Keiji Fujiwara

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| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | October 5, 1964 |
| Date of death: | April 12, 2020 |
| Place of birth: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Voice of: | [Wataru Date](/wiki/Wataru_Date "Wataru Date") (Episodes 681~683) |
| Nicknames: | Keiji Fujisawa FujiKei |
**Keiji Fujiwara** (藤原 啓治 ,*Fujiwara Keiji*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), born October 5, 1964, in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, voice actor, director and producer, who died of cancer on April 12, 2020, at the age of 55.
In **[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")**, he was the voice of [Wataru Date](/wiki/Wataru_Date "Wataru Date"). After his death, the role of Date has since been performed by [Hiroki Tochi](/wiki/Hiroki_Tochi "Hiroki Tochi").
## Contents
* [1 Biography](#Biography)
* [2 Other roles in *Detective Conan*](#Other_roles_in_Detective_Conan)
* [3 Other notable works](#Other_notable_works)
+ [3.1 Anime](#Anime)
+ [3.2 Movie](#Movie)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 References](#References)
* [6 See also](#See_also)
## Biography[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keiji_Fujiwara&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Biography")]
Keiji Fujiwara was born on October 5, 1964, in Tokyo, but spent most of his childhood in  [Iwate Prefecture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture "wikipedia:Iwate Prefecture"). In high school, he sang in a band with his friend Kotaro Furuichi, who later became the guitarist for the rock band [The Collectors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collectors_(Japanese_band) "wikipedia:The Collectors (Japanese band)").
At around 18, Fujiwara moved back to Tokyo alone and joined [Bungakuza](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungakuza "wikipedia:Bungakuza") acting school. Throughout the 1980s, he acted with different theater groups while doing part-time jobs to support himself. In the early 1990s, he was introduced to [Ken Production](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Utsumi "wikipedia:Kenji Utsumi"), his first voice acting agency. His first regular anime role was in [Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangokushi_(manga) "wikipedia:Sangokushi (manga)"), but his breakthrough came with the role of [Hiroshi Nohara](https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Hiroshi_Nohara) in [Crayon Shin-chan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon_Shin-chan "wikipedia:Crayon Shin-chan").
In November 2006, he left Ken Production and started his own company, [Air Agency](https://www.air-agency.co.jp/company), which managed talent and produced original content through its sub-label, [Air Label](https://web.archive.org/web/20160404173117/https://airlabel.shop-pro.jp/?mode=f1). The company also organized live events. Fujiwara made his sound directorial debut in 2010 with Kakkokawaii Sengen! He also began teaching voice acting as a regular lecturer at [Japan Newart](https://www.jnc.nichigei.ac.jp/aboutus/professors/) College in 2008.
In August 2016, Air Agency announced that Fujiwara would take a break due to an unspecified illness. He returned to work in June 2017, continuing to voice characters and direct as much as his health allowed.
Sadly, at the age of just 55, Fujiwara passed away from cancer on April 12, 2020, at Tokyo Medical Hospital.
He was close friends with fellow voice actor [Toshiyuki Morikawa](/wiki/Toshiyuki_Morikawa "Toshiyuki Morikawa"), who later took over some of Fujiwara’s roles after his passing.
## Other roles in *Detective Conan*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keiji_Fujiwara&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Other roles in Detective Conan")]
* [The Mysterious Shooting Message Case](/wiki/The_Mysterious_Shooting_Message_Case "The Mysterious Shooting Message Case") (episode 14): Man A
* [Missing Corpse Murder Case](/wiki/Missing_Corpse_Murder_Case "Missing Corpse Murder Case") (episode 15): Policeman
## Other notable works[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keiji_Fujiwara&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Other notable works")]
### Anime[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keiji_Fujiwara&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Anime")]
* *[The Seven Deadly Sins](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Deadly_Sins:_Imperial_Wrath_of_The_Gods "wikipedia:The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of The Gods")*: Original Gowther
* *[Attack on Titan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Titan_(TV_series) "wikipedia:Attack on Titan (TV series)")*: Hannes
* *[Hunter × Hunter (2011)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter_(2011_TV_series) "wikipedia:Hunter × Hunter (2011 TV series)")*: Leorio
* *[Death Note](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_(2006_TV_series) "wikipedia:Death Note (2006 TV series)")*: Shuichi Aizawa
* *[Gintama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gintama "wikipedia:Gintama")*: Zenzo Hattori
* *[One Piece](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece_(1999_TV_series) "wikipedia:One Piece (1999 TV series)")*: Admiral Ryokugyu
### Movie[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keiji_Fujiwara&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Movie")]
* *[Iron Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man_(2008_film) "wikipedia:Iron Man (2008 film)")*: Tony Stark / Iron Man (Dub)
(and many more Marvel movies)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Keiji_Fujiwara&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* Scuba Diving was his hobby.
* He was 175cm tall and weighted 68kg.