Keiji Fujiwara
Keiji Fujiwara 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 in Eureka Seven, Axel in Kingdom Hearts, Leorio in Hunter × Hunter, Shiro Fujimoto in Ao no Exorcist, and Esidisi in . 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.
In August 2016, Air Agency announced that he was going on hiatus in order to undergo medical treatment for a then-unspecified illness. He officially resumed work in June 2017. Fujiwara died of cancer on April 12, 2020.
Filmography
Television animation
Theatrical animation
Original video animation (OVA)
Video games
Tokusatsu
Dubbing roles
Live-action
Animated
| Year | Title | Role | Notes / Refs. |
| 1992 | TUGS | Big Mac, Sea Rogue, Little Ditcher, Frank, The Shrimpers | |
| 1994 | Pink Panther | Louie | |
| 1997 | ' | Dinobot, Clone Dinobot | |
| 1998 | Toonsylvania | Fred Deadman | |
| 1999 | Paddington Bear | Paddington | |
| Batman Beyond | Spellbinder/Ira Billings | ||
| 2000 | The Rugrats Movie | Stu Pickles | |
| 2002 | ' | Pongo | |
| Disney's House of Mouse | Pongo | ||
| 2003 | ' | Pohatu | |
| ' | Sinbad | ||
| ' | Scavenger | ||
| 2005 | The Batman | Ragdoll | |
| D.I.C.E | Pike | ||
| 2007 | The Boondocks | Ed Wuncler III | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Traximus | ||
| 2009 | ' | The Joker/Red Hood, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers | |
| 2010 | ' | Grimlock | |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Lord Shen | |
| 2012 | ' | Megatron | |
| 2013 | ' | Joker | |
| 2014 | ' | Iron Man | |
| 2016 | Joker | ||
| Pokemon Generations | Detective Handsome | ||
| 2018 | Next Gen | Justin Pin |
Narration
The below is a selection.| Year | Title | Notes/Refs |
| 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.| Year | Title | Role | Notes/Refs. |
| 2010 | Wonderful World | Nishikawa Yoshitaka | |
| 2013 | Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Returns vs. Dōbutsu Sentai Go-Busters | Backpacker | |
| 2014 | TV commercials | Single Man |
Discography
Drama CD roles
Character songs
Video / Events
Web radio hosting
Sound direction
Stand-in voice actors
Below is a list of voice actors who stood in for him during his health-related hiatus, before 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, ', Isami Enomoto
- Toshiyuki Morikawa – Crayon Shin-chan series: Hiroshi Nohara, Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution: Holland Novak
- 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 – ': Mr. K
- Jin Yamanoi – The Strain: Vasiliy Fet
- Kazuhiro Yamaji – Granblue Fantasy The Animation: Eugen
- Rikiya Koyama – Dance with Devils: Fortuna: Nesta
- Kazuhiko Inoue – Scream Queens: Wes Gardner
- Tomokazu Seki – : Aldebaran