Shoichi Hirose , occasionally miscredited as Masakazu Hirose and nicknamed Solomon for his survival in the naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons, was a Japanese actor. Hirose portrayed Godzilla's archenemy King Ghidorah and King Kong in King Kong vs. Godzilla, along with several "tough guy" roles.
Hirose on the set of King Kong vs. Godzilla, 1962
King Ghidorah is a fictional monster, or kaiju, which first appeared in IshirÅ Honda's 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. The monster was initially created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya and Shinichi Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed mythological Japanese dragon Yamata no Orochi. Although the name of the character is officially trademarked by Toho as "King Ghidorah", the character was originally referred to as Ghidorah, Ghidrah or Monster Zero in some English markets.
A production image of the first Ghidorah suit, not fully painted
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