Masao Nakasone

Masao Nakasone (中曽根雅夫) is a Japanese actor and voice actor, and was one of the three voice actors that voiced the titular character of the Ultraman. Due to this, his grunt for Ultraman, "Shuwatch!", had always being frequently used in most of the Ultra's appearances in the series.

Death
Around September 2, 1993, 3:00 pm, he was founded dead at his own house. It was Nobuo Tanaka, a fellow voice actor that called the police after he found Masao's dead body at his house. The cause of his death was theorized due to being under depression, as he had divorced with his wife and separated from his family.

Roles

 * Ultra Q - M1
 * Ultraman - voice of Ultraman in grunts and episode 33

Stock Grunts

 * Ultraseven - voice of Ultraseven in a few grunts (in the TNT English dub)
 * The Return of Ultraman - voice of Ultraman Jack and Ultraman in grunts
 * Ultraman Ace - voices of Ultraman Ace, Zoffy, Ultraman, Ultraseven and Ultraman Jack in grunts, Father of Ultra in deep-voiced grunts in episode 27
 * Ultraman Story - voices of Zoffy, Ultraman, Ultraman Jack and Ultraman Ace in grunts
 * Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero - Ultraman Powered in grunts (Japanese Dub)
 * Ultraman Tiga - voice of Ultraman in grunts
 * Ultraman Mebius - voice of Ultraman in grunts
 * Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Hikari Saga - voices of Ultraman, Zoffy, Ultraman Jack and Ultraman Ace in grunts
 * Ultraman Ginga - voices of Ultraman, Zoffy, Ultraman Jack and Ultraman Ace in grunts
 * Ultraman Ginga S - voices of Ultraman, Zoffy, Ultraman Jack and Ultraman Ace in grunts
 * Ultraman X The Movie: Here Comes! Our Ultraman: voices of Ultraman in grunts
 * Ultraman Orb - voice of Ultraman and Ultraman Jack in grunts

Other roles

 * 8 Man
 * Princess Knight
 * Tiger Mask - Antonio Inoki