On April 16, 2020, Akira Fujiwara, a well-known Japanese voice actor who voiced Hiroshi Konohara, the Japanese version of Iron Man, Tony Stark, the "Things of The False Mask / Two White Emperors", Leo Li of "Full-Time Hunter", and The newly released Final Fantasy 7 Rev. Renault, died of illness on April 12, 2020 at the age of 55.
Voice actor Keiji Fujiwara is good at playing uncle-type characters with slightly funny colors, and his most famous role is Crayon Koshin's father, Nohara Hiroshi.
Hiroshi Nohara's voice is relatively low but magnetic, so it is more recognizable, and it is mainly middle-aged men.
Its voice roles include a kind and honest father, a strange uncle and old driver, and some handsome and evil villains. Occasionally, there are cases of young people starring.
Its business is usually dominated by radio broadcasts and film and television dramas, and the better example is Tony Stark of "Iron Man". He also voiced some of the films starring Adam Sandler, Eric Barner, Christian Slater, Liang Chaowei, Matthew Broderick, and Matthew McConaughey.
Keiji Fujiwara's death was not related to the ongoing COVID-19, and he was recuperated in August 2016 because of the disease and suspended the dubbing work.
He recovered on June 16, 2017 and began announcing that he was working as a blow-off voice for Spider-Man: Returns from the Expedition, and slowly began to resume his original work content.
On April 14, 2020, his cancer recurred at the age of 55. The Obituary was issued on April 16, 2020.
As a very well-known voice actor in Japan, the death of Fujiwara Keiji has attracted a lot of attention in the Japanese industry.
Voice actress Yumiko Kobayashi, who voices Shinnosuke Nohara, the protagonist of Crayon Shin-chan, said that Mr. Keiji Fujiwara is a treasure in the Japanese voice actor world.
Yuichi Nakamura, who had a collaboration in "The Avengers", recalled that not long ago, we had a little chat in the studio... I can't believe it was the last time.
When he returned in 2016, many sensitive viewers found that his voice was obviously different from his previous voice, and most of the roles he accepted were old characters from before, and rarely expanded new roles.
Today, the "air agency", where Fujimoto was the former chairman, issued an obituary on the official website, saying "thank you for your concern" and "the farewell ceremony can only be attended by relatives".