Stage and voice actor Tomoyuki Dan, known as Shinkuro Isaka the Weather Dopant in Kamen Rider W, passed away on Thursday, October 10 at 11:49 PM in his home due to recurring aortic dissection. He was 50 years old.
Born under the name Yoshio Tanaka in Osaka on August 6th, 1963, he joined Seinenza in 1987 and began a long career in stage productions. He is also known as a voice actor for various roles including Bruce Wayne/Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy, Kisame Hoshigaki in Naruto Shippūden and Ishikawa in Ghost in the Shell Arise, among others. [FULL LIST HERE]
Dan's final tokusatsu work was when he reprised his role as the Weather Dopant in the first Kamen Rider game for the PlayStation 3, Kamen Rider Battride War.
Source: Seinenza via Anime News Network
*Sigh* And another actor passes away... . May he rest in peace... .
ReplyDeleteI bet he saw the debut of Gaim. How many lives will that show claim
ReplyDeleteI saw Gaim. I enjoyed it and I'm still alive. We don't need your hate, especially if you're just going to disrespect the recently deceased.
Delete@Anon 2 have some respect please..
DeleteI'm okay about your hate on gaim (they're not gonna stop whining anyway) but to make a joke on a deceased person is way too much
Maybe he doesn't mean to hate. But where there's Gen Urobutcher, There always some character die unexpectly.
DeleteAnd pray for mr.Tomoyuki to rest in peace. We will remember you and your great work.
First Kisame, & now the actor himself? So looks like the Weather Dopant would be a different person in a next possible Battride War game
ReplyDeleteMan... one of the greatest rider villains and one of the best actors for a rider villain in general. RIP
ReplyDeleteAw man, Isaka was my favorite villain in the show. Dan-san played him so well.
ReplyDeleteDon't ask me questions. .
ReplyDeleteThankfully, he only suffered for 9.8 seconds.
ReplyDeleteHe did a really nice job on W. May he rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteR.I.P Mr. Dan.
ReplyDeleteanon2, that's not funny. You're horrible.
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad. Isaka was my favorite Kamen Rider villain. Rest in peace, Tomoyuki Dan.
ReplyDeletehasnt been a better villian since him fourze wizard and ooos fourze did a shit job with there villians wizard and ooos passable
ReplyDeleteR.I.P. He was a great actor, and will be very missed.
ReplyDelete@Anon of October 12, 2013 at 12: 09 AM. This is the Anon of October 11, 2013 at 11:59 PM
ReplyDeleteBuddy?
How can you think like that of a show that ONLY HAS 1 EPISODE?! Can't you at least wait 5 episodes to judge it like most people?! And how dare you use a man's death to slander a series that's part of his work! You should be ashamed of yourself!
@anon2, dude, that's messed up.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace o dark prince...
ReplyDeleteYour brilliance will forever be immortalize in your villainous act of Weather Dopant~
rest in peace o prince of darkness...
ReplyDeleteyour brilliance will forever be immortalize in villainous act of Weather Dopant
;_;
ReplyDeleteHe was so young. An old young, but young.
Man...this sucks.
ReplyDeleteMay you rest in peace, Dan-san.
may he rest in peace
ReplyDeletemay you rest in peace...
ReplyDeletemay he rest in peace
ReplyDeleteThis is shocking.
ReplyDeleteMy most hated, or in this case, most favorite villain in W passed away?
God bless his soul.
R.I.P Weather Dopant-san
Dan-San, thank you for portraiting Weather Dopant so well in W, making him one of my favourite W villains. May you rest in peace...
ReplyDeleteYou will be remembered as one the menacing villian on W and also my favorite!!
ReplyDeleteHe's 50? Wow, I thought he's at 45 at most judging from his act in W. Another huge loss for Japan's virtual entertainment industry.
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