Kohji Moritsugu Dan Moroboshi, the protagonist and human form of the titular character of Ultraseven. He is widely regarded as the best actor in the Ultraman Series by fans along with Susumu Kurobe and Jiro Dan.
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for playingPersonal Life
Birth named Kouzou Moritsugu
, he is the second son of the former member of civil engineering worker of the Takikawa Town Council in Takikawa City. In 1967, Kohji was selected with the higher reputation for the role as Dan Moroboshi during the audition for the series Ultraseven and took the original stage name Kohji Moritsugu .Kohji Moritsugu is a complex man. He is in love with French music. He currently resides in Fujisawa-ish, Hasegawa. Married to a Chanson singer, he has 3 daughters. He revealed in an interview with the Peruvian website El Comercio that the Ultraseven series "changed his life, because it has a profound message, when I started to work in the recordings, I never imagined that it would be marked in my entire life", I don't get tired of watching the series, it is a great series for all generations". It was also revealed Moritsugu was an advertising model before Tsuburaya Productions convinced him to work in the series. It is also revealed that his house is like a museum of Ultraseven, with many Ultraseven masks, black and white pictures, and a few pictures in color of himself and the UG team. He also said that he is still good friends with the Ultra Guard crew, and that they often go out together, and that they are like family. He said that everyone calls him "Dan", and he is very rarely called by his real name.
Roles
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Ultraman Festival 2001 Live Stage Part 1 | Ultraseven | Voice |
Ultraman Festival 2001 Live Stage Part 2 | |||
2007 | Ultraman Premier Stage | Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven[4] | Voice (Ultraseven) |
2008 | Ultraman Premier Stage 2 | ||
Hida Takayama: Ultra Hero Legend Stage | |||
2009 | Ultraman Premier Stage 3 | ||
2011 | Ultraman Premier 2011 | ||
2012 | Ultraman Festival 2012 Live Stage Part 1 | Ultraseven | Voice |
Ultraman Festival 2012 Live Stage Part 2 | |||
2013 | The Earthling All Alone feat. ULTRASEVEN | Security Guard[5][6] | |
2014 | 3 Major Tokusatsu Hero Festival | Ultraseven[7] | Voice |
2016 | Ultra Heroes EXPO 2017 Battle Stage | Ultraseven | |
2017 | Ultraman Festival 2017 Live Stage Part 1 | ||
Ultraman Festival 2017 Live Stage Part 2 |
Stock grunts
This section refers to Moritsugu's grunts being reused per stock audio in other Ultraman Series media:
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1968 | Ultraseven | Imit-Ultraseven | Episode 46 "The Showdown of Dan vs Seven |
1981 | Ultraman 80 | Delusion Ultraseven | Episode 44 "Duel! 80 vs Seven" |
2010 | Ultra Galaxy Legend Gaiden: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero | Imit-Ultraseven (SR) | |
2017 | Ultraman Geed | Ultraseven | Ultra Capsule |
2020 | Ultraman Z | Ultra Medal | |
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy | Chapter 2 "The Divergence" | ||
2021 | Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga | Ultra Medal Episode 8 "The Propagating Invasion" | |
2022 | Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad | Grunts from Ultraman Mebius |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Ultraman Fighting Evolution | Ultraseven | |
2002 | Ultraman Fighting Evolution 2 | ||
2004 | Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3 | ||
2005 | Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth | ||
2006 | Ultraman Fighting Evolution 0 | ||
2010 | Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Coliseum DX: The Gathering of The Ultra Heroes! | Ultraman Zero | |
2015 | Lost Heroes | Ultraseven | BONUS EDITION |
Lost Heroes 2 |
Other Roles
- Kamen Rider Blade - Hiroshi Tennoji/Kerberos II
Gallery
Miscellaneous
Trivia
- Like Susumu Kurobe, Kohji played a villain in one of Toei's works, Hiroshi Tennoji in Kamen Rider Blade.
- Mortisugu was one of many tokusatsu actors who narrated an episode of Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department in 2022.[8] He narrated the seventh episode as a reference to Ultraseven.
External Links
References
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20161112035404/http://blog.m-78.jp/2013/06/26/次回よりスタート!%E3%80%80「新」ウルトラマン列伝/
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-6729
- ↑ http://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/6096
- ↑ https://ultra.hida-ch.com/
- ↑ https://www.due-pro.com/ultra/
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/n-2107
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/n-2661
- ↑ https://akiba-souken.com/article/55820/