was a Japanese actor,

voice actor Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...

and

narrator Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the ...

. He was the son of actor Masami Shimojō and actress Yoshiko Tagami. He voice acted

Eddie Murphy Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He had his breakthrough as a standup comic before gaining stardom for his film roles; he is widely recognized as one of the greatest comedians of all time. H ...

and Paul Michael Glaser.

Filmography

Film

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Brother and Sister "Brother and Sister" (also "Little Sister and Little Brother"; ) is a European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 11). It is a tale of Aarne–Thompson Type 450. In Russia the story was more commonly know ...

'' (1976) – Kobata *'' Mount Hakkoda'' (1977) – Private First-Class Hirayama * (1977) – Officer Arai *'' House on Fire'' (1986) – Nakajima * (2001) * (2005) – Sadao Tokioka *'' Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki'' (2005) – Ichirō Tachibana/Tōbei *''Junpei, Think Again'' (2018) *''Shadowfall'' (2019) *''Made in Heaven'' (2021)

Television

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Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

'' (1983)

Voice-over

**'' 48 Hrs.'' (1985 Nippon TV Wednesday Road Show edition) (Reggie Hammond) **''

Trading Places ''Trading Places'' is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film te ...

'' (1992 Fuji TV and DVD edition) (Billy Ray Valentine) **'' The Golden Child'' (1989 Fuji TV edition) (Chandler Jarrell) **''

Beverly Hills Cop II ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tony Scott, written by Larry Ferguson and Warren Skaaren, and starring Eddie Murphy. It is the sequel to the 1984 film '' Beverly Hills Cop'' and the second ...

'' (1990 Fuji TV edition) (Detective Axel Foley) **''

Coming to America ''Coming to America'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio ...

'' (1991 Fuji TV edition) (Prince Akeem Joffer, Clarence, Randy Watson, Saul) **'' Harlem Nights'' (1993 Fuji TV edition) (Quick) **''

Another 48 Hrs. ''Another 48 Hrs.'' is a 1990 American Buddy cop film, buddy cop action comedy film directed by Walter Hill and starring Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Andrew Divoff, and Ed O'Ross. It is the sequel to the 1982 film ''48 Hrs.'' Nolte repr ...

'' (1994 Fuji TV edition) (Reggie Hammond) **''

Boomerang A boomerang () is a thrown tool typically constructed with airfoil sections and designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight, designed to return to the thrower. The origin of the word is from Australian Aborigin ...

'' (1996 Fuji TV edition) (Marcus Graham) **'' The Distinguished Gentleman'' (1995 Fuji TV edition) (Thomas Jefferson Johnson) **'' Beverly Hills Cop III'' (2000 Fuji TV edition) (Detective Axel Foley) ** '' Vampire in Brooklyn'' (2000 Fuji TV edition) (Maximillian, Preacher Pauly, Guido) **'' Dr. Dolittle 2'' (2005 Fuji TV edition) (Doctor John Dolittle) **'' Showtime'' (VHS and DVD edition) (Officer Trey Sellars) **''

The Adventures of Pluto Nash ''The Adventures of Pluto Nash'' is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Eddie Murphy (in a dual role), Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzmán, James Rebhorn, ...

'' (Pluto Nash) *''

Fiddler on the Roof ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and musical theatre#Book musicals, book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Russian Empire, Imperial Russia in or around 19 ...

'' - Perchik * Japan Ad Council commercials – Narrator *''

Peanuts ''Peanuts'' (briefly subtitled ''featuring Good ol' Charlie Brown'') is a print syndication, syndicated daily strip, daily and Sunday strip, Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run ext ...

'' –

Charlie Brown Charles "Charlie" Brown is the Protagonist, principal character of the comic strip ''Peanuts'', syndicated in daily newspaper, daily and Sunday newspapers in numerous countries all over the world. Depicted as a "lovable loser", Charlie Brown ...

*'' Sekai Ururun Taizaiki'' – Narrator *'' Starsky and Hutch'' – David Starsky

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1946 births 2025 deaths Japanese male film actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Setagaya Male actors from Tokyo {{Japanese-voice-actor-stub