Kenji Sahara
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Kenji Sahara (佐原 健二 Sahara Kenji) (born May 14, 1932) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa. Initially he used the name Tadashi Ishihara before changing it when he secured the lead role in Rodan (1956).
He did a lot of work for the Toho Company, the group that has so far has produced twenty-eight Godzilla movies. He has appeared in at least thirty kaiju or 'monster' films, often in a supporting role, including:
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1954)
- Rodan (1956)
- The Mysterians (1957)
- The H-Man (1958)
- Mothra (1961)
- Gorath (1962)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
- Atragon (1963)
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)
- Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
- War of the Gargantuas (1966)
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Godzilla's Revenge (1969)
- Yog, Monster From Space (1970)
- Godzilla vs. The Cosmic Monster (1974)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
He also appeared in a number of television series, including:
- Ultra Q (1966)
- Ultra Seven (1967-1968)
- Ultraman 80 (1980-1981)
- Ultraman Nexus (2004-2005)
