Seizo Kato

Born: 1927-02-14

Birthplace: Tokyo City, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]

Biography

Seizō Katō (加藤 精三, Katō Seizō; February 14, 1927 – January 17, 2014) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who worked for Haikyo (Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society).

Kato was born in Tokyo. He was noted for his role as Megatron and Galvatron from the 1st Transformers series until Transformers: The Headmasters. He also did the ADR for Takeshi Katō's character in Akira Kurosawa's Ran after the original actor had become injured.

He died of bladder cancer at a hospital in Itabashi, Tokyo on January 17, 2014 at age 86.

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Known For

Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
Vampire Hunter D
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
Tokyo Godfathers
Crayon Shin-chan: The Hidden Treasure of the Buri Buri Kingdom
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost
Crayon Shin-chan: Unkokusai's Ambition
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker

Top Movie Credits

Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser Kiyonaga Matsumoto (voice)
Vampire Hunter D Count Magnus Lee (voice)
Tokyo Godfathers Kaa-san (voice)
Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost Wirepuller of Smart Brain