Toshiaki Karasawa (唐沢 寿明, Karasawa Toshiaki, born June 3, 1963) (real name Kiyoshi Karasawa (唐澤 潔 Karasawa Kiyoshi)) is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He made his theatrical debut in the play Boy's Revue Stay Gold (ボーイズレビュー・ステイゴールド Bōizu Rebyū Sutei Gōrudo) in 1987.^[1][2] He specializes in theatrical action sequences such as swordplay and fighting. He dubbed over the roles of Tom Hanks in the Toy Story series,^[3] and The Polar Express.^[4]

He has been nominated for two Japanese Academy Awards, and was named Best Newcomer in 1992.^[5] He married actress Tomoko Yamaguchi on December 15, 1995.

Filmography

Television

• Totteoki no Seishun (NHK, 1988)
• Kasuga no Tsubone (NHK, 1989) – Inaba Masakatsu
• Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (TBS, 1990, season 1)
• Otoko ni Tsuite (TBS, 1990)
• Kekkon no Risou to Genjitsu (Fuji TV, 1991)
• Ai to iu Nano Moto ni (Fuji TV, 1992)
• Homework (TBS, 1992)
• Nichiyo wa Dame yo (NTV, 1993)
• Imoto Yo (Fuji TV, 1994)
• Oishinbo (Fuji TV, 1994-1999)
• Kagayake! Rintaro (TBS, 1995)
• Furuhata Ninzaburo (Fuji TV, 1996, season 2, ep19)
• Oishii Kankei (Fuji TV, 1996)
• Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni(Fuji TV, 1997)
• Souri to Yobanaide (Fuji TV, 1997)
• Ii Hito (Fuji TV, 1997, ep7)
• Eve (Fuji TV, 1997)
• Brothers (Fuji TV, 1998)
• Aikotoba wa Yūki(Fuji TV, 2000)
• Love Complex (Fuji TV, 2000)
• Toshiie and Matsu (NHK, 2002) – Maeda Toshiie
• Shiroi Kyotō (Fuji TV, 2003)
• Hachiro (NHK, 2005)
• Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi(Fuji TV, 2006)
• Komyo ga Tsuji (NHK, 2006, guest star, ep39&40) – Maeda Toshiie
• Akechi Mitsuhide (Fuji TV, 2007) – Akechi Mitsuhide
• Galileo (Fuji TV, 2007, ep1)
• Fumo Chitai (Fuji TV, 2009)
• Guilty Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna (Fuji TV, 2010)
• Strangers 6 (Wowow/Fuji TV/MBC, 2012)
• Higashino Keigo Mysteries (Fuji TV, 2012, Story 1)
• Made in Japan (NHK, 2013)^[6]
• Take Five: Oretachi wa Ai o Nusumeruka (TBS, 2013)^[7]
• Roosevelt Game (TV Asahi, 2014)^[8]
• The Last Cop (NTV, 2015) – Kōsuke Kyōgoku^[9]
• Napoleon no Mura (TBS, 2015)^[10]
• Toto Neechan (NHK, 2016) – Isaji Hanayama
• Montage (Fuji TV, 2016) – Tetsuya Narumi
• Harassment Game (TV Tokyo, 2018) - Wataru Akitsu
• The Good Wife (TBS, 2019) - Soichiro Hasumi
• Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room (NTV, 2019) - Shōgo Higuchi
• Yell (NHK, 2020) - Saburō
• 24 Japan (TV Asahi, 2020) - Genma Shido^[11]
• Fixer (Wowow, 2023) - Ken'ichi Shitara^[12]

Film

• Oishi Kekkon (1991)
• Hello Ganbari Nezumi (1991)
• Future Memories: Last Christmas (1992)
• Koukou Kyoushi (1993)
• Kimi wo Wasurenai (1995)
• Koi wa Mai Orita (1997)
• Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
• Minna no Ie (2001) aka Everyone's Home
• Casshern (2004)
• 20th Century Boys (2008)
• Snakes and Earrings (2008)
• Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
• In The Hero (2014)
• Persona Non Grata (2015) – Chiune Sugihara^[13]
• The Last Cop (2017) – Kōsuke Kyōgoku

Dubbing roles

Tom Hanks as

• Woody in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4
• Hero Boy, the Conductor, the Hobo, Santa Claus, Scrooge, Hero Boy's father in The Polar Express

Main awards

• 1991 - 65th Kinema Junpo - Best Ten New Male Actor
• 1992 - 15th Japan academy award - Rookie of the Year
• 1993 - 17th Elan d'or Awards - Newcomer of the Year
• 2003 - 11th Hashida Prize
• 2008 - Heisei 19 Agency for Cultural Affairs' arts recommendation newcomer award (芸術選奨新人賞, geijutsu senshō shinjin shō)