Daisuke Gōri

Daisuke Gōri

Daisuke Gōri
Born Yoshio Nagahori
February 8, 1952
Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
Died January 17, 2010(2010-01-17) (aged 57)
Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death Suicide by slitting his wrists.
Occupation Voice actor, narrator, actor
Years active 1973–2010
Agent Aoni Production

Daisuke Gōri (郷里 大輔 Gōri Daisuke, February 8, 1952 – January 17, 2010[1]) was a Japanese voice actor, narrator and actor from Kōtō, Tokyo. Throughout his life, he was attached to TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Promotion; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. His real name, as well as his former stage name, was Yoshio Nagahori (長堀 芳夫 Nagahori Yoshio). He was best known for his roles in the Dragon Ball series (as Mister Satan and numerous other characters), the Gundam series (as Dozle Zabi and Bask Om), Ninja Scroll (as Gemma Himuro), Kinnikuman (as Robin Mask), Patlabor (as Hiromi Yamazaki), Tekken (as Heihachi Mishima), Muppets Party Cruise (as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew in the PS2 Japanese version) and Soulcalibur (as Edge Master)[2] - as well as his distinctive deep, booming voice.

Death

According to fellow voice actors, Gōri was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus a few years prior to his death and his vision was affected by retinal detachment as a result of the disease. He complained to coworkers, "I can't read the scripts. I can't do my job like I'd like to." (台本が読めない. 思うように仕事ができない. Daihon ga yomenai. Omou yōni shigoto ga dekinai.) During an Anpanman recording session in late 2009, a depressed-sounding Gōri told his close friend voice actor Kazuhiko Inoue, "I've grown old." [3]

On January 17, 2010 at approximately 3:00 P.M., Gōri was found lying on his stomach with blood dripping from his wrists in the middle of a street in Nakano, Tokyo by a passerby, who then notified the police. Authorities from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Nakano station discovered a utility knife under his body as well as a suicide note (with the words "I'm sorry" (ごめんね Gomen ne) and "Thank you" (ありがとう Arigatō) scrawled on it) addressed to his family in his pants pocket. Gōri's death was then ruled a suicide; he was three weeks short of his 58th birthday.[3][4] His ongoing roles were replaced primarily by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo and Unshō Ishizuka, as well as other voice actors.

Filmography

Television animation

1973
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1988
1989
1991
1992
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

OVA

Theatrical animation

Unknown date

Video games

Unknown date

Narration

Tokusatsu

Television commercials

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Animation

References

  1. ↑ 声優の郷里大輔さん自殺か ｢キン肉マン｣のロビンマスク役 (in Japanese). Tokyo Shimbun. January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Dragon Ball Actor Daisuke Gouri Passes Away". Anime News Network. January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  3. 1 2 声優界衝撃｢ロビンマスク役｣郷里大輔さん路上死のナゾ (in Japanese). Yahoo! News. January 20, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23.
  4. ↑ ｢キン肉マン｣ロビンマスク役の声優自殺か(読売新聞) (in Japanese). Yahoo! News. January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-21.

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