is a Japanese actor and television presenter best known for his career as General Tani in

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and Commander Sugata in

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Biography

He was born in

Kirishima, Kagoshima is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Kirishima has the second largest population of the cities in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is a crossroads for commerce between Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures. It is also the home of the Kagoshi ...

, Japan and raised in

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. He married his first wife in 1971 and married his second wife,

Kikko Matsuoka is a Japanese actress. Her real name is . Career Starting as a child actress, Matsuoka made her film debut in 1957 with Daiei Film's ''Tokyo hanzai chizu''. Appearing in several dozen films, including the horror film '' The Living Skeleton'' (' ...

, in 1981, after they appeared in several television shows together. Tani is currently writing a dining guide wherein he discusses maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Tani's roles include General Tani (General Lee in UK and Indian versions) in ''

'' ("Captain Tenneal" in the U.S. version '' MXC'') and Commander Sugata in the 1987 ''

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'' series ''

''. He is also sometimes credited as Hayati Tani.

Filmography

Film

*''

Rampaging Dragon of the North , also known as ''North Sea Dragon'', is a 1966 Japanese yakuza action crime film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Tatsuo Umemiya and produced by Toei Tokyo. Plot Following a stint with the yakuza, a fisherman's son named Jiro returns home to ...

'' (1966) *'' Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku '' (1967) *''

School of the Holy Beast is a film in the nunsploitation subgenre of Pink film, Pinky violence made by Toei Company in 1974 in film, 1974. Plot A young woman (Yumi Takigawa) becomes a nun at the Sacred Heart Convent to find out what happened to her mother years earlier. ...

'' (1974), Kenta Aoki

Television

* ''

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'' (1968–73), Tatsuhiko Shima * ''

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'' (1983),

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* ''

'' (1986–1990), General Tani / Lee * ''

'' (1987–1988), Commander Sanjuro Sugata

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