Editing Hiroya Ishimaru (section)

{{short description|Japanese actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Hiroya Ishimaru
| native_name        = 石丸 博也
| native_name_lang   = ja
| birth_name         = Shinji Ishide
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1941|02|12}}<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=石丸 博也｜日本タレント名鑑 |url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-0274 |website=日本タレント名鑑 |access-date=2 September 2019 |language=ja |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903020351/https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-0274 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Miyagi Prefecture]], Japan
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
*Actor
*[[Voice acting in Japan|voice actor]]
*narrator
}}
| years_active       = 1960–2023,2024 (Limited activity in dubbing some Jackie Chan films)
| agent              = [[Production Baobab]] (Treated as an archive and still belongs to<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-baobab.jp/men-all.html |title=man - ぷろだくしょんバオバブ}}</ref>)
| height             = 167 cm<ref name="Profile" />
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Hiroya Ishimaru'''|石丸 博也|Ishimaru Hiroya|born {{Nihongo|'''Shinji Ishide'''|石出 伸二|Ishide Shinji}}, February 12, 1941}} is a retired Japanese actor, [[Voice acting in Japan|voice actor]] and narrator most famous for performing the role of [[Koji Kabuto]] in the 1972 series ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and its sequels, and for being the official Japanese dub-over voice artist for [[Jackie Chan]]. He is also a fluent English speaker.

On April 27, 2023, Ishimaru announced his retirement from voice acting.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://comicbook.com/anime/news/one-piece-anime-retirement-hiroya-ishimaru/|title= Hiroya Ishimaru, One Piece and Tekken Star, Announces Retirement|access-date= April 27, 2023|website= ComicBook}}</ref>