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{{quote| [[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|He's a seiyuu and he's okay. He sleeps all night and he works all day!]]}}
 
Takeshi Aono (青野 武, Aono Takeshi?) (June 19, 1936 - April 9, 2012) was a seiyū and actor from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō affiliated with Aoni Production. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School.
 
Aono was most known for the roles of Shiro Sanada (''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Anime)|Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]''), Rihaku (''[[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Fist of the North Star]]''), Nurarihyon (''[[Ge Ge GeGeGeGe no Kitaro (Manga)|Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro]])'', Piccolo Daimao and Kami-sama (''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]''), Kumahachi Kumada (''[[Kiteretsu Daihyakka (Manga)|Kiteretsu Daihyakka]]'') and Tomozō Sakura (''[[Chibi Maruko Chan (Manga)-chan|Chibi Maruko Chan]]''). Aono is also known to appear in all ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' movies. He was also known to gamers as the voice of the diabolical Dr. Wily in the [[Play Station]]-era ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'' games.
 
He was also the official dub actor of [[Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|Michael Palin]].
 
In May 2010, Aono suffered a stroke from an aortic infection and [[Author Existence Failure|passed away]] nearly two years later on April 9th, 2012. [[Tear Jerker|Rest in peace]], [[The Woobie|Takeshi Aono]].
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=== Notable roles: ===
 
* Toshio Kōmura in ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]]''
* Shiro Sanada in ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Anime)|Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]''
* The Gambling King in ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]''
* Murai in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes (Anime)|Legend of Galactic Heroes]]''
* Wagnard in ''[[Record of Lodoss War (Roleplay)|Record of Lodoss War]]'')
* Piccolo Daimaō, Kami-sama, Murasaki and Shen in ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' (Kami-sama was replaced by [[Bin Shimada]] in ''Kai'')
* Nobuyuki and Katsuhito Masaki in ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''
* Genjuro Hagakure and Nobuyuki Onijigoku in ''[[Pretty Sammy (Anime)|Pretty Sammy]] TV''
* Dakuan in ''[[Ninja Scroll (Anime)|Ninja Scroll]]''
* Murigson in ''[[Captain Harlock (Anime)|Captain Harlock]]: The Arcadia of My Youth''
* Issei in ''[[Giant Robo (Manga)|Giant Robo]]''
* Rihaku in ''[[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Fist of the North Star]]''
* Nurarihyon in ''[[Ge Ge GeGeGeGe no Kitaro (Manga)|Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro]]'' (Series 3 and 5)
* Axel Thurston in ''[[Eureka Seven (Anime)|Eureka Seven]]''
* Sugoroku Mutou (a.k.a. Solomon Moto) in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]''
* Gen Fu in the ''[[Dead or Alive (Video Game)|Dead or Alive]]'' video game series.
* Roy Campbell in ''[[Metal Gear]]''. Also the voice of Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]''. With Aono's death, [[Hideo Kojima]] retired the Campbell character out of respect.
* Tazuna in ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]''
* Dr. Albert W. Wily in ''Rockman 8: Metal Heroes'' (''[[Mega Man 8 (Video Game)|Mega Man 8]]'') & ''Rockman X4'' (''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] 4'')
* Isoc & Grand Scaravich (Ground Scaravich) in ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] 6''
* Kumahachi Kumada in ''[[Kiteretsu Daihyakka (Manga)|Kiteretsu Daihyakka]]''
* Daiki Niwa in ''[[D.N.Angel (Manga)|D.N.Angel]]''
* Doohan in ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]''
* Dracule "Hawkeye" Mihawk in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' (succeeded by [[Hirohiko Kakegawa]])
* Batros in ''[[Sol Bianca (Anime)|Sol Bianca]]''
* Scope Tsuruzuki in ''[[Prefectural Earth Defense Force]]''
* Bullrates the Kobold in ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]''
* Dr. Albert Zweinstein in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]''
* Deszaras AKA Deathsaurus (By English fans) in ''[[Transformers Victory (Anime)|Transformers Victory]]''
* Shige-san Mitamura in ''[[Ai Shite Night (Manga)Knight|Ai Shite Night]]''
* Bookman in ''[[D .Gray Man (Manga)-man|D Gray Man]]''
* Stan in ''[[Trigun (Manga)|Trigun]]''
* Jack Morgan in ''[[Anime/Firestorm|Firestorm]]'' (anime)
* Alien Zarab the Atrocious Spaceman in ''[[Ultraman]]'' Episode 18 (also suit actor) and ''[[Ultraman Mebius]] and the Ultra Brothers''
* Miki Norihei in ''[[Yakitate!! Japan (Manga)|Yakitate!! Japan]]''
* Carpenter in ''[[Honey and Clover (Manga)|Honey and Clover]]''
* Muramasa in ''[[Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)|Ninja Gaiden]] ''
* Gengai Hiraga in ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]''
* Kiling Meehilbis in ''[[Mitsumete Knight (Video Game)|Mitsumete Knight]]''
 
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