Masanari Nihei

Japanese actor (1940–2021)

Masanari Nihei
Born	Masanari Nihei (1940-12-09)9 December 1940 Tokyo, Japan
Died	21 August 2021(2021-08-21) (aged 80)
Occupation	Actor

Masanari Nihei (二瓶正也, Nihei Masanari, 9 December 1940 – 21 August 2021) was a Japanese actor. He played Mitsuhiro Ide in Ultraman, having won the role when originally cast actor Susumu Ishikawa left the production.^[1]

Death

Masanari Nihei died on 21 August 2021 due to aspiration pneumonia. His funeral was held privately by his close relatives.^[2]^[3]

Selected filmography

Film

Kane-dukuri taikô-ki (1960)
Ankokugai no dankon (1961)
Nasake muyo no wana (1961)
As a Wife, As a Woman (1961)
Nakito gozansu (1961)
Mothra (1961) - Dam Policeman / Infant Island Islander (uncredited)
Witness Killed (1961)
Gorath (1962) - Itô - Astronaut of Ôtori
Dobunezumi sakusen (1962)
Nihon ichi no wakadaishô (1962)
Gekkyû dorobo (1962)
Sengoku yarô (1963)
Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei (1963)
Ichi ka bachi ka (1963)
Ringo no hana saku machi (1963) - Takuya Igarashi
The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) - Rebel
Eburi manshi no yûga-na seikatsu (1963)
Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari (1964)
Aa bakudan (1964) - Tatsumi
Nippon ichi no horafuki otoko (1964) - Construction Worker
Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru (1964) - Seinen Miyaji
Hana no oedo no musekinin (1964)
Samurai Assassin (1965) - Ronin
Nippon ichi no goma suri otoko (1965)
Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965)
Senjo ni nagareru uta (1965)
Kureji no daiboken (1965)
Ereki no Wakadaishō (1965) - Nishina / The Drummer of The Young Beats
Onna no naka ni iru tanin (1966)
Nippon ichi no gorigan otoko (1966)
Kureji da yo: kisôtengai (1966) - Yokota
Kureji daisakusen (1966)
The Age of Assassins (1967) - Pappy
Ultraman (1968) - Mitsuhiro Ide
Nippon ichi no danzetsu otoko (1969)
Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! (1969) - Henchman
Hangyaku no Melody (1970)
Dodesukaden (1970) - 4th Man calling out
Nippon ichi no warunori otoko (1970)
Nippon ichi no shokku otoko (1971)
A Man′s World (1971) - Aoki
Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki (1972) - Gen-san
Isoge! Wakamono (1974) - Matsuo
Shirauo (1977)
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo (1977)
Hakunetsu Dead Heat (1977)
Dainamaito don don (1978) - Inukai
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle (1979) - Mitsuhiro Ide
Ultraman (1979) - Mitsuhiro Ide
Disciples of Hippocrates (1980) - Reporter
Haithîn bugi (1982)
Arashi o yobu otoko (1983) - Club manager
Aitsu to lullaby (1983) - Takimoto
Fireflies in the North (1984) - Tomosaburo Kumagai
Usugeshô (1985)
Ultraman Zearth (1996) - Photographer
Revive! Ultraman (1996, Short) - Mitsuhiro Ide (archive footage)
Ultraman Zearth 2 (1997) - Photographer
Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001)
Daikessen! Chô urutora 8 kyôdai (2008) - Owner of Cheep Candy Shop (final film role)

Television

Ultra Q (1966; episodes 2, 6, and 15) - Nakamatsu's Assistant / Bank-Robber Gang Sato / The Man who Delivers Milk
Ultraman (1966) - Mitsuhiro Ide
Ultra Seven (1968, episode 42) - Masaya
Mighty Jack (1968) - Akira Genda
The Ultraman (1979-1980) - Hiroaki Tobe (voice)
Tokkei Winspector (1990, episode 8) - Daizou Oomagari Gen'ichi Yonekura^{[clarification needed]}
Sōrito Yobanaide (1997) - SP
Ultraman Max (2006) - Dr. Date

References

^ Ragona, August (2007). Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla. Chronicle Books. p. 120. ISBN 9780811860789.
^ "俳優の二瓶正也さん死去「ウルトラマン」のイデ隊員" (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "「ウルトラマン」イデ隊員役の二瓶正也さん誤嚥性肺炎で死去、80歳" (in Japanese). Livedoor News. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.