From left to right: Ryosuke Sakamoto, Lisa Komaki, Koji Unoki, Kenju Hayashi, yours truly, Yumiko Tanaka, Sayoko Hagiwara, Sumiko Tanaka, and Hitomi Yoshii.
Today, I attended another dramatic reading performed by veterans of the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series from Toei Studios. While most names are familiar, some will be new to this blog, so let's get cracking and review who was there!
With Lisa Komaki (left) and Sayoko Hagiwara (right).
Lisa Komaki played Peggy Matsuyama on Himitsu Sentai Goranger (1975-77). Following that experience, she went on to be the suit actor for and voice of actress Diane Martin as Miss America on Battle Fever J (1979-80).
Sayoko Hagiwara played Ryoko Hoshi, Yullian's human alter ego, on Ultraman 80 (1980-81), beginning with episode 43 of the series, and Dyna Pink in Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (1983-84). She also later appears on Choushinsei Flashman (1986-87) as the villainous Leh Nafel.
With Ryosuke Sakamoto and Sumiko Tanaka.
Here are a couple of stars from Choudenshi Bioman (1984-85). Ryosuke Sakamoto, of course, portrayed Red One, and Sumiko Tanaka played Yellow Four II from episode 11 until 51 of the series.
With Yumiko Tanaka.
Yumiko Tanaka starred in Kamen Rider Super-1 (1980-81) as Harumi Kusanami, but she also appears in Godzilla (1984). (A genuine Godzilla movie cast member was in attendance!)
With Kenju Hayashi, Koji Unoki, and Hitomi Yoshii.
Hitomi Yoshii was again there. She played the evil High Priestess Bishium on Kamen Rider Black (1987-88). Yoshii-san made me laugh out loud when she said, "We are the dark side!" in English right before this picture was taken.
Also on hand was actor Koji Unoki. He played Dyna Blue (both in and out of the suit) on Dynaman. Furthermore, Kenju Hayashi returned as well, and he would be best known as Prince Megiddo on Dynaman.
Once again, there was so much to talk about! It was another great afternoon. Can't wait to do it again soon!
Greetings from the Philippines! Thank you for this article. So great to see my childhood heroes like Red 1 (Mr. Sakamoto) and Yellow 4 (Ms.Tanaka). I plan to visit Tokyo next year and I wonder how i can catch one of their reading performances. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the Philippines! Thank you for this article. So great to see my childhood heroes like Red 1 (Mr. Sakamoto) and Yellow 4 (Ms.Tanaka). I plan to visit Tokyo next year and I wonder how i can catch one of their reading performances. Thank you.
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