Keiji Fujiwara

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Keiji Fujiwara
Native name 藤原 啓治
Born October 5, 1964
Tokyo, Japan
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Occupation Voice actor
Years active 1980-2020
Agent Air Agency
Known for Official Japanese voice dub-over artist for Robert Downey, Jr. and Matthew Lillard
Notable credit(s) Crayon Shin-chan
as Hiroshi Nohara
Eureka Seven
as Holland Novak
Eureka Seven AO
as Renton Thurston
Fullmetal Alchemist
as Maes Hughes
Zoids: Chaotic Century
as Irvine
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
as Reno
Kingdom Hearts II
as Axel
Galaxy Angel
as Volcott
Sgt. Frog
as Paul Moriyama
Blood+
as Nathan Mahler
Overman King Gainer
as Kashmir Valle
Initial D
as Shingo Shoji
Hunter × Hunter (2011)
as Leorio Paladiknight

Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治 Fujiwara Keiji?, October 5, 1964 - April 12, 2020) was a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo.

His best known projects include Crayon Shin-chan as Hiroshi Nohara, Eureka Seven as Holland, Fullmetal Alchemist as Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes, Zoids: Chaotic Century as Irvine, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children as Reno, Kingdom Hearts II as Axel, Galaxy Angel as Volcott, Sgt. Frog as Paul, Blood+ as Nathan, Overman King Gainer as Kashimaru Bale, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 as Ali Al-Saachez, Death Note as Shuichi Aizawa, and Marvel Anime as Iron Man/Tony Stark. He was also well known as the official Japanese voice dub-over artist for actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Matthew Lillard.

He founded his own talent management and production company, Air Agency, in 2006. Fujiwara died of cancer in April 2020.

Biography

Keiji Fujiwara was born on October 5, 1964 in Tokyo. Even though he was born in Tokyo, he spent the majority of his childhood in Iwate Prefecture. In high school, he handled vocals in a band he formed with his friend Kotaro Furuichi, future guitarist of rock band The Collectors.

Around 18, he moved back to Tokyo on his own and joined the Bungakuza acting school. He spent the 1980s performing in several theater troupes while working odd jobs. Fujiwara was introduced to his first voice acting agency, Ken Production, founded by Kenji Utsumi, in the early 1990s. The first TV anime in which he appeared as a regular was Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi, but his breakout role was Hiroshi Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan.

In November 2006, he left Ken Production and founded his own agency, Air Agency. Aside from talent management, the company went on to release original drama and situation CDs through its subsidiary Air Label, as well as produce live events. in 2010, Fujiwara made his own sound directorial debut in Kakkokawaii Sengen!

Fujiwara was a regular lecturer at the Japan Newart College from 2008 until his death.

In August 2016, Air Agency announced that Fujiwara was going on hiatus in order to undergo medical treatment for a then-unspecified illness. He officially resumed work in June 2017, but died of cancer on April 12, 2020 at the age of 55.

Filmography

Television animation

1992
1993
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Original video animation (OVA)

Theater animation

Tokusatsu

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Drama CD roles

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Video games

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Dubbing roles

Live-action

Animated

Replacement voice actors

Below is a list of voice actors who stood in for him during his health-related hiatus (2016–2017), before his death in 2020.

References

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External links

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