Photo: GGGLS / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Trace this career and it stops making sense in the best possible way. He was Arashi in the original Ultraman, and then he became one of the most recognizable voices on Japanese radio by insulting his own listeners, greeting old women and old men with mock abuse, on air since 1969. He also swapped his birth name, Iyoshi Ishii, for a stage name built on the word for a venomous pit viper, announcing the act before he spoke. Rudeness by itself does not survive fifty years on air. It survives because the affection underneath is unmistakable, which is why the people he insults laugh hardest. Special-effects television gave him a face, voice work gave him a craft, radio gave him strangers to talk to. Born in 1936, he is ninety now, and at some point the life became the routine.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sandayū Dokumamushi
- Name (Japanese)
- 毒蝮三太夫
- Born
- March 31, 1936 (age 90)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Height
- 170 cm
- Occupation
- actor / seiyū / radio personality / tarento
2. Background
- University
- Nihon University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://mamuchan.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/mamuchannel
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%92%E8%9D%AE%E4%B8%89%E5%A4%AA%E5%A4%AB
Frequently asked questions
When was Sandayū Dokumamushi born?
Born March 31, 1936 (age 90).
Where is Sandayū Dokumamushi from?
Sandayū Dokumamushi is from Tokyo, Japan.
What does Sandayū Dokumamushi do?
Sandayū Dokumamushi works as actor, seiyū, radio personality, tarento.
How tall is Sandayū Dokumamushi?
Sandayū Dokumamushi is 170 cm.
Actor — see all → · Seiyū — see all → · More people from Japan →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-07-27
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.