# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaneto-shiozawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:28:59.003Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaneto-shiozawa"
name: "Kaneto Shiozawa"
slug: "kaneto-shiozawa"
description: "Toshikazu Shiozawa, better known by the stage name Kaneto Shiozawa, 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."
tagline: "Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1954–2000)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Kaneto_Shiozawa.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-01-28"
deathDate: "2000-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.47381733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794060/"
    handle:    "nm0794060"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كانيتو شيوزاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كانيتو شيوزاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaneto_Shiozawa"
    title: "Kaneto Shiozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaneto_Shiozawa"
    title: "Kaneto Shiozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "کانتو شیوزاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaneto_Shiozawa"
    title: "Kaneto Shiozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaneto_Shiozawa"
    title: "Kaneto Shiozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A1%A9%E6%B2%A2%E5%85%BC%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "塩沢兼人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EC%98%A4%EC%9E%90%EC%99%80_%EC%B9%B4%EB%84%A4%ED%86%A0"
    title: "시오자와 카네토"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaneto_Shiozawa"
    title: "Kaneto Shiozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaneto_Shiozawa"
    title: "Kaneto Shiozawa"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Сиодзава, Канэто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E6%BE%A4%E5%85%BC%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "鹽澤兼人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E6%BE%A4%E5%85%BC%E4%BA%BA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2447488"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Kaneto Shiozawa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump