Shiro Sano

Shirō Sano (born March 4, 1955, in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director. After working with several theater companies, he had his first starring film role in To Sleep so as to Dream (1986) and gained wider recognition through the television drama Zutto Anata ga Suki datta (1992). His film credits include Violent Cop (1989), Godzilla 2000 (1999), Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), and Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). He made his directorial debut with Karaoke in 1999.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1955-03-04 · Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
Known for
- Pokémon 4Ever (2001) — Vicious (voice)
- My Way (2011) — Tatsuo's Father
- Violent Cop (1989) — Yoshinari
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) — Assassin
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) — Prof. Shiro Miyasaka
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) — Haruki Kadokura
- Fukushima 50 (2020) — Prime Minister
- Infection (2004) — Kiyoshi Akai
- 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008) — Yan-bô
- Good News (2025) — Sugimoto
- My Little Monster (2018) — Taizo Yoshida
- The Great Yokai War (2005) — "Mysterious" Editor
- The Sun (2005) — The chamberlain
- Happyend (2024) — Principal Nagai
- We Are Little Zombies (2019) — Kamo Keiichiro
- The Princess Blade (2001) — Kidokoro