Kusaka, Takeshi

Takeshi Kusaka (日下武史, Kusaka Takeshi?) (February 24, 1931 - May 15, 2017) was a Japanese actor and seiyū from Toshima, Tokyo. He was the founder of the Shiki Theatre Company. He provided the voice of M. Bison in the Street Fighter animated movie. His other anime role was Twilight of the Cockroaches. He rarely was involved in anime voiceovers, but he was a animation director. He mainly focused on live acting, and dubbings on foreign movies, Like Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, where he provide the voice of Judge Claude Frollo. Back in 1989, Kusaka starred in Tokyo: The Last War (Teito Taisen), one of the film adaptions of the Teito Monogatari series. The villain Kato Yasunori was the main influence to Street Fighter's M. Bison. In 1994, Kusaka would provide the voice of Bison in the movie. Kusaka died from aspiration pneumonia on May 17, 2017, aged 86.