Kyusaku Shimada is best known for his role as Kato Yasunori in fastasy film, Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, and it's sequel, Tokyo: The Last War. Kyusaku reprised his role as Kato in the anime adaption, Doomed Megalopolis. His other anime role was Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos.

He was also the Japanese voice of Hades in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II.

M. Bison from the Street Fighter series was based on Kyusaku's portrayal as Kato.