UnshÅ Ishizuka
Unshō Ishizuka (石塚 運昇 Ishizuka Unshō May 16, 1951-August 13, 2018) was a Japanese voice actor who was affiliated with Aoni Production and was best known for playing both the Narrator and Professor Oak on Pokémon. He is also known for voicing Jet Black on Cowboy Bebop, Kizaru on One Piece, the older Joesph Joestar on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Captain Matthews in the Xenosaga trilogy, Van Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Void/Narrator in Berserk, Bunta Fujiwara in Initial D, Senator Armstrong in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and inherited the roles both of Mr. Satan/Hercule on Dragon Ball Z Kai/Super and Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken series from the late Daisuke Gōri.
In the world of dubbing, he played Horatio Caine (David Caruso) on CSI: Miami, Captain Gantu on Lilo & Stitch, Prince Charming in the Shrek franchise, Victor Creed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and was one of the dub over voices for Liam Neeson, Kevin Spacey, Armand Asante, and Laurence Fishburne.
Ishizuka passed away at age 67 of esophageal cancer.
Voice roles
[edit]Transformers: Prime
[edit]External links
[edit]- Unshō Ishizuka at The Internet Movie Database
- Unshō Ishizuka at The Anime News Network
