Hiroyuki Sanada in Westworld, HBO series.
Hiroyuki Sanada studied Shorinji Kempo, a modified version of Shaolin Kung Fu, and several other martial arts. He speaks three languages.
Aiden Mason. TVOverMind.com
Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor who was originally called Shimaosawa Hiroyuki. He was born in Tokyo on October 12, 1960. He is best-known for having roles in martial arts films, although he has also worked in the theater and on television. At the beginning of his acting career, he was credited under a variety of names, including Duke, Henry, or Harry Sanada. Sanada first came to prominence in a Makoto Wada movie called ‘Mahjong Hourouki and he went on to act in all the further movies that were directed by Wada.
Here are more things that you might not know about Hiroyuki Sanada.
As his main aim was to become an action actor and have roles in martial arts films, Sanada trained in many different forms of martial arts. Originally, he studied Shorinji Kempo. This is a Japanese martial that was established by Doshin So in 1947 and is a modified version of Shaolin Kung Fu. Later, he took up Kyokushin kaikan karate. This is a type of full-contact karate devised by Masutatsu Oyama in 1964. He furthered his skills by learning several other forms of martial arts so he had good all round ability.
As he grew up in Japan, Sanada’s first language is Japanese. He learned English to play roles in American and British movies and he is fluent in this language. For his role in Mo Gik (The Promise) he also had to learn Mandarin.
His skills and abilities are predominantly thanks to his training from Shin’ichi Chiba, also known as Sonny Chiba, as Sanada was his protege'. Sanada began training with Chiba at the age of just 11. Chiba is a famous Japanese actor, producer, director, martial artist, and singer. Sanada has achieved international success for his skills in the martial arts. While he has not achieved the career succes of Shin'ichi Chiba yet, Sanada's career is far from over.
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