Masaharu Sato

For other uses, see [Sato](/wiki/Sato "Sato").
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| **Masaharu Sato** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | July 1, 1946[](#cite_note-1) |
| Place of birth: | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan[](#cite_note-Aoni-2) |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Voice of: | [Jirokichi Suzuki](/wiki/Jirokichi_Suzuki "Jirokichi Suzuki") ([The Culprit Hanzawa](/wiki/The_Culprit_Hanzawa "The Culprit Hanzawa"); Episode 1105 onwards)   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto") |
**Masaharu Sato** (佐藤 正治 ,*Satō Masaharu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born July 1, 1946 in Ōta (Tokyo), is a Japanese voice actor and narrator working for [Aoni Production](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoni_Production "wikipedia:Aoni Production").
In **[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")**, he voices [Jirokichi Suzuki](/wiki/Jirokichi_Suzuki "Jirokichi Suzuki"), following the death of [Kosei Tomita](/wiki/Kosei_Tomita "Kosei Tomita") in 2020, but has also voiced minor characters. In [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s first series **[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")**, he voiced [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Other roles in *Detective Conan*](#Other_roles_in_Detective_Conan)
* [3 Other roles in *Yaiba*](#Other_roles_in_Yaiba)
* [4 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [4.1 Anime](#Anime)
* [5 See also](#See_also)
* [6 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaharu_Sato&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Masaharu Sato started his acting career by joining a children's theater company as a child actor[](#cite_note-A-3). He later joined the drama club in junior high and high school, and in his first year of high school, he took the lead role and won fifth place in a metropolitan competition[](#cite_note-A-3).
He continued to act when he was a student at [Komazawa University](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komazawa_University "wikipedia:Komazawa University")'s Faculty of Commerce[](#cite_note-Aoni-2), but dropped out of college to form a theater group, and after attending the Aoyama Sugisaku Memorial Actor Training School[](#cite_note-Aoni-2), he joined the theater company Sogen[](#cite_note-Aoni-2), where he worked part-time while working as a stage actor[](#cite_note-A-3). Later, [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya"), who was a member of the same drama club at the same high school[](#cite_note-4) and had started voice acting, asked him if he would like to try it. He was married and went in for an interview without an exam, thinking that he would "give it a try," and joined Aoni Productions and began his career as a voice actor[](#cite_note-A-3),[](#cite_note-Aoni-2).
In the TV animation "[The Galaxy Express 999](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999 "wikipedia:Galaxy Express 999")", which ran from 1978 to 1981, he was a regular on the show and had the opportunity to take on various roles, which opened his eyes to the fun of voice acting[](#cite_note-Aoni-2). After "Galaxy Express 999," he was selected for a major role, and since then, his roles have been connected one after another[](#cite_note-Aoni-2). He joined the *Yaiba* voice cast in 1993 as the voice of Musashi Miyamoto. He participated in *Detective Conan* for the first time in 1996 as the culprit in [episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case](/wiki/The_Coded_Map_of_the_City_Case "The Coded Map of the City Case"), and would play many one-time characters in the series. In December 2022, he got his first notable role in *Detective Conan*, in [episode 12](/wiki/The_First_Target "The First Target") of the [Hanzawa the Criminal](/wiki/The_Culprit_Hanzawa_Season_1 "The Culprit Hanzawa Season 1") anime as the voice of Jirokichi Suzuki.
He is a lecturer at the [Osaka University of Arts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_University_of_Arts "wikipedia:Osaka University of Arts"), Department of Broadcasting, Voice Acting Course[](#cite_note-5). He is good friends with fellow voice actors Akira Kamiya ([Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") in DC) and [Ryo Horikawa](/wiki/Ryo_Horikawa "Ryo Horikawa") ([Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori") in DC and [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru") in Yaiba). His younger brother [Kimihiko Sato](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E4%BD%90%E8%97%A4%E5%85%AC%E5%BD%A6 "wikipedia:ja:佐藤公彦") (佐藤 公彦, 1952-2017) was a singer.
## Other roles in *Detective Conan*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaharu_Sato&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other roles in Detective Conan")]
* [The Coded Map of the City Case](/wiki/The_Coded_Map_of_the_City_Case "The Coded Map of the City Case") (Episode 4): Kawana
* [Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!](/wiki/Conan_vs._Kid_vs._Yaiba_-_The_Grand_Battle_for_the_Treasure_Sword!! "Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!") (OVA 1) : Musashi Miyamoto (recurring role from Yaiba)
* [The Secret of the High Sales](/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_High_Sales "The Secret of the High Sales") (Episode 225) : Store manager
* [The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages](/wiki/The_Trembling_Police_Headquarters:_12_Million_Hostages "The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages") (Episode 304) : Serial bomber's accomplice
* [The Lucky Cigar Case](/wiki/The_Lucky_Cigar_Case "The Lucky Cigar Case") (Episodes 318-319) : Eigo Kasahara
* [Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio](/wiki/Secret_of_the_Tohto_Film_Development_Studio "Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio") (Episodes 335-336) : Yoshihiko Negami
* [A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed](/wiki/A_Jewel_Thief_Caught_Red-Handed "A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed") (Episode 401-402) : Atomura
* [The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box](/wiki/The_Blind_Spot_in_the_Karaoke_Box "The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box") (Episode 507-508) : Tatsumi Moniwa
* [The Scar that Evokes the Past](/wiki/The_Scar_that_Evokes_the_Past "The Scar that Evokes the Past") (Episodes 532-535) : Dokuro Kibo
* [Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure](/wiki/Conan_%26_Kid%27s_Battle_For_Ryoma%27s_Treasure "Conan & Kid's Battle For Ryoma's Treasure") (Episodes 627-628) : Shishihiko Tarumi
* [The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love](/wiki/The_Life-Threatening_Broadcast_of_Love "The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love") (Episodes 681-683) : Ryusaku Fuemoto
* [The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History](/wiki/The_Disappearance_of_Conan_Edogawa:_The_Worst_Two_Days_in_History "The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History") (TV Special) : Foreign man A
* [The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden](/wiki/The_Antique_Tray_Can%27t_Be_Hidden "The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden") (Episodes 1018-1020) : Hogen Nishitsu
## Other roles in *Yaiba*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaharu_Sato&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Other roles in Yaiba")]
* [Heisei's Samurai Yaiba Appears](/wiki/Heisei%27s_Samurai_Yaiba_Appears "Heisei's Samurai Yaiba Appears") (episode 1) : Sudo
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaharu_Sato&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaharu_Sato&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Galaxy Express 999* (1978) : Clone B
* *Mobile Suit Gundam* (1979) : Marigan, Twanning
* *Tiger Mask II* (1981) : Abdullah The Butcher
* *Getbackers* (2003) : Gen Radou
* *Gegege no Kitarō* : Gasha Dokuro
* *Bleach* : Kumoi Gyōkaku
* *Fairy Tail* (2010) : Ivan Dreyar
* *Dragon Ball Super* (2015) : Kame-Sennin
* *Tsukimichi* (2021) : Morris