Kanji Ishimaru

Kanji Ishimaru (石丸 幹二, Ishimaru Kanji, born 15 August 1965 in Niihama, Ehime) is a Japanese actor and singer.[1] Ishimaru is signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan. He grew up in Ichihara, Chiba and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.

Kanji Ishimaru
石丸 幹二
Born (1965-08-15) 15 August 1965
Niihama, Ehime,[1] Japan
NationalityJapanese
EducationTokyo University of the Arts
Occupation
  • Actor
  • singer
AgentThe Library
Height174[1] cm (5 ft 9 in)
Television
Awards37th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Awards Theater Prize
Websitethelibrary-pastorale.com

Biography

Ishimaru played various instruments, such as the piano, cello, trombone, and snare drum, since childhood.[2][3] He studied the cello at a music course at Chiba Prefectual Makuhari-Nishin High School (now Chiba Prefectural Makuhari General High School),[3] attempted to major in the saxophone at Tokyo College of Music, and graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts Faculty of Music in Vocal music.[2]

In 1990, he debuted in the role of Raoul of Shiki Theatre Company's The Phantom of the Opera.[2] Since then, Ishimaru has acted as a signboard actor for the theatre company.[2]

During his activities outside the theatre company, he appeared in advertisements for Oronamin C (co-starring with SMAP's Takuya Kimura)[2] and Nescafé Gold Blend. Ishimaru enrolled in a theater company for seventeen years and then left in 2007.[2]

In 2012, he won the 37th Kazuo Kikuta Theater Awards Theater Prize.

In 2013, Ishimaru played as branch manager Tadasu Asano in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's television drama Hanzawa Naoki, and made his breakthrough.[2]

On 2 April 2017, he took place as the sixth chairperson of TV Asahi's long-running music programme Daimei no nai Ongakukai.[4]

Filmography

Part of Shiki
Title Role
AndersenHans Christian Andersen
Aspects of LoveAlex Dillingham
Beauty and the BeastBeast
Black ComedyBrinzley Miller
CatsSkimbleshanks
DreamingDog Chillow
Elkos no InoriGeorge
HamletHamlet
HibariCharles
Illya Darling—Nichiyō wa Dame yo!Homer
John Manjirō no YumeManjiro
Kono Seimei Dare no mono?Ken Hayata
La SauvageFlorent
Musical Ikoku no OkaHidetaka Kokonoe
Omoide o Uru OtokoMan selling memories
The passer-through-wallsDutillur
The Phantom of the OperaRaoul, Vicomte de Chagny, the male ensemble
Song & DanceMale singer
UndineHans
West Side StoryJet Orchestra Tony
YuriddisOrphe
RokumeikanEinosuke Kiyohara

After leaving Shiki
Title Role Ref.
Enoch Arden
A New BrainGordon Shuin
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeGeorge
The Coast of UtopiaNikolai Ogalov
L'Histoire du soldat
The 39 Steps-Himitsu no Angō o Oe!Richard Haney
ElisabethTote
Twelfth NightMarquess of Ocino / Bard / Traveler
Glengarry Glen Ross
Camille ClaudelAuguste Rodin
Jekyll & HydeHenry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
The Count of Monte CristoEdmond Danthes, Earl of Monte Cristo
Lady BessRoger Ascam
LimelightCalvero
The Scarlet PimpernelPercy Blakney
CabaretMC[5]
The Secret GardenArchibald Craven
Love Never DiesThe Phantom

Films
Year Title Role Ref.
2010Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeKazuo Fukamachi
2015Ōhi no YakataLouis XIV of France
Galaxy TurnpikeDoctor Muta[6]

TV dramas
Year Title Role Network Ref.
2009ShirasujirōUshiba TomohikoNHK
2011Heaven's Flower The Legend of ArcanaTakashi KusakabeTBS
2012Usuzakura-kiRaihaha TogashiNHK BS Premium
2013Oyarihaishaku: Yoidore Ko Tō-ji TomegakiGorobei NomiNHK
Yoidore Ko Tō-ji TomegakiNHK BS Premium
Hanzawa NaokiMasa AsanoTBS
2014Roosevelt GameFumiko Mikami
Dark SuitsKiyoomi MatsukiNHK
2015Hana MoyuSufu Masanosuke
Orient Kyūkō Satsujin JikenTaisa GorikiFuji TV
ScapegoatShun YanagisawaWowow[7]
Flowers for AlgernonDaigo HachisukaTBS
3ttsu no Machi no MonogatariAkihiro Togo[8]
Omotesandō Kōkō Gasshō-bu!Yuki Uchida[9]
2016Nobunaga MoyuAkechi MitsuhideTV Tokyo[10]
Doctor Chōsa Ha: Iryō Jiko no Yami o AbakeMasahiko Kawagoe[11]
Suizokukan GirlHisayuki KuranoNHK[12]
Shizumanu TaiyōIshiguroWowow[13]
Eigyō Buchō: Natsuko KiraRyoichi SaitoFuji TV[2][14]
Toto NeechanKoichi KunizaneNHK
Chūshingura no Koi: Shitoya Hito-me no ChūshinŌishi YoshioNHK G[15]
2017Akira and AkiraKazuma KaidōWowow
2019Shōnen Torajirō Gozen-samaNHK[16]
2020Bones of SteelHajime NaitōWowow[17]
2021Seiten wo TsukeŌkubo ToshimichiNHK[18]

Animation
Title Role
The Hunchback of Notre DameQuasimodo (dubbed)

Dubbing
Year Title Role
2015The Sound of MusicColonel Georg von Trap (Christopher Plummer)

Advertisements
Year Title Ref.
Oronamin C
Nescafé Gold Blend
2014Canon Inc. Pixus
House Ukon no Chikara
Zurich Insurance Group Anata Senyō Jidōsha Hoken
2016The National Art Center, Tokyo "Dalí Exhibition Tokyo Exhibition"[19]
Meiji Chocolate Kōka

Radio
Year Title Network
2010Kanji Ishimaru no Theater e yōkosoNHK FM Broadcast

MC-Navigator
Year Title Network
2014Kanji Ishimaru no Mainichi ga PremiereEisei Gekijō

CD
Title Label
"Kanji Ishimaru"Sony Music Japan International
"Distance"
"Love Songs"
"Kanji Ishimaru no Musical e yōkoso"
"Stravinsky: Heishi no Monogatari"
"Kaijin Hyakumensō"
"My Musical Life"

Music guides
Year Title
2013The National Art Center "Andreas Guldsky Exhibition"
2014Mori Arts Center Gallery "The Tutti of the Tate Art Museum Exhibition Prior to Rafael British Victorian Painting Dream"
2015The National Art Center, "Magrid Exhibition Tokyo Exhibition"
Kyoto City Museum of Art "Magrid Exhibition Kyoto Exhibition"

Others
Year Title Network Ref.
2015Minna no Uta "Kaijin Hyakumensō"NHK[20]
2016Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat[21]
2017Daimei no nai OngakukaiTV Asahi

References
  1. 幹二/ 俳優、歌手・アーティスト 石丸幹二. Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). VIP Times. Retrieved 12 Apr 2017.
  2. 『営業部長 吉良奈津子』松嶋菜々子の上司役で出演中の石丸幹二 マルチな才能でひっぱりだこ. music.jp News (in Japanese). MTI. 11 Aug 2016. Retrieved 12 Apr 2017.
  3. プロフィール (in Japanese). Sony Music. Retrieved 12 Apr 2017.
  4. 『題名のない音楽会』司会交代で一新へ 五嶋龍からミュージカル俳優・石丸幹二にバトン。. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 9 Feb 2017. Retrieved 12 Apr 2017.
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  7. 黒木瞳が総理大臣を目指す女性政治家役で主演！相手役は初共演の石丸幹二 (in Japanese). Cinema Today. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
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  12. いきものがかり、水族館の飼育員が主人公のドラマに挿入歌提供 主演は松岡茉優. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
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  16. "寅さんの少年時代を描く『少年寅次郎』、井上真央さん主演で制作開始！". NHK. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
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