Actors
Veteran voice actor Tōru Furuya voices Mamoru Chiba in the Japanese anime series and movies. He has described the role as "very special to me". In the English adaptations, the voice of "Darien Chiba" is provided by an uncredited Rino Romano for episodes 1-11, Toby Proctor for episodes 12-65, and Vince Corazza for episodes 66-159 and movies.
In the stage musicals eight different actors have played Mamoru: Mizuki Sano, Yuuta Mochizuki, Yuuta Enomoto, Kousei Amano, Hidemasa Edo, Kenji Urai, Yuu Shirota, and Gyo Miyamoto. Creator Naoko Takeuchi has described Sano's portrayal of Mamoru as "a cute, sweet boy". Yuuta Mochizuki, the longest-running among the musical actors, went on to perform as King Endymion during Fumina Hara's musicals, and Yuu Shirota performed as Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis musical series, "Tenimyu".
In the live action series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Jouji Shibue played Mamoru: he later went on to portray Ibuki in Kamen Rider Hibiki; thus fans giving him the moniker of "Tuxedo Kamen Rider" due to the short super hero transitions between the shows .
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