Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano Born March 4, 1955 Yamanashi, Japan Occupation Actor, Director, Musician Notable role(s) Shiro Miyasaka, Haruki Kadokura, Assassin, Analysis Officer First work To Sleep so as to Dream (1986) Notable work Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

Shiro Sano (佐野 史郎,   Sano Shirō) is a Japanese actor, director and musician. A lifelong Godzilla fan, Sano has appeared in numerous Godzilla and other tokusatsu films.

Filmography

• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) as Shiro Miyasaka
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) as Haruki Kadokura
• Godzilla Final Wars (2004) as assassin
• Ultraman Max (TV 2005-2006) as narrator [voice; 40 episodes]
• Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster (2009) as Dr. Murakami
• Godzilla (2014) as military analyst [Japanese dub]
• Ultraman Orb (TV 2016) as Ryutaro Suganuma [2 episodes]
• The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) as Newscaster Miyakura [Final Edition]
• Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020) as researcher of tokusatsu heroines
• Nezura 1964 (2021) as Azuma

Interviewee

• Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008)

Gallery

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  Sano as Shiro Miyasaka in Godzilla 2000: Millennium

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  Sano holding a reel of Godzilla (1954) in a 2014 restoration featurette.

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Trivia

• Sano is one of two veteran Godzilla actors to play a role in the Japanese dub of Legendary Pictures' Godzilla, the other being Katsuhiko Sasaki.

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