Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi Born August 12, 1926 Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Died May 31, 2015 Tokyo, Japan Notable role(s) Shoichi Tsukioka, Shinichi Chûjô, Detective Ito, Naoyuki Sakuta, Professor Shunsuke Miura, Kirino, Professor Murai, Professor Wagura, Dr. Minami First work Late Crysanthemums (1954) Notable work Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉博,   Koizumi Hiroshi) was a Japanese actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Shoichi Tsukioka in Godzilla Raids Again and Shinichi Chûjô in Mothra and Godzilla: Tokyo SOS. He also played supporting roles in numerous Toho kaiju eiga in the Showa, Heisei, and Millennium series. Koizumi passed away on June 1, 2015 at age 88.

Selected filmography

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Shoichi Tsukioka
• Mothra (1961) as Dr. Shinichi Chujo
• Matango (1963) as Naoyuki Sakuta
• Atragon (1963) as Detective Ito
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) as Professor Shunsuke Miura
• Dogora (1964) as Kirino
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Professor Murai
• Ultra Q (TV 1966) as Chief Airport Traffic Controller Kaneko (1 episode)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) as Professor Wagura
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Environmental Scientist #2
• The Return of Godzilla (1984) as Dr. Minami
• Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) as Dr. Shinichi Chujo
• The Gransazers (TV 2003-2004) as Chujo

Interviewee

• The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)

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