Unshō Ishizuka

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Unshō Ishizuka
Native name 石塚 運昇
Born Yukinori Ishizuka (石塚 運昇?)
May 16, 1951
Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan
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Occupation Voice actor
Years active 1984–2018
Agent Aoni Production

Yukinori Ishizuka (石塚 運昇 Ishizuka Yukinori?, May 16, 1951 - August 13, 2018), better known as Unshō Ishizuka (石塚 運昇 Ishizuka Unshō?), was a Japanese voice actor 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 until his death. He was also the fourth Japanese voice of both Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken video game series, and the second voice of Mr. Satan in the Dragon Ball franchise, taking over both roles since the death of longtime actor Daisuke Gōri. Prior to his death, he had taken on the role of the senior Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.

Death

On August 17, 2018, it was reported that Ishizuka had died on August 13 due to esophageal cancer. After Ishizuka's death, the following voice actors replaced his ongoing roles:

Filmography

Television animation

1984
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
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2015

Theater animation

Original video animation (OVA)

Web animation

Video games

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CD dramas

Tokusatsu

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Animation

References

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External links

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