Kenpachirō Satsuma
Actor
May 27, 1947 — December 16, 2023 (76 years)
Kenpachirō Satsuma (薩摩剣八郎) was a Japanese actor and stuntman born as Yasuaki Maeda (前田靖昭) on May 27, 1947 in Kagoshima. He is known for portraying Godzilla on screen in various films between 1971, in Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and 1995, in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. He used the stage names Ryoma Kusaka (久坂龍馬) and Kengo Nakayama (中山剣吾) before settling on Kenpachiro Satsuma in 1984.
Filmography
| 2004 | Godzilla: Final Wars · as Gojira |
| 2002 | Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla · as Gojira |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Giant Robot Mikazuki · as Mikazuki (suitmation) |
| 1999 | Japanese Hell · as Ao Oni (blue Ogre) |
| 1998 | |
| 1995 | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah · as Godzilla |
| 1994 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla · as Godzilla |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II · as Gojira |
| 1992 | Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth · as Gojira |
| 1991 | Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah · as Godzilla |
| 1989 | Godzilla vs. Biollante · as Gojira |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Pulgasari · as Pulgasari |
| 1985 | Godzilla 1985 · as Godzilla (uncredited) |
| 1984 | The Return of Godzilla · as Godzilla |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1979 | G.I. Samurai · as Koizumi's Retainer |
| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus · as Cast |
| 1973 | Godzilla vs. Megalon · as Gigan (as Kengo Nakayama) |
| 1972 | Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei · as Cast |
| 1972 | Godzilla vs. Gigan · as Gigan (as Kengo Nakayama) |
| 1971 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah · as Hedorah (as Kengo Nakayama) |
| 1971 | Battle of Okinawa · as Cast |
| 1971 | Return of Ultraman · as Mat Base Guard |
| 1970 | The Militarists · as Anonymous |
| 1970 | Incident at Blood Pass · as Cast |
| 1968 | Monument to the Girl's Corps · as Anonymous |
| 2019 | The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga · as Self - Suit Actor |
| 2010 | Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra · as Himself |
| 2009 | Monsterland · as Self |
| 2008 |