Biography
Kenpachirō Satsuma (薩摩剣八郎) was a Japanese actor and stuntman born as Yasuaki Maeda (前田靖昭) on May 27, 1947 in Kagoshima. He is known for portraying Godzilla on screen in various films between 1971, in Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and 1995, in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. He used the stage names Ryoma Kusaka (久坂龍馬) and Kengo Nakayama (中山剣吾) before settling on Kenpachiro Satsuma in 1984.
Also known as
Kengo Nakayama · 萨摩剑八郎 · 前田靖昭 · 中山剣吾 · 久坂龍馬 · Nakayama Kengo · Satsuma Kenpachirō · Yasuaki Maeda · Maeda Yasuaki · Kenhachiro Satsuma
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
29
Acting credits
0
Directing
1
Writing
1
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 7.8Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995 · movie · as Godzilla
- 2
★ 7.4Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989 · movie · as Gojira
- 3
★ 7.3Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993 · movie · as Gojira
- 4
★ 7.2The Return of Godzilla
1984 · movie · as Godzilla
- 5
★ 7.0Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 · movie · as Godzilla
- 6
★ 6.9Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992 · movie · as Gojira
- 7
★ 6.8Godzilla 1985
1985 · movie · as Godzilla (uncredited)
- 8
★ 6.8Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 · movie · as Hedorah (as Kengo Nakayama)
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 1339 votes
The Return of Godzilla
1984 · movie
- 2303 votes
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989 · movie
- 3301 votes
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995 · movie
- 4269 votes
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 · movie
- 5249 votes
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 · movie
- 6
246 votesGodzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994 · movie
- 7
245 votesGodzilla vs. Megalon
1973 · movie
- 8233 votes
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993 · movie
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
