is a Japanese actor.
Career Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Sano lived in Tokyo and Matsue, Shimane as a child, before returning to Tokyo to enter art school. He joined several theatrical troupes, including Jurō Kara's Jōkyō Gekijō. He had his first starring role in a film in Kaizō Hayashi's To Sleep so as to Dream in 1986, but gained fame for playing the character Fuyuhiko in the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta in 1992. He directed his first film, Karaoke, in 1999.
Filmography
Films To Sleep so as to Dream (1986) Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) Tomorrow (1988) Violent Cop (1989) It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994) Sharaku (1995) Karaoke (1999) (as director) Godzilla 2000 (1999) The Princess Blade (2001) Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Infection (2004) – Dr. Kiyoshi Akai Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) The Sun (2005) Waiting in the Dark (2006) Persona (2008) Railways (2010) Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (2012) – Chief of Space Police Weeval (Actor)/Makuu Prison Warden Ashurada (Voice) Reunion (2012) The Millennial Rapture (2012) Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider (2016) – Michihiko Zaizen (Actor)/Dr. Pac-Man (Voice)/Genomes (Voice) Bikuu: Yamigirinochi (2015) - Zesshin Nariyuki na Tamashii (2017) – Tadao Tsuge Parks (2017) – Professor Inoue Roupeiro no Yūutsu (2018) My Little Monster (2018) We Are Little Zombies (2019), Keiichiro Kamo Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger the Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic!! (2019) - Valma Fukushima 50 (2020) – Prime Minister of Japan Bolt (2020) Independence of Japan (2020) – Tatsukichi Minobe Hiroshima Piano (2020) Nezura 1964 (2021) – Azuma Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021) Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021) Intimate Stranger (2022) Oshorin (2023) Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023) Brush of the God (2024) Ghosts Dream Selfish Dreams (2024) Stolen Identity: Final Hacking Game (2024) – Jung Hak-seon Silence of the Sea (2024) Happyend (2024), principal Nagai Aosho! Voices in Bloom (2025), Takumi Shinome Watashi no Mita Sekai (2025) Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025) It's a Wonderful Life (2025) Magical Secret Tour (2026) Hyoketsu (2026)
Television Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992) Hana no Ran (1994), Ashikaga Yoshimi Platonic Sex (2001), Ishikawa Vanpaia Hosuto (2004) Water Boys 2 (2004) Kuitan 2 (2007) Clouds Over the Hill (2009–2011), Kuga Katsunan Deka Wanko (2011) Shizumanu Taiyō (2016) Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017), Sessai Choro Spring Has Come (2017) Ishitsubute (2017) Segodon (2018), Ii Naosuke Genkai Danchi (2018), Seiji Terauchi San'yūtei Enraku V (2019), Sanyūtei Enshō VI Dr. Ashura (2025) – Katsuji Fudō The Ghost Writer's Wife (2025–26), Etō Shadows of the Ten Ninja (2026), Konchi'in Suden
Anime GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th) (1996) – Vampire Elite (ep. 57) Discography Album Kimi Ga Sukidayo (, 1995) Sano Shirou To Rice Curry - Shirou Sano with Rice Curry (,2001) Kindan No Kajitsu - Shirou Sano meets SKYE with Masataka Matsutoya (, 2019) Album - Shirou Sano with SKYE (2023)
References
External links Kisseidō (in Japanese)