ACTOR

Unshō Ishizuka

1951 - 2018

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Unshō Ishizuka (石塚 運昇, Ishizuka Unshō, May 16, 1951 – August 13, 2018) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Katsuyama, Fukui. He was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death and was known for providing the voice of both the narrator and Professor Oak/Dr. Yukinari Okido on the Japanese anime series Pokémon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Unshō Ishizuka has received more than 834,292 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Unshō Ishizuka is the 3,640th most popular actor, the 1,105th most popular biography from Japan and the 60th most popular Japanese Actor.

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  • 49.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Unshō Ishizuka ranks 3,640 out of 13,578Before him are Susan Cabot, Kyle Chandler, Leslie Grossman, Erick Avari, Richard Burbage, and Dixie Carter. After him are Brian Austin Green, John Ashton, Sinéad Cusack, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Yvonne Strahovski, and Jennifer Esposito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Unshō Ishizuka ranks 278Before him are Harry Hamlin, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Tom Hamilton, Izzat Ghazzawi, Anna Dymna, and Ryūsei Nakao. After him are Anthony Phillips, Tony Amendola, Sandahl Bergman, Marco Antônio, Dragan Pantelić, and John Mellencamp. Among people deceased in 2018, Unshō Ishizuka ranks 252Before him are Theo-Ben Gurirab, Alexander Zakharchenko, Elias M. Stein, Miguel Obando y Bravo, Sergei Mavrodi, and Morgan Tsvangirai. After him are André Lerond, Shinobu Hashimoto, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Claudio Scimone, and Sergio Gonella.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Unshō Ishizuka ranks 1,105 out of 6,245Before him are Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Ryūsei Nakao (1951), Atsuyoshi Furuta (1952), and Katsuyuki Kawachi (1955). After him are Uesugi Harunori (1751), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Ikue Ōtani (1965), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), and Shinobu Hashimoto (1918).

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Unshō Ishizuka ranks 60Before him are Rentarō Mikuni (1923), Eiji Okada (1920), Minoru Chiaki (1917), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Tadanobu Asano (1973), and Ryūsei Nakao (1951). After him are Ikue Ōtani (1965), Kōichi Yamadera (1961), Isuzu Yamada (1917), Masayuki Mori (1911), Megumi Ogata (1965), and Ichirō Nagai (1931).