Aono Takeshi was a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaido. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School.

Aono was most known for the roles of Sanada Shiro in Space Battleship Yamato, Rihaku in Fist of the North Star, Nurarihyon in GeGeGe no Kitari, Piccolo Daimao and Kami-sama in Dragon Ball, Kamada Kumahachi in Kiteretsu Daihyakka, Dakuan in Ninja Scroll, Dezsaras in Transformers: Victory, and Sakura Tomozo (Chibi Maruko-chan). In the live-action field, Aono was the official dubbing artist of Joe Pesci and Christopher Lloyd.

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 infractions and was found dead. Voice actress Hisamura Eiko announced Aono's death via her Twitter feed, and video game designer Kojima Hideo stated via Twitter that he will retire the Roy Campbell character from the Metal Gear Solid series out of respect for Aono.

Aono was 75 years old at the time of his death.

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