is a Japanese actor. Ishizaka graduated from

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with a B.L. degree. He serves as a special advisor for the Japan Plamodel Industry Association, and on 23 February 2009, he founded Rowguanes, a plastic model enthusiast group for the

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. He starred as

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in the 1970s series of ''Kindaichi'' films.

Filmography

Film

*''Kindaichi'' series ** ''The Inugami Family'' (1976) –

**''Akuma no temari-uta'' (1977) – Kosuke Kindaichi **''Gokumon-to'' (1977) – Kosuke Kindaichi **''

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'' (1978) – Kosuke Kindaichi **''

Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie , also known as ''The House of Hanging on Hospital Slope'', is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on Seishi Yokomizo's novel of the same name, and is the fifth film in Kon Ichikawa and Koji Ishizaka's Kindaichi film serie ...

'' (1979) – Kosuke Kindaichi ** ''The Inugamis'' (2006) – Kosuke Kindaichi *''

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'' (1983) – Teinosuke *'' Ohan'' (1984) – Ohan's husband *''

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'' (1984) – A reactor operator *'' The Burmese Harp'' (1985) – Inoue *''Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryōma'' (1986) –

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Princess from the Moon is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', a 10th-century Japanese fairy tale about a girl from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant. Plot One da ...

'' (1987) –

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*'' Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars'' (1990) – Narrator *''

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'' (1994) –

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*'' Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact'' (2001) – Narrator *'' Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet'' (2002) – Narrator *'' Japan Sinks'' (2006) –

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Yamamoto *'' Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai'' (2007) – Darkrai (voice) *''

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'' (2008) – Narrator *''

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'' (2008) – A pundit *''

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'' (2009) – Masayuki Kunimi *'' Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial'' (2010) – Narrator *''

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'' (2013) – Gen Nishina * '' Library Wars: The Last Mission'' (2015) – Gen Nishina *''Tannisho'' (2019) –

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'' (2020) *''Zokki'' (2021) *''The Floor Plan'' (2024) *''Silence of the Sea'' (2024) – Shuzo Tamura

Television

* ''Taiga'' drama series **'' Hana no Shōgai'' (1963) **'' Akō Rōshi'' (1964) **'' Taikōki'' (1965) –

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**'' Ten to Chi to'' (1969) –

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**''Genroku Taiheiki'' (1975) –

**''

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'' (1979) –

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'' (1983) – Naya Shōan **''Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune'' (1995) –

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**''Genroku Ryōran'' (1999) – Kira Kōzuke no suke **''

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'' (2004) –

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**'' Gō'' (2011) –

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**'' Unbound'' (2025) – Matsudaira Takechika *''

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'' (1966) – Narrator *'' Kurayami Shitomenin'' (1974) – Itoi Mitsugu *''Sekigahara'' (1981) – Narrator *''Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Sakamoto Ryōma'' (1982) –

*''Miyamoto Musashi'' (1984–85) –

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*''Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Fukuzawa Yukichi'' (1985) – Katsu Kaishū *''Onna tachi no Hyakuman goku'' (1988) – Maeda Toshinaga *''

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'' (1990–2015) – Narrator *''

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'' (2001–2002) –

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*'' The Great White Tower'' (2003) – Professor Azuma *'' Furuhata Ninzaburō: Final'' (2006) – Kyōsuke Tenma *'' Clouds Over the Hill'' (2009–2011) – Yamamoto Gonbei *''

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'' (2010) –

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*'' AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo'' (2012–present) - Mineaki Kai *''Yasuragi no Sato'' (2017) – Sakae Kikumura *''Rakuen'' (2017) – Kazuo Kanekawa *''Yasuragi no Toki: Michi'' (2019–20) – Sakae Kikumura *'' The Grand Family'' (2021) – Finance minister Nagata *''Fixer season 3'' (2023)

References

External links

Official profile

Rowguanes website
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Kōji Ishizaka on NHK Archives
Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors 1941 births Living people Male actors from Tokyo People from Chūō, Tokyo Keio Senior High School alumni Keio University alumni Taiga drama lead actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-screen-actor-stub