Air Agency has announced via Twitter and their official website that voice actor Keiji Fujiwara will be taking a break to undergo medical treatment. For privacy reasons, the medical condition being treated has not been specified. The duration of the seiyuu's leave is also unknown.
Keiji Fujiwara's current anime castings include Hiroshi Nohara in the long-running series, Crayon Shin-chan, and Kouichi Kizakura in Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Mirai-hen. Replacement voice actors have yet to be announced. The seiyuu has also been assigned to reprise his roles in Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen (Shirou Fujimoto) and Shingeki no Kyojin (Hannes) next year. Fujiwara's other recent anime castings include Leorio Paladiknight in Hunter x Hunter (2011) and Aldebaran in Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu.
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: Otakomu
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