Baku Hatakeyama

Born 18 June 1944 in Minamimaki, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Died 13 July 1978 (aged 34)

Baku Hatakeyama, born Akio Hatakeyama was the Japanese actor who played Daita Oiwa, the first Kirenger in Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. He is the earliest born Sentai Ranger actor, the only one to be born prior to the end of World War II, as well as the first known deceased Ranger actor.