Kazunari Tanaka

Kazunari Tanaka
田中 一成
Born	(1967-04-08)April 8, 1967 Osaka, Japan
Died	October 10, 2016(2016-10-10) (aged 49) Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1990–2016
Agent	Aoni Production

Kazunari Tanaka (田中 一成, Tanaka Kazunari, April 8, 1967 – October 10, 2016) was a Japanese voice actor from Osaka Prefecture who worked for Aoni Production.

Death

Tanaka passed away on October 10, 2016, from intracerebral hemorrhage.^[1]

Filmography

Television animation

• Sailor Moon (1992) (various minor roles)
• Dragon Ball Z (1993) (Maraikoh)
• Marmalade Boy (1994) (Tsutomu Rokutanda)
• Turn A Gundam (1999) (Bruno)
• Planetes (2003) (Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino)
• Rockman EXE Stream (2005) (Rat)
• Haikyū!! (2014) (Keishin Ukai)
• Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (2015) (Baron Blood)
• Sailor Moon Crystal (2015) (Achiral)

Unknown date

• Air Gear (Inuyama)
• Air Master (Yashiki Shun)
• Bleach (Abirama Redder)
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Wonk)
• Brave 10 (Miyoshi Seikai Nyuudou)
• Code Geass (Shinichirō Tamaki)
• Dragoon Might (Reggie, Drake, Sarumaru)
• Gintama (Katoken)
• Green Green (Tadatomo "Bacchi-Gu" Ijūin)
• Hoshin Engi (Ko Hiko)
• InuYasha (Genbu)
• Kaiser Knuckle (known outside Japan as Global Champion) (J.McCoy)
• Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (Hiroshi Yamanaka)
• Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (Boss)
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Orson White)
• One Piece (Talaran, Avalo Pizarro, Brownbeard, Manboshi, Blackback, Yomo)
• Shining Tears X Wind (Enu)
• SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors (Touton Memedorza)
• Yaiba (Gerozaemon, Kendo Student, Hakki)
• Shippu! Iron Leaguer (Additional Voices)

Original video animation

• I Shall Never Return (1994) (Kazuyoshi Iwasaki)
• Blue Submarine No. 6 (1998) (Akihiro Ookawa)
• Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO (2004) (Jackson)
• Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase (2007) (Dagdag)

Theatrical animation

• Mobile Suit Gundam :Special edition (2000) (Oscar Dublin)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow :Special edition (2000) (Oscar Dublin)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space :Special edition (2000) (Oscar Dublin)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003) (Wind Guide A)
• Rainbow Fireflies (2011) (Setsuko's father)

Tokusatsu

• Mirai Sentai Timeranger (2000) (Hitman Mad Blast (ep. 5))
• Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger (2001) (Freezer Org (ep. 13))

Video games

• Tobal 2 (1997) (Hom)^[2]
• Silhouette Mirage (1997) (Grigori Shemhazai)^[2]
• Metal Gear Acid 2 (2005) (Harab Serap)
• Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War (2007) (Jean)
• Shining Wind (2007) (Enu)
• Last Escort 2 (2008) (Kouki)
• Code 18 (2011) (Takeshi Fujii)
• Yakuza 0 (2015) (Wen Hai Lee)^[2]
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven (2015) (Tamami Kobayashi)
• Persona 5 (2016) (Junya Kaneshiro)^[2]

Drama CDs

• Daisuki (xxxx) (Masayoshi Ikeda)
• Hanayome wa Yoru ni Chiru (xxxx) (Wakana)

Dubbing Roles

Live-action

• American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (Mike "Cooze" Coozeman (Jake Siegel))^[3]
• Painkiller Jane (Riley Jensen (Sean Owen Roberts))^[4]
• The Recruit (Ronnie Gibson (Mike Realba))

Animation

• Brother Bear 2 (Kenai)^[5]
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Mole)

References

1. "Voice Actor Kazunari Tanaka Passes Away at 49". Anime News Network. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
2. "Kazunari Tanaka - 52 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
3. "アメリカン・パイ in ハレンチ・マラソン大会/:ジョー・ヌスバウム, 出演:…". Mercari. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
4. "i-img480x640-16227722478stqts28134.jpg". Yahoo! Auctions Japan. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
5. "ブラザー・ベア2". Disney. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

External links

• Kazunari Tanaka Archived 2009-11-26 at the Wayback Machine at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos
• Kazunari Tanaka at IMDb
• Kazunari Tanaka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia