Suit actor
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A suit actor (スーツアクター, sūtsu akutā) is a member of, usually, a Japanese tokusatsu production who works similar to a stunt performer. However, the suit actor does all of his or her stunts while in a full costume that normally obscures their identity from the viewer (typically the transformed character) and the actor's voice is dubbed during after-recording process (アフレコ, afureko).
List of notable suit actors
- Javier Botet
- Kurt Carley
- Yasuhiko Imai (今井 靖彦, Imai Yasuhiko)
- Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二, Ōba Kenji)
- Toshiaki Karasawa (唐沢 寿明, Karasawa Toshiaki)
- Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
- Chie Tanabe (田邊 智恵, Tanabe Chie)
- Kevin Peter Hall (Most famous for his portrayal of Yautja from Predator from 1987 to 1990)
- Verne Troyer (Ferbus in Saban's Masked Rider)
- Haruo Nakajima (中島 春雄, Nakajima Haruo) (Most famous for his portrayal of Godzilla from 1954 to 1972)
- Kazuo Niibori (新堀 和男, Nībori Kazuo)
- Hiroshi Maeda (前田 浩, Maeda Hiroshi)
- Mark Musashi (マーク武蔵, Māku Musashi)
- Hisanori Ōiwa (大岩 永徳, Ōiwa Hisanori) (under the stage name Eitoku (永徳))
- Brian Steele
- Mark Steger