb          =http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766368/
|wikipedia-en  =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenpachiro_Satsuma
|wikipedia-ja  =https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/薩摩剣八郎
}}
}}
{{Quote|I can hardly call it acting, but I talk big about it now!|Kenpachiro Satsuma on his role as [[Hedorah]]<ref name="Tucker">{{cite book|title=Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film|author=Guy Mariner Tucker |date=1996|publisher=Daikaiju Publishing|page=212}}</ref>}}
{{Quote|I can hardly call it acting, but I talk big about it now!|Kenpachiro Satsuma on his role as [[Hedorah]]<ref name="Tucker">{{cite book|title=[[Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film]]|author=Guy Mariner Tucker|date=1996|publisher=Daikaiju Publishing|page=212}}</ref>}}
'''Kenpachiro Satsuma''' {{Nihongo|薩摩剣八郎|Satsuma Kenpachirō}}, originally known as '''Kengo Nakayama''' {{Nihongo|中山剣吾|Nakayama Kengo}}, is a [[Japan]]ese actor. Satsuma worked as a suit actor in the [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] films of the 1970's, starring as the villainous monsters [[Hedorah]] and [[Gigan]] alongside his friend and mentor, [[Haruo Nakajima]], who portrayed [[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]]. Satsuma returned to play [[Godzilla/Heisei|Godzilla]] himself in the [[1984]] film ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'', and would reprise the role through the rest of the [[Heisei era|Heisei series]], with his final portrayal of the character coming in [[1995]]'s ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''.
'''Kenpachiro Satsuma''' {{Nihongo|薩摩 剣八郎|Satsuma Kenpachirō}}, formerly known by the stage names '''Kengo Nakayama''' {{Nihongo|中山 剣吾|Nakayama Kengo}} and '''Ryuma Kusaka''' {{Nihongo|久坂 龍馬|Kusaka Ryūma}}, was a [[Japan]]ese actor. Satsuma worked as a suit actor in the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films of the 1970s, starring as the villainous monsters [[Hedorah]] and [[Gigan]], opposite his friend and mentor [[Haruo Nakajima]] as [[Godzilla (Second Generation)|Godzilla]]. Satsuma returned to play [[Godzilla (Heisei)|Godzilla]] himself in the [[1984]] film ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'', and would reprise the role through the rest of the [[Heisei era|Heisei series]], with his final portrayal of the character coming in [[1995]]'s ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''. Satsuma passed away on December 16, [[2023]], due to complications from interstitial pneumonia.<ref name="Yahoo"/> He was 76.
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==Selected Filmography==
==Selected filmography==
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971) as [[Hedorah|Hedorah]]
===Actor===
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) as [[Gigan|Gigan]]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Return of Ultraman|Return of Ultraman]]'' (TV 1971-1972) as MAT base guard [episode 31; as Kengo Nakayama]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) as [[Gigan|Gigan]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971) as [[Hedorah]] [as Kengo Nakayama]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) as [[Gigan]] [as Kengo Nakayama]
*''[[Wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Thunder Mask|Thunder Mask]]'' (TV 1972-1973) as Thunder Mask [as Kengo Nakayama]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973) [episodes 13-14; as Kengo Nakayama]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) as [[Gigan]] [as Kengo Nakayama]<ref name="Megalon" group="note">Satsuma is often erroneously credited as having played [[Megalon]].</ref>
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) [as Kengo Nakayama]
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) as [[84Goji|Godzilla]]
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) as [[84Goji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Pulgasari (film)|Pulgasari]]'' (1985) as [[Pulgasari]]
*''[[Pulgasari (film)|Pulgasari]]'' (1985) as [[Pulgasari]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989) - [[BioGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989) as [[BioGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) - [[BioGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) as [[BioGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) - [[BatoGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) as [[BatoGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) - [[RadoGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) as [[RadoGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Monster Planet of Godzilla]]'' (1994) - [[RadoGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Monster Planet of Godzilla]]'' (1994) as [[RadoGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994) - [[Yamata no Orochi]]
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994) as [[Yamata no Orochi]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) - [[MogeGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) as [[MogeGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) - [[MogeGoji|Godzilla]]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) as [[MogeGoji|Godzilla]]
===Interviewee===
*''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (documentary)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters]]'' (1998)
*''[[Bringing Godzilla Down to Size]]'' (2008)
*''[[The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga]]'' (2019)
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="120" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
Smog Moster Production Shot 6.jpg|Satsuma as [[Hedorah]] and [[Haruo Nakajima]] as [[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]]
File:GVH - Kenpachiro Satsuma coming out of Hedorah.jpg|Kenpachiro Satsuma coming out of [[Hedorah]]
Smog Moster Production Shot 6.jpg|Satsuma as [[Hedorah]] and [[Haruo Nakajima]] as [[Godzilla (Second Generation)|Godzilla]]
Kenpachiro Satsuma Gigan ShodaiGigan.jpg|Satsuma as [[Gigan]]
Kenpachiro Satsuma Gigan ShodaiGigan.jpg|Satsuma as [[Gigan]]
Hurricane Ryu and Kenpachiro Satsuma in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.jpg|Satsuma shakes hands with [[Hurricane Ryu Hariken]] on the set of ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
Hurricane Ryu and Kenpachiro Satsuma in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.jpg|Satsuma shakes hands with [[Ryu Hariken|"Hurricane" Ryu Hariken]] on the set of ''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]''
Kenpachiro Satsuma gets into Godzilla to fight Mothra.jpg|Satsuma as [[Godzilla/Heisei|Godzilla]] in ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
Kenpachiro Satsuma gets into Godzilla to fight Mothra.jpg|Satsuma as [[Godzilla (Heisei)|Godzilla]] in ''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]''
actorforgodzilla.jpg
File:Haruo & Kenpachiro.png|Kenpachiro Satsuma alongside [[Showa]] Godzilla suit actor [[Haruo Nakajima]]
Kenpachiro Satsuma's collapse in the DesuGoji suit.gif|Kenpachiro Satsuma collapses during filming of ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''
File:dl1h0bnhnqf81.jpg|Kenpachiro Satsuma alongside fellow Godzilla suit actors [[Tsutomu Kitagawa]] and [[Haruo Nakajima]]
File:Kenpachiro Satsuma memorial.jpg|Memorial at [[TOHO Studios]]
File:Kenpachiro Satsuma memorial 2.jpg|Memorial at [[TOHO Studios]]
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Videos==
==Videos==
{{Videos|
{{Videos|
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://youtu.be/UPakNJULnHo</youtube>|Interview with Kenpachiro Satsuma}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">dnukcnAZIMs</youtube>|2018 [[G-Fest]] panel}}
}}
}}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*While playing [[Hedorah]], Satsuma was struck with appendicitis during the production. The doctors were forced to perform the appendectomy while he was still wearing the Hedorah suit, due to the length of time it took to take off. During the operation, Satsuma learned that painkillers have no effect on him.{{citation needed}}
*Satsuma suffered acute appendicitis while promoting ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'', which required surgery.<ref>Godziszewski, Ed, and Michiko Imamura. "Inside Godzilla: An Interview with Kenpachiro Satsuma." ''G-Fan'', September/October 1995, pg. 25.</ref> During the procedure, he discovered that he was unaffected by painkillers, forcing the doctor to knock him out with chloroform. Satsuma wore part of the [[Hedorah]] costume for an interview just before his diagnosis, giving rise to an urban legend that the surgery had taken place with him still inside the suit.
*Satsuma reported that while playing [[Godzilla/Heisei|Godzilla]] in ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', the smoke given off by the suit was concentrated [[wikipedia:Carbon Monoxide|Carbon Monoxide]]. This would lead to him passing out multiple times during production.
*Satsuma reported that while playing [[Godzilla (Heisei)|Godzilla]] in ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'', the smoke given off by the suit was concentrated [[wikipedia:Carbon monoxide|carbon monoxide]]. This would lead to him passing out multiple times during production.<ref name=mynavi.jp>
*Satsuma's surname is given to the ''[[Satsuma]]'', a [[JSDF]]-operated submarine which appears in ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''.
{{Cite web|title=『ゴジラVSデストロイア』トークイベント、"ゴジラの死"やスーツ撮影秘話明かす|url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20180125-godzilla/}}</ref>
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150123035025/http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/satsum.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1993, archived)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012759/http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/satsum2.htm Interview by David Milner (July 1994, archived)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150123035032/http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/satsum3.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1995, archived)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040627065726/http://www.dalekempire.com/SatsumaInterview.html Interview by John Rocco Roberto (1999, archived)]
*[http://www.kaijucast.com/2014/08/21/08-21-2014-kenpachiro-satsuma-interview/ Interview by Kyle Yount (May 2014)]
 
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
==External Links==
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/satsum.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1993)]
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/satsum2.htm Interview by David Milner (July 1994)]
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/satsum3.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1995)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040627065726/http://www.dalekempire.com/SatsumaInterview.html Interview by John Rocco Roberto (1999)]
*[http://www.kaijucast.com/2014/08/21/08-21-2014-kenpachiro-satsuma-interview/ Interview by Kyle Yount (May 2014)]
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Latest revision as of 02:58, 9 April 2024

Kenpachiro Satsuma
Kenpachiro Satsuma
Born May 27, 1947[1]
Izumi, Kagoshima, Japan
Died December 16, 2023 (aged 76)[2]
Occupation Suit actor
Notable role(s) Hedorah, Gigan, Godzilla, Pulgasari, Yamata no Orochi
First work Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
Notable work The Return of Godzilla (1984)
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“
I can hardly call it acting, but I talk big about it now!
„ 

— Kenpachiro Satsuma on his role as Hedorah[3]

Kenpachiro Satsuma (薩摩 剣八郎,   Satsuma Kenpachirō), formerly known by the stage names Kengo Nakayama (中山 剣吾,   Nakayama Kengo) and Ryuma Kusaka (久坂 龍馬,   Kusaka Ryūma), was a Japanese actor. Satsuma worked as a suit actor in the Godzilla films of the 1970s, starring as the villainous monsters Hedorah and Gigan, opposite his friend and mentor Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla. Satsuma returned to play Godzilla himself in the 1984 film The Return of Godzilla, and would reprise the role through the rest of the Heisei series, with his final portrayal of the character coming in 1995's Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. Satsuma passed away on December 16, 2023, due to complications from interstitial pneumonia.[2] He was 76.

Selected filmography

Actor

Interviewee

Gallery

Videos

2018 G-Fest panel

Trivia

  • Satsuma suffered acute appendicitis while promoting Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which required surgery.[4] During the procedure, he discovered that he was unaffected by painkillers, forcing the doctor to knock him out with chloroform. Satsuma wore part of the Hedorah costume for an interview just before his diagnosis, giving rise to an urban legend that the surgery had taken place with him still inside the suit.
  • Satsuma reported that while playing Godzilla in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, the smoke given off by the suit was concentrated carbon monoxide. This would lead to him passing out multiple times during production.[5]

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ Satsuma is often erroneously credited as having played Megalon.

References

This is a list of references for Kenpachiro Satsuma. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ Heisei Godzilla Chronicle (2nd ed.). Kinema Junpo. 14 July 2014. pp. 254–255. ISBN 978-4-87376-319-4.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Godzilla actor Kenhachiro Satsuma dies, 76 years old; Godzilla's second suit actor also appeared in the North Korean movie "Pulgasari"". Yahoo! Japan. 16 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Guy Mariner Tucker (1996). Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film. Daikaiju Publishing. p. 212.
  4. ↑ Godziszewski, Ed, and Michiko Imamura. "Inside Godzilla: An Interview with Kenpachiro Satsuma." G-Fan, September/October 1995, pg. 25.
  5. ↑ "『ゴジラVSデストロイア』トークイベント、"ゴジラの死"やスーツ撮影秘話明かす".

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