 Various news outlets reported Thursday that Hiroshi Masuoka died of rectal cancer last Saturday. His funeral was conducted by his family. The veteran voice actor's roles include Muten-Roushi from Dragon Ball Z and Jam Oji-san from Sore Ike! Anpanman. He stepped down from his 30-year role as Jam Oji-san in August of last year, which was filled by Kouichi Yamadera. Masuoka is also well known for his 40-year role as Masuo Fuguta from Sazae-san. This anime has the Guiness World Record for Longest Running Cartoon. In August of last year, Masuoka stepped down from the role of Masuo, with Hideyuki Tanaka replacing him. Source: The Asahi Shimbun |
| F%#k cancer. RIP to an industry veteran. o7 |
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| Not a big fan of his Roshi's voice, but still RIP. |
| Go to Hiromi, Hiroshi. Go to her. (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )ゞ Oh Kami, the vets are falling more, now. This is gonna be a decade of hurt. |
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| He lived a long and happy life, rest in peace :’( |
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| He was the husband in Sazae-san?? Dang :'( |
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| Master Roshi, nooo |
NameLessMofo said: Master Roshi, nooo His death is sad but...... Masuoka only voiced Roshi in the last 20 episodes of Z and GT, so I'm pretty sure you confused him to Kouhei Miyauchi (Already passed away back in 1995) who voiced Roshi in original DB and Z and Masaharu Satou for Kai onward. |
MahiaErebeaNegiMar 28, 2020 2:04 AM
MahiaErebeaNegi said: NameLessMofo said: Master Roshi, nooo His death is sad but...... Masuoka only voiced Roshi in the last 20 episodes of Z and GT, so I'm pretty sure you confused him to Kouhei Miyauchi (Already passed away back in 1995) who voiced Roshi in original DB and Z and Masaharu Satou for Kai onward. Oh.. Did not know that At least the english voice actor for roshi is still alive and well Tnx for the input:) |
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