Taro Shigaki

Taro Shigaki (志垣 太郎, Shigaki Tarō, born Minoru Kawamura (河村 稔, Kawamura Minori), September 22, 1951 – March 5, 2022)[1] was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was married to Noriko Shirasaka and they had one child, Takumi Kazune.[2]

Filmography

Acting roles

• Akantare (xxxx) - Hidetaro
• Samurai! (xxxx) - Lieutenant Commander Sasai
• Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) - Minamoto no Yoshitsune
• Kashin (1977) - Kusaka Genzui
• Black Pean (2018) - Nobuaki Moriya[3]

Voice roles

• André Grandier in The Rose of Versailles (xxxx)[2]
• Franz, Fritz in Nutcracker Fantasy (xxxx)
• Saki Vashtal in Area 88 (OAV, xxxx)
• Soldier Blue in Toward the Terra (Movie, xxxx)
• Prince in Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975)
• Siegfried in Swan Lake (1981)[2]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
1973	Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	[4]

References

1. The Rose of Versailles Andre VA Taro Shigaki Passes Away Aged 70
2. "Tarô Shigaki - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
3. "Black Pean cast". TBS Black Pean official site (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
4. "エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧". All Nippon Producers Association. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

External links

• Taro Shigaki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia