is a Japanese

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who was affiliated with Space Craft Entertainment but changed to Just Professional from 2016 to 2019. Ishii is best known for his role as Chrono Shindou in the ''

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'' series, Lev Haiba in

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and as Bellri Zenam in

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. On December 27, 2019, Just Production announced that it ended its contract with Ishii and that he has been diagnosed with a maladjustment and is in poor physical health. Ishii will take a hiatus from voice acting in order to improve his health. On July 1, 2020, Ishii announced that he was returning to the voice acting industry after a 7-month hiatus, signing with the agency Aksent. On February 1, 2023, a staff Twitter account for Ishii was opened, which then later became Ishii's own account. On July 1 of the same year, it was announced that Ishii has signed with the agency Mol+0.

Early life and education

Ishii is of Japanese-Filipino ethnicity. He lived in the

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for four years during his early childhood but returned to Japan for his school education. He was also a member of his junior high school tennis club. During his junior high school days he played a game called '' .hack//G.U.'' and became a fan of

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who inspired him to become a voice actor. After graduating from high school, Ishii went to the Tokyo Announcement Academy where he studied to become a voice actor.

Filmography

Anime

OVA

ONA

Video games

Dubbing roles

Personal life

On March 6, 2016, he announced his marriage to

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. Ishii stated that the reasons he and Enomoto agreed to get married include their shared interests and many commonalities. They divorced in 2018.

External links

石井マーク
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ishii, Mark 1991 births Living people Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Japanese people of Filipino descent Male voice actors from Chiba Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors