LaSalle Ishii

LaSalle Ishii (ラサール石井, Rasāru Ishii), born Akio Ishii (石井 章雄, Ishii Akio) on October 19, 1955 in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese TV personality, actor, voice actor, and theater director. He named himself after his high school Japanese La Salle Academy. His best-known anime role is Kankichi Ryotsu the lead character in Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo which ran from 1999 to 2004 for 373 episodes.

Filmography

TV programs

• Ore-tachi Hyokin Zoku (1981-1989, Fuji Television)
• Quiz!! Hirameki Password (1986-1990, Mainichi Broadcasting System, TBS)
• JanJan Saturday (1987-1990, Shizuoka Daiichi Television)
• Takeshi Itsumi no Heisei Kyoiku Iinkai (1991-1997, Fuji Television)
• Mokugeki! Dokyun (1994-2002, TV Asahi)
• Burari Tochu Gesha no Tabi (1994, Nippon Television)
• Watch! (2004-2005, TBS)
• Evening 5 (2005-2006, TBS)

TV drama

• Yoni mo Kimyo na Monogatari (1991, Fuji Television)
• Teru Teru Kazoku (2003, NHK)
• Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (2009, TBS), Ginji Ryotsu

Anime television series

• Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, Kankichi Ryotsu
• Gintama (Mayuzon (Special guest appearance))
• G-Saviour (Gano)

Video games

• Rasāru Ishii no Childs Quest (Nintendo Family Computer, Namco) June 23, 1989

Films

• Romance (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993), oil research employee
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996), Nazaki transmission staff member
• About Her Brother (2010)
• Burai (2020)
• The Devil Wears Jūnihitoe (2020)

Theater

• Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (1999) Kankichi Ryotsu
• Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Again (2001) Kankichi Ryotsu
• Seven Souls in the Skull Castle (2004) Mamiana Jirouemon
• Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo: Detective Kaipan Strikes Back (2003) Kankichi Ryotsu
• Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo 30th Anniversary! (2006) Kankichi Ryotsu

References

External links

• Agency profile (in Japanese)
• Official blog (in Japanese)