Shiro Sano

Biography

Shiro Sano (佐野 史郎, Sano Shirō, born 4 March 1955) is a Japanese actor.

Career Overview

Shiro Sano has 189 screen credits in a career dating back to 1986. Their work spans 9 cinematic universes — most prominently Team Batista Series with 2 titles. Signature works include Lucky Sky Diamond, The Confidence Man JP, Red Foliage. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

189

Birth Date

1955-03-04 00:00:00

Birth Place

Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Known For

• 

  Lucky Sky Diamond
• 

  The Confidence Man JP
• 

  Red Foliage
• 

  Violent Cop
• 

  Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
• 

  Perfect Education 6

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 9 universes

• Team Batista Series (2 titles)
• Seven Days War Collection (2 titles)
• Stolen Identity Collection (1 titles)
• Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Series (1 titles)
• 20th Century Boys Trilogy (1 titles)
• Kitaro Collection (1 titles)
• The Great Yokai War (2005) Collection (1 titles)
• Deka Matsuri / Cop Festival (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Naoko Amihama (1 collaborations)
• Reiko Nakamura (1 collaborations)
• Masami Nagasawa (1 collaborations)
• Masahiro Higashide (1 collaborations)
• Fumiyo Kohinata (1 collaborations)
• Shinya Kote (1 collaborations)
• Yosuke Eguchi (1 collaborations)
• Michael Keida (1 collaborations)
• Michiko Kichise (1 collaborations)
• Hikari Mitsushima (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (186 credits)

  • Living Corpse

    (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Ice Blood

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Flying Tackle: A Great Whirlwind

    Daizo Sawada

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Two Seasons, Two Strangers

    Uonuma

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Ghost Writer's Wife

    Eto Yasumune

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 125 (2026) ... Eto Yasumune actor actors

    - Episode 124 (2026) ... Eto Yasumune actor actors

    - Episode 123 (2026) ... Eto Yasumune actor actors

    - Episode 122 (2026) ... Eto Yasumune actor actors

    - Episode 121 (2026) ... Eto Yasumune actor actors
    2025
  • Good News

    Sugimoto

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • AOSHO! Voices in Bloom

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Silence of the Sea

    Cabinet Minister Kirigaya

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Stolen Identity: The Last Hacker

    Jung Hak-sun

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Happyend

    Principal Nagai

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Brush of the God

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕 －炎上－

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Shimane Multiverse Den

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Dear Kaita Ablaze

    Satoshi

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Oshorin

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Between the White Key and the Black Key

    Takumi

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • 疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • 暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Intimate Stranger

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • "Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction

    Kazuo Kudo

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie

    Nobuo Asanuma

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Godzilla's Leading Ladies

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Nezura 1964

    Azuma

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Mother’s Bomb-struck Piano

    Mitsunori Yagawa

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Fukushima 50

    Prime Minister

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Black Lizard

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!!

    Valma

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • BOLT

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • An Artist of the Floating World

    Dr. Saito

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • We Are Little Zombies

    Kamo Keiichiro

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Great Buddha Arrival

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • My Little Monster

    Taizou Yoshida

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Confidence Man JP

    actor

    actors

    - The Confidence Man (2018) ... actor actors

    - The Sports (2018) ... actor actors

    - The Beauty Charisma (2018) ... actor actors

    - The Family (2018) ... actor actors

    - The Ancient Relic (2018) ... actor actors
    2018
  • I Will Never Forgive

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Roupeiro's Melancholy

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • 確証～警視庁捜査三課

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Tatara Samurai

    Tokugawa’s vassal

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Parks

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Random Lives

    Tadao

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders

    Michihiko Zaizen / Dr. Pac-Man

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Snow Woman

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Zen and Bones

    Tatsuo Ishii

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Yuriko's Picture Book

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Enishi: The Bride of Izumo

    Yasuo Soda

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • 黒の斜面

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Bikuu: The Movie

    Zeshin

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Police Precinct Soul

    Muneo Yamaoka

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Mr. Love Chemistry 2

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • I Alone

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Kinki

    Konomi Mitsuru

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Phantom Limb

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Magnet Man

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Oh! Father

    Satoru

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • MOZU

    Kiyoharu Ikezawa

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 5 (2014) ... Kiyoharu Ikezawa actor actors

    - Episode 4 (2014) ... Kiyoharu Ikezawa actor actors

    - Episode 3 (2014) ... Kiyoharu Ikezawa actor actors

    - Episode 2 (2014) ... Kiyoharu Ikezawa actor actors

    - Episode 1 (2014) ... Kiyoharu Ikezawa actor actors
    2014
  • The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom

    Tankuro Hinode

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Housekeeper the Peeper

    Taizan Kitamura

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Piano in a Storeroom

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Locked Room Murders SP

    Tetsuji Hiramatsu

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Miroku

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Under the Nagasaki Sky

    Morikazu Kadota

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Reunion

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Intermission

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • The Millennial Rapture

    Reina

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • 波の塔

    이시이 테츠오

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • レベル7

    犬山刑事

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Rock'n'Roll Housewives

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie

    Ashurada (voice) / Weeval

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • The Locked Room Murders

    - Special (2014) ... Hiramatsu Tetsuji actor actors
    2012
  • My Way

    Tatsuo's Father

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Hayabusa

    Kawabuchi

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • HESOMORI -ヘソモリ-

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Wasao

    Shigeo

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Tenohira no memo

    折川孝之

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Railways

    Nobuo Ishikawa

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • If Blessed

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • SPEC ~ First Blood

    - Episode 2 (2010) ... Yuichi Oshima actor actors
    2010
  • Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

    Michio Nishino

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Miyoko

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • The Code

    Detective 501

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • The Triumphant Return of General Rouge

    Yuji Kakiya

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster

    Dr. Murakami

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Clouds Over the Hill

    - "Hirose, Shisu" (広瀬、死す) (2010) ... 陸羯（カツ）南 actor actors

    - "Nichiro Kaisen" (日露開戦) (2010) ... 陸羯（カツ）南 actor actors

    - "Shiki, Yuku" (子規、逝く) (2010) ... 陸羯（カツ）南 actor actors

    - "Nichiei Dōmei" (日英同盟) (2010) ... 陸羯（カツ）南 actor actors
    2009
  • Life Improvement Club

    Ueda

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Yagyu Conspiracy

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

    Yan-bô

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    Himeself

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

    Jakotsu Babaa

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Taste of Fish

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Glorious Team Batista

    Yuji Kakiya

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Persona

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007

    Kagaya Genemon

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Waiting in the Dark

    Akihiro's Boss

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Vanished

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special

    半沢杜夫

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Detective Office 5

    501

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

    窪園 行雄

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Great Yokai War

    "Mysterious" Editor

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Arthouse Ultraman

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Passed Scene

    Kazuo Shimosaka

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • All About My Dog

    Uncle

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Sun

    The chamberlain

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Perfect Education 6

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Takada Wataru Teki

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Oh! My Zombie Mermaid

    Yamaji

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Battling Angel

    Ashida

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Negotiator

    Lt. Ando

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • 朱夏～警视厅恐吓事件

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Time Limit

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Rika

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Cop Festival: New Beginning

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • An Autumn Afternoon

    Koichi Hirayama

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Aiki

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Shangri-La

    Kuwata

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Picaresque

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Kamaitachi no Yoru

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Kewaishi

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

    - Episode 9 (2006) ... actor actors
    2002
  • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

    Haruki Kadokura

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Princess Blade

    Kidokoro

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Pokémon 4Ever

    Vicious (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • 安楽椅子探偵の聖夜

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Trick

    - 100% Infallible Fortune Teller: Mystery Solved (2002) ... actor actors

    - 100% Infallible Fortune Teller: Time Gap (2002) ... actor actors
    2000
  • Godzilla 2000: Millennium

    Prof. Shiro Miyasaka

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Karaoke

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Cat's Eye

    Chief

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Defender

    Wizard

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Spring and Chaos

    Kenji Miyazawa

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Target

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Trap

    Masaru Kanno

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Snow falls on a southern island

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Endless Waltz

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Sharaku

    Utamaro

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Burai-Heiya

    Tadao

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Stairway to the Distant Past

    Masaru Kanno

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • The Mystery of Rampo

    Officer

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • It's a Summer Vacation Everyday

    Nariyuki Rinkaiji

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Most Terrible Time in My Life

    Masaru Kanno

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Rampo - Bewitching Women

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Anthropology of a Fight Scene

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Room

    The Dying Man

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Rainbow Bridge

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Gensen-Kan Inn

    Yoshiharu Tsuge

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Brutal Insanity of Love

    Tetsuro Muraki

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Haruka, Nostalgia

    Tutor

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • My Beloved Ultraseven

    Tetsuo Kinjo

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Garo Video 3: Hisago

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Rocking Horsemen

    Noritane Itoh

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Can You Collect It?

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Sosuke Loses His Lover

    Shinji Kitamura

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Shadow Over Innsmouth

    Takuji Hirata

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki

    Kurahashi

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Betonamu Nanmin Shoujo

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Red Foliage

    Shunji Muroi

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Swimming with Tears

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Shimanto River

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • TVO

    Detective Takatsuka

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • King's Playing With Fire

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Seven Days War 2

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Discontinuous Bombing Incident

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Ready to Shoot

    Kikuchi

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Lady Battle Cop

    Henry Ohba

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars

    Correspondent Morita

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Natsu no pēji

    Kazuki

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The Legend of Zipang

    Bunshichi

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

    - Episode 5 (1995) ... actor actors

    - Episode 4 (1995) ... actor actors

    - Episode 3 (1995) ... actor actors

    - Episode 2 (1995) ... actor actors

    - Episode 1 (1995) ... actor actors
    1990
  • Tales of the Bizarre

    - Episode 13 (1991) ... actor actors

    - Psychic Power! (1990) ... actor actors
    1990
  • Circus Boys

    Hiroshi

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • The Dancer

    Takashi Tanimura

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Violent Cop

    Yoshinari

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Festival of Dreams

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Four Days of Snow and Blood

    Yasuhide Kurihara

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Lucky Sky Diamond

    Katayama, a doctor

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Seven Days War

    Yashiro

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Tomorrow

    Shoji Nakagawa

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    Junichi Narumi

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Heartbreak Yakuza

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • To Sleep So as to Dream

    Detective Uozuka

    actor

    actors
    1986

• directing (2 credits)

  • A Drop of Dew: Shoji Ueda's Photographs that Woke the World

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Karaoke

    director

    directing
    1999

• writing (1 credits)

  • Karaoke

    story

    writing
    1999