Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa
Toshikazu Shiozawa (January 28, 1954 – May 10, 2000), better known by the stage name Kaneto Shiozawa, 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.
Life and career
Shiozawa graduated from Nihon University Second Senior High School, where he learned to perform in its art department.
On May 9, 2000, at 4pm, Shiozawa fell down the stairs of his home in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Despite claiming that he was "alright", Shiozawa fell unconscious 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.
Voice roles
Anime television
OVA
Films
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
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 Drama CD as Dr. Bordeaux
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
Other roles
Sotsugyou M as Kawazoe Haruka
References
External links
1954 births
2000 deaths
Accidental deaths from falls
Accidental deaths in Japan
Japanese male stage actors
Japanese male video game actors
Japanese male voice actors
Male voice actors from Tokyo
20th-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese male actors
Aoni Production voice actors