Acting

天本英世

天本英世 is vooral bekend van 仮面ライダー, 宇宙刑事ギャバン, 星雲仮面マシンマン en マイティジャック. 天本英世 werd geboren op 2 januari 1926. 天本英世 overleed op 23 maart 2003 op 77-jarige leeftijd.

Geboren: 2 januari 1926
Geboorteplaats: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Overleden: 23 maart 2003 (77 jaar)

Biografie

Hideyo Amamoto (天本英世 Amamoto Hideyo) was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Riderseries as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and theGodzilla series. Amamoto also used the pseudonym of Eisei Amamoto for most of his career, Eisei being a misreading of the kanji in his real name, Hideyo. He died on March 23, 2003 from acute pneumonia at the age of 77.