Katashi Ishizuka, whose real name is Katashi Ishizuka, is a Japanese male voice actor born on September 22, 1970, in Osaka Prefecture. He began his career in 1995 and has been active in the anime and video game industries for decades. He trained at the Japan Narration Acting Institute to prepare for his voice work. Throughout his career, he has been affiliated with several talent agencies, including Arts Vision and Aksent, and currently works as a freelance voice actor.

Ishizuka's debut role was providing the voice of the iconic character Ryu in the Fighter Zero. He would go on to voice Ryu in numerous subsequent games, including the Street Fighter EX series and the Vs. series, making it one of his most defining and long-running roles. Another major video game role early in his career was the protagonist in the 1996 game Persona.

In anime, Ishizuka is widely recognized for several key roles. In the 1999 adaptation of Hunter x Hunter, he voiced糜稽·揍敌客, the eldest brother of Killua. He has also been the long-running voice of the character Kurokoma Katsuo in the popular series Gintama, appearing in the role from 2007 through various后续 seasons and films. Other notable anime roles include Rodrigo in Hungry Heart: Wild Striker and Korosuke in Momoko Sakura Theater: Coji-Coji.

His extensive filmography also includes the specific roles mentioned by the user. He voiced Kurosuke in Coji-Coji, a Cameraman in Future Boy Conan II: Taiga Adventure, and Hayashi in the 1996 OVA Ninja Cadets. In the Transformers franchise, he voiced the character Tasmania Kid, appearing in both the 1998 film Transformers: Beast Wars II: The Movie and the television series Beast Wars II Chō Seimeitai Transformers. He also played the role of Maruyama in the series Kanzen Mushūsei - Sorezore no Hōkago and Nasu no Yoichi in Anime Koten Bungaku Kan.

Throughout his career, Ishizuka has often voiced passionate, youthful, or supporting characters. Beyond anime and video games, his work has extended to OVAs,广播剧 CDs, and dubbing for foreign films and animations. His work is characterized by a high volume of roles in the late 1990s and 2000s, often taking on multiple minor characters within a single series, as seen in GEAR Fighter Dendoh where he voiced numerous roles.