Kaneto Shiozawa
Kaneto Shiozawa | |
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Gender: | Male |
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Date of birth: | January 28, 1954 |
Date of death: | May 10, 2000 |
Place of birth: | Tokyo |
Voice of: | Ninzaburo Shiratori |
Kaneto Shiozawa (塩沢 兼人 Shiozawa Kaneto ), born January 28, 1954, and died May 10, 2000, was a seiyu from Tokyo. His real name was Toshikazu Shiozawa (塩澤 敏一 Shiozawa Toshikazu ).
On May 9, 2000, at around 4:00am, Shiozawa fell down the stairway of his home. At the time, he thought he was okay and could shake it off, but at around 10:00am he suddenly felt worse. He later fell unconscious and was rushed to the hospital. The next day, at 12:54am, he died of a cerebral contusion. He was 46. A Buddhist funeral has held at Housen Temple in Nakano, Tokyo.
In Detective Conan he was the original voice of Ninzaburo Shiratori, portraying him in the first four Movies as well as in his first two appearances in the anime (Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story and Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2). After his death, the role of Shiratori has since been performed by Kazuhiko Inoue, whom had co-starred with him in Touch and Blue Comet SPT Layzner. When Shiozawa was still alive, Inoue also played as Kyosuke Kazato in Captured in Her Eyes, a family friend of Shiratori's.
Other notable roles
- Mobile Suit Gundam as M'Qvue
- Space Runaway Ideon as Joliver Ira
- Ginga Senpuu Braiger as Blaster Kid
- Nine as Eiji Kurahashi
- Miyuki as Yoshio Muraki
- Kinnikuman as Geronimo
- Fist of the North Star as Rei
- Blue Comet SPT Layzner as Le-Cain
- High School! Kimengumi as Dai Morohoshi
- Touch as Takeshi Kuroki
- Super Beast Machine God Dancougar as Ryo Shiba
- Saint Seiya as Aries Mu
- Area 88 (OVA) as Shin Kazama
- Vampire Hunter D as D
- Vampire Princess Miyu as Lava
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes as Paul von Oberstein
- Sailor Moon R as Prince Diamond
- Dragon Half as Rosario
- Street Fighter II (series) as Balrog (Vega)
- Crayon Shin-chan as Buriburizaemon
- Monster Farm as Gari
- Silent Möbius as Ganossa Maximilian
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 as Shadi
- Angelique as Clavis
- Metal Gear Solid as Gray Fox
Trivia
- Shiozawa was close friends with Akira Kamiya (Kogoro Mouri), whom he had worked with on Kinnikuman, Fist of the North Star, and Nine, and frequent Conan guest star Hidekatsu Shibata. Shibata even attended his funeral.