Masaya Katō

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Biography

Masaya Katō (born April 27, 1963) is a Japanese actor and seiyū from Nara in the Kansai region.

Known For

Godzilla

Japanese Tanker Crew Member

Kingdom: Return of the Great General

Shi Shi (Si Shi)

Walker, Texas Ranger

Lu Chee

Brother

Shirase

Crying Freeman

Ryuji Hanada

Shinjuku Incident

Toshinari Eguchi

Terra Formars

Keisuke Dojima

RE:BORN

Defence Force Commander

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	The Invisibles MOVIE	Self
2026	Kingdom 5 MOVIE	Self
2026	The Living Dragon MOVIE	Self
2026	Madame de Sade MOVIE	モントルイユ夫人
2026	浮浪雲 TV	Self
2025	Mito Komon MOVIE	Self
2025	Kaede MOVIE	Self
2025	One Last Throw MOVIE	Kanemoto Tomoaki
2025	Suzuki=Bakudan MOVIE	Yugo Hasebe
2025	By 6am MOVIE	Makoto Akiyama
2025	My Fireworks MOVIE	Self
2025	TSUGUNAI MOVIE	Self
2025	REQUIEM MOVIE	Self
2025	Inheritance Detective TV	Kengo Jidori
2025	Beside the Hearth at Alice-san's House TV	Harunobu Moriyama
2024	Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV	Sohei Dojima
2024	乱歩の幻影 MOVIE	Self
2024	Kingdom: Return of the Great General MOVIE	Shi Shi (Si Shi)
2024	Ghosts Dream Selfish Dreams MOVIE	Self
2024	Smiling Matryoshka TV	Yoshitaka Wadajima
2024	Ultraman Blazar The Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown MOVIE	Retsu Haruno (flashback)
2024	Let's Go Karaoke! MOVIE	Akira Tanaka
2023	Lightning Over the Beyond MOVIE	Hikari (part 3)
2023	Songs of Kamui MOVIE	Self
2023	Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny MOVIE	Shi Shi (Si Shi)
2023	Ultraman Blazar TV	Retsu Haruno
2023	One Second Ahead, One Second Behind MOVIE	Heibē Sumeragi
2023	SEE HEAR LOVE MOVIE	Self
2023	Fixer TV	Takumi Ujihara
2022	The Grandfather’s Clock MOVIE	Self
2022	ナニワ金融道 3発目～大蛇市マネーウォーズ～ MOVIE	Self
2022	ナニワ金融道 2発目〜銭と泪と権利と女〜 MOVIE	Self
2022	Naniwa Kinyudo - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance! MOVIE	Self
2022	The Rise and Fall of Park Avenue and the 10 Rooms MOVIE	Self
2022	Fool's Blues MOVIE	Daikon
2022	Borderless Island MOVIE	Self
2022	Hotel: Next Door TV	Shu Haoren
2022	Kingdom 2: Far and Away MOVIE	Si Shi
2022	Bad City MOVIE	Kenji Hirayama
2022	The Wall of the Eye TV	Riichi Tamaru
2022	Pandora's Fruit TV	Yasuo Sakakibara
2022	The Honest Realtor TV	Masaya Tsukishita
2022	DCU TV	Ichiro Kimi
2021	Warship Boy MOVIE	Genkai Sakamoto
2021	Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle MOVIE	Golgotha
2021	High-Speed Parahero Gand-D TV	Mysterious Man
2021	Kareinaru ichizoku TV	Ichinose
2020	Sakura MOVIE	Masao Mizoguchi
2020	Dancing in her Dreams MOVIE	Kinoshita
2020	Hope MOVIE	Teranuma Toshitsugu
2020	The Gun 2020 MOVIE	Tomita
2020	We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous MOVIE	Naoya Arashiyama
2019	Sleep in the Shadows MOVIE	Self
2019	Kingdom MOVIE	Shi Shi (Si Shi)
2019	Okinawan Blue MOVIE	Self
2019	The Nikaidos' Fall MOVIE	Tatsuya Nikaido
2018	Overlord: Blood Genealogy TV	Yuki Kanamaru
2018	Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project MOVIE	Hanada (segment "Genkou no Hate")
2018	Angels in White TV	Kotaro Bansho
2018	The Final Parting MOVIE	Yuji Uemura
2017	HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky MOVIE	Ryuichiro Katsunari
2017	Yumeji: A Spurt of Love MOVIE	Hikino's Father
2017	The Blue Hearts MOVIE	(segment “Be Kind To Others”)
2017	Koto Nakazawa: The Beautiful Swordswoman MOVIE	Ryoma Sakamoto
2016	Overlord: Bloodline of Misfortune II MOVIE	Yuki Kanamaru
2016	Overlord: Bloodline of Misfortune MOVIE	Yuki Kanamaru
2016	RE:BORN MOVIE	Defence Force Commander
2016	Sanada 10 Braves MOVIE	Yukimura Sanada
2016	Karate Kill MOVIE	Delivery Company Boss
2016	Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections MOVIE	Self
2016	Unrequited Love MOVIE	Self
2016	Zebra MOVIE	Shimauma
2016	Terra Formars MOVIE	Keisuke Dojima
2016	テラフォーマーズ／新たなる希望 TV	Self
2016	Kaze no Tayori MOVIE	Self
2015	Osoi Shiawase MOVIE	重吉
2015	Crime's Blank MOVIE	Manager
2015	Crime's Blank MOVIE	Mitsuru Takayama
2015	The Edge of Sin MOVIE	Self
2015	Double Meaning: Chain Reaction MOVIE	Self
2015	UNFAIR: the end MOVIE	Kaoru Mikami
2014	Women Does Not Allow That TV	Yuji Katsuragi
2014	FLARE MOVIE	Ensai Ymazaki
2014	Jikan no Shûzoku MOVIE	Shuichi Mineoka
2013	Monster MOVIE	Self
2013	Double Meaning: Yes or No? MOVIE	Kaoru Mikami
2011	Double Meaning MOVIE	Kaoru Mikami
2011	UNFAIR: the answer MOVIE	Kaoru Mikami
2009	Shinjuku Incident MOVIE	Toshinari Eguchi
2008	Je t'aime: I Am a Beast MOVIE	Self
2008	Around 40 TV	Kazuya Kanasugi
2008	Je t'aime: I Am a Beast TV	Koichiro Shindo
2007	Vanishing Glow MOVIE	Tajima
2007	The Signs of Love MOVIE	Yoshiro Nakajima
2007	UNFAIR: the movie MOVIE	Self
2007	UNFAIR: the movie MOVIE	Kaoru Mikami
2006	Unfair: Code Breaking MOVIE	Self
2006	Primadam TV	Kioshi Yamamoto
2006	Unfair TV	Kaoru Mikami
2005	The Files of Young Kindaichi: The Legendary Vampire Murders MOVIE	Isamu Kenmochi
2005	Older Sister TV	Soichi Sawaki
2005	The Last Supper MOVIE	Doctor Yuji Kotorida
2005	Yoshitsune TV	Minamoto no Yoshitomo (Yoshitsune and Yoritomo's father)
2004	Fighter in the Wind MOVIE	Kato
2004	Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple TV	Raymond West (voice)
2004	Prayer Beads TV	Self
2003	Gozu MOVIE	Self
2003	Samurai Resurrection MOVIE	Araki Mataemon
2003	The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion MOVIE	Moribe Azusa
2003	The Man in White MOVIE	Azusa Moribe
2003	Aragami MOVIE	Aragami
2003	Okite MOVIE	Self
2002	Muscle Heat MOVIE	Rai Kenjin
2002	Stairway to Heaven TV	Self
2001	Good Advice MOVIE	Japanese Trader
2001	Prince Shōtoku MOVIE	Emperor Sushun
2001	Prince Shotoku TV	Hatsusebe no miko
2001	Agitator MOVIE	Kunihiko
2001	Women of the Night MOVIE	Sato
2000	Brother MOVIE	Shirase
2000	School Day of the Dead MOVIE	Isamu Kurabayashi
2000	Okinawa Rendez-vous MOVIE	Ken Sato
2000	Mouichido Kisu TV	Self
1999	Naomi TV	Self
1999	Zankyo MOVIE	Self
1998	Abunai Deka Forever The Movie MOVIE	Date
1998	Godzilla MOVIE	Japanese Tanker Crew Member
1997	Drive MOVIE	Advanced Model
1997	Vicious Circles MOVIE	Morri
1996	The Pretender TV	Tommy Tanaka
1996	Hachigatsu no Love Song TV	Self
1995	The Young Blood Typhoon MOVIE	Self
1995	Crying Freeman MOVIE	Ryuji Hanada
1995	Broken Heart MOVIE	Self
1994	The Seventh Floor MOVIE	Mitsuru
1994	The Mystery of Rampo MOVIE	Waiter at Hotel
1994	Nobody MOVIE	Taki
1993	Singapore Sling MOVIE	Self
1993	CrimeBroker MOVIE	Jin Okazaki
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger TV	Lu Chee
1992	Talking Head MOVIE	Yamashita
1992	The Setting Sun MOVIE	Kaya Tatsuma
1992	Gekashitsu MOVIE	Takamine
1991	Check MOVIE	Ryuzo Kayama
1991	Savage City: Angel Whisper MOVIE	Self
1990	Like Madonna MOVIE	Self
1990	1750 Days of Turbulence MOVIE	Self
1990	Balloon MOVIE	Self
1989	You'll Fall For Me MOVIE	Kyousuke Dazai
1989	Tokyo: The Last War MOVIE	Yuko Nakamura
1989	Four Days of Snow and Blood MOVIE	Tadashi Sakai
1989	Seishun kazoku TV	Self
1988	Crazy Boys MOVIE	Self
1988	Shiro and Marilyn MOVIE	Daisuke Nakazato

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