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Biography of Kenji Sahara - Actor
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Kenji Sahara (佐原 健二 Sahara Kenji) (born May 14, 1932) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa prefecture|Kanagawa. Initially he used the name Tadashi Ishihara before changing it when he secured the lead role in Rodan (1956). He has appeared in at least thirty 'monster' films, often in a supporting role, including: *Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1954) *Rodan (1956) *The Mysterians (1957) *The H-Man (1958) *Gorath (1962) *King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) *Attack of the Mushroom People (1963) *Atragon (1963) *Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964) *Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1964) *Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) *The War of the Gargantuas (1966) *Son of Godzilla (1967) *Destroy All Monsters (1968) *Godzilla's Revenge (1969) *Yog, Monster From Space (1970) *Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) *Godzilla vs.MechaGodzilla (1993) *Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (1994) He did a lot of work for the Toho Company, the group that has so far has produced twenty-two Godzilla movies. He also appeared in a number of television series, including: *Ultra Q (1966) *Ultra Seven (1967) *Ultraman 80 (1980)

