Daisuke Gouri passed away this past Sunday at around 3:00 pm in Tokyo after being discovered wandering the streets in Nakano ward, blood dripping from his arm, before collapsing face-down. He was 57 years old.
Besides an impressive list of anime credits, Gouri also voiced Bass Armstrong in the Dead or Alive series, Mister Hercule Satan in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai and Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken games — among other titles that include Metal Gear Solid 2, Soulcalibur and Final Fantasy XII.
According to the report, a knife or some kind of sharp object was discovered near the scene as well as Gouri’s last will and testament. Authorities are investigating this as a possible suicide.
東京新聞:声優の郷里大輔さん自殺か 「キン肉マン」のロビンマスク役:社会(TOKYO Web) [Tokyo Shimbun via ANN]
plmko
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:41 PMDrugs, its always the drugs.
Wolf
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 3:54 AM“some kind of sharp object”
probably some kind of drugs
Stank
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 9:14 AMnot even sharp drugs can kill the king of iron fist.
Michael Barnes
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:48 PM:( that would have been painful. all those wonderful characters this man represented.
Patrick Lum
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 1:05 AMWow. That’s incredibly mysterious.
Kyle Nash
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 7:36 AMso cut. ill smoke a jay and smash some tekken 6 out tonight to honour his memory haha
Nath
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 10:49 AMlol make that two of us.
Ross Edwards
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 8:58 AMThe boyish fantasy part of my brain wants to believe he died in an epic one on one fighting battle, maybe to the voice actor of say…..Vegeta.
Dominic Bui
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 11:17 AMrip, tekken 6 it is tonight.
Michael Cohen
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 4:06 PMPerhaps he just saw the trailer for the Tekken movie?
Michael Hingston
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 4:19 PM+1 :)