Kaneto Shiozawa
塩沢 兼人
Born	Toshikazu Shiozawa (1954-01-28)January 28, 1954 Tokyo, Japan
Died	May 10, 2000(2000-05-10) (aged 46) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1975–2000
Agent	Aoni Production
Spouse	Harumi Baba

Toshikazu Shiozawa (Japanese: 塩沢 敏一, romanized: Shiozawa Toshikazu, January 28, 1954 – May 10, 2000), better known by the stage name Kaneto Shiozawa (Japanese: 塩沢 兼人, romanized: Shiozawa Kaneto), 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 Mobile Suit 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.

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, claiming that there were no injuries found on him, he insisted that he was fine. Six 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.

• 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^[1]
• Magic School Lunar! as Memphis
• Metal Gear Solid as Cyborg Ninja^[1]
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty as Cyborg Ninja (archived recordings)^[1]
• 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][2]
• Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom and PlayStation versions) as Dhaos
• Valis IV (PC-Engine version) as Galgear

• 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)^[3]
• 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)^[4]

• 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

• 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

• Sotsugyou M as Kawazoe Haruka

• Kaneto Shiozawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Kaneto Shiozawa at IMDb
• Kaneto Shiozawa at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)