Takayuki Godai (五代高之, Godai Takayuki, born July 1, 1956) is a Japanese actor best known as the shōgun's ninja Saizō in the long-running prime-time television jidaigeki Abarenbō Shōgun.
His stage name is the name of the character portrayed by Yujiro Ishihara in the 1969 film Eiko e no 5,000 kiro.
He has had important roles in Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan, and as the villain Akudaikaan in Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star.
[3] He appeared in the 1985 Shiosai, an adaptation of The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima.
Godai appeared live on stage at a special performance Koi densetsu: Ai sureba koso by Yōko Nagayama.