Scenery Chewing Masterclass - Blog Posts

Dan Kuroto after he’s dropped the good guy act and launches into the scenery chewing is one of the most glorious hamtastic performances out there, and you can feel how much fun Iwanaga-san is having. The only thing that could beat it is Shindo Gaku’s work as Killbus in the Build New World movie. There’s good chance that if they were close by, even sets he didn’t appear on had tooth-marks. One can only hope the stagehands were given proper guides to each actors tastes so they could properly season each set beforehand. “it’s a Dan Kuroto scene, salt? Chicken salt? Pepper? Soy or Barbeque sauce?! I NEED TO KNOW!”

I just learned that the actor who plays Kuroto Dan, Tetsuya Iwanaga, has a lot of talents. He’s pharmacist (I think making him the only Ex Aid cast member with a medical background), fluent in English, and an actual “genius” in real life. For instance, he got a “triple A rating” on the JAXA astronaut qualification test.

He’s also seems to be soft spoken:

(He’s like this in other interviews, not just the one here in English.)

I bring this last part up because I knew he was having fun playing Kuroto but wow, this drives home just how much he’s having a blast.

He must have had the time of his life playing Killbas... I just hope before he stepped on set there were enough stagehands to properly season the scenery for him.

Actors with multiple roles in toku: Shindo Gaku

Ad/Eagle Sazer (Chousei Kantai Sazer-X, 2005-2006).

Kakizaki Satoshi/Kamen Rider Killbus (Kamen Rider Build New World : Kamen Rider Cross-Z, 2019).

He was also Sid/Barizorg in Gokaiger.