Ishizuka Unsho was a Japanese voice actor from Katsuyama, Fukui. He was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death and is known for providing the voice of both the story narrator and Professor Oak on the Japanese anime series, Pokémon.

In addition to that, he regularly appeared in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the Pokémon anime, voicing Onix, Steelix and numerous other Pokémon.

He was known for his deep, strong voice and was often cast in the role of older, mature male characters, such as Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop, Eugene Gallardo from Tales of Rebirth and Captain Matthews in the Xenosaga trilogy. He was also the Japanese dub voice of Captain Gantu in every version of Lilo & Stitch to date. He was also the second Japanese voice of Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken video game series, taking over the role since the death of longtime voice actor Gori Daisuke.

On August 17, 2018, it was reported that Ishizuka had died on August 13, at the age of 67, from a colon infection caused by an esophageal cancer.

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