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3If you watch undubbed anime, you have likely heard his voice, but maybe not from a major character
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5This is voice actor Kazunari Tanaka (April 8, 1967 - October 10, 2016). A Kung-Fu and [[UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} Judo]]-loving guy who [[Creator/NozomuSasaki was]] [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa born]] [[Creator/MegumiHayashibara the]] [[Creator/AkikoYajima same]] [[Creator/TakehitoKoyasu year]] [[Creator/MitsuoIwata as]] [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama these]] [[Creator/AkiraIshida people]], and [[CloseKnitCommunity walked hand-in-hand along with them]] through the Japanese voice acting business.
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7But why can't anyone outside of his industry remember him? This was because his roles were all...
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9"[[NoNameGiven Person]] A," "[[FlatCharacter Student]] B," "SpearCarrier C" "[[LivingProp Old Fisherman]] D," "[[GirlNextDoor Guy Next Door]] E," "That {{Mook}} [[ChewToy Who Just Tripped and Landed a Pie on His Boss and Got Beaten]] as [[PrecisionFStrike F]]"...
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11You got it. His trade was being the [[BitCharacter Bit Player]] of voice acting--The Ultimate [[TheEveryman Everyman]].
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13 [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-11/voice-actor-kazunari-tanaka-passes-away-at-49/.107489 Sadly he passed away from a brain hemorrhage at age 49.]]
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16Not related to Creator/AtsukoTanaka, Creator/RieTanaka, Creator/HideyukiTanaka, Creator/MayumiTanaka, Creator/YoshikiTanaka and Creator/MinamiTanaka.
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18!!Here are the dudes that people noticed and literally have names:
19* Baron Blood in ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers''
20* Gerozaemon Geroda of ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}''
21* Ghuli Galbras of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV''
22* Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshin of ''Manga/{{Planetes}}'' (His only [[TheProtagonist protagonist]] role)
23* Haruyuki Yasukawa of ''Anime/RocketGirls''
24* Hiko Ko of ''[[Manga/HoshinEngi Soul Hunter]]''
25* Ichiro Fujiki of ''Manga/CheekyAngel''
26* Junya Kaneshiro of ''Videogame/Persona5''
27* Keishin Ukai of ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'' (up till Season 3 Ep.8) (His StarMakingRole)
28* Katsuya Kimura of ''Manga/HellTeacherNube''
29* Miyoshi Seikai Nyudo of ''Manga/Brave10''
30* Shinichirō Tamaki of ''Anime/CodeGeass''
31** [-(Arguably the first role that had a broader audience [[StarMakingRole noticing him]])-]
32* Tsutomu Rokutandou of ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy''
33* Wen Hai Lee of ''VideoGame/Yakuza0''
34* Testuji Shima of ''VideoGame/KurohyoRyuGaGotokuShinsho'' and ''VideoGame/Kurohyo2RyuGaGotokuAshuraHen''
35* Thundercracker of ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''
36* Xiang Yu of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors: Strikeforce 2''
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38!!While here are the titles where you may run into him from any and every corner:
39* ''Anime/BombermanBDamanBakugaiden''
40* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (Known to be the youth version of Dr. Agasa)
41* ''Manga/DragonBall'' (Throughout to ''Super'')
42** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' [-(Large amounts of mooks alert)-]
43* ''Manga/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai'' (1991)
44* ''Anime/GalaxyAngelRune'' [-(Large amounts of civilians alert)-]
45* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' (1996)
46* ''Manga/GetBackers''
47* ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Robo Go]]''
48* ''Anime/GhostSweeperMikami'' [-(Large amounts of mooks/civilians alert)-]
49* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''
50* ''Manga/KingOfBanditJing''
51* ''Manga/KiteretsuDaihyakka''
52* ''Manga/MasterKeaton''
53* ''Manga/OnePiece''
54* ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer''
55* ''Franchise/SailorMoon''
56* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}''
57* ''Manga/SlamDunk''
58* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars:''
59** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX''
60** ''The Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation''
61** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''
62* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''
63* ''Anime/TurnAGundam''
64* ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''
65* ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin''
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