Ichiro Mizuki
Ichiro Mizuki (水木 一郎, Mizuki Ichirō), real name Toshio Hayakawa (早川 俊夫, Hayakawa Toshio) (born January 7, 1948 in Tokyo), is a Japanese singer, composer, voice actor and actor. He is best known for his anime and tokusatsu such as Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Kamen Rider and Metal Hero series.
Ichiro Mizuki began his solo career in 1968. His first single "Kimi ni sasageru Boku no Uta" was composed by Kanae Wada. Later, he started to sing his theme song during the 1970s. His first anime song called Genshi Shounen Ryuu was released in 1971 as the opening theme from the animated television series Genshi Shounen Ryuu. Then he released many other anime and tokusatsu songs from Super Robot, Science Fiction, Sports, Kamen Rider, Metal Hero and Super Sentai series. Ichiro Mizuki has sung more than 1000 songs since his debut.
From August 30 to August 31, 1999, he held a 1000-song concert for 24 hours. The success of his 1000-song concert has become a legend in Japan.
On July 19, 2000, he joined as a part-time member of the supergroup JAM Project with other members - Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Eizo Sakamoto, and Rica Matsumoto.
Meanwhile, Ichiro Mizuki has also acted in the tokusatsu TV series such as Jikuu Senshi Spielvan, Voicelugger and also the voice actor for anime such as Koraru no Tanken and Dangaioh (OVA).
Other websites[change | change source]
- Ichirou Mizuki Official Site
- Ichiro Mizuki Official English Language Website Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Ichiro Mizuki at the Anison Database
- Ichiro Mizuki at the Anime News Network
- Ichiro Mizuki Archived 2007-09-12 at the Wayback Machine at the Henshin Hall of Fame
- Ichiro Mizuki on IMDb