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Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸 博也, Ishimaru Hiroya) is a former actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the second main voice actor for Ultraman Taro, succeeding Saburo Shinoda and preceding Showtaro Morikubo. His real name is Shinji Ishide (石出 伸二, Ishide Shinji). Before voicing Taro, he also made a cameo appearance in Ultraman Leo.

On March 29, 2023, it was announced that Ishimaru would retire at the end of the month.[1]

Roles[]

Acting[]

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Ultraman Leo Professor Nakamoto Episode 40 "Terror of the Saucer Race Series - MAC Annihilated! The Flying Saucer Is a Living Creature"

Voice acting[]

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Ultraman Story Ultraman Taro
2006 Ultraman Mebius & the Ultra Brothers
Ultraman Mebius
2009 Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Ghost Rebirth
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie
2010 Ultraman Zero The Movie: Super Deciding Fight! The Belial Galactic Empire
2013 Ultraman Ginga
New Ultraman Retsuden
Ultraman Ginga Theater Special
2014 Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale!
Ultraman Ginga S
2019 Ultraman Taiga Episode 1 "Buddy Go!"
Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes
2020 Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy

Stage[]

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Ultraman Festival 2013 Live Stage Part 2 Ultraman Taro
2014 Ultraman Festival 2014 Live Stage Part 1
2016 Ultraman Festival 2016 Live Stage Part 1
2019 Ultraman Festival 2019 Live Stage Part 1
Ultraman Festival 2019 Live Stage Part 2
Ultra Heroes EXPO THE LIVE
Ultra Heroes EXPO 2020 Battle Stage

Stock grunts[]

This section refers to Ishimaru's grunts being reused per stock audio in other Ultraman Series media:

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Super Hero Generation Ultraman Taro
2015 Lost Heroes BONUS EDITION
2016 Ultraman Fusion Fight!

Other Roles[]

  • One Piece - Voice of Kozuki Oden
  • GinTama - Voice of Dragon Leader
  • Inuyasha - Voice of lizard demon (second)
  • Transformers G1 - Voice dub of Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod
  • Dragonball: Evolution - Voice dub of Son Gohan
  • UFO Robo Grendizer - Voice of Kouji Kabuto
  • Mazinger Z - Voice of Koji Kabuto
  • Jungle Book: Shōnen Mowgli - Voice of Bagheera
  • Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God - Voice of Dr. Kotaro Hazuki
  • Ashita no Joe 2 - Voice of "Tiger" Ozaki
  • City Hunter - Voice of Ryō Saeba
  • Cyber City Oedo 808 - Voice of Shunsuke Sengoku
  • Blessing of the Campanella - Voice of Fabious Verritti
  • The Flash (The CW) - Dub voice of James Jesse/Trickster
  • Choujin Sentai Baratack - Voice of Dicky
  • SF Saiyuki Starzinger - Voice of Jan Kugo
  • Uchū Majin Daikengo - Voice of Liger
  • Official Dub Voice for Jackie Chan

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