Kenji Sahara (佐原 健二 "Sahara Kenji", born "Tadashi Ishihara") (born 14 May 1932) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa. His real name is Masayoshi Kato (加藤 正好 "Katō Masayoshi"). His first big movie role was in "Rodan" (1956). Sahara did a lot of work for the Toho Company, the studio that has so far has produced twenty-eight Godzilla movies starting with the first movie.