Tadao Tomomatsu
Actor
Los Angeles, CA
Biography:
Tadao Tomomatsu is an actor, instructor, and science fiction personality living in the Los Angeles, California area.
Tadao has appeared in Diagnosis: Murder, The Tracey Ullman Show, the films Inspector Gadget and Godzilla, and many others.
In 2006, Tadao appeared on Heroes in the episode "Don't Look Back", where he played Detective Furokawa, a Japanese-American police officer who translated for Hiro Nakamura.
His biggest role to date was as "Mr. Shake Hands Man 2" on the show Banzai.[1] He replaced the original Mr. Shake Hands Man, as he had become too well known.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- Loscon 2025 - November 28-30, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA 2024
- DemiCon 2024 - May 3-5, 2024 in Urbandale, IA 2022
- DemiCon 2022 - May 6-8, 2022 in Urbandale, IA 2016
- Anime Detour 2016 - April 22-24, 2016 in Bloomington, MN
- Animé Los Angeles 2016 - January 29-31, 2016 in Ontario, CA 2015
- Anime Detour 2015 - March 27-29, 2015 in Bloomington, MN
- Animé Los Angeles 2015 - January 9-11, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA 2014
- Animé Los Angeles 2014 - January 10-12, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA 2013
- Animé Los Angeles 2013 - January 4-6, 2013 in Los Angeles, CA 2012
- Anime Detour 2012 - March 30 - April 1, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN
- Anime Conji 2012 - March 16-18, 2012 in San Diego, CA
- Animé Los Angeles 2012 - January 6-8, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA 2011
- Anime Detour 2011 - April 1-3, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN
- Anime Conji 2011 - March 25-27, 2011 in San Diego, CA
- Animé Los Angeles 2011 - January 7-9, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA 2010
- BayCon 2010 - May 28-31, 2010 in Santa Clara, CA
- Animé Los Angeles 2010 - January 8-10, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA 2009
- Anime Los Angeles 2009 - January 2-4, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA 2008
- Anime Los Angeles 2008 - January 4-6, 2008 in Burbank, CA 2007
- Anime Los Angeles 2007 - January 26-28, 2007 in Van Nuys, CA 2006
- Anime Los Angeles 2006 - January 27-29, 2006 in Van Nuys, CA 2005
- Anime LA 2005 - January 28-30, 2005 in Van Nuys, CA
22 confirmed guest appearances