Legendary seiyuu Daisuke Gōri (郷里大輔) has died under circumstances police consider likely to be suicide. He was 57.
According to police and witnesses, he was found dead on his back on a Nakano Ward street in Tokyo at 3PM.
He had apparently slit his wrists. A knife was found underneath the body, and police also recovered a note; they are treating the death as a suicide.
Gōri, born 1952, was known for hundreds of voice acting roles in anime, movies and games, notably Gundam, Fist of the North Star, Kinniku Man and Dragonball Z. Some of his most recent roles were in One Piece, Doraemon and Slayers; he was active throughout 2009.
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R.I.P.
Can't say anything more, it's a great lose.
No words. Only sad face.
:(
RIP, good sir.
R.I.P. Dozle Zabi
he couldnt live with himself anymore after having voiced dondochakka
very sad indeed ... I wonder what drove him to commit such an act †
Seiyuu of epic quality and longevity has been lost. DBZ Kai won't sound the same anymore T_T
Heihachi Edajima and Heihachi Mishima.
great seiyuu.
Heihachi Mishima...
Usually it doesn't get to me much, but...Heihachi? I mean I loved his voice...T.T
he also was Andross and Pigma in Star Fox games(and many bosses in Star Fox 64)
that guy is amazing from Fist of North Star.
oh well. i think we must respect him.
The voice acting industry will always remember Mr.Gori for his great work. R.I.P.
It was KIRA. He lives and still has a page of the DeathNote.
a true important dead
R.I.P =(
sigh...I am recently watching Dragonball and Dragonball Z Buu saga (Japanese)...
This is sad news indeed...especially when I heard Mr. Satan just a few hours ago...
I remember him as Dauros of Transformers Masterforce, Goryu/Dinoking of Transformes Victory, and Violenjiger of Transformers Zone. He was also Soundwave of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen.
Damn now I'm gonna be sad and get my ass beaten every time I play Tekken 3.
TAWABA!
No worries, We still have English voice Satan/Hercule
I'm going to take a moment of silence for him.
In 2chan, have somebodies suspecting to being assassinations (aka, yuuai) because is in middle of road and not in his house.
If someone wants to suicide, normally he will junp from a builoding or comit suicide in his house.
and the TV program what he was working was the ONLY ONE what debated about of foreigner's suffrage.
So, because of that, some fans are suspecting he was yuuaid.
Yuuai (友愛, fraternity) is used in 2chan to refer as assassination with political reasons.
Sayonara, Daisuke-san. Rest in Peace ;(
Wut, i never knew he voiced Heihachi Mishima... Fuck, now it's just way too sad
Well, I've just realized that you will know you have something of great value only when it is gone forever... NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
No! Not this guy! He's awesome! Why would he even do something like that? The industry is gonna miss him badly. My condolences to his loved ones.
Continue???
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Whoa...Heihachi is really dead now. Damn, he was one of the best out there.
it could be it was just made to look like suicide
He really doesn't have many starring or big name roles going through that list.
A lot are "roles" there sum up to 1-10 lines max like slayers.
Video game ones like Heihachi probably had the most lines. Although to be fair a lot of those series are for kids like pokemon/one piece and I have zero fucking idea about those ones.
Oh-Oh...
It seems that they will have to kill Jimbey in some next 50 series :)
Suicide is a choice that many would call cowardly.... I tend to agree, but I've never considered it. My love for my family, friends, video games, good music, good drink, good food, and other things; prevent me from thinking this way. If I was broke, I had no family and no friends; maybe I'd feel that way. No one chooses to be born, but unfortunately we all have the choice to die. I enjoyed many of his characters, and I'll miss him. May he find peace in the oblivion he sought.
RIP. It is sad to see this always as it is. Someone who participated in so many different series as a voice actor and who had an impact on the show series themselves enough to be hired to do another one. Maybe the older VAs need fan clubs like the cute young ones have so they can see the watchers of the shows heard them so whatever else is getting them really down won't have such a bad impact as to result in this type of ending.
RIP
somoene need to replace him for Jimbei (One Piece)
Damn, he voiced one of the best villains I have seen in an RPG. If it was suicide, I wonder what his reasons would be. Either way, may he rest in peace.
How could a man, participated in making One Piece ever commit a suicide ? Its so much against OP spirit... I simply cant believe it...
Rest in [One] Piece.
He was found on the street? Sounds like a setup.
Assuming family ment his blood relatives?
Did die single with no wife or kids?
i don't think it was suicide, sounds like a murder.
he worked on so many animes and this year he is pretty active too, he wouldn't take his own life before finishing his work..
Even if he wanted to suicide he wouldn't do it outdoor. As a famous seiyuu, if anyone sees him with a knife it would be weird and people might actually stop him from suicide..
The knife was found underneath his body?? It should be in his hand..
I wish the note was translated and posted here..
I was just playing Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2... I was about to fight Volf, who was voiced by him. Now I don't really feel like playing for a while...
Rest in peace, Mr. Gouri. Many memorable characters were played by him.
oh shit.... no more DONDOCHAKKA voice in bleach.... :(
so whos jimbei for one piece now? or are they gonna make him a silent character
NO MORE DONDOCHAKKA IN BLEACH FFFFFFFFFFFFF
Agh! I remember he was also Gaia from Battle Arena Toshinden 1-3. Now I'm officially sad!
Hm Suicide...
I would do the same.
Seeing his character,in this case Heihachi,getting abused by the 360 in Tekken 6 would be for everyone too much.
The shit wasn't funny when you said that in kotaku. It isn't funny here either.
He is Jimbei in One Piece.
was...
Ouch.
The guy's made more big brute voices than most people have watched series. Unfillable hole has been made.
Hope he finds the peace in the next world that he couldn't find in this one.
A knife was found underneath his body.
Probably under his corpse and not under and INSIDE his corpse.
He was probably just lying on a flat part...otherwise it would be a "He accidently ran into the knife while I was holding it....40 times and then decided to hang himself and set himself on fire."
I guess his iron skin couldn't save him from his own strength
Well, this is pretty sad and stupid, he was retired and in Japan is like heaven! He should travel around the world, buy expensive stuff (I would buy a Korg M3 personally), play any game, go after lolis (they are cheap nowdays), etc, etc. At least he should give me the money then!
I agree, but not at the loli part , you sick fuck.
RIP, dear Legend.
Not to mentioned, he's also Mr. Satan who happened to be the one and only character in DBZ who never ever got killed and died throughout the whole saga..
You forgot Baba in DB/DBZ. She never died too.
Give him 1 sec of silence...
oh my! heihachi , he's my most fav fighting character....
R.I.P
HEIHACHI MISHIMA IS DEAD
"you thought that little explosion was enough to do me in?"
Revived
*tekken commentator* CONTINUE?
I lol'd
Not funny. As Heihachi and Mr. Satan he is one the most memorable voice actors there is. He will be missed.
I must say,"Too soon Tony!Too soon!"
Seiyuu Daisuke cut himself with knife.
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LOL!!
This is in bad taste right now. A seiyuu legend just committed suicide. Have some respect, but I'm not holding my breath on that.
On one hand, I want to call him a coward. I'll save it though.
On the other, I am very sad. He voiced some great characters.
It could have been a well-disguised murder for all we know.
Don't jump to conclusions so soon.
Exactly my thoughts!... I mean it's all just too simple... Why would he cut both wrists? I mean... isn't one hand enough and it'll be too numbed to cut the other one? o.o
Also the note... that's just too convienent... and he died in the friggen street! Why would you do so in public? And at 3 PM no less! If he did it outside, he would've done it for attention. Since the case being he did it out in the open and no one saw him, he was probably killed and the note left beside him. =/
It was definitely a suicide - the later reports detailed the circumstances, with the body having been in a hard to see spot most people missed as they cycled past, near his home.
How suicide is perceived varies in different cultures. Some cultures think suicide is cowardly while others don't.
Coward to run away from reality yes, but to do suicide you need a lot guts for it!
Slitting one's own wrists needs a lot of courage.
It's the very opposite, dear Anon.
Overt, you must be one of THEM.
in my opinion, I actually don't care about slitting my own wrists, because I need to pee.
Suicide caused by depression is nothing short from running away from the problems one would had to face otherwise.
By far, the most common reason for suicide is "I couldn't take it anymore".
Honorable action my ass, REAL men fight to the end.
Wanting to live = cowardice
If you lose, say a war, if you have any honor and pride left in you then the most honorable action would be suicide. It is better to die with you dignity and pride intact than to live a loser.
Suicide is far from cowardice, and further from courage. Suicide is simply an answer, to a problem that seems to have no means. We are all problem solvers. And sometimes we have intense problems. Death becomes a natural and alluring solution for someone locked into an emotional issue. Save your judgments for whatever God you believe in and if you don't, all the more of a reason to just respectfully wish R.I.P.
Suicide = running away
Suicide does not always equal cowardice, the correct choice always lies in between the two extremes, suicide is not always cowardice, sometimes it is the right choice and you my anonymous internet dweller surely cannot judge it justly to be right or wrong.
You don't understand difference between Western and Japanese culture, do you?
We don't know what he was experiencing up to this point. I too would like to call him a coward, but I am no person to judge a great man like him. R.I.P
Rest in peace Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo
Ruby eyed returned to his home.
Rest in peace.
I never thought he voiced Mr. Satan
All the legends go too early... R.I.P.
Rest in peace, Daisuke Gōri.
I misread it and thought he sucide by circumcision, lol
and Heihachi Mishima...
Whay, Heihachi?!
Now I respect him more than ever!
= / Heihachi's voice was awesome, such a shame, rest well.
Damn,now I'm really down. Tekken was my first fighter I really got into.
HEIIIHACHIIII!!!
Rest in peace my wing-haired warrior...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now it won't sound as epic as before... T___T
+1 i have just checked the link to the wikipedia, and his Curriculum is amazing, its sad(if its true) that he commited suicide =(
And nothing of value was lost.
In the same way that nothing will be lost if you stopped posting here, you insensitive prick.
Please Don't Feed The Ky00t Widdle Troll, guys. Especially after Midnight...
But yeah.... a bit of minus button-mashing might help here. <_<
But then nobody can spot who is trolling back at the trolls because they are trolls themselves. Hilarious.
One out of six can spot obvious trolling. Funny stuff.
If you hate people then why are you here?
Do you know that we don't care if you disappear.
If you hate the world, the world hates you back, understand?
Get ready to feel the Minus-Button-Hurt, you insensitive clod.
And Zabi for Gundam. o.O
Shows just how old he was.
And what a legend he was.
my brother...garma zabi was sacrificed...
WHY?!?!
that would be giren zabi isn't it? daisuke voiced dozul zabi.
anyway.... ZIEG ZEON!