Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治, Fujiwara Keiji; October 5, 1964 – April 12, 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor.

His best known works are voicing Shinnosuke's father Hiroshi Nohara in the long-running anime series Crayon Shin-chan, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, Holland Novak in Eureka Seven, Axel in Kingdom Hearts, Leorio in Hunter × Hunter, Shiro Fujimoto in Blue Exorcist, Shingo Shoji in Initial D, Zenzo Hattori in Gintama, Reno in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, and Esidisi in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency.

In the live-action field, he was most known for dubbing actor Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark.

Fujiwara founded his own talent management and production company, Air Agency, in 2006.

Biography

Fujiwara 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, 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 child company 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 since 2008.

Illness and death

In August 2016, Fujiwara was diagnosed with an unspecified illness, though he continued to work for Air Agency and various dubbing for long as he was able to undergo medical treatment. He officially resumed work in June 2017. Fujiwara died at the Tokyo Medical Hospital from cancer on April 12, 2020, at the age of 55.

Filmography

Original video animation (OVA)

• 1992 — Gorillaman — Nakajima
• Houkago no Tinker Bell — Koutatsu Okazaki
• 1993 — The Cockpit — Lieutenant Lambert
• 1994 — Kizuna: Bonds of Love — Kei Enjouji
• Koukou Butou Den Crows — Naoki Senda
• 1995 — Golden Boy — Director Takikubo
• 1996 — Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team — Eledore Massis
• Birdy the Mighty — Masakubo
• 1997 — Alice in Cyberland — Torquemada
• B'TX Neo — Ron
• Eight Clouds Rising — Kitano-senpai
• 1998 — Shin Otokogi — Kudou
• 2000 — The Legend of the Galactic Heroes — Frederick Jasper
• 2001 — Angelique: Seichi Yori Ai wo Komete — Macnicole
• Initial D Extra Stage — Shingo Shouji
• 2002 — Initial D Battle Stage — Shingo Shouji
• 2003 — Hajime no Ippo - Mashiba vs. Kimura — Tatsuya Kimura
• Hare+Guu Deluxe — Tom
• 2004 — Kaleido Star: New Wings Extra Stage — Kalos Eido
• 2005 — Karas — Nue
• Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete — Reno
• Last Order: Final Fantasy VII — Reno
• Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix - Layla Hamilton Story — Kalos Eido
• 2006 — Sky Girls — Soya Togo
• Baldr Force EXE — Kuwong
• Sin in the Rain — Kyosuke Takamizawa
• 2008 — Bounen no Xamdou — Raigyo Tsunomata — ONA
• 2009 — Toriko — Tom
• 2010 — Bungaku Shoujo Memoir I - Yume-Miru Shoujo no Prelude — Fumiharo Amano
• Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku: The Legend of Koizumi — Yukio Hatoyama
• 2011 — Blessing of the Campanella — Nick La'juck
• 2012 — Kyō no Asuka Show — Asuka's father — ONA
• 2013 — Iron Man: Rise of Technovore — Iron Man/Tony Stark
• Vassalord — Johnny Rayflo — Bundled with the ltd edition of the manga vol.7
• Donyatsu — Begar — ONA
• 2014 — Juuza Engi Engetsu Sangokuden — Chouseihei (Zhang Shiping)
• Magi: Adventure of Sinbad — Hinahoho
• Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher — Iron Man/Tony Stark
• 2019 — Final Fantasy XV - Episode Ardyn: Prologue — Ardyn

Tokusatsu

• 2012–2013 — Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters — Cheeda Nick
• 2018 — Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger en film — Jackpot Striker

Dubbing roles

Animated

• 1992 — TUGS — Big Mac, Sea Rogue, Little Ditcher, Frank, The Shrimpers
• 1994 — Pink Panther — Louie
• 1997 — Beast Wars: Transformers — Dinobot, Clone Dinobot
• 1998 — Toonsylvania — Fred Deadman
• 1999 — Paddington Bear — Paddington
• Batman Beyond — Spellbinder/Ira Billings
• 2000 — The Rugrats Movie — Stu Pickles
• 2002 — 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure — Pongo
• House of Mouse — Pongo
• 2003 — Bionicle: Mask of Light — Pohatu
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas — Sinbad
• Transformers: Armada — Scavenger (Japanese: Devastor)
• 2005 — The Batman — Rag Doll
• D.I.C.E — Pike
• 2007 — The Boondocks — Ed Wuncler III
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Traximus
• 2009 — Batman: The Brave and the Bold — The Joker/Red Hood, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers
• 2010 — Transformers: Animated — Grimlock
• 2011 — Kung Fu Panda 2 — Lord Shen
• 2012 — Transformers: Prime — Megatron
• 2013 — Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite — Joker
• 2014 — Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher — Iron Man
• 2016 — Lego DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League - Gotham City Breakout — Joker
• Pokémon Generations — Detective Handsome
• 2018 — Next Gen — Justin Pin

Narration

The below is a selection.

• 2010–2012 — Ishikawa Ryou Special RESPECT — Golf show
• 2010 — Gyakuryuu Shiraberu Travel — Variety Show
• 2011–2015 — Mirai Seiki Zipangu — Economy Documentary Show
• 2012 — Koi nante Zeitaku ga Watashi ni Ochitekuru no darouka? — TV Drama, 6 eps
• 2012–2013 — Bakushou Gakuen Nasebara-ru — Program aimed at teenagers
• 2014 — "SWEET ROAD TO YOUTH"-A Documentary Film featuring KOTARO FURUICHI & THE COLLECTORS-
• 2017 - — Gekiroku: Keisatsu Micchaku 24-ji ! — Police documentary show

Live-action

The following are physical appearances as opposed to voice work.

• 2010 — Wonderful World — Nishikawa Yoshitaka
• 2013 — Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Returns vs. Dōbutsu Sentai Go-Busters — Backpacker
• 2014 — Crayon Shin-chan: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes Back TV commercials — Single Man

Video / Events

• 2005 — Fullmetal Alchemist Festival - Tales of Another — ANSB-1248
• 2007 — Basara Matsuri 2007 - Fuyu no Jin — CPBA-10036
• Bakasawagi - Baccano ! DVD Release Commemoration Event — ANSB-2905-6 — Digest included with Baccano ! DVDs vol.5 & 6
• 2009 — Fullmetal Alchemist Festival '09 — ANSB-5539
• Are you Alice? Sweet Tea Party Music and Live - Honeyed Invitation — MESV-2
• Basara Matsuri 2009 - Haru no Jin — BAMD-0001
• Little Anchor - Dead or Live — D3PO-0011 — Animate exclusive
• 2011 — Ao no Exorcist - Blue Night Fes — ANSB-3845
• Basara Matsuri 2011 - Natsu no Jin — BAMD-0004
• 2012 — Blood-C-arnival — ANZB-6895 — Included on the limited edition DVD/BD of Blood-C: the Last Dark
• Fujiwara Keiji no Kore ga Yaritai - Kanto-hen — APLE-1 — Variety DVD. With Takahiro Sakurai
• 2013 — Basara Matsuri 2013 - Haru no Jin — BAMD-0007

Web radio hosting

• 2007–2008 — Fujiwara, Hirata no Sweet Tea Party — Are you Alice? themed show. With Hiroaki Hirata
• 2008–2011, 2013–2014 — ANI-COM RADIO 〜 Fujiwara de Ii Kana 〜 — with Kana Asumi
• 2008–2009 — Hyakko - Tora no Ko Radio
• 2008–2009 — Shikabane Hime Radio 〜 Kochira Dainrinkan Housoukyoku 〜 — with Nana Akiyama
• 2009 — Vassalord Radio Station — with Ryoutarou Okiayu
• 2009 — Mamachari to Chuuzai no Bokuchuu Radio — with Kenichi Suzumura
• 2009–2010 — Miracle Train 〜 Shashoushitsu he Youkoso 〜 — with KENN
• 2010 — Arakawa FM — with Chiaki Omigawa

Sound direction

• 2010 — Kakkokawaii Sengen !
• 2012 — Maji de Otaku na English ! Ribbon-chan: Eigo de Tatakau Mahoushoujo
• 2013 — Angel Drop (special)
• 2013 — Pupipo !
• 2015 — BAR Kiraware Yasai

Substitutes

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

• Kenyū Horiuchi – Pokémon Generations: Handsome/Looker
• Hiroaki Hirata – Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga: Shirō Fujimoto
• Kenjirō Tsuda – Attack on Titan 2nd Season: Hannes, Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love, Isami Enomoto
• Toshiyuki Morikawa – Crayon Shin-chan series: Hiroshi Nohara, Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution: Holland Novak, Zenonzard the Animation [ja]: Hughtlom Aubreykahn, Marvel Cinematic Universe:Iron Man/Tony Stark
• Mitsuru Ogata – Macross Delta: Berger Stone
• Yasunori Matsumoto – Mr. Robot: Mr. Robot
• Kazuya Nakai – The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl: Seitaro Higuchi
• Kanehira Yamamoto – Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash: Mr. K (Kiriya)
• Jin Yamanoi – The Strain: Vasiliy Fet
• Kazuhiro Yamaji – Granblue Fantasy: Eugen (originally only on the first season of the anime)
• Rikiya Koyama – Dance with Devils: Fortuna: Nesta
• Kazuhiko Inoue – Scream Queens: Wes Gardner
• Tomokazu Seki – Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Death or Kiss: Aldebaran
• Tōru Ōkawa - Laughing Under the Clouds: Taiko Kumou
• Fuminori Komatsu - Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link [ja]: Travis Kirkland
• Kentaro Tone - Utawarerumono: Haku (Used for extra scenes new to Utawarerumono ZAN 2/replaced entirely for the anime adaptation of Utawarerumono Futari no Hakuoro. Also used for other character variants in Utawarerumono: Lost Frag.)