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Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji) is a Japanese actor and stuntman. He served as the suit actor for all of the Heisei-Era Kamen Riders except Kuuga and Hibiki, though his role as Decade allowed him to wear the suits. In 2019, he suit-acted as Kamen Rider Horobi, having stepped down following the end of the Heisei-era to focus more on acting as himself.

Biography[]

When Takaiwa was in middle school, he knew he wanted to have some sort of athletic career and set his eyes on either being a stuntman or a physical education teacher. He was inspired to pick the former by Hiroyuki Sanada and enrolled in Japan Action Club (now known as Japan Action Enterprise) in their gymnastics program. Since graduating, he has been the suit actor for many Tokusatsu heroes.

In 2021, Takaiwa announced the expiration of his contract with JAE and would continue as a freelancer. [2]

Since 2022, Takaiwa has had starring roles in two Good Morning, Sleeping Lion films, where it also stars multiple actors who have portrayed primary Kamen Riders. Each of them stated that they decided to appear in the film series to support Takaiwa as he suit acted for each of them.[3][4]

Personal Life[]

  • He is married to retired stunt performer and suit actor Rie Murakami. Their son is Taisei Takaiwa and Shinta Takaiwa.

Filmography[]

Stunt/Suit Actor Roles[]

Movies[]

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Specials[]

Hyper Battle DVD[]

Notes[]

  • Takaiwa was ultimately responsible for the foundation of Shinji Kido's characterization, as his ad-lib from the first episode of Kamen Rider Ryuki gave the crewmembers the idea of Shinji's behavior, particularly his naive and hot-blooded behavior.[9]
  • Because he served as lead-suit actor for most of the main Riders of the Heisei era, he was given the nicknames "Mr. Kamen Rider" (ミスター仮面ライダー, Misutā Kamen Raidā) and "Mr. Heisei Rider" (ミスター平成ライダー, Misutā Heisei Raidā) by fans.

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