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Kazuya Tatekabe

Kazuya Tatekabe
たてかべ 和也
Born
Kazuya Tachikabe

(1934-07-20)July 20, 1934
Kimobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
DiedJune 18, 2015(2015-06-18) (aged 80)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)

Kazuya Tatekabe (たてかべ和也、立壁和也, Tatekabe Kazuya, July 20, 1934 – June 18, 2015) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kimobetsu, Hokkaidō. He was represented by Kenyu Horiuchi's Kenyu Office at the time of his death.[1]

He was most known for the roles of Takeshi Goda known as "Gian" (Doraemon), Walsa (Time Bokan), and Tonzura (Yatterman).

Career

Tatekabe had been a voice actor for 61 years, he was affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society in the 1950s, then Production Baobab and The Kenyu Office till the time of his death.

Gian

In 1979, he was cast in the second Doraemon anime series as Takeshi Goda (also known by the name "Gian"), a strong and quick-tempered local bully who can fight at any time and with any kid he sees, especially Nobita, alongside co-stars Nobuyo Ōyama (Doraemon), Noriko Ohara (Nobita Nobi), Michiko Nomura (Shizuka Minamoto) and Kaneta Kimotsuki (Suneo Honekawa).

After voicing Gian for 26 years, he handed the role over to Subaru Kimura for the 2005 series.

Tonzura

In 1977, he was cast in the first Time Bokan series of Yatterman as a short, muscular, squat man with a severe overbite and facial stubble.

He reprised his role alongside co-stars Noriko Ohara (Doronjo) and Jōji Yanami (Boyacky) across the series.

In 2008, he reunited with Ohara and Yanami to reprise their roles for the 2008 Yattermen series.

In the live-action film adaptation live action adaptation, he appeared as a cameo appearance alongside co-star Noriko Ohara and creator Hiroshi Sasagawa as customers for the restaurant run by the Dorombo Gang.

The sole exception of not reprising his role being the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes game released by Capcom for Wii in 2008.

Death

Tatekabe died of acute respiratory failure on June 18, 2015, at the age of 80. Memorial services were held on June 29, 2015, in Aoyama Funeral hall.[2]

Successors

+ marks the time before Tatekabe's death

Notable voice work

Theatrical animation

Video games

Dub work

Live-action

Animation

Television

References

  1. ^ 初代ジャイアン役、たてかべ和也さん死去. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Doraemon Voice Actor Kazuya Tatekabe Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ "『PROJECT X ZONE（プロジェクト クロスゾーン）』強力なライバルたち！". s.famitsu.com (in Japanese). August 30, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "武器人間". Sony Pictures. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "スカイ・ハイ 4Kレストア スタンダード版 Blu-ray". TC Entertainment. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "チャイルド・プレイ5/チャッキーの種". The Cinema. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  7. ^ "ふしぎの国のアリス". The Cinema. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuya_Tatekabe