Saturday, October 12, 2013

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.
News Via Anime News Network.


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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 7:09 AM

    Weather Dopant NOOO!

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    1. AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 at 5:07 AM

      I 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...

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    2. Blacksun88October 15, 2013 at 8:10 AM

      indeed, his portrayal as weather dopant is really awesome. we will miss him, RIP

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  2. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 9:01 AM

    Cronicle Asher = dumbest masked pilot ever, everyone knows who you are under that shitty cloth mask and that your the queen's brother.

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    1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 10:52 AM

      Dude....the voice actor just passed away...shown some god damn respect....

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    2. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 12:12 PM

      He's talking about the character, not the man behind him

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  3. GUNdariumOctober 12, 2013 at 11:14 AM

    You will be missed.

    It's an honor you could voice a good Gundam series too.

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    1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 12:13 PM

      Implying Victory was good

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    2. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 10:50 PM

      Way the fuck better than that piece of shit SEED.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM

    Rest in peace VA. Regardless of whether or not asher was a likeable character you portrayed him well with a lot of great emotion.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM

    Farewell for your soul is no longer bound by Earth's gravity.

    SALUTE!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 at 8:40 PM

    Rest in peace...

    So Young, like Dinasty warriors' Shibai's voice actor Takisita Tsuyosi, What a lost T_T

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  7. AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 at 4:16 PM

    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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