Meet the Godzilla Minus One Cast: A Guide to English Voice Actors
A monster story about people
The monster provides a setting for questions about human connection and obligations to one another. The film also considers how people move forward after war and shared trauma.
Ryunosuke Kamiki as Shikishima
Kamiki portrays Koichi Shikishima, the film’s main protagonist. Shikishima is a World War II kamikaze pilot who faces Godzilla again after an earlier encounter; he is in a relationship with Noriko Oishi and adopts Akiko.
Minami Hamabe as Noriko
Hamabe plays Noriko Oishi, the story’s deuteragonist. Noriko is Shikishima’s girlfriend and Akiko’s mother, and she is present during Godzilla’s attack on Ginza; for much of the film, she is presumed dead.
Yuki Yamada as Mizushima
Yamada plays Shirō Mizushima, one of the young crewmates aboard the Shinsei Maru. He was born in Nagoya, Japan, and had a breakthrough in 2011 as Joe Gibken, also known as Gokai Blue, in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. The film’s cast includes experienced performers whose work supports its weighty themes and adds detail to smaller roles.
Key points
- Godzilla Minus One sets its monster story in postwar Japan.
- Ryunosuke Kamiki plays pilot Koichi Shikishima, who faces Godzilla again.
- Minami Hamabe portrays Noriko Oishi, Shikishima’s girlfriend and Akiko’s mother.
- Yuki Yamada plays Shinsei Maru crewmate Shirō Mizushima.