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Shigezō Sasaoka

Japanese voice actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ7496428 ↗
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Sadao Sasaoka (笹岡 定雄, Sasaoka Sadao; May 5, 1948 – August 31, 1998), better known by the stage name Shigezō Sasaoka (笹岡 繁蔵, Sasaoka Shigezō), was a Japanese voice actor born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. He died in 1998 from typhoid. After his death, his ongoing roles were replaced with other voice actors.

Filmography

Television animation

Akū Daisakusen Srungle (Crime Boss)

Attacker YOU! (Director Matsugorō Daimon)

Blue Comet SPT Layzner (Gasten)

The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (Cyan)

The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (Detective Satsuta)

The Brave of Gold Goldran (Treasure Walzac)

Brave Police J-Decker (Dr. Eric Von Gigastein III)

Chōdendō Robo Tetsujin 28-go FX (President Zorn)

Detective Conan (Hideo Kawashima, Toshiro Ebara)

Flame of Recca (Sekiou)

Hariken Polymer (Flying Squirrels member)

Lupin III Part 2 (Goemon Ishikawa I)

Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (Gadess)

Mahōjin Guru Guru (Demon Giri)

Mashin Hero Wataru (schwalbinegger, Zan Gyakku)

Miru to Kowaku Naru Tsūkai! Yokozuna Anime Aa Harimanada (Mitsugu Tachikaze)

Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Dahāru Muhamando, Mākirotto Chronos)

Nintama Rantarō (Fūki, Panzō Kurokoge)

Obocchama-kun (Subaruta-sensei)

Ronin Warriors (Arago)

Round Vernian Vifam (Professor Melvin Krake)

Space Runaway Ideon (Professor Formosa)

Uchū Majin Daikengō (Gōriki)

Zenki (Gōra)

Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh (Emperor Warusar)

Original video animation (OVA)

Armored Trooper Votoms: Shining Heresy (Noscowitz)

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (Akudamu)

Giant Robo: The Animation (Li Zhong, Professor Duncan)

La Blue Girl (Bosatsu and Ranmaru's Grandfather)

Violence Jack (Slum King)

Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (Dalles)

Video games

Langrisser: The Descendants of Light (Chaos)

Panzer Bandit (Farado)

Tokusatsu

B-Fighter Kabuto (Dark Beast Tokasuzura)

Dubbing

Live-action

Hard Target (1997 Fuji TV edition) (Mr.

Editorial summary

“Shigezō Sasaoka” enters the record as japanese voice actor. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shigezō, Sasaoka and Japanese can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 1998, 1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-05-05. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Shigezō, Sasaoka and Japanese.
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Why this record matters

“Shigezō Sasaoka” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Shigezō, Sasaoka and Japanese provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7496428. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1948, 1998 and 1997.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Shigezō Sasaoka” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.