http://gaming.mancouch.com/720573488/tekken-voice-actor-found-dead-age-57/
Japanese (voice) actor Daisuke Gouri was found dead in Tokyo's Nakano and a note in home. The death has been officially ruled as a suicide.
Gouri was known for his voice, which led him to be cast as Tekken's Heihachi Mishima, Hercule in DragonBall Z, and the Japanese Yosemite Sam. He also played dozens of other roles, usually bit parts, that required his distinctive gruff.
Age 57, he was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus a few years before his death which negatively affected his vision. He complained to his fellow voice actors about not being able to read scripts, saying that he couldn't do his job like he wanted and that he was getting old.
The note found on his person was directed to his family. It read "I'm sorry. Thank you."
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Whoa after all this time I used to joke about Heihachi would never die in the Tekken games... poor guy. :-[
Quote from: Jerry on January 26, 2010, 02:54:42 PM
http://gaming.mancouch.com/720573488/tekken-voice-actor-found-dead-age-57/
Japanese (voice) actor Daisuke Gouri was found dead in Tokyo's Nakano and a note in home. The death has been officially ruled as a suicide.
Gouri was known for his voice, which led him to be cast as Tekken's Heihachi Mishima, Hercule in DragonBall Z, and the Japanese Yosemite Sam. He also played dozens of other roles, usually bit parts, that required his distinctive gruff.
Age 57, he was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus a few years before his death which negatively affected his vision. He complained to his fellow voice actors about not being able to read scripts, saying that he couldn't do his job like he wanted and that he was getting old.
The note found on his person was directed to his family. It read "I'm sorry. Thank you."
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Whoa after all this time I used to joke about Heihachi would never die in the Tekken games... poor guy. :-[
This was from two weeks ago, wonder why this site only just now posted an article about it. The guy was pretty famous for a lot more than just Heihachi, he's done notable roles for a lot of series for the past some odd 30 years. I was actually kinda shocked when I heard about this a while back, but it just goes to show you, the anime business hardly keeps people happy.
OMG NOOOOOO!!!
DX
Heihachi is one of my favorite characters!!
T^T if they get someone else its gonna be awkward >3>