Kenjirō Ishimaru

is a Japanese actor and TV narrator. He is best known for his role in Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Den-O as the owner of the DenLiner. He has also appeared in multiple competitions of Sasuke as a competitor and during that time has become one of only two people to fall off the Rolling Log obstacle in the First Stage and take the log with them. Ishimaru is the narrator in the anime series Toriko. He also narrates TV Asahi's series See the World by Train, which has run since June 1987.

Selected filmography Film Year Film Role Notes Ref 1983 Theater of Life Actor portraying Asano Naganori 1989 Black Rain Aono 1997 Lost Paradise Muramatsu 1999 Ring 2 Ômuta 2001 Onmyoji Onmyo-gashira 2001 Harmful Insect Middle-aged man in convenience store 2004 Kekko Kamen Kekko Kamen Returns Kekko Kamen: The MGF Strikes Back Gozaemon Maru Kekko Kamen Surprise 2005 Spring Snow Marquis Ayakura Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Shizuo Fujio Hasami Otoko 2007 Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! Owner 2008 Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown 2009 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope Police superintendent Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship Owner, station master 2010 Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy 2011 OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders Owner 2017 Fullmetal Alchemist Father Cornello 2018 Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever Owner 2019 Iwane: Sword of Serenity Sakazaki Masayoshi 2020 The Dignified Death of Shizuo Yamanaka Fujita 2021 The Master Plan Andō 2022 The Life of Chiyoko Ito Special Higher Police 2023 Baian the Assassin, M.D. Hikohachirō

Television Year Film Role Notes Ref 2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky Hara Takashi Taiga drama