 Aoni Production has announced on Friday that seiyuu Unshou Ishizuka died on Monday from esophageal cancer. He was 68 years old.Known for his deep and strong voice, Ishizuka was known to voice Heihachi Mishima from the Tekken game franchise as well as Yukinari "Professor Oak" Ookido and the narrator of the Pokemon franchise. Some of his other notable projects also include being the voice behind Mr. Satan from the Dragon Ball series, Kaguraba Raihou Gramstahl from Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki, Sylvester Asimov from Terra Formars, Donovan Baine from Vampire Hunter, Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop, and more. He has voiced Dino Golzine from Banana Fish and Kane Ibrahim Hasan from Juushinki Pandora as well, both of which are currently airing. Additionally, he has narrated multiple anime series such as the 2016 adaptation of Berserk and Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online. Source: Comic Nataile |
tsubasaloverAug 17, 2018 5:39 PM
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| Rest in Peace for the legend. |
   I only wish life could be as leisurely as this a little more often... How greedy of me  |
| Sayonara Inspector Nakamori. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| Rest in Peace, you legend, you left us too soon. You will be forever remembered. |
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| Rest in piece. I always smiled when I heard your voice, it was so recognizable and iconic. You will always be remembered. |
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| Rest In Peace sir, you will always be remembered His age could be listed as 68 too based traditional japan age reckoning. |
| Rest in peace, Mr. Satan. Your character was one of my most favorite characters in DBZ. |
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Nolls said: Both the source and Aoni Production official site wrote 68, not 67.Sad news but the age is wrong in this news. He lived to be 67 years old. 弊社所属俳優 石塚運昇 儀（享年68） |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| Rest in Peace, Ishizuka. I'll always remember you for voicing Professor Oak and Narrator in Pokemon franchise, they we're really good on how you've voice them. |
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| He voiced Old Joseph Joestar too RIP ;_;7 |
| Around the gif~ "It's a big mistake to think you're the only one who can turn into a car" - Shiori Takatsuki |
| He left us way too soon. Rest in peace, Professor Oak & The Narrator of Pokémon and Hayakawa from Bakuon!! |
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| RIP legend Joseph Joestar See you Space Cowboy |
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| Rest in Peace, Ishizuka. Izanagi said: May you rest in peace. Suzuhada said: Rest In Peace sir, you will always be remembered His age could be listed as 68 too based traditional japan age reckoning. Japan has no age reckoning. That's China and Korea. "kazoedoshi (数え年), was rendered obsolete by law in 1902" (quote from wikipedia) Modern China does not use this age reckoning since 1970s. Only in South Korea. |
WindywalkAug 17, 2018 9:18 AM
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| I don't like that a golden generation is dying off so soon. Especially from something like cancer, just... fuck cancer. Rest in peace, sir, you'll be missed dearly. |
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| I really like his role with Heihachi, Kizaru, Professor Oak, Old Joseph, Zabuza, Hohenheim and Hercule. May he rest in piece. |
| Mankind knew that they cannot change society. So instead of reflecting on themselves, they blamed the beasts. |
| HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!! RIP to a man who voiced a lot of iconic characters. Idk how much longer we'll hear his voice on Banana Fish, but I'll enjoy it while it lasts. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Rest in peace, you will be missed. ;-; |
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| Rest in peace sir,you are truly a legend.Gonna miss your Old Joseph joestar voice. |
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| Op kizaru will never be the same. |
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| RIP the legend, will be missed |
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| It's a damn shame that he was taken so early due to esophageal cancer (of all reasons). Dude was an absolute legend in voice acting, one of my all-time favorites. I wish his family the strength to get through this. |
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| He was such an amazing voice actor and did so many incredible character roles. This is very sad news. Rest in peace. |
| May he rest in peace. He was a huge part of the anime industry. |
| He did so awesome as Bunta Fujiwara. RIP |
| RIP a legend. I really liked his roles as Joseph Joestar, Kizaru and Jet Black... |
| i just visited his profile yesterday T_T |
| Really liked his voice. rest in piece |
| How I love a game |
| Man this is sad! Who's gonna voice Kizaru now?!! He had such a perfect, lazy voice! I can't imagine someone else replacing him! |
tsubasalover said: Not mentioning his role in One piece?! For Shame!Aoni Production has announced on Friday that seiyuu Unshou Ishizuka died on Monday from esophageal cancer. He was 68 years old.Known for his deep and strong voice, Ishizuka was known to voice Heihachi Mishima from the Tekken game franchise as well as Yukinari "Professor Oak" Ookido and the narrator of the Pokemon franchise. Some of his other notable projects also include being the voice behind Mr. Satan from the Dragon Ball series, Kaguraba Raihou Gramstahl from Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki, Sylvester Asimov from Terra Formars, Donovan Baine from Vampire Hunter, Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop, and more. He has voiced Dino Golzine from Banana Fish and Kane Ibrahim Hasan from Juushinki Pandora as well, both of which are currently airing. Additionally, he has narrated multiple anime series such as the 2016 adaptation of Berserk and Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online. Source: Comic Nataile |
| RIP Mr. Satan cancer sucks |
| What the hell? this is sudden and he's doing seiyuu work while he has cancer? |
| Damn shame. May he forever rest in peace, forever remembered in his amazing work. |
| Rip Mr. Satan and Zabuza : ( |
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| R.I.P to a legend :( |
| You will be honored as all characters you voiced who made my childhood, rest in peace sir. |
| He was like a second grandpa to me, i've listened to his voice in so many Anime. Rest in Peace, legendary old man. |
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| Poured one out for the guy in Tekken 3 today. But he's not really in that so I played some 7 for good measure. |
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Nolls said: Let's just use the information given by Aoni Production official site because there's no birth year listed for his profile. Even though there are some other sources listed as 67 years old, he might used kazoetoshi since before the abolition as some users before us mentioned.I’m not trying to be nitpicky but his birthday was 16.5.1951, which means he turned 67 just a couple months ago. Unless that information was originally wrong where I looked it up at first. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| Very sad to hear. Rest in peace. |
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| Wasn't even aware that I know him from so many anime series.... rest in piece. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Goodbye, Mr. Joestar. I pray for your good luck and happiness in the next life. |
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| Rest In Peace sir, Heihachi is irreplaceable. |
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