Friday, 11 October 2013

Stage/Voice Actor Tomoyuki Dan Passes Away


Sad news for anime and tokusatsu fans, stage and voice actor Tomoyuki Dan passed away on October 10th at 11:49pm in his home due to recurring aortic dissection. He was 50 years old.

For anime fans, he is best known for his role as Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto Shippuden) and Chronicle Asher (Mobile Suit Victory Gundam). For tokusatsu fans, he is best known as Shinkuro Isaka aka Weather Dopant in Kamen Rider W. In addition, he voiced Bruce Wayne aka Batman in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy.

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. From all of us here, thank you for your contributions in the industry. You will be missed.

[Source: Anime News Network]