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Hiroyuki Okano (岡野 弘之, Okano Hiroyuki) is a Japanese actor, suit actor and stuntman that works at Tsuburaya Productions. He helped found and is a member of the company's action team, CASTAFF.[1] He portrayed Gridman in Gridman the Hyper Agent and a large variety of roles across the Ultraman Series, such as Ultraman Neos and Ultraman Cosmos in their respective series, as well as many kaiju. Since 1998, he has mainly worked as an action choreographer for the franchise.

Roles[]

Year Title Role Notes
1993 My Beloved Ultraseven Action[Note 1]
Gridman the Hyper Agent Gridman Suit
Normal, Thunder, King forms[Note 2]
Episodes 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 13-17, 19, 21, 23, 25-29, 31-35, 37-39
God Zenon Suit
Episode 12 "Beware of The Phantom Thief Marty"
Episode 30 "The Day of The World Destruction"
Episode 36 "A Baby Given A Birth"
1994 Ultraseven - Operation: Solar Energy Eleking III Suit
Ultraseven - Planet of the Earthlings Ultraseven
Dinosaur
1995 Ultraman Neos Pilot Ultraman Neos[2]
1996 Ultraman Zearth Alien Benzene
Ultraman Tiga[Note 3] Melba[5][3] Suit
Episode 1 "Inheritance of Light"
1997 Metamorga[3] Suit
Episode 47 "Goodbye to Darkness"
Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow Alien Benzene Suit
Darklar
1998 Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light Deathfacer
Ultraseven 30th Anniversary Memorial Trilogy Alien Guts[6] Suit
Episode 2 "Eternal Earth"
Uncredited
Sulfas Suit
Episode 2 "Eternal Earth"
Banderas Suit
Episode 3 "Betrayal Sun"
Ultraman Dyna Torongar (human-sized)[7][3] Suit
Episode 45 "Tear of Churasa"
Role not specified in credits
1999 Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, & Ultraman Gaia: The Decisive Battle in Hyperspace Satan Bizor Suit
King of Mons
Ultraman Gaia[Note 4] Tsuchikera (human-sized)[8][3] Suit
Episode 39 "The Swamp of Sadness"
Role not specified in credits
Satan Bizor[8][3] Suit
Episode 42 "Gamu vs. Gamu"
Izac[8][3] Suit
Episode 43 "The Silver Eyes of Izac"
Blitz-Blotz[3][Note 5] Suit
Episode 45 "The Living Planet"
Kaiser Dobishi[8][3] Suit
Episode 49 "An Angel Descends"
Episode 50 "The Cry of the Earth"
Episode 51 "Earth is Ultraman's Star"
Mizunoeno Dragon[8][3] Suit
Episode 50 "The Cry of the Earth"
Episode 51 "Earth is Ultraman's Star"
Ultraseven 1999: The Final Chapters Hexalogy Ultraseven Suit
Episode 1 "Legends and Glory"
Episode 2 "The Sky-Flying Iron Colossus"
Episode 3 "The Day the Fruit Ripens"
Booska! Booska!! Dondoko Tribe Member[9] Suit
Episode 13 "Return of Adventure Papa!"
Episode 29 "Birth! Booska's Little Brother?"
Role not specified in episode 29
Ultraman Nice Ultraman Nice Suit
2000 Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey Ultra-Ancient Giants of Light
Ultraman Neos Ultraman Neos
2001 Amusement Park Employee[2] Episode 9 "Our Dino-Coaster"
Action[Note 1] Episode 11 "The Assassin-Beast from Space"
Episode 12 "Warriors of Light, Forever"
Ultraman Cosmos[Note 6] Golmede[10] Suit
Episode 2 "Chaos Header's Shadow"
Chaos Golmede[10]
Spittle[10] Suit
Episode 3 "Fly! Musashi"
Boyfriend[11] Episode 19 "Lover of the Star"
Uncredited
Ultraman Cosmos Suit
Luna Mode, Corona Mode, Eclipse Mode[12]
2003 New Century 2003 Ultraman Legend: THE KING'S JUBILEE Ultraman King Suit
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle Lidorias
2004 ULTRAMAN Action[Note 1]
2014 Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale! Alien Miracle[13] Suit
Uncredited
2015 Ultraman X XIO Dojo Master[14] Episode 4 "All for One"
Uncredited
2016 Ultraman Orb Magazine Model[15] Episode 6 "The Forbidden Forest"
Uncredited
2017 Ultraman Geed Alien Hook Human form
Episode 4 "A Job Where You Investigate Aliens"
Uncredited

Video games[]

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Ultraman Fighting Evolution Motion-capture actor[Note 7]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Role not specified in credits, but is likely to be an action-related role such as a stunt performer or suit actor based on its placement in the credits.
  2. ↑ Normal form in episodes 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15-17, 19, 21, 23, 25-29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, Thunder Gridman in episodes 14, 32, King Gridman in episodes 34, 38.
  3. ↑ Credited for portraying Melba in episode 1, while under "special effects action" in episode 47. Also credited for portraying Gakuma in episode 2, which is corroborated by another source,[3] but Ryuki Kitaoka has claimed this was an error as he portrayed the kaiju.[4]
  4. ↑ Credited among the guest actors in episode 39 and under "special effects action" in episodes 42-43, 45, 49-51.
  5. ↑ One source alternately states Blitz-Blotz was played by Eiji Mori,[8] but as Okano is credited in episode 45 and Mori is not, this has been assumed to be an error.
  6. ↑ Credited for portraying Golmede in episode 2, while under "special effects action" in episodes 3, 23, 25-26, 28-30, 51-55, 61-63, 65.
  7. ↑ Credited under "actors", but as the Ultraman Fighting Evolution series does not involve any live-action, this is presumed to refer to motion-capture actors.

Works[]

Video games[]

Stage[]

Other Works[]

  • Nameko School Wars - Action

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • According to Yoshichika Shindoh, Okano portrayed Ultraman Taro in a 1991 photoshoot.[17]
  • Okano originally appeared solely at events before getting the role as Gridman.[18]
  • In Ultraman Orb episode 6, Okano appears in a mobile phone advert on the back of a magazine read by Gai Kurenai.[15] According to Tomonobu Koshi, this photo of him was taken secretly.[19]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ultraman Nexus Hero Pictorial vol. 1, pg 46
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://m-78.jp/ultraman-bd/ultramanneos/spc/index.html
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Earth Is Ultraman's Planet: Ultraman Tiga, Dyna, Gaia, pg 414-434. Melba and Gakuma on pg 414, Metamorga on pg 420, Torongar on pg 428, Tsuchikera on pg 434, Mizunoeno Dragon, Satan Bizor, Izac, Blitz-Blotz and Kaiser Dobishi on pg 436.
  4. ↑ https://x.com/RyukiKitaoka/status/1334018985390575617
  5. ↑ TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Tiga, pg 52
  6. ↑ TV Magazine Special Issue: Heisei Ultra Video Complete Works, pg 16
  7. ↑ TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Dyna, pg 56
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Gaia, pg 46-52. Mizunoeno Dragon on pg 46, Satan Bizor on pg 50, Izac and Blitz-Blotz on pg 51, Kaiser Dobishi on pg 52.
  9. ↑ Ultra Tokusatsu PERFECT MOOK vol. 29: Kaiju Booska / Booska! Booska!!, pg 23
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Cosmos, pg 44-45. Golmede and Chaos Golmede on pg 44, Spittle on pg 45.
  11. ↑ TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Cosmos, pg 92
  12. ↑ TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Cosmos, pg 14-16
  13. ↑ Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale! pamphlet
  14. ↑ https://twitter.com/juliet3comet/status/628169919042088960
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 https://x.com/juliet3comet/status/764446683677589504
  16. ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-6020
  17. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1116759978354174/posts/3964879156875561/
  18. ↑ https://tamashiiweb.com/t_kokkaku/160/
  19. ↑ https://x.com/juliet3comet/status/764446683677589504

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