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Hideyo Amamoto

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

January 2, 1926(77)

Day of Death

March 23, 2003

Place of Birth

Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

天本 英世Amamoto Hideyo天本 ひでよEisei Amamoto天本 えいせい
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Hideyo Amamoto

Acting

Biography

Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世 Amamoto Hideyo) was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Riderseries as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and theGodzilla series. Amamoto also used the pseudonym of Eisei Amamoto for most of his career, Eisei being a misreading of the kanji in his real name, Hideyo. He died on March 23, 2003 from acute pneumonia at the age of 77.

Known For

Filmography