Hiroshi Fujioka


Kunihiro Fujioka, better known by his stage name Hiroshi Fujioka, is a Japanese actor known for playing the hero Takeshi Hongo in the tokusatsu superhero series Kamen Rider, and later the Sega Saturn mascot Segata Sanshiro. Fujioka is a cultural icon in Japan, even having the minor planet 12408 Fujioka, discovered by Akimasa Nakamura, named in his honor. Fujioka writes his name with the ideographic comma at the end, saying "It is meant to remind me to reconsider myself and what it is that I need to achieve. It shows that I am not yet finished with my tasks and must continue working toward their accomplishment."
Hiroshi's son, Maito, serve as the current ambassador of Sega on March 26, 2020 for its 60th anniversary, portraying as Segata Sanshiro's son Sega Shiro.

Live-action roles

From 1997-1998, Fujioka portrayed Segata Sanshiro in a series of television and print advertisements for the Sega Saturn video game console in Japan. The character was a parody of Sugata Sanshirō, the legendary judo master from the Akira Kurosawa film of the same name.

Voice-over roles