Daisuke Gōri Explained
Daisuke Gōri |
Native Name: | 郷里 大輔 |
Birthname: | Yoshio Nagahori |
Birth Date: | February 8, 1952 |
Birth Place: | Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan |
Death Place: | Nakano, Tokyo, Japan |
Yearsactive: | 1973–2010 |
Agent: | Aoni Production |
was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Kōtō, Tokyo. Throughout his life, he was attached to TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Promotion; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. His real name, as well as his former stage name, was . He was best known for his roles in the Dragon Ball series (as Mister Satan and numerous other characters), the Gundam series (as Dozle Zabi and Bask Om), Ninja Scroll (as Gemma Himuro), Kinnikuman (as Robin Mask), Patlabor (as Hiromi Yamazaki), Star Fox (as General Pepper, Andross, and Pigma Dengar), Dead or Alive (as Bass Armstrong), Tekken (as Heihachi Mishima), and Soulcalibur (as Edge Master)[1] – as well as his distinctive deep, booming voice.
Death
According to fellow voice actors, Gōri was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus a few years prior to his death and his vision was affected by retinal detachment as a result of the disease. He complained to coworkers, During an Anpanman recording session in late 2009, a depressed-sounding Gōri told his close friend and voice actor Kazuhiko Inoue, .[2]
On January 17, 2010 at approximately 3:00 P.M., Gōri was found lying on his stomach with blood dripping from his wrists in the middle of a street in Nakano, Tokyo by a passerby, who then notified the police. Authorities from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Nakano station discovered a utility knife under his body as well as a suicide note (with the words and scrawled on it) addressed to his family in his pants pocket. Gōri's death was then ruled a suicide; he was three weeks short of his 58th birthday.[2] [3] His ongoing roles were replaced primarily by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo and the late Unshō Ishizuka.
Filmography
Television animation
- 1973
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- Kikō Sōseiki MOSPEADA (Platoon Chief)
- Kinnikuman (Robin Mask, Zangyaku-seijin, Black Hole (episodes 48-52), Daimaō Satan, Ashuraman, Ashuraman's Father, Dirty Baron, Additional Voices)
- 1984
- Hokuto no Ken (Diamond (episode 3), Southern Cross executive (episode 21), Gertz (episode 33), Goerz (episode 33), Uighur the Warden (episodes 37-42), Cassandra prisoner (episode 43), Bull (episode 59), Daruka (episode 89)), Buzz Harn (114-116), Akashachi (123-138)
- Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (Claude Leon)
- 1985
- 1986
- (Umigame)
- Dragon Ball (Umigame, Gyū-Maō, Colonel Yellow, Cymbal, Drum, Yaochun, Inoshikachō, Gora, Spectator, Additional Voices)
- (Moss the English Mastiff)
- Kō Q Chōji Ikkiman (Samson)
- Saint Seiya (Heracles Seiza no Algethi)
- 1987
- (Umigame, Ghastel)
- Doraemon (Gian's Father)
- 1988
- 1989
- Dragon Ball Z (Umigame, Gyū-Maō, King Enma, Mister Satan, King Cold, Vinegar, Porunga, Additional Voices)
- Dragon Quest (Dodonga)
- Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (Hathi)
- Urotsukidoji (Chojin, Great Elder, Niki's Father)
- Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (Hiromi Yamazaki)
- Peter Pan no Bōken (Bill)
- (Goryu, Dinoking)
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- Crayon Shin-chan (Chief, Dondon, Shop Employee)
- Super Bikkuriman (Super Devil, Devil Zeus)
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2022
OVA
- Guyver (1989) (Derzerb)
- Ys (1989) (Norton)
- Ninja Ryūkenden (1991) (Jeffrey Hammond)
- (1991) (Bask Om)
- Ushio and Tora (1992) (Asako's father)
- Gunsmith Cats (1995) (Jonathan Washington)
- (1997) (Heihachi Mishima)
- (1997) (Violenjiger, Trypticon)
- (2001) (Prof. Domeki)
- (2008) (Mister Satan, Umigame, Gyū-Maō)
Theatrical animation
- Fist of the North Star (1986) (Uighur)
- (1988) (Umigame)
- (1989) (Gyū-Maō)
- (1989) (Hiromi Yamazaki)
- (1990) (Misokattsun, Umigame)
- (1991) (Dorodabo)
- (1993) (Gyū-Maō, Umigame)
- (1993) (Mister Satan)
- (1993) (Hiromi Yamazaki)
- (1994) (Mister Satan)
- (1994) (E. Honda)
- (1995)(Mister Satan)
- (1996) (Umigame)
- (2001) (Yokihiko Ōta)
- (2002) (Hiromi Yamazaki)
- (2005) (Akuma)
- Redline (2010) (Gori-Rider)[4] (Posthumous release)
Unknown date
- A Wind Named Amnesia (Little John)
- Fist of the North Star - Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fight (Fudo)
- Kinnikuman: Stolen Championship Belt (Robin Mask)
- Kinnikuman: Great Riot! Seigi Chōjin (Robin Mask, Black Sumo)
- Kinnikuman: Seigi Chōjin vs. Kodai Chōjin (Robin Mask)
- Kinnikuman: Counterattack! The Underground Space Chōjins (Robin Mask, New Ashuraman)
- Kinnikuman: Hour of Triumph! Seigi Chōjin (Robin Mask)
- Kinnikuman: Crisis in New York! (Robin Mask)
- Kinnikuman: Seigi Chōjin vs. Senshi Chōjin (Robin Mask, Big Shinjo)
- Ninja Scroll (Himuro Gemma)
- One Piece: The Clockwork Island Adventure (Mayor)
- One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (General Hotdog)
- (Bookie, Bobby)
- Project A-ko (Mari)
Video games
Unknown date
Narration
- Beat Takeshi no TV Tackle (TV Asahi)
- Smart Monsters (TV Asahi)
Tokusatsu
Television commercials
- Toon Disney (Japan) (Jetix narrator)
Dubbing roles
Live-action
Animation
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Dragon Ball Actor Daisuke Gouri Passes Away . January 18, 2010 . Anime News Network . January 18, 2010.
- Web site: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100120-00000001-ykf-ent . ja:声優界衝撃「ロビンマスク役」郷里大輔さん路上死のナゾ . Yahoo! News . ja . January 20, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100123194445/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100120-00000001-ykf-ent . 2010-01-23 . dead.
- Web site: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100118-00000904-yom-ent . ja:「キン肉マン」ロビンマスク役の声優自殺か(読売新聞) . ja . Yahoo! News . January 18, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100121134854/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100118-00000904-yom-ent . 2010-01-21 . dead.
- Web site: 声優さん出演リスト 個別表示:郷里大輔(Daisuke Gouri). Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Daisuke Gouri. Voice Artist Database. GamePlaza-HARUKA-. June 8, 2019. ja. September 29, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929151336/http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00347&namecode=1. dead.
- Web site: Daisuke Gori (visual voices guide). behindthevoiceactors.com. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
- Web site: Search results for "郷里大輔" in ALL database. Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database. Hitoshi . Doi . Hitoshi Doi. June 23, 2019.
- Web site: KOFキャラクター:THE KING OF FIGHTERS OFFICIAL WEB SITE. kofaniv.snk-corp.co.jp. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20170404132852/https://kofaniv.snk-corp.co.jp/character/index.php?num=raiden. April 4, 2017. December 4, 2021.
- Web site: 醒拳 <日本語吹替収録版>. April 27, 2019. NBCUniversal Japan.
- Web site: グーニーズ. July 18, 2020. Fukikaeru.
- Web site: i-img675x1200-1625564040p9w0sq12246.jpg. November 12, 2021. Yahoo! Auctions Japan. November 12, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211112185445/https://auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/image/dr000/auc0207/users/5af0fad83230d9142208b709799ed481bf8a2709/i-img675x1200-1625564040p9w0sq12246.jpg. dead.
- Web site: サロゲート. November 8, 2021. Star Channel.
- Web site: ホラー・マニアックス シリーズ - 驚きの強力ラインナップ、特別仕様で蘇る傑作ホラーコレクション!. December 7, 2021. Happinet.
- Web site: アイアン・ジャイアント. July 6, 2019. Star Channel.
- Web site: リロ&スティッチ. February 6, 2023. The Cinema.
- Web site: 眠れる森の美女. January 30, 2023. The Cinema.