Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto
Amamoto in 1954
Born	January 2, 1926 Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died	March 23, 2003(2003-03-23) (aged 77)
Other names	Eisei Amamoto
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2003
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世, Amamoto Hideyo^?, January 2, 1926 – March 23, 2003) was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Rider series as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and the Godzilla series. Amamoto also used the pseudonym of Eisei Amamoto for most of his career, Eisei being a misreading of the kanji in his real name, Hideyo. He died on March 23, 2003 from acute pneumonia at the age of 77.