Unshō Ishizuka

was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director 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/Dr. Yukinari Okido 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'' to date. He was also the fourth Japanese voice of Heihachi Mishima in the ''Tekken'' video game series, and the second Japanese voice for Mr. Satan in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, taking over both roles since the death of longtime actor Daisuke Gōri. He has voiced the roles of Kizaru in the ''One Piece'' series, Van Hohenheim in the ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' series, Zabuza Momochi in the ''Naruto'' series, Ginzo Nakamori in ''Detective Conan'' and ''Magic Kaito'', Joseph Joestar in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' and ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'', as well as Bunta Fujiwara in ''Initial D'', Ryotaro Dojima in ''Persona 4'' and Ujiyasu Hōjō in ''Samurai Warriors'' and ''Warriors Orochi''. Ishizuka was also the famous voice-over actor for Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Spacey.

On August 17, 2018, it was reported that Ishizuka had died on August 13, at the age of 67 from a colon infection caused by an esophageal tumor. Provided by Wikipedia