is a Japanese actor. Ishizaka graduated from

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endow ...

with a

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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 Inugamis'' (1976) –

**''Akuma no temari-uta'' (1977) – Kosuke Kindaichi **''Gokumon-to'' (1977) – Kosuke Kindaichi **'' Rhyme of Vengeance'' (1978) – Kosuke Kindaichi **'' Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie'' (1979) – Kosuke Kindaichi ** ''The Inugamis'' (2006) – Kosuke Kindaichi *'' The Makioka Sisters'' (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) – Katsu Kaishū *'' Princess from the Moon'' (1987) –

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*'' Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars'' (1990) – Narrator *'' 47 Ronin'' (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) *'' Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers'' (2008) – Narrator *'' Suspect X'' (2008) – A pundit *''

Shizumanu Taiyō (lit. ''The Never-setting Sun'') is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is also known as ''The Unbroken'' in the United States. ''Shizumanu Taiyō'' is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki which centers on Hajime Onchi, an e ...

'' (2009) – Masayuki Kunimi *'' Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial'' (2010) – Narrator *'' Library Wars'' (2013) – Gen Nishina * '' Library Wars: The Last Mission'' (2015) – Gen Nishina *''Tannisho'' (2019) –

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(voice) *''Mio's Cookbook'' (2020) *''Zokki'' (2021)

Television

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

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'' (1969) – Nagao Kagetora **''Genroku Taiheiki'' (1975) –

**'' Kusa Moeru'' (1979) –

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'' (1983) – Naya Shōan **''Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune'' (1995) – Manabe Akifusa **''Genroku Ryōran'' (1999) – Kira Kōzuke no suke **''

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'' (2004) – Sakuma Shōzan **'' Gō'' (2011) –

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'' (1966) – Narrator *'' Kurayami Shitomenin'' (1974) – Itoi Mitsugu *''Sekigahara'' (1981) – Narrator *''Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Sakamoto Ryōma'' (1982) – Katsu Kaishū *''Miyamoto Musashi'' (1984–85) –

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*''Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Fukuzawa Yukichi'' (1985) – Katsu Kaishū *''Onna tachi no Hyakuman goku'' (1988) – Maeda Toshinaga *'' Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari'' (1990–2015) – Narrator *'' Mito Komon'' (2001–2002) –

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Shiroi Kyotō is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a ...

'' (2003) – Professor Azuma *'' Furuhata Ninzaburō: Final'' (2006) – Kyōsuke Tenma *''

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'' (2009–2011) – Yamamoto Gonbei *'' Wagaya no Rekishi'' (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

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 Keio University alumni Taiga drama lead actors 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-actor-stub