was a Japanese actor and

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from

Kagoshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,527,019 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 9,187 Square kilometre, km2 (3,547 Square m ...

affiliated with Engekishūdan En. Formerly affiliated with Gekidan Haiyūza, Arikawa enrolled in

Gekidan Kumo The was a Japanese theatre company that staged Western-style plays. In 1963, its members split from the Bungakuza company to form their own troupe in response to what they viewed as their former troupe's overly leftist politics. In 1976, the ...

in 1965. It wasn't until 1975 that Arikawa would enroll in Engekishūdan En. On October 16, 2011 he died of acute

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Filmography

Film

*''Hibotan bakuto: Tekkaba retsuden'' (1969) *''

Seito Shokun! is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yōko Shōji. It is serialized in Kodansha's '' Shōjo Friend'' from 1977 to 1984. The individual chapters were published into 24 ''tankōbon'' by Kodansha between February 1978 and June ...

'' (1984) *''

Early Spring Story is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shinichirō Sawai. Plot summary 17-year-old Hitomi Okino's mother died four years ago, and her father has remarried, causing Hitomi to worry that her father is throwing away all memory of her mother. During ...

'' (1985) *''Matamata abunai deka'' (1988) - Attorney *''Hashire! Shiroi okami'' (1990) - Cal (voice) *''

Sharaku was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodblock artist spanned ten months; his prolific work met disapprova ...

'' (1995) - Tsuruya Kiemon *'' Berserk: The Golden Age Arc'' (2012) - Hassan (voice) (final film role)

Television drama

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Fuun Lion-Maru , known as ''Lion-Man'' outside Japan, was a tokusatsu television series that aired on the Fuji Television Network in Japan in 1973. Produced by P Productions — the studio behind its previous tokusatsu series including '' Magma Taishi'', ''Spe ...

'' (1973) - Koreshinji Tamakage *''Shinsengumi'' (1973) -

Okita Sōji was a Japanese samurai and the captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. He was one of the best swordsmen of the Shinsengumi. Background He was born in 1842 or 1844 from a s ...

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Mito Kōmon is a Japanese ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was on prime-time television from 1969 to 2011, making it the longest-running ''jidaigeki'' in Japanese television history. The title character is the historic Tokugawa Mitsukuni, former vice-' ...

'' (1975–2010) - Kudō Shinpachirō, Kyōnosuke Tachibana, Abe Masatake, etc. *''Hissatsu Shōbainin'' (1978) - Sakaguchi *''

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

'' (1983) -

Ōtani Yoshitsugu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title ''Junior Assistant Minister of Justice'' or . He was born in 1558 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Ōtom ...

*''Haru no Hatō'' (1985) -

Uchimura Kanzō was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of the Nonchurch Movement ( Mukyōkai) of Christianity during the Meiji and Taishō periods in Japan. He is often considered to be the most well-known Japanese pre-World War II pac ...

*'' Sanada Taiheiki'' (1985–1986) -

Doi Toshikatsu was a top-ranking official in Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during its early decades, and one of the chief advisors to the second Tokugawa shōgun, Hidetada. The adopted son of Doi Toshimasa, Toshikatsu is generally believed to be the biological ...

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'' (1987) - Shinware Kōki *''

Dokuganryū Masamune is a 1987 Japanese historical television series. It is the 25th NHK ''taiga'' drama. The broadcast received an average viewer rating of 39.7 percent in the Kanto area with the highest viewing rating of 47.8%. The drama was adapted from the novel ...

'' (1987) - Shinjō Danjō *''

Bayside Shakedown is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, ...

'' (1997) - First District Police Headquarters Manager *''

Seijuu Sentai Gingaman is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is Toei Company, Toei's 22nd entry of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. The series aired from February 22, 1998, to February 14, 1999, replacing ''Denji Sentai Megaranger'', and was replaced by ''Kyuu ...

'' (1998) - Elder Ōgi

Theater

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Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' (1970) (Romeo) *''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

'' (1983) (Horatio) *''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' and on the Pygmalion (1938 film), 1938 film ...

'' (1990) (Colonel Pickering) *''

'Tis Pity She's a Whore ''Tis Pity She's a Whore'' (original spelling: ''Tis Pitty Shee's a Who'' 'o'''re'') is a tragedy written by John Ford (dramatist), John Ford. It was first performed or between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. ...

'' (2006) (Donado)

Television animation

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Georgie! is a manga series, written by Mann Izawa and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi. It was serialized from 1982 to 1984 in the '' Shōjo Comic'' manga magazine. The series was adapted in 1983 into an anime television series, , by Tokyo Movie Shi ...

'' (1983) (Skiffins) *''

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'' (2004) (Richard Braun) *''

Ergo Proxy ''Ergo Proxy'' is a Japanese cyberpunk anime television series, produced by Manglobe, directed by Shūkō Murase and written by Dai Satō. The series ran for 23 episodes from February to August 2006 on the Wowow satellite television, satellit ...

'' (2006) (Hoody) *'' Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple'' (2006) (Hayato Fūrinji) *''

Shōnen Onmyōji also known as ''The Teen Exorcist'' is a Japanese light novel series written by Mitsuru Yūki and illustrated by Sakura Asagi. The novel is serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''The Beans''. The light novel has 56 volumes, including three s ...

'' (2006) (Tenkū) *''

Tegami Bachi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Asada. It was first serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from September 2006 to June 2007; after the magazine ceased publication, it was transferr ...

'' (2009) (Narrator) *''

Bunny Drop is a Japanese manga series by Yumi Unita. The plot follows thirty-year-old Daikichi as he becomes the guardian of Rin, the illegitimate six-year-old daughter of his grandfather. ''Bunny Drop'' was serialized in Shodensha's monthly manga ...

'' (2011) (Sōichi Kaga)

Theatrical animation

*'' Eden of the East: Paradise Lost'' (2010) (Saizo Ato/Mr. Outside) *'' Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King'' (2012) (Hassan)

Video games

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Glass Rose is a point-and-click adventure psychological horror video game developed by Cing and Capcom's Production Studio 3 and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 2. It was released in Japan on November 6, 2003 and later in Europe on March 26, 2004. ...

'' (2003) (Denemon Yoshinodou) *''

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios for the PlayStation Portable, serving as the sixth installment in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series. The game was rele ...

'' (2010) (Merlin)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

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) **'' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (Gandalf) **'' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (Gandalf) **'' X2'' (

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) **'' X-Men: The Last Stand'' (Magneto) *''

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' () is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne. It is considered a classic within its genres and world literature. It was originally serialised from March 1869 to June 1870 i ...

'' (2002 NHK-BS2 edition) (Captain Nemo (

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'' (VHS/DVD edition) (Jeffrey "The Big" Lebowski (

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Die Hard ''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart (writer), Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel ''Nothing Lasts Forever (Thorp novel), Nothing Lasts Forever'' by Roderick ...

'' (1990 TV Asahi edition) (

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Executive Decision ''Executive Decision'' is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Stuart Baird (in his directorial debut) and written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas, who also produced the film with Joel Silver. It stars Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, ...

'' (1999 TV Asahi edition) (Nagi Hassan (

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'' (Capt. Dudley Smith (

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'' (Don Rafael Montero ( Stuart Wilson)) *'' Misery'' (Paul Sheldon (

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'' (Tiger Ninestein) *'' True Grit'' ( Rooster Cogburn (

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Animation

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'' (The Toad) *''

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'' (Governor Ratcliffe) *'' Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World'' (Governor Ratcliffe) *''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arikawa, Hiroshi 1940 births 2011 deaths Japanese male film actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male television actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors People from Komae, Tokyo Male voice actors from Tokyo Metropolis Male voice actors from Kagoshima Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors