Actor and Voice Actor Toru Shinagawa Dies at 90
A career spanning stage, film, television, and anime voice work, with roles in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and the Fullmetal Alchemist live-action films, has ended with Shinagawa's death at 90.
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Toru Shinagawa, the actor and voice actor known for roles in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Fancy Lala, and the Fullmetal Alchemist live-action films, died on August 29. He was 90. His agency Knockout announced the death on Monday, stating he had been undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Shinagawa was born in Hokkaido in 1935 and worked across stage, film, television, and voice acting.
Shinagawa graduated from a performing arts institute in 1962 and joined a theater troupe run by Takeo Hodoshima, beginning a career that crossed stage, film, television, and voice acting.
His live-action credits include the 2003 Shiroi Kyotō (White Tower) series, the 2002 film Dark Water, and the two Fullmetal Alchemist: Kanketsu-hen films, where he played the King of Xerxes. His starring role in the 2014 film No no Nanana no ka (Seven Weeks) earned a special award at the 24th Japan Film Professional Awards.
In anime, he voiced Hisashi Imakurusu in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Ichiro Shinohara in Fancy Lala, and Dollar Cross in Lupin III: Swallowtail Tattoo, among other roles.
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