Takeshi Aono

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name = Takeshi Aono
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birth_date = birth date and age|1936|6|19
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birth_place = Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan
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occupation = Seiyū
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credits = "Space Battleship Yamato"
as Shirō Sanada
"Fist of the North Star"
as Rihaku
"Gegege no Kitaro" (third and fifth series)
as Nurarihyon
"Dragon Ball"
as Piccolo Daimaō and Kami-sama
"Kiteretsu Daihyakka"
as Kumahachi Kumada
"Chibi Maruko-chan"
as Tomozō Sakura
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agent =nihongo|Takeshi Aono|青野 武|Aono Takeshi (June 19, 1936 - ) is a seiyū and actor from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō affiliated with Aoni Production. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School.

Aono is 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) and Tomozō Sakura (Chibi Maruko-chan). Aono is also known to appear in all One Piece Movies.

Voice roles

*Toshio Kōmura in "Clannad"
*Shiro Sanada in "Space Battleship Yamato"
*The Gambling King in "Ranma ½"
*Murai in "Legend of the Galactic Heroes"
*Wagnard in "Lodoss to Senki" ("Record of Lodoss War")
*Piccolo Daimaō, Kami-sama, and Murasaki in "Dragon Ball"
*Nobuyuki and Katsuhito Masaki in "Tenchi Muyo!"
*Genjuro Hagakure and Nobuyuki Onijigoku in "Magical Project S" ("Pretty Sammy TV")
*Dakuan in "Ninja Scroll"
*Murigson in "The Arcadia of My Youth"
*Issei in "Giant Robo"
*Rihaku in "Hokuto no Ken"
*Nurarihyon in "GeGeGe no Kitarou (Series 3 and 5)"
*Axel Thurston in "Eureka Seven"
*Sugoroku Mutou (a.k.a. Solomon Moto) in "Yu-Gi-Oh!" (the first series by Toei)
*Gen Fu in the "Dead or Alive" video game series.
*Roy Campbell in the "Metal Gear" video game series. Also the voice of Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin in "".
*Tazuna in "Naruto"
*Dr. Albert W. Wily in "" (Mega Man 8) & "Rock Man X4" (Mega Man X4)
*Isoc & Grand Scaravich (Ground Scaravich) in "Mega Man X6"
*Kumahachi Kumada in "Kiteretsu Daihyakka"
*Daiki Niwa in "D.N.Angel"
*Doohan in Cowboy Bebop
*Dracule "Hawkeye" Mihawk in One Piece
*Batros in "Sol Bianca"
*"Prefectural Earth Defense Force" (Scope Tsuruzuki)
* Bullrates the Kobold in "Mahou Sentai Magiranger".
* Dr. Albert Zweinstein in "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX"
*Shige-san Mitamura in "Ai Shite Knight"
*Bookman in "D.Gray-man"*
*Stan in "Trigun"*
*Jack Morgan in "Firestorm (anime)"
*Kin'nee and Shinnosuke's Grandfather in "Ranma 1/2"
*Alien Zarab the Atrocious Spaceman in "" Episode 18 (also suit actor) and "Ultraman Mebius and the Ultra Brothers".
*Miki Norihei in "Yakitate!! Japan"
*Carpenter in "Honey and Clover"
*Muramasa in Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden 2

Dubbing roles

*Adam-12 (Pete Malloy (Martin Milner))
*The Addams Family (Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd))
*Alien (Engineering Technician S.E. Brett (Harry Dean Stanton))
*Back to the Future trilogy (Doctor Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd))
* ((The Joker) (Mark Hamill))
*Ernest P. Worrell series (Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney))
*Escape from New York (Japan Television) (Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell))
*Full House (Nick Katsopolis (John Aprea))
*The Godfather (Carlo Rizzi (Gianni Russo))
*The Godfather Part II (Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro))
*The Great Mouse Detective (Basil of Baker Street (Barrie Ingham))
*Harry Potter series (Argus Filch (David Bradley))
*Heat (Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino))
*Home Alone (Harry Lyme (Joe Pesci))
* (Harry Lyme (Joe Pesci))
*The Incredible Hulk (Jack McGee (Jack Colvin))
*Miami Vice (Opening narration, Lieutenant Martin Castillo (Edward James Olmos))
*Monty Python's Flying Circus (Michael Palin)
*Mr. Vampire (Father Kō (Lam Ching Ying))
*Nash Bridges (Joe Dominguez (Cheech Marin))
*Speed (Fuji Television) (Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper))
*Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (Sir Topham Hatt (replacing Kōhei Miyauchi))
*Thunderbirds (Additional voices)
*Thunderbirds 6 TV edition (Aloysius "Nosey" Parker)
*Unleashed (Bart (Bob Hoskins))
*Where Eagles Dare (Von Hapen (Derren Nesbitt))

Other Roles

*John in "Black Matrix"
*Sakuma and Imada in ""
*Cagnazzo in "Final Fantasy IV"
*Jinpachi Mishima in "Tekken 5"
*Retsu in the "Street Fighter II" drama CDs "Mad Revenger" and "Portrait of the Magician".
*Rodyle in "Tales of Symphonia"

ee also

* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=956 Takeshi Aono] at the Anime News Network