Unshō Ishizuka
Unshō Ishizuka | |
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Born | Yukinori Ishizuka May 16, 1951 |
Occupation | Seiyū |
Years active | 1984-present |
Yukinori Ishizuka (石塚 運昇, Ishizuka Yukinori), better known as Unshō Ishizuka (石塚 運昇, Ishizuka Unshō) (May 16, 1951 - ) is a Japanese seiyū from Katsuyama, Fukui. He is currently affiliated with Aoni Production and is known for providing the voice of both the Narrator and Professor Oak on the Japanese anime series, Pokémon.
Ishizuka is famously known for his deep, strong voice and is 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 is also the Japanese dub voice of Captain Gantu in every version of Lilo and Stitch to date.
Voice roles
Television animation
- Beet the Vandel Buster (Beltorze)
- Berserk (Void, narrator)
- Birdy the Mighty Decode (Gomez)
- Blue Submarine 6 (Shidll Dedson)
- Chihayafuru (Hidehiro Harada)
- Cowboy Bebop (Jet Black)
- Digimon Tamers (Vajramon)
- Dragon Ball Z Kai (Mr. Satan)
- Flame of Recca (Kūkai)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Van Hohenheim)
- Hellsing (Peter Fergusson)
- Initial D (Bunta Fujiwara)
- Jormungand (Lehm)
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (Shio Sakaki)
- Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (Gustav)
- Kyou Kara Maoh! (Stoffel von Spitzweg)
- Last Exile (Godwin)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Job Trünicht)
- Macross Plus (Guld Goa Bowman)
- Marvel Anime: Iron Man (Mr. Kuroda)
- Maze: Bakunetsu Jiku (Asterode Reighe)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Sergei Smirnov)
- Naruto (Zabuza Momochi)
- Naruto Shippuden (Zabuza Momochi, in flashbacks)
- One Piece (Koshiro, Kizaru, Kong)
- Persona 4: The Animation (Ryotaro Dojima)
- Pocket Monsters (Doctor Ōkido,Hikari's Manmuh,narrator, Adeku)
- Sailor Stars (Tetsuro Yoshinogawa/Sailor Chef)
- Samurai Champloo (Detective Nokogiri "The Saw" Manzō)
- Sankarea (Dan'ichirō Sanka)
- Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (Shio Sakaki)
- Slam Dunk (Moichi Taoka)
- So Ra No Wo To (Krauss)
- Vandread (Rabat)
- Wolf's Rain (Quent Yaiden)
- Xam'd: Lost Memories (Ryuuzou Takehara)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! first series (Gozaburo Kaiba)
Theater animation
- Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (Doc)
- Street Fighter II Movie (Blanka)
- A Tree of Palme (Gaz)
- Tekken: Blood Vengeance (Heihachi Mishima)
Web animation
- Xam'd: Lost Memories (Ryūzō Takehara)
Video games
- Asura's Wrath (Augus)
- Bioshock (Andrew Ryan)
- Breath of Fire IV (Scias)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Captain John Price)
- Capcom vs. SNK (Guile)
- Chaos Rings (Olgar)
- Code 18 (Genkuro Kanbara)
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions (Brad Wong)
- Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team (Mr. Satan)
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Mr. Satan)
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Thanatos)
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (Captain Gantu)
- Macross VF-X2 (Gilliam Angreat)
- Nora to Toki no Kōbō: Kiri no Mori no Majo (Octoja Rejstrom)
- One Piece Unlimited Cruise 2 (Kizaru)
- Persona 4 (Ryotaro Dojima)
- Pokémon Snap (Doctor Ōkido)
- Radiata Stories (Gerald)
- Resistance Retribution (Steven Cartwright)
- Rogue Galaxy (Deego Aegis)
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (Adray Lasbard)
- Street Fighter series (Blanka)
- Street Fighter X Tekken (Heihachi Mishima)
- Tales of Phantasia (Trinicus Morrison, Edward Morrison)
- The Last Story (Quark)
- Tales of Rebirth (Eugene Gallardo)
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Heihachi Mishima)
- Too Human (ODIN, Loki)
- Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (Captain Matthews)
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Captain Matthews)
- Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (Captain Matthews)
Dubbing roles
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Mayor Shelbourne)
- CSI: Miami (Horatio Caine)
- The Exorcist (Nippon TV edition) (Pazuzu)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Monty Montgomery)
- Lilo & Stitch (Captain Gantu)
- Misery (Paul Sheldon)
- Shrek 2 (Prince Charming)
- Shrek the Third (Prince Charming)
- Shirt Tales (Agent 57 from "Dinkel's Gift")
- Superman Returns (Lex Luthor)
CD dramas
Tokusatsu
- Choushinsei Flashman (Ra Deus)
- Ultraman Zero: Killer The Beat Star (Beat Star)
External links
- Unshō Ishizuka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia