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3 | If you watch undubbed anime, you have likely heard his voice, but maybe not from a major character |
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5 | This 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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7 | But 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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11 | You 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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16 | Not 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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