Hiroya Ishimaru (born February 12, 1941 as Shinji Ishide), another veteran voice actor, in the same caliber of Akira Kamiya, who pops up occasionally in voice acting. Hiroya is most famous for his role as Kouji Kabuto from Mazinger Z, though he does not reprise his role in Shin Mazinger. His voice range is incredible that in one second, he is a sophisticated old/middle-aged man, in another second he's using a kid-friendly voice. Of course, in any situations, most of them has a chance to be Hot-Blooded.
He is also the official dub voice of Jackie Chan. And as seen in his role as Lei Wulong, he is incredibly fluent in English, as in "I can't believe this guy is actually Japanese" fluent.
Notable roles by Hiroya Ishimaru:
- Angus MacGyver's Japanese voice
- Apachai Hopachai in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
- Bagheera in The Jungle Book anime
- Daizen Amami in Tokyo Ravens
- Dracula in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Durren in Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
- The Earthen Heart Shifu in Live A Live (2022 remake)
- Edge/Edward Geraldine in Final Fantasy IV DS
- Fabious Verritti in Blessing of the Campanella
- Gurney Halleck in Daimos
- Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in the Japanese dubs of The Transformers and Transformers: The Movie, as well as Transformers: ★Headmasters
- A different Rodimus Prime in the Japanese dub of Transformers: Animated
- Jan Kugo in Starzinger
- Karl Robert Steinmetz in Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Kenji Asuka in God Mars
- Kotaro Hazuki in Dancougar
- Kouji Kabuto in Mazinger Z and Mazinkaiser. Suceeded by Kenji Akabane in Shin Mazinger and Showtaro Morikubo in Mazinger Z: Infinity (but he also had a cameo role as a minor character there)
- Kozuki Oden in One Piece
- Launchpad McQuack in the original Japanese dub of DuckTales (1987) (darrin'd by Akio Ōtsuka in the redub)
- Lei Wulong in Tekken (Who is also a Captain Ersatz for Jackie Chan) (Note: He's Lei's ENGLISH VA.)
- Lionel Hutz in the Japanese dub of The Simpsons
- Lu Yan/the old hop in the Japanese dub of The Forbidden Kingdom
- Master Monkey in the Japanese dub of Kung Fu Panda (dubbing Jackie Chan yet again)
- Rolfe (Daniel Truhitte) in the NET TV Japanese dub of The Sound of Music
- Ryger in Uchuu Majin Daikengo
- Sharkie Chan in Juken Sentai Gekiranger (who is of course, also based on Jackie Chan)
- Shunsuke Sengoku in Cyber City Oedo 808
- Tatsuya Aoi in Godannar (Who's basically an Older and Wiser Koji Kabuto)
- Mr. Tokita in The Devil on G-String
- Ultraman Taro in Ultraman Story, Ultraman Mebius, Ultraman Zero, Ultraman Ginga, and Ultraman Taiga (replacing Saburo Shinoda, who voiced the character and played the human host in his series).
