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Kengo Nakayama

萨摩剑八郎

前田靖昭

中山剣吾

久坂龍馬

Nakayama Kengo

Satsuma Kenpachirō

Yasuaki Maeda

Maeda Yasuaki

Kenpachirō Satsuma, Acting

Kagoshima, Japan | 1947-05-27 | 2023-12-16

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.

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