Shirō Saitō

Shirō Saitō (斎藤 志郎) (August 31, 1956 - ) is a Japanese actor and seiyū from Sakata, Yamagata attached to Bungakuza. He is a graduate of Yamagata Prefectural Sakata Technical High School and the law course of Toyo University. After graduation, he worked in the Civil Division of Tokyo's city hall for six-and-a-half years before retiring to become an actor. He often voices villainous or non-human roles in animation, such as Mamezō in Kekkaishi or Vilgax in Ben 10. He was the leader of a gang in his high school years and is a friend of Dharma & Greg co-star Sakiko Uran.

Television animation

 * Black Lagoon (Bao)
 * Bleach (Yoruichi Shihōin (cat form))
 * Blue Dragon (Nene)
 * Claymore (Master of the Inn)
 * Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (Fuzzy Lumpkins)
 * Detective School Q (Masahiko Takase, Heiji Odajima)
 * Gallery Fake (Hō)
 * Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (Captain Ekurēru)
 * GeGeGe no Kitarō (Ushiki)
 * Hell Girl (Fukumoto)
 * InuYasha (Hōsenko ogre son)
 * Kekkaishi (Mamezō)
 * MapleStory (Bartol)
 * Meitantei Conan (Mitsuaki Funato)
 * Musashi Gundoh (Ryōgen)
 * Play Ball (Okamoto)
 * Viewtiful Joe (Blocky)
 * Yakitate!! Japan (Ryū Ryoman)

OVA

 * Saint Seiya The Hades Chapter - Inferno 9 (Acheron Charon)

Theater animation

 * Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Additional voice)
 * Mononoke-hime (Cattleman)
 * Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Additional voice)

Video games

 * Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 (Ryō Ōgami)
 * Eternal Sonata (Tuba)
 * Final Fantasy XII (Migelo)
 * Jeanne d'Arc (La Hire)
 * Kameo: Elements of Power (Warrior Trainer)
 * Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Detective Cherumi)
 * Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (Detective Cherumi)
 * Ratchet & Clank (Skidd's Manager)
 * Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Alvarez Cabrero)

Dubbing roles

 * Armageddon (Nippon TV edition) (Lev Andropov)
 * Back to the Future series (Nippon TV edition) (Biff Tannen)
 * Blade (DVD/VHS edition) (Quinn)
 * Blue Thunder (Captain Jack Braddock)
 * Boy Meets World (Chet Hunter)
 * Broken Arrow (TV Asahi edition) (Kelly)
 * The Country Bears (Zeb Zoober)
 * Damo (Kato Masayuki)
 * Dharma & Greg (Myron Lawrence "Larry" Finkelstein)
 * The Fifth Element (Blu-Ray edition) (President Lindberg)
 * The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Big Rocko)
 * Good Advice (Barry Sherman)
 * Harry Potter film series (Rubeus Hagrid)
 * Heroes (Arthur Petrelli)
 * Home Alone 3 (Nippon TV edition) (Earl Unger)
 * I Know What You Did Last Summer (TV edition) (Benjamin Willis)
 * I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (TV edition) (Benjamin Willis)
 * Kill Bill (Bald Sushi Shop Guy)
 * King Arthur (Bors)
 * A Knight's Tale (TV edition) (Roland)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Farmer Maggot)
 * The Matrix Reloaded (Fuji/Nippon TV edition) (Agent Thompson)
 * The Matrix Revolutions (Fuji TV edition) (The Train Man)
 * The Medallion (Commander Hammerstock-Smythe)
 * Medium (Joey Carmichael ("Being Joey Carmichael"))
 * Men in Black II (TV Asahi edition) (Additional voice)
 * The Mothman Prophecies (DVD edition) (Gordon Smallwood)
 * The Mummy Returns (Fuji TV edition) (Spivey)
 * Murphy Brown (Eldin Bernecky)
 * Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Ivan IV of Russia)
 * Notting Hill (Max)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Jimmy Legs)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Jimmy Legs)
 * Planet of the Apes (TV edition) (Limbo)
 * Punisher: War Zone (Billy Russoti)
 * Seinfeld (DVD edition) (Cosmo Kramer)
 * Snatch (Boris the Blade)
 * Space Jam (Additional voice)
 * Speed (TV Asahi edition) (Sam)
 * Transporter 2 (TV Asahi edition) (Dimitri)
 * Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (Black Hand Kelly)
 * Troy (TV Asahi edition) (Ajax)
 * Tru Calling (Carl Neesan)
 * Ugly Betty (Ignacio Suarez)
 * Van Helsing (TV Asahi edition) (Igor)

Animation

 * American Dragon: Jake Long (Fu Dog)
 * Ben 10 (Vilgax)
 * Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Boris, Mister Cantarious)
 * Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (Torque)
 * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Tim Lockwood)
 * Coraline (Mister Bobinsky)
 * Finding Nemo (Jaq the Cleaning Shrimp)
 * The Incredibles (Lucius Best/Frozone)
 * Jackie Chan Adventures (Peter Bailey)
 * Monsters, Inc. (Claws, Harryhausen Monster)
 * The Powerpuff Girls (FBI Investigator ("Monstra-city/Shut the Pup Up"))
 * Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (Beetle)
 * Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (Mandarin)

Tokusatsu

 * Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (Officer Tashiro)
 * Tokusou Exceedraft (Professor Inagaki)