Kaneto Shiozawa

Toshikazu Shiozawa (塩沢 敏一, January 28, 1954 – May 10, 2000), better known by the stage name Kaneto Shiozawa (塩沢 兼人), was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. At the time of his death, he was attached to Aoni Production. He had a distinctive 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. He was best known for his performances as Rei in Fist of the North Star, M'Quve in Gundam, Buriburizaemon in Crayon Shin-chan, D in Vampire Hunter D, Cyborg Ninja in Metal Gear, Paul von Oberstein in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Devimon in Digimon, Prince Demande in Sailor Moon, Vega in Street Fighter, R. Ichiro Tanaka in Kyūkyoku Chōjin R, Inspector Ninzaburo Shiratori in Detective Conan, Zato-1 in Guilty Gear, Hyo Imawano in Rival Schools and Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.

Life and career
Shiozawa graduated from Nihon University Second Senior High School, where he learned to perform in its art department.

Death
On May 9, 2000, at 4pm, Shiozawa fell down the stairs of his home in Shinjuku, Tokyo, claiming that there were no injuries found on him, he insisted that he was fine. 6 hours later, at 10pm, Shiozawa's body condition suddenly changed, he collapsed and was rushed to the Tokyo Medical University Hospital; he died of a cerebral contusion at 12am on May 10, at the age of 46. Fellow voice actor Hidekatsu Shibata was one of the attendees at his funeral. Shiozawa's ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actors after his death.

Hikaru Midorikawa said, "Kaneto Shiozawa was my hero."

Due to his death, two of the characters he played (Zato-1 from Guilty Gear and Hyo from Rival Schools) were killed off in-universe. Zato-1 was replaced by the shadow parasite Eddie (voiced by Takehito Koyasu), who took over Zato's body following his death until Guilty Gear Xrd.

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
 * Last Bronx as Joe Inagaki
 * Legend of Dragoon as Melbu Frahma
 * Magic School Lunar! as Memphis
 * Metal Gear Solid as Cyborg Ninja
 * Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty as Cyborg Ninja (archived recordings)
 * 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
 * Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom and PlayStation versions) as Dhaos
 * Valis IV (PC-Engine version) as Galgear

Dubbing

 * Das Boot (1983 Fuji TV edition) - Fähnrich Ullmann (Martin May)
 * Edward Scissorhands - Edward Scissorhands (Johnny Depp)
 * Freejack - Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez)
 * Labyrinth - Jareth (David Bowie)
 * Q&A - ADA Al Reilly (Timothy Hutton)
 * The Rose - Huston Dyer (Frederic Forrest)
 * Star Wars (1992 TV Asahi edition) - Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (VHS releases) - Raphael
 * UHF - George Newman ("Weird Al" Yankovic)
 * West Side Story (1990 TBS edition) - Riff (Russ Tamblyn)

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 as 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. Saint Seiya as Aries Mu in Hades Arc/Soul of Gold/Videogames. Metal Gear Solid: Bande Dessinée  as Grey Fox/Cyborg Ninja. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin as M'Quve
 * Kazuhiko Inoue—Case Closed as Detective Ninzaburo Shiratori
 * Junichi Suwabe—Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These as Paul von Oberstein, Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind as Vega
 * 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 (PlayStation 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 Series as Dr. Baldhead
 * Kotaro Shibata—Megazone 23 as BD
 * Eiji 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
 * Daisuke Namikawa—The Heroic Legend of Arslan as Narsus
 * 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 Devimon, Dragon Ball ZW Bakuretsu Impact as Samsung Ryuyaku
 * Jurota Kosugi—Hoshikai series radio drama as Dusanyu
 * Hikaru Midorikawa—Shōnan Bakusōzoku pachinko version as Yousuke Eguchi
 * Mamoru Miyano—Sailor Moon Crystal as Prince Demande
 * Hiroshi Kamiya—Shin-chan as Buriburizaemon
 * Kiyoto Yoshikai—Space Battleship Yamato 2199 as Lyle Ghetto
 * Yuji Ueda—Marvel Vs. Capcom as Strider Hiryu, Street Fighter Alpha 3 as Vega

Other roles

 * Sotsugyou M as Kawazoe Haruka