Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono (青野 武, Aono Takeshi, June 19, 1936-April 9, 2012) was a Japanese voice actor from Hokkaido. He was best known for voicing Maruko's Grandfather in Chibi Maruko-chan and Shirō Sanada in the original Space Battleship Yamato franchise.
He provided the voice of Nurarihyon in the 1985 and 2007 GeGeGe no Kitarō anime. He also voiced Medama-Oyaji in the TV special Kitarō, The Search for Happiness, the first performer to do so after the death of Isamu Tanonaka. Following his death in 2012, the role was taken over by Bin Shimada.
==Selected filmography==
===GeGeGe no Kitarō characters===
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985 anime) - Nurarihyon, Neko-Sennin, Unisuke (Ep. 7), Binbōgami, Fukuro-Sage (Ep. 27), Gama-Sennin, Ido-Sennin, Narration (Ep. 68), Old Man (Ep. 77)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985 film) - Nurarihyon
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nippon Jōriku!! - Ido-Sennin
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran - Yōkai Emperor (Nurarihyon)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996 anime) - Man-Eating Island, Jūtarō Ijūin, Butler, Bake-Neko, Matsuzō Mitaka, Harunosuke Nagasaki, Kamanari, Professor
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007 anime) - Nurarihyon
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! - Nurarihyon
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Dai Undōkai - Nurarihyon
*Kitarō, The Search for Happiness: 100 Years of Tōno Monogatari - Voice of Medama-Oyaji
===Other Shigeru Mizuki works===
*NonNonBa - Azuki-Hakari
===Other notable roles===
====Anime====
*Bikkuriman as Super Devil
*Chibi Maruko-chan as Tomozō Sakura (Grandpa) (second voice)
*Dragon Ball as Murasaki, Demon King Piccolo, Kami
**Dragon Ball Z as Kami
*Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1991 series) as Hadlar
*The Familiar of Zero as Osmond (first voice)
*Fist of the North Star as Rihaku
*Ghost Sweeper Mikami as Kenki-kun (Narrator)
*Gintama as Gengai Hiraga (first series)
*Legend of the Galactic Heroes as Murai
*Hurricane Polymar as Joe Guruma
*One Piece as Dracule "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk (first voice)
**One Piece: The Movie as Ganzo
**One Piece: The Clockwwork Island Adventure as Skunk-One
**One Piece: Chopper's Animal Kingdom as Parrot
**One Piece: Dead End Adventure as Bartender
**One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword as Boo Kong
**One Piece: The Island of Baron Omatsuri as Kero-Jiji
**One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle as Butler
**One Piece: Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates as Lassoo
**One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura as Doctor 1
**One Piece: Strong World as Dining Hall Pirate
*Ranma ½ as Gambling King, Shinnosuke's Grandfather
*Six God Combination GodMars as Tadashi Myojin
*Space Battleship Yamato (franchise) as Shirō Sanada
*Tenchi Muyo! as Katsuhito & Nobuyuki Masaki (original voices)
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