Suit actor
A suit actor (スーツアクター, sūtsu akutā) is a member of, usually, a Japanese tokusatsu production who works similar to a stunt performer. However, the suit actor does all of his or her stunts while in a full costume that normally obscures their identity (typically the transformed character) from the viewer, and the actor's voice is dubbed during after-recording process (アフレコ, afureko).[1][2]
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List of notable suit actors
- Javier Botet
- Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦, Imai Yasuhiko)
- Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二, Ōba Kenji)
- Toshiaki Karasawa (唐沢 寿明, Karasawa Toshiaki)
- Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
- Chie Tanabe (田邊 智恵, Tanabe Chie)
- Kevin Peter Hall (Most famous for his portrayal of Yautja from Predator from 1987 to 1990)
- Verne Troyer (Ferbus in Saban's Masked Rider)
- Haruo Nakajima (中島 春雄, Nakajima Haruo) (Most famous for his portrayal of Godzilla from 1954 to 1972)[3]
- Kazuo Niibori (新堀 和男, Nībori Kazuo)
- Kenpachiro Satsuma (薩摩剣八郎, Satsuma Kenpachirō) (Most famous for his portrayal of Godzilla from 1984 to 1995, Hedorah from Godzilla vs. Hedorah and Gigan from Godzilla vs. Gigan)
- Hiroshi Maeda (前田 浩, Maeda Hiroshi)
- Mark Musashi (マーク武蔵, Māku Musashi)
- Hisanori Ōiwa (大岩 永徳, Ōiwa Hisanori) (under the stage name Eitoku (永徳))
- Tsutomu Kitagawa (喜多川務, Kitagawa Tsutomu) (Most famous for his portrayal of Shishi Ranger from Gosei Sentai Dairanger and Godzilla from 1999 to 2004)
- Brian Steele
- Tom Woodruff Jr. (Most famous for his portrayal of Xenomorph from 1992 to 2007)
- Ian Whyte (Most famous for his portrayal of Yautja from Alien vs. Predator from 2004 to 2007)
- Shoichi Hirose (広瀬正一, Hirose Shoichi) (Most famous for his portrayal of King Ghidorah from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and King Kong from King Kong vs. Godzilla).
See also
References
- Schiermeier, Quirin (January 2016). "「ゴジラ級」エルニーニョを捕まえろ！". Nature Digest. 13 (1): 24–27. doi:10.1038/ndigest.2016.160124. ISSN 1880-0556.
- 特集 世界のゴジラを生んだ日本の特撮「元祖」ゴジラ・スーツアクター中島春雄 nippon.com 2014年7月23日、2015年9月13日閲覧
- Schiermeier, Quirin (January 2016). "「ゴジラ級」エルニーニョを捕まえろ！". Nature Digest. 13 (1): 24–27. doi:10.1038/ndigest.2016.160124. ISSN 1880-0556.
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