Keiji Fujiwara was known worldwide as the seiyuu voicing Axel in the Kingdom Hearts series and Reno in Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Keiji Fujiwara, a seiyuu most notably known to the game community as the Japanese voice of Axel / Lea in Kingdom Hearts, has passed away. He was 55 years old.
Air Agency, the seiyuu agency Keiji Fujiwara was affiliated to, announced on April 16 that Fujiwara passed away on April 12, 2020. Keiji Fujiwara was one of the most prolific and talented seiyuu, Japanese voice actresses and actors. He had nearly 30 years of career. His most popular roles included Maes Hughes in Full Metal Alchemist, Shingo Shoji in Initial D, Ali Al-Saachez in Gundam OO, Sven Vollfied in Black Cat, Ladd Russo in Baccano, Leorio Paradinight in Hunter x Hunter 2011, or Holland Novak in Eureka Seven. When it comes to western media dubbed in Japanese, Fujiwara was also the Japanese voice of Robert Downey Jr., dubbing him in Marvel movies as Tony Stark.
In Japan specifically, Keiji Fujiwara was incredibly popular as the voice of Hiroshi Nohara, the father in anime series Crayon Shin-chan. Back in 2014, Fujiwara appeared in a series of hilarious Crayon Shin-chan commercials.
Fujiwara was also the voice of Reno in Final Fantasy VII related material such as Advent Children and Crisis Core. He recently voiced him again in Final Fantasy VII Remake. Keiji Fujiwara had an incredible and distinctive voice that every anime fan and Japanese games fan know or at least heard once in their lives. He will be dearly missed. We offer our deepest condolences to his family.
Many other seiyuu and Japanese companies have started sharing homages to Keiji Fujiwara on social media as well.
ブレイブルーシリーズにおきましてカグラ＝ムツキ役を演じて頂きました、藤原啓治様のご逝去の報に接し、弊社社員一同、謹んでお悔やみ申し上げます。
ご生前をお偲びし、悲しみにたえません。安らかなるご永眠を心よりお祈り申し上げます。
— アークシステムワークス公式ツイッター (@ARCSY_Event) April 16, 2020
Arc System Works offered their condolences. Fujiwara voiced Kagura Mutsuki in the BlazBlue series.
■ 声優の藤原啓治さんの訃報……。55歳は早過ぎる………。テレビアニメ「HUNTER×HUNTER」が、レギュラーでご一緒させて頂いた最後の仕事となりました。謹んで哀悼の意を評します。 https://t.co/kXWU23ZLZ2
— 声優・古川登志夫（青二プロダクション） (@TOSHIO_FURUKAWA) April 16, 2020
Toshio Furukawa (Piccolo in Dragon Ball) shared his shock and sadness. The two of them were longtime colleagues and appeared in many anime series together.
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