(real name Kiyoshi Karasawa (唐澤 潔 Karasawa Kiyoshi)) is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He made his theatrical debut in the play Boy's Revue Stay Gold (ボーイズレビュー・ステイゴールド Bōizu Rebyū Sutei Gōrudo) in 1987. He specializes in theatrical action sequences such as swordplay and fighting. He dubbed over the roles of Tom Hanks in the Toy Story series, and The Polar Express.
He has been nominated for two Japanese Academy Awards, and was named Best Newcomer in 1992. He married actress Tomoko Yamaguchi on December 15, 1995.
Filmography
Television
Totteoki no Seishun (NHK, 1988) Kasuga no Tsubone (NHK, 1989) – Inaba Masakatsu Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (TBS, 1990, season 1) Otoko ni Tsuite (TBS, 1990) Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu (Fuji TV, 1991) Ai to iu Nano Moto ni (Fuji TV, 1992) Homework (TBS, 1992) Nichiyo wa Dame yo (NTV, 1993) Imoto Yo (Fuji TV, 1994) Oishinbo (Fuji TV, 1994-1999) Kagayake! Rintaro (TBS, 1995) Furuhata Ninzaburo (Fuji TV, 1996, season 2, ep19) Oishii Kankei (Fuji TV, 1996) Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni(Fuji TV, 1997) Souri to Yobanaide (Fuji TV, 1997) Ii Hito (Fuji TV, 1997, ep7) Eve (Fuji TV, 1997) Brothers (Fuji TV, 1998) Aikotoba wa Yūki(Fuji TV, 2000) Love Complex (Fuji TV, 2000) Toshiie and Matsu (NHK, 2002) – Maeda Toshiie Shiroi Kyotō (Fuji TV, 2003) Hachiro (NHK, 2005) Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi(Fuji TV, 2006) Komyo ga Tsuji (NHK, 2006, guest star, ep39&40) – Maeda Toshiie Akechi Mitsuhide (Fuji TV, 2007) – Akechi Mitsuhide Galileo (Fuji TV, 2007, ep1) Fumo Chitai (Fuji TV, 2009) Guilty Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna (Fuji TV, 2010) Strangers 6 (Wowow/Fuji TV/MBC, 2012) Higashino Keigo Mysteries (Fuji TV, 2012, Story 1) Made in Japan (NHK, 2013) Take Five: Oretachi wa Ai o Nusumeruka (TBS, 2013) Roosevelt Game (TV Asahi, 2014) The Last Cop (NTV, 2015) – Kōsuke Kyōgoku Napoleon no Mura (TBS, 2015) Toto Neechan (NHK, 2016) – Isaji Hanayama Montage (Fuji TV, 2016) – Tetsuya Narumi Harassment Game (TV Tokyo, 2018) - Wataru Akitsu The Good Wife (TBS, 2019) - Soichiro Hasumi Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room (NTV, 2019) - Shōgo Higuchi Yell (NHK, 2020) - Saburō 24 Japan (TV Asahi, 2020) - Genma Shido Fixer (Wowow, 2023) - Ken'ichi Shitara
Film
Oishi Kekkon (1991) Hello Ganbari Nezumi (1991) Future Memories: Last Christmas (1992) Koukou Kyoushi (1993) Kimi wo Wasurenai (1995) Koi wa Mai Orita (1997) Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) Minna no Ie (2001) aka Everyone's Home Casshern (2004) 20th Century Boys (2008) Snakes and Earrings (2008) Oba: The Last Samurai (2011) In The Hero (2014) Persona Non Grata (2015) – Chiune Sugihara The Last Cop (2017) – Kōsuke Kyōgoku
Dubbing roles
Tom Hanks as
Woody in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4
Hero Boy, the Conductor, the Hobo, Santa Claus, Scrooge, Hero Boy's father in The Polar Express