Seiyuu Keiji Fujiwara Returning to Voice Acting

by tsubasalover
Jun 17, 2017 9:21 PM | 42 Comments

Talent management company Air Agency announced on Friday that voice actor Keiji Fujiwara will be making a return to his career as a voice actor. Fujiwara took a medical leave in August 2016 with an undisclosed medical condition. The agency further stated that Fujiwara will slowly resume his career while taking his physical health into account.

Fujiwara has been replaced in several anime series in the past couple of months, including Hiroshi Nohara from Crayon Shin-chan by Toshiyuki Morikawa, Shirou Fujimoto from Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen by Hiroaki Hirata, Hannes from Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 and Isami Enomoto from Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi by Kenjirou Tsuda.

Active in the voice acting industry since the 1980s, Keiji Fujiwara has voiced characters from various media, including drama CDs, tokusatsu shows, video games, live-action series, and Western cartoons.

Source: Air Agency official site

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tsubasalover said:
He will come back to voice Ironman in Spiderman: Homecoming Japanese dub for his first role since return.
http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/13261753/

I for one am rejoicing tremendously at this news. Tony Stark remains his and that's only fair.

There's a dub teaser already (hopefully it's not region-locked)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wffL9DaygZU

Jun 28, 2017 4:58 AM by pandora18

He will come back to voice Ironman in Spiderman: Homecoming Japanese dub for his first role since return.
http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/13261753/

Jun 27, 2017 8:04 PM by tsubasalover

Excellent news! He's one the best in the biz and would be solely missed talent in the industry.

Jun 20, 2017 4:48 AM by Iron_Maw

Glad to hear that.

Literally the best oyaji-voice.

Jun 20, 2017 3:20 AM by Junchi

karlstein12 said:
Multiple Summer upcoming anime's with him voicing the characters, pls

Summer anime have already started recording so that's basically impossible. Voice casting for the fall season must also be well-advanced. So at best he'll get some cameos in the fall and back as a regular in the winter. But of course, the sooner the better !

Realistically, Shin-chan will probably be what he resumes work on first, at least anime-wise.

Jun 19, 2017 2:10 AM by pandora18

Ohh that's good to hear! Glad he's back ^^

Jun 18, 2017 8:20 PM by -Arisa

That's good news. Congratulations on your recovery.

I hope Risa Taneda recovers as well.

Jun 18, 2017 8:17 PM by Magito

I missed hearing Fujiwara in anime lately. Very happy that he's doing well enough to come back into voice acting. Leorio is my personal favorite performance of his, and that's just one of the several great characters he's played.

Jun 18, 2017 6:46 PM by Nei-san

Nice to see the old timer back.
He has such an interesting and distinctive voice, which i am really fond of.

Jun 18, 2017 2:14 PM by Paul_Levesque

This is great news!! ^^ I was worried about him, I'm glad he's doing okay.

Jun 18, 2017 1:42 PM by Neko-Hoshishima

I missed him a lot. I can't wait to hear his voice again.

Jun 18, 2017 12:18 PM by Shadow-Chan

Multiple Summer upcoming anime's with him voicing the characters, pls

Jun 18, 2017 10:39 AM by karlstein12

Such great news!! Looking forward to hearing more from him again. I love his voice!! I was bummed out when he got replaced in Ao no Exorcist (though the one replacing him did a good job as well).

Jun 18, 2017 10:28 AM by Ivy

Awesome news. I'm really glad he's back!

Jun 18, 2017 10:24 AM by FinalFlash18

Nou-Tan said:

Chibi-Alice said:
Good to hear it. Was suprised when his character in Ao no Exorcist was replaced (though i prefered the replacement in this case).

you do prefer the replacement only because the guy who replaced him is the voice of Sanji

Yes. Is that a crime?

Jun 18, 2017 9:28 AM by Chibi-Alice

Welcome back, looking forward to seeing his future work for sure.

Jun 18, 2017 9:07 AM by Stark700

Chibi-Alice said:
Good to hear it. Was suprised when his character in Ao no Exorcist was replaced (though i prefered the replacement in this case).

you do prefer the replacement only because the guy who replaced him is the voice of Sanji

Jun 18, 2017 9:05 AM by HikarieChan

omg , I was suddenly opening his profile and saw this <3 but unfortunately he lost his roles in Ao no Exorcist and Shingeki no Kyoujin

Jun 18, 2017 9:04 AM by HikarieChan

great because this dude is awesome

Jun 18, 2017 8:38 AM by ahneeme

OMG I AM SO HAPPY <3

Jun 18, 2017 8:03 AM by removed-user

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