was a Japanese actor,

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

and narrator who was affiliated with

Aoni Production is a Japanese talent agency representing a fair number of voice actors and other Japanese entertainers. Voice actors currently affiliated with Aoni All names are in Western order (given name followed by family/last name). * Mai Aizawa *Ken ...

. Some of his major voice roles included the '' Dragon Ball'' anime series, which he narrated and voiced Dr. Briefs, Kaiō-sama ( King Kai or North Kaio), and

Bobbidi ''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, ''Dr. Slump''. While many of the cha ...

. Other major roles included Dr. Isaac Gilmore in '' Cyborg 009''; Gennai in '' Digimon''; Ittan Momen in ''

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''; Dr. Yumi in ''

Mazinger Z is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later was reissued in Kodansha ''TV Magazin ...

''; and numerous characters in the ''

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'' series. On September 25, 2015,

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announced that Yanami would be taking medical leave from ''

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'' for an indefinite amount of time. His roles as the narrator and Kaiō-sama were passed to

Naoki Tatsuta is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. He is most known for the roles of Buta Gorilla (Kiteretsu Daihyakka), Daima Jin (High School! Kimengumi), Oolong (Dragon Ball), Dr. Escargon ( Kirby: Right Back at Ya!), Ashibe's Fath ...

Death

He died on December 3, 2021, at the age of 90.

Filmography

Animation

Film

Japanese dubbing

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Drama CD

Video games

References

External links

Official agency profile

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