Kenpachiro Satsuma
	Date of Birth: 5/27/1947 - Kagoshima, Japan Date of Death: N/A
	Filmography The Return of Godzilla (1984) - Godzilla Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - Godzilla Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) - Godzilla Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) - Godzilla Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II (1993) - Godzilla Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) - Godzilla Godzilla vs. Destroyah (1995) - Godzilla PLUS MANY MORE!!!
Mini Biography
Kenpachiro Satsuma originally wasn't going to be the man to play Godzilla in Godzilla 1985, but was given the part when the man who was going to play Godzilla, Hiroshi Yamawaki, quit. This made it difficult for Satsuma since the costume wasn't made to fit him and it weighed 242 pounds (a record for the Godzilla series), this limited what he could do. He overcame this, however, by inventing a combination of karate and the kinds of moves he does while playing Godzilla. He developed it to help him from becoming too worn out while playing Godzilla. During part of the filming, Mr. Satsuma received a painful gash in his leg when wires became exposed in the Godzilla 1985 suit. In the next film, Godzilla vs. Biollante, the Godzilla suit was made to fit Mr. Satsuma. In addition, it weighed only one hundred and eighty pounds, much less than the previous suit. Mr. Satsuma once said he felt that the Godzilla 1985 suit controlled him, but he controlled the Godzilla vs. Biollante suit. Satsuma also received an injury in this movie when an exposed circuit in the electricity lit back dorsal plates of the suit gave him repeated shocks, which he said was like being punched in the back of the head. Production of the next 3 Godzilla films went smoothly, with the exception of Satsuma receiving a concussion when Godzilla fell into an underground shopping mall while attacking Sapporo in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. Satsuma especially liked playing Godzilla in Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II because Godzilla had to portray some tenderness in the scenes where he interacts with Baby Godzilla and Godzilla expressed himself quite easily in this film. The next film was Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla. A new suit was made for the movie, but the old suit from Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II was used to shoot the footage of Godzilla in the ocean since the suit was expendable. Some new things on the G vs. SpaceG suit were it was made taller and bulkier, and the tail was much longer. The new suit also had a mechanism in it that no other Godzilla suit had. It allowed the head to move not only up and down, but also from side to side. The new suit also was the first one equipped with an air duct. It runs from the tail to the neck which allowed Mr. Satsuma to breath much easier and could stay in the suit longer. The down side to this, however, was that it made the suit 10 kilograms heavier than the previous suit. The suit in Godzilla vs. Destroyah was the same suit from Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla. The only things added were glowing red patches and fissures incorporated into the torso and neck, the eyes also glow a fiery red. Mr. Satsuma said that working on Godzilla vs. Destroyah was much more challenging than the other Heisei Godzilla films he had worked on. He had to wear an oxygen mask on both water and land due to the carbon monoxide given off of Godzilla (the steam from his hide). He fainted 4 times the first day of production because he wasn't warned about the carbon monoxide and didn't where an oxygen mask. They were shooting in water, so noone could just run up to Mr. Satsuma when they saw me acting strangely. The members of the staff didn't even realize Mr. Satsuma had fainted the first time until they started opening up the costume so he could get out! He considers Godzilla vs. Destroyah his best work. Kenpachiro Satsuma decided to retire from kaiju acting after Godzilla vs. Destroyah. He said that his physical power was begining to diminish due to his age, and his spiritual and performance powers were diminishing because of budgetary constraints and interpersonal problems. He said it was even difficult for him to approach hsi work with enthusiasm and energy. Since then he has been working at many different jobs and has appeared at numberous Sci-Fi conventions, including G-Con`96 in Chicago, Illinois and G-Fest`2000 in Hollywood, California.