Masato Sako

Masato Sako (佐古正人) (November 9, 1946 - January 11, 2003) was a Japanese actor and seiyū from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. He stood at 168 centimeters (5 feet, 7 inches) tall and weighed in at 62 kilograms (136 pounds).

Sako dropped out of Chuo University. He then enrolled in the theater company Gekidan Kumo. He later transferred to Engekishūdan En. He has performed in Shakespeare, television dramas, dubs of western films and animation. His oldest daughter, Mayumi Sako, is enrolled in the Bungaku Company. On January 11, 2003, Masato Sako died of oral cancer in an Iwakuni hospital at the age of 56.

Successors
After Sako's death, the following actors were recruited to take over Sako's ongoing roles.
 * Shinji Ogawa (as Tōyama in Detective Conan)
 * Fumihiko Tachiki (as Kyōgoku Ken in Batman: The Animated Series)

Television drama

 * Enkana Aitsu ha yo Goto Pank Nayume wo Miru (Dark Gorō)
 * Daichū Shingura (Tadao Ōtaka)
 * Meiji no Gunzō: Umi ni Karin wo (Hikojirō Nakamigawa)

Film

 * Minbō no Onna (Health care center head)

Tokusatsu

 * Kaettekita Ultraman (MAT Station member)
 * Uchū Keiji Sharivan (Hoshio Kitagawa)

Television animation

 * Brain Powerd (Winston Geybridge)
 * Detective Conan (Masahiro Sannai, Tōyama (first voice), Yoshio Sadakane)

OVA

 * Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (John Drinker Cope)

Theater animation

 * Taiho Shichauzo the Movie (Sei Emoto)

Dubbing roles

 * Air Force One (DVD edition) (Ivan Korshunov)
 * Ben-Hur (DVD edition) (Pontius Pilate)
 * Beetlejuice (Charles Deetz)
 * Executive Decision (DVD edition) (Doctor David Grant)
 * The Fifth Element (Nippon TV edition) (Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg)
 * From the Earth to the Moon (TV edition) (Buzz Aldrin (episodes 6))
 * Ghostbusters II (TV Asahi edition) (Louis Tully)
 * Hero (Video edition) (Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante)
 * Léon (Second DVD edition) (Norman "Stan" Stansfield)
 * Lost in Space (Doctor Zachary Smith)
 * Millennium (Peter Watts)
 * The Poseidon Adventure (TV Asahi edition) (Acres)
 * Romancing the Stone (Jack T. Colton)
 * The Running Man (TV Asahi edition) (Tony)
 * Still Crazy (Ray)
 * Straight Time (TV edition) (Max Dembo)
 * Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Theater, video and DVD edition) (T-1000)
 * Vampires (Video edition) (Valek)
 * Wild Wild West (Video and DVD edition) (Doctor Arliss Loveless)

Animation

 * Batman: The Animated Series (Kyōgoku Ken (first voice))
 * Lady and the Tramp (DVD edition) (Boris)
 * Toy Story 2 (Wheezie the Penguin)