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Many of us grew up watching Crayon Shin-chan, and unfortunately, the voice actor that played Shin-chan’s father, and voiced many other iconic anime characters, has passed away.

Japanese voice actor, Keiji Fuijiwara was recently announced to have died at the age of 55 after his battle with cancer.

He was most known to have played the character, Fujiwara, Shin-chan’s father in the cartoon, but many people don’t realise that he was also the man behind many anime characters like Ranma ½, the Gundam franchise and even Rurouni Kenshin.

Perhaps one of his most iconic roles was being the voice of Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist and Leorio from Hunter x Hunter!

Keiji has definitely cemented his reputation as a top-tier voice talent having voiced characters from every major anime from Naruto to Fairy Tail and popular TV shows like Initial D and Hikaru no Go.

The voice actor also dubbed the voice of Tony Stark and Joker in all the Marvel movies and The Dark Knight movie in the Japanese theatrical releases.

He was also well-known in the gaming industry, having voiced characters like fan-favourite Axel and Reno in Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy VII Remake respectively.

Fans have come together to pay tribute to the legendary voice actor who brought the characters they loved to life and mourned his tragic passing on social media.

Keiji Fujiwara, personally one of my favorite seiyuu in the industry passed away at the age of 55 due to cancer. Thank you for blessing us with your wonderful voice. Rest in Peace 🙏 pic.twitter.com/s3l2RRaCwH

— Jec Yorozuya 🙏Silver Soul🙏 (@7jeeeeeeec) April 16, 2020

Keiji Fujiwara just passed away. He'd been doing anime voicework for over 25 years. I know him best as Cheeda Nick in Go-Busters, & Nishitani in Yakuza 0. But many know him best as Hues in Full Metal Alchemist, Axel/Lea, & Reno in Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy series. Such talent pic.twitter.com/jk5B1mtipG

— Daniel Schiavone 🚥 (@ShadowThePika) April 16, 2020

Rest in Peace Keiji Fujiwara

Thank you for giving life to so many wonderful characters pic.twitter.com/4VUqKq1UcZ

— HMK (@HMKilla) April 16, 2020

Keiji Fujiwara’s performance as Leorio was very, very special. No one else fits this goofball as much as he did. Rest in peace king. pic.twitter.com/95zBJWw29q

— 🍺CookieCoochie🍺 (@cookiecoochie) April 16, 2020

Seiyu Keiji Fujiwara passed away at the age of 55 due to cancer. Acted for Hiroshi in Crayon Shin-chan, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, Leorio in Hunter x Hunter, Hattori Zenzou in Gintama, Captain Hannes in Attack on Titan, Esidisi in JoJo2, Shigure in Ushio&Tora etc. R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/YvFeTHIhNW

— otakujp (@otakucalendarjp) April 16, 2020

Rest in peace, Keiji Fujiwara. Thank you for bring the characters we loved growing up to life!

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