On April 12, Keiji Fujiwara, a prolific anime and video game voice actor, passed away at 55 from fighting cancer.
【訃報】声優・藤原啓治さん死去 55歳https://t.co/jSQdqOdYpu
がんのためかねてより闘病していた声優の藤原啓治さんが4月12日に死去した。55歳だった。 pic.twitter.com/qddGMEfbmZ
— ライブドアニュース (@livedoornews) April 16, 2020
Known for voicing roles such as Hiroshi Nohara from “Crayon Shin-chan,” Maes Hughes from “Fullmetal Alchemist,” Leorio Paradinight from “Hunter x Hunter” (2011), Hattori Zenzou from “Gintama,” Ardyn Izunia and Reno from Final Fantasy, Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark (Japanese dub) in The Avengers, and many more, Fujiwara was a “seiyuu” (Japanese voice actor) well known throughout Japan.
We’ve lost another legendary voice actor today: Keiji Fujiwara, the voice behind Reno in FF VII and the Iron Man Japanese dub. He was also in a slew of our favorite anime including Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter x Hunter, Death Note and more.
Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/sjo0v9xjI3
— Newegg (@Newegg) April 16, 2020
藤原啓治様のご逝去を悼み、謹んでお悔やみ申し上げます。
トニー・スターク（アイアンマン）、レオリオ（HUNTER✖︎HUNTER）、樋口師匠（四畳半神話体系）をはじめ、マッドハウスのたくさんの作品にご出演いただきました。
心よりご冥福をお祈りいたします。— Madhouse Inc. (@Madhouse_News) April 16, 2020
Feature Image via @livedoornews (top left), Square Enix (top right), Bones (bottom left), Madhouse (bottom right)
