The Air Agency which Fujiwara founded and worked as a representative director officially announced on April 16, 2020 that Keiji
Fujiwara has passed away due to cancer on April 12, 2020. The Voice Actor has been fighting cancer for the last few year. His family held a private funeral for him.
Fujiwara went to hiatus on August 2016 for medical treatment and gradually returned to work in 2017.
Born on October 5, 1964 in Tokyo, Fujiwara’s voice can be heard over multiple anime and games notably as Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiroshi Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan, Holland in Eureka 7, Hannes in Attack on Titan, Leorio in the Hunter x Hunter (2011) , Axel in Kingdom Hearts, Ardyn in Final Fantasy XV, Reno in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Final Fantasy VII Remake, and ACDC in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
Some of his other notable characters includes Ladd Russo in Baccano!, Shuichi Aizawa in Death Note, Ali al-Saachez in Gundam 00, Shirō Fujimoto in Blue Exorcist, Eugen in Granblue Fantasy, Japanese dub audio for Tony Stark in Avengers film and Joker in dark Knight.
Our deepest and heartfelt condolences to Fujiwara’s family.