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Screen, Voice Actor Hiroshi Tsuchida Dies at 54
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Talent agency 81 Produce announced on Tuesday that screen and voice actor Hiroshi Tsuchida died on October 11 due to heart failure. He was 54. A private funeral service was held with only close relatives in attendance, in accordance with the family's wishes.
Tsuchida was born in Tokyo on February 8, 1972. He is known for his role as Ninja Blue/Saizō in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. He also voiced the AI unit HANE2 in the 2022 Ultraman Decker show.
In anime, Tsuchida voiced Kōichirō Iketani in the Initial D: Legend film series, Hyūi in the Fist of the North Star: Legend of Yuria OAV, and J.J. Sexton in the four-episode Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt net anime, and Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky. He also voiced Nadim Samaya in the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue special. Tsuchida also voiced Platane in the four-part Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special, Kurumi Risu Father in Sylvanian Families: Mini Story, and Susumu Yamazaki in the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 anime and several later films, including the latest Star Blazers: Be Forever Yamato - Rebel 3199 film series. Tsuchida also voiced Trainer Okita in the 2023 Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top net series and its compilation film in 2024.
Tsuchida most recently voiced Shippo Marimo in Mebius Dust, which premiered on July 9. He voices King Lionel in The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom, which premiered on October 3. Tsuchida also reprised his role as Damnatio Kira in the second season of Black Clover, appearing in the latest 173rd episode, which aired on Saturday.
In foreign films, Tsuchida is the Japanese voice for Lightning McQueen in the animated film Cars, and Cade Yeager in the live-action films Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight, among others.
Sources: 81 Produce, Oricon News
