Masanari Nihei

was a Japanese actor. He played Mitsuhiro Ide in Ultraman, having won the role when originally cast actor Susumu Ishikawa left the production.

Death Masanari Nihei died on 21 August 2021 due to aspiration pneumonia. His funeral was held privately by his close relatives.

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) Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (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 Sōrito Yobanaide (1997) - SP Ultraman Max (2006) - Dr. Date