Tenshinhan Voice Actor Passed Away

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Post by Sebastian (SB) » Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:27 pm

Rest in peace & thank you for everything.
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Post by Mr. Announcer » Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:32 pm

That is too young to die. How depressing, I always admired his awesomely deep voice. I wont soon forget his terrific performance as a voice actor.
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Post by Adamant » Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:41 pm

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Post by Majin Cell » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:18 pm

Wow, this is sad. Although I've never heard his voice in other series, I think he was great as Tenshinhan and I assume he was great in his other roles as well. May he rest in peace.
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Post by Tatsunoboshi Horoko » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:27 pm

He died? That really sucks.

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Post by Drunken Master » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:29 pm

He also VA'ed the Five Star Dragon.
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Post by kinoko » Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:56 pm

Oh my gosh.

Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh...

This may sound completely superficial, but I just finished watching the third Dragon Ball movie.... And swooning over Ten's voice. ^^;;

Thank you, sir, for bringing to life my absolute favorite character. Your ability to make him sound bad-ass, some times a bit goofy, serious, everything.

I sound like a fool. But, my God, this is such news.

..Oh, man...
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Post by SonGokuGT » Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:17 pm

The world has lost a great talent... You've voiced some of my favorite characters and done a beautiful job. May you rest in peace, You will always be remembered...
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Post by Maphisto86 » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:29 am

:( This is sad news indeed...he was one of my favourites from the original cast. :(
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Post by Magica » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:48 am

Rest in peace.
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Post by Akira » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:51 am

I remember once when I was watching one of my Kenshin DVDs thinking I recognized the voice of Saito, but couldn't place it for some reason. I now know it was the same voice actor as Tenshinhan. Sorry to hear of his passing. He really brought a anti-hero type persona and tone to the characters of Ten and Saito. I will miss hearing his voice in any future DB games or any other anime for that matter.
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Post by Domon » Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:14 am

Well, that's sad to hear he passed at such a young age. :(

Looking at his credits, he's been in quite a few of the series I've seen. Including those listed earlier, there's also Macross(Lynn Kaifun) and Genesis Climber Mospeada(Yellow Belmont).

May he forever be remembered and Rest In Peace.
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Post by Dominator » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:26 am

R.I.P. :cry:
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Post by The Tori-bot » Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:36 am

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That's a wonderful tribute, and I'm sure it'll be appreciated by many Sozuoki fans.
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Post by Tsukento » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:08 am

Man, this really crapped up my day. :\ It's always sad hearing about certain people passing away. And man, what a person to go.

Tenshinhan is not only shoved off into the shadows in Dragon Ball Z while the others continue on, but his seiyuu ends up dying before even Masako Nozawa (which is gonna be REALLY hard to deal with when her time comes up).

To a man who provided a wonderful cast of voices, I wish that he rest in peace. And I hope that when Sparking Neo and future games involving him come up, that they simply reuse recordings from the show and games, rather than getting a new VA.

So he also provided Sakaki/Giovanni's voice, hm? Looks like he definately won't be talking again now. :s
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Post by Mike D » Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:54 am

Tenshinhan's voice is what really made him stand out at times. The Shin-Kikoho will never be the same.

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Post by Ran Fuan » Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:48 am

I could imagine his family and friends would be greatful for the sympathys from the Dragonball community.
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Post by future_trunks » Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:56 am

Wow, I was happy to be back on the forums again and this is the first thing I see. Rest in Peace, we won't forget you
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Post by Jodaku » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:06 pm

Sad news, way too young to die.

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Post by BoxerGloves » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:00 pm

Well, in case someone is interested, you can still hear his voice sample at Ken Productions (the agency that represented him). Here's the link :
http://www.kenproduction.co.jp/list/sou ... SUZUOK.MP3

If anyone knows Japanese here, please put up a translation of what Mr. Suzuoki is saying. It'd be much appreciated.
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