I AM HEIHACHI EDAJIMA'S VOICE ACTOR, DAISUKE GŌRI!! (Beat) That's all.
(After Face Faulting) Guess we'll have to do it in his stead.
Needed a Big Guy or a Cool Old Guy? This voice actor was your man. Daisuke Gōri (real name Yoshio Nagahori, February 8, 1952 – January 17, 2010) was one of the more veteran Japanese voice actors, and has certainly built up quite a rep. He usually voiced Large and in Charge characters but could also do other roles just fine.
Unfortunately, on January 17, 2010, three weeks shy of his 58th birthday, he was witnessed collapsing dead on a Nakano sidewalk with a knife, a suicide note and last will on his person, and blood dripping from his wrist. Diabetes had been eating away at his vision, and he'd mentioned to coworkers he had difficulties reading his lines; having had a passion for voice acting his whole career, Gōri was being cut off from one of the biggest joys in his life. In a bout of depression, he'd recently told close friend Kazuhiko Inoue "I've grown old".
For his Western equivalent in voice acting, see Kevin Michael Richardson.
Notable roles from Daisuke Gōri
- 627 in Stitch!
- Abobo and Burnov in the Neo-Geo Double Dragon fighter
- Andross, Pigma Dengar and General Pepper in Star Fox
- First Mate Arrow in Treasure Planet
- Ashuraman, Black Hole, Robin Mask and Dirty Baron in Kinnikuman
- Baloo in The Jungle Book and its sequel
- Baron Praxis in the Japanese dub of Jak and Daxter
- Basical the Alien Baltan in Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact and Sandros in Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet
- Deathrem in Ultraman Mebius and Alien Temperor in Ultraman Mebius and the Ultra Brothers
- Satanbizor in Ultraman Gaia: The Battle In Hyperspace
- Bask Ohm in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Bass Armstrong in Dead or Alive (succeeded by Kenta Miyake)
- Borgan in Lunar: Eternal Blue
- Bouhei in Tengai Makyou III: Namida
- Bruce the Great White Shark in Finding Nemo
- Buppa in Tokyo Tribe 2 (GOOSH GOOSH!
) - Second Spear Chuzubo in Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
- Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch
- Corwen in Getter Robo Armageddon
- The Cyclops in Hercules
- Dauros in Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
- Descarte in Trigun
- Dim the Rhinocerous Beetle in A Bug's Life
- Dondochakka Bilsten in Bleach
- Dorry the Giant, Rockstar and Jimbei in One Piece
- Dozle Zabi in Mobile Suit Gundam
- Draias in The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
- King Duran Dolphan and Wolfgario The Ravager in Mitsumete Knight
- Edge Master in SoulCalibur (succeeded by Kouji Ishii)
- Dr. Edward Bilstein, Gamof Gohgry, and Gantetsu in Star Gladiator
- Dr. Mechard in Saturn Bomberman
- Elekinta in Gekisou Sentai Carranger
- Fatso in Casper
- Gaia in Battle Arena Toshinden
- Glames in Valis III
- Gonzales in Tech Romancer
- Gouryuu and Dinoking in Transformers Victory
- Govan in the PC Engine Ys games
- Hank Jennings (Chris Mulkey) in the dub of Twin Peaks
- Heihachi Edajima in Sakigake!! Otokojuku (We told you before, right?)
- Heihachi Mishima in Tekken (succeeded by Unshō Ishizuka who unfortunately, like with Gōri, also died. Thankfully, afterwards, Taiten Kusunoki succeeded both of them in Tekken: Bloodline)
- Hiromi Yamazaki in Patlabor
- Horn Geist in Brave Exkaiser
- The Incredible Hulk in Iron Man: The Animated Series
- Illgoga in Tobal
- The Iron Giant in... well, The Iron Giant
- J. Otis "Bear" Kurleenbear (Michael Clarke Duncan) in the Nippon TV and TV Asahi dubs of Armageddon (1998)
- Junior the Buffalo in Home on the Range
- Kalbe in Tengai Makyou: Daiyon no Mokushiroku
- Kernagul in GoShogun
- Kettei Banki in Engine Sentai Go-onger
- Kouga in MÄR
- Lazarus in Shining Tears
- Link's Uncle from The Legend of Zelda audio drama, Sound and Drama.
- Little John in Robin Hood (1973)
- Lotney "Sloth" Fratelli (John Matuszak) and the ATV-riding deputy (Richard Donner) in the television dub of The Goonies
- Makuta in the BIONICLE films
- Mr. Hyde (Robbie Coltrane) in the video/DVD dub of Van Helsing
- Mr. Satan (Hercule), King Enma, Ox-King, King Cold, the Turtle, Cymbal, Drum, Colonel Yellow and Porunga in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z (King Enma, Ox-King, King Cold and Porunga succeeded by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, Mr. Satan succeeded by Unshō Ishizuka)
- The Narrator of Cutey Honey
- He fills the same role in Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV
- Nasu and Genda in the Tenchu series
- Noriyasu Kato in Brave Police J-Decker
- Orson Perrault in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
- Otis Peabody (Will Hare) and Huey Lewis in the TV Asahi dub of Back to the Future
- Possessed Manah in Drakengard
- Raiden in The King of Fighters XII
- Ruby Eye Shabranigdo in Slayers
- Samson in the Cho Aniki series
- Ultimate Org Senki from Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
- Soundwave and one of the ancient Primes in the Japanese dub of Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
- Takeda Shingen in Samurai Warriors
- Tengai and Gennou in Sengoku Ace series
- Thunderlips (Hulk Hogan) in the DVD dub of Rocky III
- Tohma in Tales of Rebirth
- Tug in Brother Bear
- Uighur in Fist of the North Star (NGYA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A~!)
- Commander Vachir in Kung Fu Panda
- Vigo the Carpathian in the TV Asahi dub of Ghostbusters II
- Violen Jiger and Dinosaurer (Trypticon) in Transformers Zone
- Vodka in King of Bandit Jing
- Volf in Ninja Gaiden 2 (Xbox 360)
- Wesson (Ted Levine) in the Japanese dub of Flubber
- Xiahou Dun in Dynasty Tactics
- Yokihiko Ota in Sakura Wars
- Yosemite Sam in Looney Tunes
- Zoh Daimaoh in Puyo Puyo CD
- Heihachi Mishima...
is dead.
