Chikara Hashimoto

Chikara Hashimoto
Chikara Hashimoto
	Born: October 20, 1933; Hokkaido, Japan
	Died: October 11, 2017 (aged 83)
Teams
	Mainichi Orions, 1950s

Chikara Hashimoto (橋本はしもと力つとむ, Hashimoto Chikara, 20 October 1933 – 11 October 2017^[1]), also erroneously called Riki Hashimoto (はしもとりき, Hashimoto Riki), was a Japanese professional baseball player and actor. Hashimoto played baseball for Mainichi Orions in the 1950s. He was forced to retire in 1958 following an injury, and then joined Daiei Studios. As an actor, he is known for his roles as Daimajin in the 1966 film trilogy and as Hiroshi Suzuki in the 1972 Bruce Lee film, Fist of Fury.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Partial filmography

San'nin no kaoyaku (1960)
Sutekina yaro (1960)
Ginza no dora-neko (1960)
Ginzakko monogatari (1961)
Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (1961)
Ken ni kakeru (1962)
Jigoku no shikyaku (1962)
Yoru no haitô (1963) - Blue collar guy
Kyojin Ôkuma Shigenobu (1963)
Kuro no kirifuda (1964)
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) - Inozo
Mushuku mono (1964) - Bishamon (uncredited)
Nemuri Kyôshirô: Mashôken (1965)
Fukushû no kiba (1965) - Kurayami's henchman
Kumo o yobu kôdôkan (1965)
Daimajin (1966) - Daimajin (uncredited)
Daimajin ikaru (1966) - Shunpei Ikenaga / Daimajin
Gontakure (1966) - Port superintendent
Wrath of Daimajin (1966) - Daimajin
A Certain Killer (1967)
Gamera vs. Viras (1968) - Doctor A
Kaidan otoshiana (1968) - Udegawa
Zoku hiroku onna ro (1968) - The Inspector
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968) - Daimon
Shin Yotarô senki (1969) - Private First Class Hashimoto
Yakuza Zessyō (1970) - Toyama
Mona Riza okyo (1971)
Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) - Samurai
Fist of Fury (1972) - Hiroshi Suzuki
Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1986) - Japanese Fighter (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b "橋本はしもと力つとむさん死去しきょ元もとプロ野球やきゅう選手せんしゅの俳優はいゆう、ブルース・リーと共演きょうえん、大だい魔神まじんのスーツアクターも". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ "大だい魔神まじんの目めにこだわり". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
^ Tsutsui, William (2017). Godzilla on my Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781137055576.
^ Inc, Natasha. "俳優はいゆうの橋本はしもと力りょくが死去しきょ、「大だい魔神まじん」スーツアクターや「ドラゴン怒いかりの鉄拳てっけん」敵役かたきやく". 映画えいがナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 October 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

Chikara Hashimoto at Baseball-Reference.com.
Riki Hashimoto at IMDb.

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[Death-1] "橋本はしもと力つとむさん死去しきょ元もとプロ野球やきゅう選手せんしゅの俳優はいゆう、ブルース・リーと共演きょうえん、大だい魔神まじんのスーツアクターも". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[2] "大だい魔神まじんの目めにこだわり". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

[3] Tsutsui, William (2017). Godzilla on my Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781137055576.

[4] Inc, Natasha. "俳優はいゆうの橋本はしもと力りょくが死去しきょ、「大だい魔神まじん」スーツアクターや「ドラゴン怒いかりの鉄拳てっけん」敵役かたきやく". 映画えいがナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 October 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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