Hiroya Ishimaru

Hiroya Ishimaru (石丸博也, Ishimaru Hiroya) is a Japanese voice actor who was born on February 12, 1941 in Sendai, Miyagi as Shinji Ishide (石出伸二, Ishide Shinji). He is most famous for performing the role of Kōji Kabuto in the 1972 series Mazinger Z, Ultraman Taro in Ultra Series, but is also well-known as the Japanese dubbing actor for Jackie Chan.

During Kiss Players, Ryōtarō Okiayu played the part of Rodimus, but patterned his performance after Ishimaru's.