LaSalle Ishii

LaSalle Ishii (ラサール石井, Rasāru Ishii), born Akio Ishii (石井章雄, Ishii Akio) on October 19, 1955, in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese TV personality, actor, director, writer, and columnist. He named himself after his high school Japanese La Salle Academy. His best-known anime role is Kankichi Ryotsu the lead character in Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo which ran from 1999 to 2004 for 373 episodes.

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LaSalle Ishii
ラサール石井
Born	Akio Ishii (石井章雄, Ishii Akio) (1955-10-19) October 19, 1955 (age 69) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)	TV personality, actor, voice actor, and theater director
Notes
Same year/generation as: Kazuki Kosakai

Filmography

TV programs

Ore-tachi Hyokin Zoku (1981-1989, Fuji Television)
Quiz!! Hirameki Password (1986-1990, Mainichi Broadcasting System, TBS)
JanJan Saturday (1987-1990, Shizuoka Daiichi Television)
Takeshi Itsumi no Heisei Kyoiku Iinkai (1991-1997, Fuji Television)
Mokugeki! Dokyun (1994-2002, TV Asahi)
Burari Tochu Gesha no Tabi (1994, Nippon Television)
Watch! (2004-2005, TBS)
Evening 5 (2005-2006, TBS)

TV drama

Yoni mo Kimyo na Monogatari (1991, Fuji Television)
Teru Teru Kazoku (2003, NHK)
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (2009, TBS), Ginji Ryotsu

Anime television series

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, Kankichi Ryotsu
Gintama (Mayuzon (Special guest appearance))
G-Saviour (Gano)

Video games

Rasāru Ishii no Childs Quest (Nintendo Family Computer, Namco) June 23, 1989
LaSalle Ishii no Quiz! Kyōiku Iinkai (Mega Drive, unknown publisher) 1994; exclusive to Sega Channel in Japan

Films

Romance (1992)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993), oil research employee
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996), Nazaki transmission staff member
About Her Brother (2010)
Wiseguy (2020)^[1]
The Devil Wears Jūnihitoe (2020)
We Couldn't Become Adults (2021)^[2]

Theater

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (1999) Kankichi Ryotsu
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Again (2001) Kankichi Ryotsu
Seven Souls in the Skull Castle (2004) Mamiana Jirouemon
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo: Detective Kaipan Strikes Back (2003) Kankichi Ryotsu
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo 30th Anniversary! (2006) Kankichi Ryotsu