Unshō Ishizuka Explained

Unshō Ishizuka
Native Name:石塚 運昇
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Name:Yukinori Ishizuka
(Japanese: 石塚 運昇)
Birth Date:1951 5, mf=yes[1]
Birth Place:Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan
Death Place:Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:1984 - 2018
Agent:Aoni Production
Height:168 cm

was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Katsuyama, Fukui. He was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death and was known for providing the voice of both the narrator and Professor Oak on the Japanese anime series Pokémon. In addition to that, he regularly appeared in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the Pokémon anime, voicing Onix, Steelix and numerous other Pokémon.

Ishizuka was known for his deep, strong voice and was often cast in the role of older mature male characters, such as Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop, Eugene Gallardo from Tales of Rebirth and Captain Matthews in the Xenosaga trilogy. He was also the Japanese dub voice of Captain Gantu in every version of Lilo & Stitch to date. He was also the fourth Japanese voice of Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken video game series, and the second Japanese voice for Mr. Satan in the Dragon Ball franchise, taking over both roles since the death of longtime actor Daisuke Gōri. He has voiced the roles of Kizaru in the One Piece series, Van Hohenheim in the series, Zabuza Momochi in the Naruto series, Ginzo Nakamori in Detective Conan and Magic Kaito, Joseph Joestar in and , as well as Bunta Fujiwara in Initial D, Ryotaro Dojima in Persona 4 and Ujiyasu Hōjō in Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi. Ishizuka was also the famous voice-over actor for Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Spacey.

On August 17, 2018, it was reported that Ishizuka had died on August 13, at the age of 67 from a colon infection caused by an esophageal tumor.[2]

Filmography

Television animation

1984
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

Theatrical animation

Original video animation (OVA)

Web animation

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Source
Dragon Force IIGrandel
Breath of Fire IVScias
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur MachtCaptain Matthews
Odjn
Panzer Dragoon OrtaSestren
Adray Lasbard
KunoichiKazaguruma
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und BöseCaptain Matthews
Romancing SaGaHawke
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach ZarathustraCaptain Matthews
Persona 4Ryotaro DojimaAlso Golden in 2012
Yakuza 3Tetsuo Tamashiro
Kingdom Hearts Birth by SleepCaptain Gantu
Zangeki no ReginleivGunther
Shozo Takenaka
Tekken Tag Tournament 2Heihachi Mishima[8]
Street Fighter X TekkenHeihachi Mishima[9]
Dead or Alive 5Brad Wong[10]
Project X ZoneHeihachi Mishima[11]
Senator Steven ArmstrongRyū ga Gotoku Ishin!Toyo Yoshida
Tekken 7Heihachi Mishima[12]
7th Dragon III: Code VFDYoritomo
Project X Zone 2Heihachi Mishima[13]
Dead or Alive 6Brad Wong[17]
Kizaru
Super Robot Wars TMeran, Jet Black
The King of Fighters All StarHeihachi Mishima[18]
Like a Dragon: Ishin!Toyo Yoshida

CD dramas

Tokusatsu

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Animation

Notes and references

References

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Notes and References

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