aono was most known for the roles of shiro sanada (space battleship yamato), rihaku (fist of the north star), nurarihyon ("gegege no kitaro"), piccolo daimao and kami-sama ("dragon ball"), kumahachi kumada ("kiteretsu daihyakka"), dakuan ("ninja scroll"), deathsaurus (""), jinpachi mishima (demon form) ("tekken 5/tekken 5: dark resurrection") and tomozō sakura ("chibi maruko-chan"). aono was also known to appear in the first ten "one piece" movies. he is also known to gamers as the voice of the diabolical dr. wily in the playstation-era mega man games, and colonel roy campbell of the metal gear games. aono is mostly remembered for his harsh voice for many japanese anime series.