Masato Sako

Not to be confused with director [Masato Sato](/wiki/Masato_Sato "Masato Sato").
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| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | November 9, 1946 |
| Date of death: | January 11, 2003 |
| Place of birth: | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Empire of Japan |
| Place of death: | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Voice of: | [Ginshiro Toyama](/wiki/Ginshiro_Toyama "Ginshiro Toyama") (episode 118) |
**Masato Sako (佐古 正人 ,*Sako Masato*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))**, born November 9, 1946, and died January 11, 2003, is a Japanese voice actor and former stage actor from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
In **[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")**, he voiced [Ginshiro Toyama](/wiki/Ginshiro_Toyama "Ginshiro Toyama") in [The Naniwa Serial Murder Case](/wiki/The_Naniwa_Serial_Murder_Case "The Naniwa Serial Murder Case") (episode 118) and few minor characters. After his death, [Shinji Ogawa](/wiki/Shinji_Ogawa "Shinji Ogawa") took on the role of Toyama.
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Other roles in Detective Conan](#Other_roles_in_Detective_Conan)
* [3 Other notable roles](#Other_notable_roles)
+ [3.1 TV drama](#TV_drama)
+ [3.2 Foreign film dubbing](#Foreign_film_dubbing)
+ [3.3 Anime](#Anime)
* [4 See also](#See_also)
* [5 References](#References)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masato_Sako&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Sako was born in Iwakuni on November 9, 1946.[](#cite_note-1) He first enrolled at [Chuo University](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuo_University "wikipedia:Chuo University"), but dropped out afterwards.[](#cite_note-A-2) Later on, he joined the [Kumo Theater Company](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumo_Theater_Company "wikipedia:Kumo Theater Company") and then the [En Theater Company](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ja:%E6%BC%94%E5%8A%87%E9%9B%86%E5%9B%A3_%E5%86%86 "wikipedia:ja:演劇集団 円").[](#cite_note-A-2) He thus started acting in traditional western plays, as well as TV Dramas.
In the 1980s, Sako started dubbing foreign movies and anime, and took on most of the roles of [Gary Oldman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Oldman "wikipedia:Gary Oldman"). He changed his stage-name for 佐古 雅誉 (same reading), but changed it back.[](#cite_note-3) In July 2000, he developed tongue cancer, and had to cancel all his acting plans. After fighting the cancer for two years, Sako died on January 11, 2003, aged 56 in a hospital in his hometown.[](#cite_note-4) The voice actress [Mayumi Sako](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayumi_Sako "wikipedia:Mayumi Sako") is his daughter.[](#cite_note-5)
## Other roles in Detective Conan[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masato_Sako&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other roles in Detective Conan")]
* [Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case](/wiki/Three_Hotta_Siblings_Murder_Case "Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case") (Episode 44): Masahiro Yamauchi
* [Megure's Sealed Secret](/wiki/Megure%27s_Sealed_Secret "Megure's Sealed Secret") (Episodes 217-218): Yoshio Sadakane
## Other notable roles[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masato_Sako&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Other notable roles")]
### TV drama[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masato_Sako&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: TV drama")]
* *Enkana Aitsu ha yo Goto Pank Nayume wo Miru*: Dark Gorō
* *Dai chūshingura*: Tadao Ōtaka
* *Meiji no Gunzō: Umi ni Karin wo*: Hikojirō Nakamigawa
### Foreign film dubbing[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masato_Sako&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Foreign film dubbing")]
* *Léon: The Professional*: Norman "Stan" Stansfield (Gary Oldman)
* *The Fifth Element*: Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman)
* *Air Force One*: Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman)
* *Lost in Space*: Doctor Zachary Smith (Gary Oldman)
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Masato_Sako&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *Brain Powered*: Winston Geybridge
* *Dotanba no Manners*: Dotanba
* *The Legend of the Galactic Heroes*: John Drinker Cope
* *You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture*: Tadashi Emoto