Ishizuka Unshou

Ishizuka Unshou

Ishizuka Unshou (石塚運昇) was born on May 16, 1953. Ishizuka Unshou movies and tv shows: Choushinsei Flashman: Big Rally! Titan Boy! 1987 (Japan), Choushinsei Flashman 1986 (Japan), Choushinsei Flashman: The Movie 1986 (Japan)...

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First Name: Yukinori
Family Name: Ishizuka
Native Name: 石塚運昇
Also Known As: Ishizuka Unshō
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: May 16, 1953
Age: 65
Yukinori Ishizuka (石塚 運昇 Ishizuka Yukinori?, born May 16, 1951), better known as Unshō Ishizuka (石塚 運昇 Ishizuka Unshō?), is a Japanese voice actor from Katsuyama, Fukui. He is affiliated with Aoni Production and is known for providing the voice of both the Narrator and Professor Oak on the Japanese anime series, Pokémon.

In addition to that, he regularly appears in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the Pokémon anime, voicing Onix, Steelix and numerous other Pokémon.

Ishizuka is known for his deep, strong voice and is 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 is also the Japanese dub voice of Captain Gantu in every version of Lilo & Stitch to date. He is also the current Japanese voice of Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken video game series, taking over the role since the death of longtime actor Daisuke Gouri.