Kenjirō Ishimaru

Kenjirō Ishimaru
Native name	石丸 謙二郎
Born	1 November 1953 Ōita Prefecture
Occupation	Actor, narrator
Years active	1978-present
Website	www.ishi-ken.jp

Kenjirō Ishimaru (石丸 謙二郎 Ishimaru Kenjirō, born 1 November 1953) is a Japanese actor and TV narrator. He is best known for his role in Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Den-O as the owner of the DenLiner. He has also appeared in multiple competitions of Sasuke as a competitor and during that time has become one of only two people to fall off the Rolling Log obstacle in the First Stage and take the log with them. Ishimaru is the narrator in the anime series Toriko. He also narrates TV Asahi's series See the World by Train, which has run since June 1987.^[1]

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role
1989	Black Rain	Aono
1997	Lost Paradise	Muramatsu
1999	Ring 2	Ômuta
2001	Onmyoji	Onmyo-gashira
2001	Harmful Insect	Middle-aged man in convenience store
2004	Kekko Kamen
	Kekko Kamen Returns
	Kekko Kamen: The MGF Strikes Back	Gozaemon Maru
	Kekko Kamen Surprise
2005	Spring Snow	Marquis Ayakura
	Always Sanchōme no Yūhi	Shizuo Fujio
	Hasami Otoko
2007	Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!	Owner
2008	Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka
	Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
2009	20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope	Police superintendent
	Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship	Owner, station master
2010	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy
2011	OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders	Owner

References

1. 石丸謙二郎、『世界の車窓から』マンネリがいい まもなく放送1万回 [Kenjirō Ishimaru likes routine nature of "See the World by Train" - approaching 10,000th show]. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Japan: Oricon ME Inc. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

External links

• Kenjiro Ishimaru at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website (Japanese)