Tōru Shinagawa

Biography

Tōru Shinagawa is a Japanese actor and voice actor born on December 14, 1935. He began his career after dropping out of high school to work in a furniture store and later joined a workshop where he learned various skills such as kanji calligraphy and sword sharpening. After deciding to pursue acting at the age of 17, Shinagawa graduated from the Nihon Gakugei University's Theater Arts Department and began his career with the theater troupe, Free Theater Company.