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name: "Shigesato Itoi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shigesato-itoi"
fi1m_id: "shigesato-itoi"
imdb_id: "nm0411790"
tmdb_id: 55665
wikidata_id: "Q2844009"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 November 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:25:00.879184+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Shigesato Itoi

## Identity

Shigesato Itoi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shigesato-itoi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shigesato-itoi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0411790
- **TMDB ID:** 55665
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2844009
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigesato_Itoi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2844009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411790/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55665

Actor. Born 10 November 1948 in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 November 1948, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
- **Also known as:** 糸井 重里
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigesato_Itoi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2844009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411790/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55665

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*My Neighbor Totoro*](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md) (89)

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## Biography

Shigesato Itoi is a Japanese actor, copywriter, essayist and game designer. Born on 10 November 1948 in Maebashi, Gunma, he voiced Tatsuo Kusakabe in the Studio Ghibli film *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988). He made his live-action screen debut in *Norwegian Wood* (2010) as a university professor.

Itoi has appeared in other films including *Scrap: A Love Story* (1984) as a detective and *My Soul Is Slashed* (1991). He is married to actress Kanako Higuchi.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), Fi1m 89, as Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *放送100年 時代を超えて ３世代が選ぶあの番組* (2025), series, Actor
- *Kids Konference* (2022), as Narrator
- *Norwegian Wood* (2010), as Professor
- *Sinking into the Moon* (2002), Actor
- *Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna* (1992), Actor
- *My Soul Is Slashed* (1991), as Inohara
- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), as Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)
- *Guys Who Never Learn* (1987), Actor
- *Fujio Akatsuka's Video Number One - Inaugural Issue* (1983), Actor

## Gallery

- ![​ほぼ日の自社ビル (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/104798/gallery-62b4097b95b1.jpg) ​ほぼ日の自社ビル (2020) — Mr.SN, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Hobonichi_KandaBldg.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun packaging (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/104798/gallery-3974a8aaf930.jpg) Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun packaging (2015) — Bryan Ochalla, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Hobonichi_Techno_outer_packaging.jpg/1280px-Hobonichi_Techno_outer_packaging.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Shigesato Itoi (糸井 重里 Itoi Shigesato, born November 10, 1948) is a Japanese copywriter, essayist, lyricist, game designer, and actor. Here he is at Meguro Sun F (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/104798/gallery-8fbf285b7423.jpg) Shigesato Itoi (糸井 重里 Itoi Shigesato, born November 10, 1948) is a Japanese copywriter, essayist, lyricist, game designer, and actor. Here he is at Meguro Sun F (2015) — Nesnad, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Shigesato-Itoi-Meguro-September20-2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shigesato Itoi (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/104798/gallery-a3d595c6609f.jpg) Shigesato Itoi (2015) — Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Shigesato-Itoi-Meguro-September20-2015_uncropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shigesato Itoi](https://film.one/media/person/104798/gallery-aa067c1c8e50.jpg) Shigesato Itoi — Image via TMDB
- ![Shigesato Itoi](https://film.one/media/person/104798/gallery-a9ec76d14db7.jpg) Shigesato Itoi — Image via TMDB
- ![Shigesato Itoi in 2016 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/104798/gallery-981a00610bc0.png) Shigesato Itoi in 2016 (2026) — Stephen Georg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Shigesato_Itoi_2016.png/1280px-Shigesato_Itoi_2016.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Juzo Itami Award 2009: Juzo Itami Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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