The dean of the hospital in Sotoba, Toshio resigned from university hospital, returning to take up his father's position when he passed away. He is fondly given a nickname, "Waka-sensei", by his colleagues as well as the residents. Toshio has a dislike to both his mother and his late father, as both of them often put reputation of the Ozaki family before anything else. He is childhood friends with Seishin Muroi and Mikiyasu Yasumori. Toshio is a chain smoker and is married to Kyouko who manages an antique shop. He is baffled by the mysterious deaths and swears to solve the case and protect his village. One of the two main protagonists in the series.   

~! Although he later discovers the truth behind the villagers' death, Toshio is still unable to do anything, as the villagers around him refuse to believe his words and Toshio cannot single-handedly go against Tatsumi, or the roaming Shikis. Still, he vows to put an end to the Shiki's massacres, and secretly teams up with Natsuno, who has become a werewolf like Tatsumi. He lets himself get bitten by Kirishiki Chizuru to lure her out to the village's festival and kill her there, effectively exposing the truth about the Shikis to the village. Afterwards, he leads the villagers on a brutal Shiki extermination, which only ends when the village is burned down.   !~ 

During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. After supposedly visiting this strange family, the fashionable Shimizu Megumi goes missing and the entire village goes out in search for her. 

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He is an actor, voice actor and narrator. He is currently affiliated with Mausu Promotion. He is a Hanshin Tigers fan. His "Kojirou" alias is not to be confused with [Akito Sakuragi](https://anilist.co/staff/125572)'s alias (they have different kanji at the end).

The story takes place in a particularly hot summer in the nineties, in a small quiet village called Sotoba. A series of mysterious deaths begin to spread in the village, at the same time when a strange family moves into the long abandoned Kanemasa mansion. Toshio Ozaki, dean of the only hospital in Sotoba, initially suspects an epidemic. But as investigations continue and the deaths begin to pile up, he becomes convinced that they are the work of the undead plaguing the village. A young man named Natsuno Yuuki, who hates living in the village, begins to be pursued and surrounded by death.<br><br>
(Source: Wikipedia)

The official website of the Shiki television anime series confirmed on Saturday that the anime's eighth and ninth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes will each include an unaired episode. The eighth volume will ship with Episode 21 and the unaired episode "Dai Futat&#333; to Han wa" (a wordplay for "Episode 20.5") on May 25, 2011, while the ninth volume will ship with Episode 22 and the unaired episode "Dai Futat&#333;-ichi to Han wa" ("Episode 21.5") on June 22.
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(Source: Anime News Network)