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Hiroshi Tsuchida, voice of Attack on Titan and Yakuza, dies at 54
Prominent Japanese voice actor Hiroshi Tsuchida has passed away at the age of 54. His agency, 81 Produce, announced on October 20 that he died from heart failure on October 11. A private funeral was held with family members in attendance.
Tsuchida had an extensive career spanning anime, video games, live-action television, and international film dubbing. He was widely recognized for voicing Grisha Yeager in ‘Attack on Titan’, Kazuki in the ‘Yakuza’ franchise, and Feng Wei in the ‘Tekken’ series. His anime credits also include roles in ‘Naruto’, ‘One Piece’, ‘Steins;Gate’, and ‘Pokémon XY’.
In the realm of tokusatsu, he was known for playing Saizo (Ninja Blue) in the 1994 series ‘Ninja Sentai Kakuranger’. Additionally, he provided Japanese dubbing for various Hollywood actors, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Sean Gunn, in films such as ‘Inception’, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, and the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ series.