Talent agency 81 Produce officially announced on Tuesday that Hiroshi Tsuchida, a screen and voice actor, passed away on October 11 due to heart failure. He was 54 years old. In accordance with the family’s wishes, a private funeral was held with only close relatives present.
Tsuchida was born on February 8, 1972, in Tokyo. He was widely recognized in Japanese television for his role as Ninja Blue / Saizō in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, and also voiced the AI unit HANE2 in the 2022 series Ultraman Decker.
Notable Anime Roles
Tsuchida contributed extensively to the anime world. He voiced Kōichirō Iketani in the Initial D: Legend film trilogy, Hyūi in the Fist of the North Star: Legend of Yuria OAV, and J.J. Sexton in both the four-episode Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt net anime and the theatrical film Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky.
He also voiced Nadim Samaya in the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury – Prologue special, Platane in the four-part Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special, Kurumi Risu’s father in Sylvanian Families: Mini Story, and Susumu Yamazaki in Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and its subsequent films, including the latest Star Blazers: Be Forever Yamato – Rebel 3199 series. In 2023, he voiced Trainer Okita in the net anime Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top and its 2024 compilation film.
His Final Works
Tsuchida’s most recent role was Shippo Marimo in Mebius Dust, which premiered on July 9. He also voices King Lionel in The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom, which began airing on October 3. Additionally, he reprised his role as Damnatio Kira in the second season of Black Clover, appearing in the most recent 173rd episode, which aired last Saturday.
Foreign Film Dubbing
Tsuchida was also the Japanese voice of Lightning McQueen in the animated film Cars, and Cade Yeager in the live-action films Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight, among other international productions.
His passing marks a profound loss for Japanese entertainment, spanning anime, film, and television.
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