Ken Echigo
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Ken Echigo (越後 憲, known formerly as Kenzo Echigo Echigo Ken) (越後 憲三, was a Echigo Kenzō)Japanese actor.
Joining Toho in 1947 as part of the second Toho New Face audition, he appeared in his first film, Yotamono to Tenshi, in 1950. Though scarcely credited, Echigo played bit parts in numerous productions over the course of his career, including those of the tokusatsu genre. Perhaps most notably, he portrayed the Moonlight SY-3 crewman Yoshikawa in Destroy All Monsters. Echigo largely retired from the industry in 1971 and, with fellow actor Koji Iwamoto, took up a job at a coffee shop not far from the Toho headquarters. He died sometime later at an unknown date, but is survived by his wife Hiroko Terasawa.
Selected filmography
- Godzilla (1954) as Eiko Maru sailor [as Kenzo Echigo]
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [uncredited]
- Rodan (1956) as Police officer [as Kenzo Echigo]
- The Mysterians (1957) as ß No. 2 crewman [as Kenzo Echigo]
- The Three Treasures (1959) as Yamato's soldier [as Kenzo Echigo]
- The Secret of the Telegian (1960) as Jeep driver [as Kenzo Echigo]
- Mothra (1961) as Helicopter pilot [uncredited]
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [uncredited]
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) as Reporter [as Kenzo Echigo]
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Onlooker in Ueno Park [as Kenzo Echigo]
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) as Soldier [uncredited]
- Ultra Q (TV 1966-1967) as Reporter [episode 3; uncredited]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) [uncredited]
- Ultraseven (TV 1967-1968) as Hunter Konno [episode 7]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) as Yoshikawa
- Operation: Mystery (TV 1968-1969) as Police officer [episode 6]
- All Monsters Attack (1969) [uncredited]
- Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) as Aircraft captain [episode 21]
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) as Outraged man in montage [uncredited]
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