Mark Musashi
Encyclopedia
Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi (born April 26, 1977 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate
, Japan
), better known by the stage name
, is a Wushu martial artist and a stuntman/actor or Gaijin tarento. Raised in Buckfield
, Maine
, he attended Dartmouth College
(Class of 1999), majoring in East Asian Languages and Literatures and minoring in Drama. He took the fall term of his senior year there to go to China to study Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. After college, he moved to Japan, where, after getting his start doing a women's underwear commercial, he was soon recruited by AAC Stunts. Since then, he has worked on various tokusatsu
series as a stunt/suit actor and even as a regular. Best known for his role as the mysterious murderer named Piece in the live-action drama Sh15uya
, Musashi was most recently seen in Cutie Honey: The Live as Duke Seiya Anthony Watari IV, a bilingual gentleman in the service of the organization Panther Claw. He has participated in several Wushu
competition championships and he has done motion capture for several video games. In 2008, he changed his base of operations from Tokyo to Los Angeles.
Iwate Prefecture
is the second largest prefecture of Japan after Hokkaido. It is located in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island and contains the island's easternmost point. The capital is Morioka. Iwate has the lowest population density of any prefecture outside Hokkaido...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
), better known by the stage name
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
, is a Wushu martial artist and a stuntman/actor or Gaijin tarento. Raised in Buckfield
Buckfield, Maine
Buckfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Buckfield is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and Town Area. It is a member of Maine School Administrative District 39 along with nearby Hartford and Sumner...
, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
, he attended Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
(Class of 1999), majoring in East Asian Languages and Literatures and minoring in Drama. He took the fall term of his senior year there to go to China to study Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. After college, he moved to Japan, where, after getting his start doing a women's underwear commercial, he was soon recruited by AAC Stunts. Since then, he has worked on various tokusatsu
Tokusatsu
is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....
series as a stunt/suit actor and even as a regular. Best known for his role as the mysterious murderer named Piece in the live-action drama Sh15uya
Sh15uya
is a Japanese television drama that premiered on TV Asahi on January 10, 2005. It ran for 12 episodes until its conclusion on March 10, 2005. Set in a virtual simulation of Shibuya, Tokyo which is regulated by an entity named Piece which does not allow inhabitants to live, the series focuses on a...
, Musashi was most recently seen in Cutie Honey: The Live as Duke Seiya Anthony Watari IV, a bilingual gentleman in the service of the organization Panther Claw. He has participated in several Wushu
Wushu (sport)
The sport of wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts...
competition championships and he has done motion capture for several video games. In 2008, he changed his base of operations from Tokyo to Los Angeles.
Video game credits
- Lost Planet 2Lost Planet 2Lost Planet 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the sequel to Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, taking place ten years after the events of the first game, on the same fictional planet. The game was developed for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and...
(2009), Capcom - BayonettaBayonettais a hack and slash action game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 developed by Platinum Games in cooperation with publisher Sega. Set in a fictional city in Europe, the game centers on its title character, Bayonetta, who uses pistols and magical attacks to defeat enemies...
(2010), Sega - God HandGod HandGod Hand is a 2006 PlayStation 2 gameGod hand may also refer to:-Video games:* Ken "Godhand" Mishima, a character from the PlayStation game, Ehrgeiz* Godhand, the demonic version of Lenny from Shadow Hearts: Covenant...
(2006), Capcom - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake EaterMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eateris an award-winning stealth action video game directed by Hideo Kojima. Snake Eater was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2, and was released on November 17, 2004 in North America; December 16, 2004 in Japan; March 4, 2005 in Europe; and on...
(2004), KonamiKonamiis a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
- Yevgeny Borisvitch Volgin (motion actor) - Metal Gear Solid: The Twin SnakesMetal Gear Solid: The Twin SnakesMetal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes is a stealth action video game developed by Silicon Knights and Konami that was published in for the Nintendo GameCube video game console...
(2004), Konami - Liquid Snake (motion actor) - Resident Evil OutbreakResident Evil OutbreakResident Evil Outbreak, known as in Japan, is a single player game with online playability for the PlayStation 2 initially released in 2003. It was developed by Capcom Production Studio 1. This game was the first in the Resident Evil series to feature cooperative gameplay and online multiplayer...
(2004), CapcomCapcomis a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... - Firefighter F.D.18Firefighter F.D.18Firefighter F.D.18 is an action game created and produced by Konami Computer Entertainment and released in July 2004.-Story:The game revolves around Dean McGregor, a highly-skilled firefighter....
(2004), Capcom - Arc the Lad: Twilight of the SpiritsArc the Lad: Twilight of the SpiritsArc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits is the first of two Arc the Lad games for the PlayStation 2, the second being Arc the Lad: End of Darkness. The game was re-released in Japan as a premium box set...
(2003), Sony Computer Entertainment IncorporatedSony Computer EntertainmentSony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony... - Dino Crisis 3Dino Crisis 3is a survival horror video game for the Xbox. It was developed by Capcom Production Studio 4, and is the fourth and final video game in the Dino Crisis series. Like the previous iterations of the series, gameplay revolves around fighting dinosaur or other reptiles...
(2003), Capcom
Movies
- Welcome Back Satan (Comedy 2010) (American)
- Motion actor in Avatar (3-D science fiction film 2009) (American)
- Motion actor in Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianNight at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianNight at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is an American adventure comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Robin Williams, and Steve Coogan. The film is a sequel to Night at the Museum...
(live-action film 2009) (American) - Stunt coordinator in Jonas BrothersJonas BrothersThe Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
: The 3D Concert Experience (American) - Wu in Yo-Yo Girl CopYo-Yo Girl Copis a 2006 Japanese live-action feature film, the third to be based on the manga Sukeban Deka, directed by Kenta Fukasaku.The film stars Aya Matsuura in the lead role of Saki Asamiya and Rika Ishikawa as her rival, Reika Akiyama. Yuki Saito, who played the role of Saki in the first live-action...
(live-action film 2006) (Japanese) - Kamen Rider 2Kamen Rider 2is a fictional character and secondary protagonist from the Japanese tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider, the first in the famous Kamen Rider franchise of tokusatsu programmes. Like Kamen Rider 1, he is a motorcycle-riding superhero modelled upon a grasshopper. In the original series, he is...
(suit actor) in Kamen Rider the FirstKamen Rider the Firstis a 2005 Japanese tokusatsu film. The film is an adaptation of the television series Kamen Rider, though there are many differences between the film and the original programme; some of these, however, are due to a closer reliance on the original Kamen Rider manga by Shotaro Ishinomori...
(live-action film 2005) (Japanese) - LAPD in DevilmanDevilmanis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai which originally started as an anime adaptation of the concept of Nagai's previous manga series, Demon Lord Dante. A 39 episode anime series was developed by Toei in 1972 and Nagai began Devilman as a manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen...
(live-action film 2004) (Japanese) - MP in Shibuya Monogartari (live-action film 2004) (Japanese)
- Panter Claw in Cutie Honey (live-action film 2004) (Japanese)
- Stunt work in Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (live-action film 2001) (Japanese)
Television
- Stunt work in Wizards of Waverly PlaceWizards of Waverly PlaceWizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original Series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009...
season3 #9 (TV series 2010) (American) - Stunt work in DollhouseDollhouse (TV series)Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions. It premiered on February 13, 2009, on the Fox network and was officially cancelled on November 11, 2009. The final episode aired on January 29, 2010...
season2 #9 (TV series 2009) (American) - Stunt work in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (live-action TV, remake of Kamen Rider RyukiKamen Rider Ryukiis a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003. The catchphrase for the series is...
2009) (American) - Mackiyo Taylor in CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
season5 #8 (TV series 2008) (American) - Stunt work in iCarly: iGo to JapanICarly: iGo to JapaniGo to Japan is a 2008 three-part episode of iCarly that premiered on November 8, 2008 on Nickelodeon, and November 21 on YTV. It was the first episode to be promoted as a "movie"...
(TV series 2008) (American) - Duke Watari in Cutie Honey: The Live (live-action TV 2007-2008) (Japanese)
- Kodama, DAN (suit actor) in GARO Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun (live-action film 2006) (Japanese)
- Kodama, ZERO (suit actor) in GAROGARO, sometimes referred to as , is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 7, 2005 to March 31, 2006, lasting 25 episodes .On December 15 and December 22, 2006, a special entitled Garo Special: Beast of the Midnight Sun aired...
(live-action TV 2005-2006) (Japanese) - Piece in Sh15uyaSh15uyais a Japanese television drama that premiered on TV Asahi on January 10, 2005. It ran for 12 episodes until its conclusion on March 10, 2005. Set in a virtual simulation of Shibuya, Tokyo which is regulated by an entity named Piece which does not allow inhabitants to live, the series focuses on a...
(live-action TV 2005) (Japanese)
External links
- Musashi's official site
- Musashi's official weblog (AAC Stunts)
- Interview with Mark Musashi (HenshinJustice.com)
- Mark Musashi on the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Mark Musashi clip in 2003 Wushu Competition (Changquan)
- Mark Musashi clip in 2003 Wushu Competition (Spear)