Shirō Saitō

Shirō Saitō (斎藤 志郎, Saitō Shirō, born August 31, 1956) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Sakata, Yamagata attached to Bungakuza. He is a graduate of Yamagata Prefectural Sakata Technical High School and the law course of Toyo University. After graduation, he worked in the Civil Division of Tokyo's city hall for six-and-a-half years before retiring to become an actor. He often voices villainous or non-human roles in animation, such as Mamezō in Kekkaishi or Vilgax in Ben 10. He was the leader of a gang in his high school years and is a friend of Dharma & Greg co-star Sakiko Uran.

Voice roles

Television animation

2000s

• Case Closed (2002) (Mitsuaki Funato)
• Detective School Q (2003) (Masahiko Takase, Heiji Odajima)
• InuYasha (2004) (Hōsenko ogre son)
• Viewtiful Joe (2004) (Blocky)
• Yakitate!! Japan (2004) (RyÅ« Ryoman)
• Bleach (2005) (Yoruichi Shihōin (cat form))
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2005) (Captain EkurÄ"ru)
• Gallery Fake (2005) (Hō)
• Hell Girl (2005) (Fukumoto)
• Play Ball (2005) (Okamoto)
• Black Lagoon (2006) (Bao)
• Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (2006) (Fuzzy Lumpkins)
• Musashi Gundoh (2006) (Ryōgen)
• Blue Dragon (2007) (Nene)
• Claymore (2007) (Master of the Inn)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007) (Ushiki)
• Kekkaishi (2007) (Mamezō)
• MapleStory (2007) (Bartol)

2010s

• Fairy Tail (2011) (Bluenote Stinger)
• Toriko (2011) (Colonel Mokkoi)
• Sankarea (2012) (Jogorō Furuya)
• Sword Art Online (2012) (Nishida)
• Gatchaman Crowds (2013) (Takao Kuwabara)
• One Piece (2014) (Dagama)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015) (Bodan)

OVA

• Saint Seiya The Hades Chapter - Inferno 9 (2005) (Acheron Charon)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010) (Jonah Gibney)

Theater animation

• Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F (2015) (Sorbet)
• Princess Mononoke (1997) (Cattleman)
• Spirited Away (2001) (Additional voice)
• Ponyo (2008) (Additional voice)
• Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009) (Inspector Chelmey)

Video games

• Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 (Ryō ÅŒgami)
• Eternal Sonata (Tuba)
• Final Fantasy XII (Migelo)
• Jeanne d'Arc (La Hire)
• Kameo: Elements of Power (Warrior Trainer)
• Professor Layton series - Inspector Chelmey
• Ratchet & Clank (Skidd's Manager)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Alvarez Cabrero)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Armageddon (Nippon TV edition) (Lev Andropov)
• Back to the Future series (Nippon TV edition) (Biff Tannen)
• Blade (DVD/VHS edition) (Quinn)
• Blue Thunder (Captain Jack Braddock)
• Boy Meets World (Chet Hunter)
• Broken Arrow (TV Asahi edition) (Kelly)
• The Country Bears (Zeb Zoober)
• Damo (Kato Masayuki)
• Dharma & Greg (Myron Lawrence "Larry" Finkelstein)
• The Fifth Element (Blu-ray edition) (President Lindberg)
• The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Big Rocko)
• Good Advice (Barry Sherman)
• Harry Potter film series (Rubeus Hagrid)
• Heroes (Arthur Petrelli)
• Home Alone 3 (Nippon TV edition) (Earl Unger)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (TV edition) (Benjamin Willis)
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (TV edition) (Benjamin Willis)
• Kill Bill (Bald Sushi Shop Guy)
• King Arthur (Bors)
• A Knight's Tale (TV edition) (Roland)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Farmer Maggot)
• The Matrix Reloaded (Fuji/Nippon TV edition) (Agent Thompson)
• The Matrix Revolutions (Fuji TV edition) (The Train Man)
• The Medallion (Commander Hammerstock-Smythe)
• Medium (Joey Carmichael ("Being Joey Carmichael"))
• Men in Black II (TV Asahi edition) (Additional voice)
• The Mothman Prophecies (DVD edition) (Gordon Smallwood)
• The Mummy Returns (Fuji TV edition) (Spivey)
• Murphy Brown (Eldin Bernecky)
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Ivan IV of Russia)
• Notting Hill (Max)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Jimmy Legs)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Jimmy Legs)
• Planet of the Apes (TV edition) (Limbo)
• Punisher: War Zone (Billy Russoti)
• Seinfeld (DVD edition) (Cosmo Kramer)
• Snatch (Boris the Blade)
• Space Jam (Additional voice)
• Speed (TV Asahi edition) (Sam)
• Transformers: Age of Extinction (Brains)
• Transporter 2 (TV Asahi edition) (Dimitri)
• Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (Black Hand Kelly)
• Troy (TV Asahi edition) (Ajax)
• Tru Calling (Carl Neesan)
• Ugly Betty (Ignacio Suarez)
• Van Helsing (TV Asahi edition) (Igor)

Animation

• Adventure Time (Jake (John DiMaggio))
• American Dragon: Jake Long (Fu Dog)
• Ben 10 (Vilgax)
• Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Boris, Mister Cantarious)
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (Torque)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Tim Lockwood)
• Coraline (Mister Bobinsky)
• Finding Nemo (Jacques)
• The Incredibles (Lucius Best/Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson))
• Jackie Chan Adventures (Peter Bailey)
• Monsters, Inc. (Harryhausen Monster)
• The Powerpuff Girls (FBI Investigator ("Monstra-city/Shut the Pup Up"))
• Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (Beetle)
• Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (Mandarin)

Tokusatsu

• Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (Officer Tashiro)
• Tokusou Exceedraft (Professor Inagaki)

External links

• Shirō Saitō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia