 News reports have announced that seiyuu Hiromi Tsuru has been found dead in a car at a highway on Thursday night. The police is currently investigating the cause of her death, as she was reported to be found unconscious with her seat belt and hazard light on. She died at the age of 57.As a seiyuu, actress, and narrator, Tsuru began her entertainment career when she entered Himawari Theatre Group in second grade alongside her sister. She has voiced characters such as Dokin-chan from the Sore Ike! Anpanman series, Bulma from the Dragon Ball series, Meryl Stryfe from Trigun, Kiddy Phenil from the Silent Möbius series, Ukyo Kuonji from the Ranma ½ series, Azusa Higa from Warau Hyouteki, Sister Angela from One Pound Gospel, and more. Source: Nihon TV News 24 Update November 17 Aoni Production has announced that the reason for Tsuru's death is aortic dissection while driving. The funeral will be done among her family. Source: Oricon |
NaruleachNov 27, 2017 8:03 PM
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| It's probably also worth noting that she voiced Bulma in Dragon Ball. The way she died sounds really mysterious, I wonder if foul play was involved. Hopefully the police solve this quickly. RIP, another one gone too early. EDIT: Well looks like it wasn't some sort of nefarious foul play or anything. It sucks that she was dealing with an aortic dissection, I read the first paragraph of it on Wikipedia and it sounds like a horrible thing to deal with. |
thebrentinator24Nov 17, 2017 8:56 AM
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| The whole mysterious death is pretty creepy. Pretty sad that the VA of Bulma and Madoka died, especially at 57 years. All the veteran VAs keep dying. RIP |
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| Really sad, a legend just passed away. May she forever be missed, she will live on within the characters she voiced. |
| oh damn Bulma's hot MILF voice died too, RIP |
| Man, thats very sad. And she was still doing the Voice of Bulma in Super. RIP |
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Her final scene. RIP |
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| Whoa. She's voiced Bulma since the beginning. They are gonna have to find a replacement because they can't write out Bulma who is effectively the female lead of the series. |
| Oh dear. Vehicle was found at the side of the expressway with its hazard lights blinking and the driver, wearing a seat belt, unconscious. Initially stated that she passed away due to a medical issue(sic). RIP Tsuru-san. |
| I still don't like how MAL using the word dies for thread like this. I would prefer if they use passed away instead. Still R.I.P |
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| I was never really into DBZ and never watched it in Japanese in the first place, so I've never associated her with Bulma. She'll always be Madoka Ayukawa from Kimagure Orange Road to me, the first ever tsundere. Really sad. RIP. |
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| Ukyo was one of my favorite characters in Ranma 1/2. And she's been Bulma since the beginning... It's just too soon... |
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| I hope we get updated once the police finishes the investigation about the cause. R.I.P. NeoAnkara said: Yeah I feel the same way, passes away sounds way better than dies.I still don't like how MAL using the word dies for thread like this. I would prefer if they use passed away instead. |
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| Not the best news to start the day. RIP. |
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| Rest in peace. I enjoyed Dragon Ball and Ranma and Bulma was my second favorite female character in the series. |
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| Wow. Exactly one week after one of my favorite singers dies, at the same age of 57 no less. Such a shame. Loved every performance I've heard from her. Played Mikami to a tee especially. |
| This is really sad to hear....RIP :( |
| Oh shit... What a bad way to start my day hearing one of my favourite female seiyuu's passing away. RIP Bulma Tsuru-san :( |
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| I loved her as Madoka in Kimagure Orange Road, she had a very profound voice. Definitely one of my favorite childhood heroines! I put a little memorial on my profile. I'm listening to the KOR OST a bit and it makes me tear up :( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFVRG7uqdRw&index=1&list=PLuaABIVL6JYnjpj3PPaUvV5sqo_fxLPJg . |
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| What horrible news. Rest in peace, Tsuru. |
NeoAnkara said: I still don't like how MAL using the word dies for thread like this. I would prefer if they use passed away instead. There's nothing wrong with the word "dies" or "dead" or "death" or "dying". Yes, events like these are extremely sad, all the more so because it was sudden, but death is a basic part of life. Euphemisms like "passed away" or "resting in peace" only distance us from this fact. Hiromi Tsuru was one of my favorite seiyuus from the 80's and 90's. I loved it when she said "Ran-chan". Sigh. She will be missed. |
| [insert witty quote here] |
| This is truly sorrowful. Moreover considering how young she was. My favorite female anime character of all times has lost the voice that gave her a soul. I don't watch DBS anymore, but in the remote case I decide to get back to it, it's definitely going to be very odd to hear Bulma with a voice that it's not Tsuru's. Her voice was iconic. Hope the causes of the sudden death can be clarified soon. R.I.P. |
| she done tons of role... RIP |
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| The way she died sounds really mysterious... could the yakuza be behind her death? Or was it just plain suicide? RIP in peace |
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Gardevoir said: Rest in piece Hiromi Tsuru. I really loved her voice performance for Yubel in Yu-gi-oh! Gx. Yubel is my favorite character for Yu-gi-oh! Gx. Still, her death seems mysterious to me... Yeah,she did an amazing job there. These news are so fucking sad :( |
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| R.I.P to a legend :( |
| R.I.P. Tsuru-san. (ToT) |
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| Damn it. What really happened? 57 was still young and active age. Is there any reports she had some illness or health problems? Or if she fell asleep/sleep with AC on inside her car that might be the cause. (Carbon Monoxide Poisoning) Heck, what's gonna happen on Bulma now? Who's gonna voice her, just when DBS was still airing. R.I.P. Hiromi Tsuru. |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| RIP. Much too young to leave so soon. |
| :'( She will be missed by the DB fans |
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| It's fucking sad. She wasn't even that old. May she rest in peace. |
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| CoD seems to be her heart as expected - Aortic dissection. Sudden and difficult to realize; heart ailments are a major issue these days. The sadness from media is so thick that it makes me sick. I'm still having trouble... Bulma, Pallas, Meryl, Naomi... |
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| Holy shit, she was relatively young to die at that age, Rest in Peace, may have not watched a lot of her shows, but her death is still very sad. |
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Rayzer said: Damn it. What really happened? 57 was still young and active age. Is there any reports she had some illness or health problems? According to her colleague in the Japan news, Hiromi is already have a physical discomfort during few days ago and during November 13 (This Monday), her status is getting even worst which cause she have to finish her works early in that day. As for how Hiromi Tsuru passed away, now it's confirmed her death is caused by aortic dissection during she driving at highway. (Source: https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20171117-00000312-oric-ent) RIP Hiromi Tsuru |
| News Update Aoni Production has announced that the reason for Tsuru's death is aortic dissection while driving. The funeral will be done among her family. Source: Oricon |
tsubasaloverNov 17, 2017 5:07 AM
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| A very talented VA. RIP :( |
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| Damn this is really sad.. I never thought her death would hit me so hard. Rest in peace to one of the voices of my childhood. |
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One of my favourite VA's...gone too soon!! |
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tsubasalover said: What's Aortic dissection? never heard of that.News Update Aoni Production has announced that the reason for Tsuru's death is aortic dissection. The funeral will be done among her family. Source: Oricon Google isn't reliable either. So I don't know what can cause or how would they get that. Maybe due to stress or something? Well at least her death was been resolved. Again R.I.P. to her. |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| Damn, that's sad. :( Rest in Peace. |
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| i only knew her voice in the dragonball series...... but this still made me sad... condolences to her family. :( |
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| so sad, she was young... guide her to a better place kami. RIP. |
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