Kaneto Shiozawa

Toshikazu Shiozawa (塩沢 敏一, Shiozawa Toshikazu, Thursday, January 28, 1954 – Wednesday, May 10, 2000), better known by the stage name Kaneto Shiozawa (塩沢 兼人, Shiozawa Kaneto), was a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. At the time of his death, he was attached to Aoni Production. He had a distinctive cold, calm, aristocratic-sounding voice, which often typecast him as villainous or anti-heroic strategists and intellectuals. His stage name originated from the Japanese director Kaneto Shindō.

Life and career

Shiozawa yearned to be a performer since his childhood. He graduated from Nihon University Second Senior High School, where he learned to perform in its art department. On May 9, 2000, at 4:00 pm, Shiozawa fell down the stairway of his home in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Despite saying that "I'm all right" (大丈夫だ, Daijōbu da), Shiozawa's condition changed at 10:00 pm that day. He fell unconscious and was rushed to the Tokyo Medical University Hospital; he died of a cerebral contusion at 12:54 am on May 10. He was 46 years old at the time of his death. Fellow voice actor Hidekatsu Shibata was one of the attendees at his funeral. Shiozawa's ongoing roles were replaced with other voice actors after his death.

Hikaru Midorikawa adored him. He said, "Kaneto Shiozawa was my hero."

Voice roles

TV anime

1975

• Ikkyū-san as Sadaaki

1977

• Ippatsu Kanta-kun as Jiro

1979

• Mobile Suit Gundam as M'Quve, Omur Fang, and Job John

1980

• Space Runaway Ideon as Joliver Ira
• Space Warrior Baldios as Marin Reigan

1981

• Galaxy Cyclone Braiger as Blaster Kid
• GoShogun as Leonardo Medici Bundle

1982

• Galactic Gale Baxinger as Billy the Shot

1983

• Ai Shite Knight as Eiji Tono
• Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman as Adolf von Ludwig
• Sasuraiger as Rock Anlock

1984

• Adventures of the Little Koala as Weather
• Fist of the North Star as Rei
• Kinnikuman as Geronimo, Screw Kid

1985

• Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God as Ryō Shiba
• High School! Kimengumi as Dai Monohoshi

1986

• Dragon Ball as Namu, Tenron
• Saint Seiya as Aries Mu, Ankoku Andromeda

1987

• City Hunter as Wakagashira

1988

• Soreike! Anpanman as Hamigakiman
• Transformers: Super-God Masterforce as Road King

1990

• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water as Emperor Neo

1992

• Boyfriend as Masao Takatō

1993

• Miracle Girls as Hideaki Kurashige
• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon as Prince Demand

1994

• Crayon Shin-chan as Buriburi Zaemon

1995

• Street Fighter II V as Balrog Fabio La Cerda

1996

• The Vision of Escaflowne as Zongi

1997

• Dragon Ball GT as Sān Xīng Lóng
• Mach GoGoGo as Handler

1998

• Legend of Basara as Ageha
• Flame of Recca as Magensha
• Silent Möbius as Ganossa Maximillian
• Weiß Kreuz as Kikyo
• Yu-Gi-Oh! as Shadi

1999

• Detective Conan as Inspector Ninzaburo Shiratori
• Chiisana Kyojin Microman as Demon Green
• Crest of the Stars as Dusanyu
• Digimon Adventure as Devimon

2000

• Banner of the Stars as Dusanyu
• Gate Keepers as Yasutaka Fukuoka

2001

• Banner of the Stars II as Dusanyu (Library Recording)

OVA

• 1984 Birth as Kim
• 1985 Area 88 as Shin Kazama
• 1985 Megazone 23 - Part I as B.D.
• 1985 Vampire Hunter D as D
• 1986 Blue Comet SPT Layzner as Ru Kain
• 1986 Megazone 23 - Part II as B.D.
• 1987 Bubblegum Crisis as J.B. Gibson
• 1987 Kaze to Ki no Uta: Sanctus -Sei naru kana- as Auguste Beau
• 1987 To-y as Tōi "To-y" Fujii
• 1989 Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma as Marou
• 1988 Bride of Deimos as Kaname Ōba
• 1988 Hades Project Zeorymer as Saiga
• 1988 Legend of the Galactic Heroes as Paul Von Oberstein
• 1988 Vampire Princess Miyu as Larva
• 1989 ARIEL Visual as Hauser
• 1989 Earthian as Dr. Ashino (Professor Ashiya)
• 1989 Fūma no Kojirō as Yōsui
• 1990 Aries as Zeus
• 1990 Cyber City Oedo 808 as Merill "Benten" Yanagawa
• 1990 Transformers: Zone as Sonic Bomber
• 1991 ARIEL Deluxe as Hauser
• 1991 Kyūkyoku Chōjin R as R. Ichiro Tanaka
• 1992 Ai no Kusabi as Iason Mink
• 1993 The Heroic Legend of Arslan as Narcasse
• 1994 Baki the Grappler as Shinogi Koushou
• 1994 Phantom Quest Corp. as Nakasugi
• 1997 Agent Aika as Rudolf Hagen
• 1998 Twilight of the Dark Master as Kudo
• 2000 Angelique: Shiroi Tsubasa no Memoire as Clavis

Films

• 1980 Phoenix 2772 as Godo
• 1981 Mobile Suit Gundam as Omur Fang
• 1981 Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow as M'Quve
• 1982 Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space as M'Quve
• 1983 Genma Taisen as Shirō Eda
• 1984 The Star of Cottonland as Nekomania
• 1985 The Dagger of Kamui as Shingo
• 1985 Kinnikuman: Counterattack! The Underground Space Choujins as Geronimo
• 1985 Kinnikuman: Hour of Triumph! Seigi Choujin as Geronimo
• 1986 Fist of the North Star as Rei
• 1986 Kinnikuman: Crisis in New York! as Geronimo
• 1986 Kinnikuman: Seigi Choujin vs. Senshi Choujin as Geronimo
• 1987 Bats & Terry as Terry
• 1987 Lupin III: The Plot of the Fuma Clan/Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy as Goemon Ishikawa XIII
• 1988 Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: Kanketsuhen (The Final Chapter): as Rupa
• 1989 HYPER-PSYCHIC-GEO GARAGA as Randy
• 1989 Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle as Mu
• 1990 Carol as Clark
• 1991 Ranma ½: The Battle of Nekonron, China! A Battle to Defy the Rules! as Kirin
• 1994 Crayon Shin-chan: The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdom as Saari
• 1994 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie as Balrog (Vega in the English version)
• 1996 Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express as Baum
• 1996 Crayon Shin-chan: Adventure in Henderland as Buriburi Zaemon
• 1997 Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City as Thomas Mejison
• 1997 Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper as Detective Ninzaburo Shiratori/Ninzaburo Santos
• 1997 Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness as Tsuyoshi/Lavender
• 1998 Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target as Detective Ninzaburo Shiratori/Ninzaburo Santos
• 1998 Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission as Buriburi Zaemon
• 1999 Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century as Inspector Ninzaburo Shiratori/Ninzaburo Santos
• 1999 Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle as Buriburi Zaemon
• 2000 Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes as Inspector Ninzaburo Shiratori/Ninzaburo Santos

Video games

• Battle Arena Toshinden series as Duke Rambert
• Black/Matrix as Gaius
• Dragoon Might as Yamato, Tekkamen and Ryan
• Dragon Knight II as Narrator
• Dragon Knight IV as Angus, Lucifon and Necromancer
• Double Dragon (Neo-Geo) as Jimmy Lee and Amon
• Down Load as Syd
• Exile series as Sadler
• Farland Story: Yottsu no Fuuin as Diva
• Guilty Gear series as Zato-1, Dr. Baldhead
• Hokuto No Ken: Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu as Rei
• Kessen as Ōtani Yoshitsugu
• Langrisser series as Böser/Paul
• Legend of Dragoon as Melbu Frahma
• Magic School Lunar! as Memphis
• Metal Gear Solid as Cyborg Ninja/Gray Fox
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty as Cyborg Ninja/Mr. X
• Policenauts as Tony Redwood
• Puyo Puyo (PC-Engine version) as Mummy
• Rival Schools series as Hyo Imawano
• Silent Bomber as Benoit
• Snatcher as Randam Hajile, Elijah Madnar and Ivan Rodriguez
• Street Fighter EX series as Kairi and Vega
• Strider Hiryu (1994 PC-Engine version) as Strider Hiryu^[1]
• Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom and PlayStation versions) as Dhaos
• Tekken 2 as Baek Doo San
• Tekken Tag Tournament as Baek Doo San
• Valis IV (PC-Engine version) as Galgear

Dubbing

• Edward Scissorhands - Edward Scissorhands (Johnny Depp)
• Freejack - Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez)
• Labyrinth - Jareth (David Bowie)
• Q&A - ADA Al Reilly (Timothy Hutton)
• Star Wars (1992 TV Asahi edition) - Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (VHS releases) - Raphael
• UHF - George Newman ("Weird Al" Yankovic)

Tokusatsu

• 1995 Chouriki Sentai Ohranger as Bara Brain
• 1996 B-Fighter Kabuto as Deep Sea Fish-man Dezzle/Dezzle the Great
• 1998 Seijuu Sentai Gingaman Dark Merchant Biznella/Majin Biznella

Drama CD

• 110 Ban wa Koi no Hajimari series 1: 110 Ban wa Koi no Hajimari as Kousuki Shinoda
• Abunai series 3: Abunai Bara to Yuri no Sono as Reiji Segawa
• Abunai series 5: Abunai Shiawase Chou Bangaihen as Reiji Segawa & Fuyuomi Oosawa
• Ai no Kusabi series 1 as Iason
• Ai no Kusabi series 2: Dark Erogenous as Iason
• Analyst no Yuutsu series 1: Benchmark ni Koi wo Shite as Isao Washizaki
• Angel Sanctuary as Sevothtarte (first voice)
• Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 1: Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru as Cain
• Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 2: Doctor Wa Inu wo Kau as Cain
• Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 4: Akuta Wa Inu wo Enjiru as Cain
• Chougonka ~Song of Eternal Hatred~ as Benten
• Hanashizu no Utage as Shinobu Fujishiro
• Kinkanshoku as Kart
• Koi no Shinsatsushitsu as Souhei Hoshina
• Kyūkyoku Chōjin R as R. Ichiro Tanaka
• La Vie En Rose as Noboru Ootori
• Lesson XX as Masato
• Mirage of Blaze series 3: Konoyoruni Tsubasa wo as Terumoto Mouri
• My Codename is Charmer as Makoto Hasegawa
• Que Sera, Sera as Shuuichirou Himuro
• Romantist Taste as Asafumi Aoyama
• Stanley Hawk no Jikenbo ~AMBIVALENCE . Katto~ as Misao Jin
• The Dark Blue as Olivier Sheridan
• Street Fighter EX Drama CD as Kairi

Successors

• Takumi Yamazaki—Super Robot Wars as Blaster Kid, Billy the Shot, Rock
• Kazuhiko Inoue—Case Closed as Detective Ninzaburo Shiratori
• Daisuke Sakaguchi—Anpanman as Toothpaste Man
• Masahiko Tanaka—Mobile Suit Gundam as M'Quve
• Isshin Chiba—Fist of the North Star (2005 video game) as Rei, Super Robot Wars as Byman Haggard, West Side Story as Riff (2014 version)
• Wataru Takagi—Votoms (Play Station 2 version) as Byman Haggard
• Shin-ichiro Miki—Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior as Rei
• Makoto Ueki—Fist of the North Star Nintendo DS version as Rei
• Kōki Harasawa—Fist of the North Star (software version) as Rei
• Mitsuru Miyamoto—Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary as Mu
• Kousuke Okano—High School! Kimengumi table hockey game as Monohoshidai
• Yasuyuki Kase—Sunrise Heroes as Le Cain, ACE as Le Cain
• Hideyuki Tanaka—Vampire Hunter (movie version) as D Officer (Japanese dub), Angelique Trois: Kravis Officer, Angelique Etoile: as Kravis Officer
• Hiroshi Yanaka—Vampire Hunter (game version) as D Officer
• Takehito Koyasu—Guilty Gear Series as Zato, Area 88 as Shin Kazama, Far East of Eden as Orochimaru, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage as Rei
• Takashi Kondo—Guilty Gear Drama CD as Dr. Bordeaux
• Kotaro Shibata—Megazone 23 as BD
• Eishi Takemoto—Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi as Nam
• Tsutomu Kashiwakura—Monster Farm as Gully
• Masato Oba—Kinnikuman Generations as Geronimo
• Shinichiro Ohta—Kinnikuman Muscle Generations as Screw Kid
• Toshiyuki Morikawa—Tales of Phantasia OVA and PSP version as Daos
• Tetsu Inada—Tales of Phantasia PSP version as Brambert Milene
• Rokuro Naya—Kyoro-chan as Inspector Nirami
• Koji Yusa—Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water video game as Neo Emperor
• Jun Fukuyama—Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops as Gray Fox
• Keisuke Oda—SD Gundam G Generation Spirit as Brand Freeze
• Toru Okawa—Ai no Kusabi as Iason Mink
• Kenjiro Tsuda—SD Gundam G Generation Over World as Brand Freeze
• Ryotaro Okiayu—Digimon PSP version as Debimon, Dragon Ball ZW Bakuretsu Impact as Samsung Ryuyaku
• Jurota Kosugi—Hoshikai series radio drama as Dusanyu
• Hikaru Midorikawa—Shonan Bakusozoku pachinko version as Yousuke Eguchi
• Hiroshi Kamiya—Shin-chan as Buriburizaemon
• Kiyoto Yoshikai—Space Battleship Yamato 2199 as Lyle Ghetto

Other roles

• Sotsugyou M as Kawazoe Haruka

References

External links

• Kaneto Shiozawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Kaneto Shiozawa at the Internet Movie Database