Tatsuya Gashûin was born on December 10, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan as Akinosuke Sugano. He is an actor, known for the 2 Shimajiro films including Gekijouban Shimajirou no wao!: Shimajirou to kujira no uta (2014) as the voice puppet of Hermit Crab, Gekijouban Shimajirou no wao!: Shimajirou to ookina ki as the voice puppet of Froggie, he also voiced in Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004) and Kamen Rider W (2009).