Toshiaki Karasawa

Japanese actor

Shiroi Kyotō
20th Century Boys

Spouse

Tomoko Yamaguchi

(m. 1995)

Websitewww.ken-on.co.jp/karasawa/

Toshiaki Karasawa (唐沢寿明, Karasawa Toshiaki, born June 3, 1963) (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.^[1]^[2] He specializes in theatrical action sequences such as swordplay and fighting. He dubbed over the roles of Tom Hanks in the Toy Story series,^[3] and The Polar Express.^[4]

He has been nominated for two Japanese Academy Awards, and was named Best Newcomer in 1992.^[5] 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)^[6]
Take Five: Oretachi wa Ai o Nusumeruka (TBS, 2013)^[7]
Roosevelt Game (TV Asahi, 2014)^[8]
The Last Cop (NTV, 2015) – Kōsuke Kyōgoku^[9]
Napoleon no Mura (TBS, 2015)^[10]
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^[11]
Fixer (Wowow, 2023) - Ken'ichi Shitara^[12]

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^[13]
The Last Cop (2017) – Kōsuke Kyōgoku
90 Years Old – So What? (2024) – Masaya Kikkawa^[14]

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

Main awards

1991 - 65th Kinema Junpo - Best Ten New Male Actor
1992 - 15th Japan academy award - Rookie of the Year
1993 - 17th Elan d'or Awards - Newcomer of the Year^[15]
2003 - 11th Hashida Prize
2008 - Heisei 19 Agency for Cultural Affairs' arts recommendation newcomer award (芸術選奨新人賞, geijutsu senshō shinjin shō)

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