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"When I am acting I think of it as lending my body to Ultraman rather than "moving on my own." Because of this, I can say with confidence that I can “hear” Ultraman’s voice more intimately than any other human."

―Hideyoshi Iwata on portraying Ultraman Blazar[1]

Hideyoshi Iwata (岩田 栄慶, Iwata Hideyoshi) is a Japanese actor, suit actor, and stuntman, known for portraying most of the titular Ultras since Ultraman Nexus. He is a member of Tsuburaya Productions' action team, CASTAFF, and also runs an action training academy called 4ARTS.[2]

Career[]

In May 1999, at the age of 18, Iwata went to Tokyo from the countryside. After watching a hero stage show at a amusement park, he immediately knew he wanted to be a suit actor, and knocked on the door of the stage show's dressing room.[3][4][5] He would eventually meet Motomi Iguchi, a member of CASTAFF and suit actor at Tsuburaya,[6][7] who helped him enter the industry.[8]

His first Ultraman Series work was Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey in 2000,[9] but his exact role is unknown. Since Ultraman Nexus in 2004, he was one of multiple suit actors for the titular Ultras of each series, but was the sole suit actor for Ultraman Hikari, Victory, X, and Geed onwards. He is also known for playing Zenna's human form in Ultraman Geed.

In addition to suit acting, Iwata has written and supervised scripts for minor Ultraman Series stage shows since 2013, mainly in the Kanto region.[10]

He started a YouTube channel in April 2023, where he talks about his experiences as a suit actor.

Personal Life[]

Screenwriter Junichiro Ashiki was his junior in college,[11][12] with Iwata eventually inviting him to work on the Ultraman Series.[13][14]

On July 10, 2019, an annual date known as 'Ultraman Day,' Hideyoshi publicly announced his marriage to his Ultraman Geed co-star Mayu Hasegawa, who portrayed Moa Aizaki, via his Twitter account.[15] Hasegawa had earlier announced her retirement from acting on April 30, 2019.[16] On September 8, 2020, Hideyoshi announced that his wife Mayu had given birth to their first child.[17]

Roles[]

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey[9]
2002 New Century Ultraman Legend Ultraman King Suit
Ultraman Cosmos
2003 New Century 2003 Ultraman Legend: THE KING'S JUBILEE Ultraman Justice
2004 Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy Police Officer
Ultraman Nexus Ultraman Nexus Suit
Dark Faust
Dark Mephisto
Citizen[18] Episode 34 "Blockade - A.D. 2009 -"
Uncredited
Dark Zagi Suit
Episode 34 "Blockade - A.D. 2009 -"
Episode 37 "Bond - Nexus -"
ULTRAMAN[19]
2005 Ultraman Max Ultraman Max Suit
2006 Ultraman Mebius Ultraman Hikari/Hunter Knight Tsurugi
Ultraman Mebius Suit
Usually Mebius Brave and Mebius Burning Brave
2007 Ultraseven X Alien Vo-Da Suit
Episode 5 "PEACE MAKER"
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle Reimon Suit
Episode 13 "Planet Escape"
2008 Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers Ultraman Tiga Suit
Ultraman Mebius
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey ZAP SPACY Guard Episode 1 "Reionics Hunter"
Alien Hook Voice
Episode 2 "Reionics Battle"
Episode 10 "The New Horizon of War"
2009 Reimon Suit
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie Nebula M78 Person
2010 Ultraman Zero The Movie: Super Deciding Fight! The Belial Galactic Empire Ultraman Zero Suit
Ultra Galaxy Legend Gaiden: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero
2011 Ultraman Retsuden
Ultra Zone Alien Zarab Suit
Episode 6
Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar Suit actor
2012 Ultraman Saga Ultraman Zero Suit
Ultraman Saga
Ultra Zero Fight Ultraman Zero
Ultraman Zero Darkness
2013 Ultraman Ginga Tiga Dark Suit
Episode 5 "The Dream Destroyers"
Episode 6 "The Dream Battle"
Ultraseven Dark Suit
Episode 9 "The Jet Black Ultra Brothers"
Ultraman Ginga Theater Special Dark Zagi Suit
2014 Ultraman Ginga S Ultraman Victory
2015 Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!
Ultraman Zero
Ultra Fight Victory Ultraman Victory
Ultraman X Ultraman X
Ultraman Zero Suit
Episode 5 "When the Aegis Shines"
Ultraman Victory Suit
Episode 13 "Sword of Victory"
Episode 14 "The Shining Sky, and the Land Beneath It"
2016 Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman Ultraman X Suit
Ultraman Orb Ultraman Orb Suit
Spacium Zeperion, Burnmite, Orb Origin
Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA Suit
2017 Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds!
Ultra Fight Orb
Ultraman Geed Ultraman Geed
Alien Shadow Zenna Human form
2018 Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect the Wishes! Ultraman Geed Suit
Alien Shadow Zenna Human form
Ultraman R/B Ultraman Rosso Suit
2019 Ultraman R/B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond
Ultraman Taiga Ultraman Taiga
Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes Action
2020 Ultraman Z Ultraman Z Suit
GAFJ Pilot Episode 22 "Individual Tomorrows"
Ultraman Taiga The Movie: New Generation Climax Ultraman Taiga Suit
Ultraman Reiga Suit
Uncredited
2021 Ultraman: A New Power of Singapore Suit actor
Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga Ultraman Trigger Suit
2022 Ultraman Real-Time Motion Capture Labo Virtual Hero's Human Host
Ultraman Chronicle D Suit actor
Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z Ultraman Trigger Suit
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad Action
Ultraman Decker Ultraman Decker Suit
Windom[20] Suit
Episode 14 "Birth of a Dark God"
Credited as Hideki Sena
TPU Soldier Episode 18 "Invitation from Another Dimension"
2023 Ultraman New Generation Stars Suit actor Season 1, episodes 1, 4-5, 8, 18-22
Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond Ultraman Dinas Suit
Uncredited
Ultraman Decker Suit
Ultraman Regulos Action
Ultraman Regulos: First Mission
Ultraman Blazar Ultraman Blazar[1][21] Suit and voice

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth Actor[22]

Stage[]

Year Title Role Notes
2019 DARKNESS HEELS~THE LIVE~SHINKA Gurego

Other Roles[]

  • Chouseishin Gransazer - Sazer Gans
  • Kamen Rider Saber - Couple watching wonder world
  • Ninja vs Shark
  • Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger 20th: The Unforgivable Abare - AbareKiller

Works[]

Iwata wrote the following stage shows:

  • Ultraman Taiga stage show at Mallabu Shoge (2019)[23]
  • Ultra Athletic Original Show (September 2019)[24]
  • Ultra Athletic Original Show (August 2019)[25]
  • Drive-in Ultraman Z Show in Tokyo AEON MALL (November 2020)[26][27]
  • Ultra Athletic Original Show (February 2021)[28]
  • Ultraman Z Show (August 2021)[29][30]
  • Ultra Athletic Original Show (August 2021 and February 2023)[31][32]
  • Ultra Athletic Original Show (March 2022)[33]
  • Ultraman Decker Show (July 2022)[34][35]
  • Ultra Athletic Original Show (August 2022)[36][37]
  • Ultraman Decker stage show (August 2022)[38]
  • Ultra Athletic Original Show (August 2022)
  • Ultraman Decker Show (December 2022)[39][40]
  • Ultra Athletic Original Show (March 2023)[41]
  • Ultraman Decker Special Show: After the Journey (April 2023)[42][43][44]
  • Ultraman Blazar stage show (July 2023)[45]
  • Ultraman Blazar Show (July 2023)[46]
  • Power of the Earth (September 2023)[47][48]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • During the filming of Ultraman Geed, Iwata trained Yuta Ozawa with Zero's fighting skills for scenes where his character was to be possessed by said Ultra.
  • Shimba Tsuchiya was one of Iwata's students at 4ARTS.[50][51][52]
  • Iwata's stage name for portraying Windom in Ultraman Decker is named after Zenna's alias.
  • As both the suit and voice actor for Ultraman Blazar, Iwata simultaneously performed the same on-screen gestures while dubbing for the Ultra, which director Kiyotaka Taguchi commented was "strangely fitting".[53]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/6183
  2. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1442702180016816129
  3. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1127418555949912064
  4. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1127418557187350528
  5. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1127418565877846017
  6. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1489449652650868736
  7. https://twitter.com/AtelierGodziban/status/1337749162146713600
  8. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1335798319776366593
  9. 9.0 9.1 Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey credits
  10. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1637367313984004096
  11. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1338776871870205953
  12. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1516997186768150529
  13. https://twitter.com/ashiki_u40/status/1292451871945195520
  14. https://twitter.com/ashiki_u40/status/1337686404428513280
  15. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1148937532958076928
  16. https://twitter.com/HasegawaMayu/status/1123134961932881920?s=19
  17. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1301891875318579206
  18. https://twitter.com/jyukkanbo_77/status/1262950292338937856
  19. ULTRAMAN credits
  20. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1581640584863051776
  21. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6778
  22. Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth credits
  23. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1149527994492317696
  24. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1165834023320485889
  25. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1177063723753598976
  26. https://m-78.jp/news/post-5698
  27. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1329766192471371776
  28. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1357905563158339584
  29. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816040606/https://www.yomiuriland.com/show/z/index.html
  30. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1428198177245569032
  31. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1431138430172291072
  32. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1628705823525588992
  33. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1485192529922330627
  34. https://web.archive.org/web/20220710060602/https://m-78.jp/event/post-114170
  35. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1546012381913817089
  36. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1558313456868020226
  37. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1559428944981401605
  38. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1559036640387280896
  39. https://web.archive.org/web/20221201073905/https://www.yomiuriland.com/show/deckerdyna/
  40. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1608091170001014784
  41. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1637367313984004096
  42. https://web.archive.org/web/20230330132005/https://www.yomiuriland.com/show/0429ultra/
  43. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1650421816341725184
  44. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1652227176199258112
  45. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1676511481607905280
  46. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1679004857691406337
  47. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1700709372798886183
  48. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1703290558012359155
  49. https://ameblo.jp/masaerioffice/entry-12558084102.html
  50. https://m-78.jp/news/post-6067
  51. https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/2925
  52. https://twitter.com/iwatahideyoshi/status/1442702180016816129
  53. https://v-storage.bnarts.jp/talk/210488/

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