Hidekatsu Shibata

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Hidekatsu Shibata
柴田 秀勝
Hidekatsu Shibata at Anime North 2014
Born	(1937-03-25) March 25, 1937 (age 87) Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1957–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Notable work	Naruto as Hiruzen Sarutobi Dragon Ball GT as Yi Xing Long (Syn Shenron) Fullmetal Alchemist as Fuhrer King Bradley
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse	Akiko Sekine

Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝, Shibata Hidekatsu, born March 25, 1937) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Asakusa, Tokyo who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He was a classmate of former prime minister Yasuo Fukuda at Azabu High School.^[1] Shibata is married to fellow voice actor Akiko Sekine.

He is most known for his roles in Mazinger Z (as Baron Ashura), Great Mazinger (as Kenzo Kabuto), Galaxy Express 999 (as Count Mecha), Kamen Rider Stronger (as General Shadow). He's also mostly known for giving his voice to some iconic powerful old characters such as in One Piece (as Monkey D. Dragon), Naruto (as Hiruzen Sarutobi), Fullmetal Alchemist (as Führer King Bradley) and Fairy Tail (as Igneel and the narrator).