Source: 3Y Film
Special Thanks to Avery Guerra

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

 

REBIRTH OF MOTHRA Trilogy star Megumi Kobayashi has joined the cast of HOSHI 35. Photo courtesy of 3Y Film.

3Y Film and MRTS have announced that Megumi Kobayashi has been added to the cast of their upcoming kaiju film, HOSHI 35 (星35). Ms. Kobayashi is a model, actress and singer who performs Jazz under the stage name meg. She starred in Toho's REBIRTH OF MOTHRA (モスラ, Mosura, 1996),  REBIRTH OF MOTHRA II (モスラ2 海底の大決戦, Mosura Tsū Kaitei no Daikessen, 1997) and REBIRTH OF MOTHRA III (モスラ 3 キングギドラ来襲, Mosura Surī Kingu Gidora Raishū, 1998) as Moll, one of the Elias, the tiny priestesses of Mothra in the trilogy.  She also had a supporting role in the 2006 film, GAMERA THE BRAVE (小さき勇者たち〜ガメラ〜, Chīsaki Yūshatachi 〜 Gamera 〜) as Miyuki Aizawa, the mother of the main character, Toru Aizawa.

Megumi Kobayashi joins a cast that already includes Godzilla Heisei Series star Megumi Odaka, Jun Hashizume (GODZILLA VS SPACEGODZILLA,  ULTRAMAN Z ), Daijiro Harada (GODZILLA VS MECHAGODZILLA ll, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE), Hiroshi Miyasaka (AKIRA KUROSAWA’S DREAMS, SHALL WE DANCE?, ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE DESTINED CROSSROAD), Yumiko Tanaka (MASKED RIDER SUPER-1, THE RETURN OF GODZILLA), Akihiro Ugajin (BATTLE ROYALE, GODZILLA: FINAL WARS, ULTRAMAN: THE NEXT, GAMERA THE BRAVE),  Nômaru Abe (GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE, ULTRAMAN GAIA: BATTLE IN HYPERSPACE, THE SUMMER OF THE UBUME),  Robert Scott Field (GODZILLA VS KING GHIDORAH, ULTRAMAN NEOS, THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL),  Shoko Nakajima (GODZIBAN), Rin Matsumiya, Yoko Ishino (GODZILLA VS DESTOROYAH, TOKYO BLACKOUT),  Yukijiro Hotaru (ZEIRAM, Gamera Trilogy, GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK), Shinzô Hotta (MASKED RIDER, THE ALL-NEW MASKED RIDER, ZATOICHI) and Yuma (THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL, NEZURA 1964).

For more on HOSHI 35, please see the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan.

 

HOSHI 35 director Hiroto Yokokawa with Megumi Kobayashi (it's true she doesn't age at all). Photo courtesy of 3Y Film.

 

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