Takeshi Aono
Career. Aono was most known for the roles of Shiro Sanada (Space Battleship Yamato), Rihaku (Fist of the North Star), Nurarihyon ("GeGeGe no Kitaro"), Piccolo Daimao and Kami-sama ("Dragon Ball"), Kumahachi Kumada ("Kiteretsu Daihyakka"), Dakuan ("Ninja Scroll"), Deathsaurus (""), Jinpachi Mishima (Demon form) ("Tekken 5/Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection") and Tomozō Sakura ("Chibi Maruko-chan"). In the live action field, Aono was the official dubbing artist of Joe Pesci and Christopher Lloyd. Aono was also known to appear in the first ten "One Piece" movies. He is also known to gamers as the voice of the diabolical Dr.  Wily in the PlayStation-era Mega Man games, and Colonel Roy Campbell of the Metal Gear games. Aono is mostly remembered for his harsh voice for many Japanese anime series. Illness and death. In May 2010, Aono checked into a hospital for an aortic dissection and suffered a stroke shortly thereafter, thus ending his career as a voice actor. His ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actors. At about 4:38 pm on April 9, 2012, Aono suffered a bout of post-operative multiple cerebral infarctions and was found dead. Voice actress Eiko Hisamura announced Aono's death via her  Twitter feed, and video game designer Hideo Kojima stated via his Twitter that he will retire the Roy Campbell character from the Metal Gear series out of respect for Aono. Aono was 75 years old at the time of his death. Voice roles. Anime television series. 1965 1968 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010