Baku Hatakeyama

Acting

Born June 18, 1944, Minamimaki, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Baku Hatakeyama, born Akio Hatakeyama was the Japanese actor who played Daita Oiwa, the first Kirenger in Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. He is the earliest born Sentai Ranger actor, the only one to be born prior to the end of World War II, as well as the first known deceased Ranger actor.

Filmography

• 1987Time of the Apes
• 1978J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger — Kirenger (voice)
• Kaiketsu Zubat — Jintaro the Tennis Player
• 1976Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match — Daita Oiwa / Kirenger
• 1976Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Volcano's Last Big Eruption — Daita Oiwa / Kirenger
• Himitsu Sentai Gorenger — Daita Oiwa / Kirenger
• 1975Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Blue Fortress — Daita Oiwa / Kirenger
• 1975Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Movie — Daita Oiwa / Kirenger
• 少年探偵団 (BD7) — Narrator
• Army of the Apes — Gebâ
• 1973Neon Jellyfish: Shinjuku Flower Streetcar
• 1973Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
• Kamen Rider — Clerk