Hatsunori Hasegawa

Hatsunori Hasegawa (長谷川初範, Hasegawa Hatsunori) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and singer. He starred in Ultraman 80 as the protagonist, Takeshi Yamato. He is part of the talent agency K-DASH and is called by the nickname "Chopin".

Career[]

Hasegawa made his debut onstage in 1977 and on TV in the 1978 film Kiga Kaikyō.^[1]

Hasegawa was told to come to an audition for Ultraman 80 by a producer, without knowing what he was auditioning for. Upon finding out he was going to play a tokusatsu hero, he asked for more time to think about it despite having already arrived late to the audition, which annoyed the staff, so he was surprised when he ultimately got the role.^[2]

Personal Life[]

While being bullied at elementary school, Hasegawa took up kendo to become stronger and won tournaments.^[1]

Hasegawa is married and has one son.

Roles[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Ultraman 80	Takeshi Yamato/Ultraman 80	Voice (Ultraman 80)
2007	Ultraman Mebius	Takeshi Yamato/Ultraman 80	Voice (Ultraman 80) Episode 41 "Teacher's Memories"
2010	Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial	Ultraman 80	Voice
2020	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy^[3]^[4]		Voice
2021	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad		Voice Prologue

Stock grunts[]

This section refers to Hasegawa's grunts being reused per stock audio in other Ultraman Series media:

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Hikari Saga	Ultraman 80	SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
2011	Ultraman Retsuden
2017	Ultraman Geed		Episode 1 "Welcome to the Secret Base"