Stage/Voice Actor Tomoyuki Dan Passes Away
Stage/Voice Actor Tomoyuki Dan Passes Away
Japanese voice of Dark Knight's Batman, V Gundam's Cronicle Asher
The acting agency and theater company Seinenza announced on Friday that
stage actor and voice actor Tomoyuki Dan passed away on Thursday,
October 10 at 11:49 p.m. in his home due to recurring aortic dissection.
He was 50.
The actor was born under the name Yoshio Tanaka in
Osaka on August 6, 1963. He joined Seinenza in 1987 and began a long
career in stage productions. He also appeared in such films as Madadayo,
the final film from acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa, and he played
Shinkurō Isaka in Kamen Rider W.
Dan was arguably best known
inside and outside Japan for voice-acting work in both Japanese dubs of
foreign films and anime projects. He dubbed Christian Bale's Bruce
Wayne/Batman character in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. He
also played Cronicle Asher in Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Kisame
Hoshigaki in Naruto Shippūden, Orihara-sensei in Air Gear, and Minami in
La Corda D'Oro - primo passo.
Among his final roles this year
were Ishikawa in Ghost in the Shell Arise and Kōjirō Honda in il sole
penetra le illusioni ~ Day Break Illusion.
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Weather Dopant NOOO!
ReplyDeleteI really got hand it to him for portraying Isaka (a.k.a Weather Dopant) really well. Wonder how the cast and crew he worked together in the Kamen Rider W series are taking this...
Deleteindeed, his portrayal as weather dopant is really awesome. we will miss him, RIP
DeleteCronicle Asher = dumbest masked pilot ever, everyone knows who you are under that shitty cloth mask and that your the queen's brother.
ReplyDeleteDude....the voice actor just passed away...shown some god damn respect....
DeleteHe's talking about the character, not the man behind him
DeleteYou will be missed.
ReplyDeleteIt's an honor you could voice a good Gundam series too.
Implying Victory was good
DeleteWay the fuck better than that piece of shit SEED.
DeleteRest in peace VA. Regardless of whether or not asher was a likeable character you portrayed him well with a lot of great emotion.
ReplyDeleteFarewell for your soul is no longer bound by Earth's gravity.
ReplyDeleteSALUTE!
Rest in peace...
ReplyDeleteSo Young, like Dinasty warriors' Shibai's voice actor Takisita Tsuyosi, What a lost T_T
Rest in Peace, Chronicle Asher's seiyuu. You're now in Gundam heaven along with the seiyuus of Bright Noa, Sayla Mass, Elpeo Puru, Puru Two, Ennil El, Norris Packard, Dozle Zabi, Rachel Ransom and other seiyuus and people who became part of the Gundam franchise
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