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and narrator from
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, who graduated from
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. His best known roles include Bright Noa in ''
Mobile Suit Gundam , also retrospectively known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Na ...
'', Kojirou Hyuga in ''
Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...
'', Dragon Shiryū in ''
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'',
Tenshinhan , known as Tenshinhan in Japanese media and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise created by Akira Toriyama. He made his appearance in chapter #113 "The 22nd Tenkaichi Budōkai", first publish ...
in ''
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'',
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in ''The Transformers'', Tatewaki Kuno in ''
Ranma ½ is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected in 38 volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves a ...
'', Saitō Hajime in ''
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'', Giovanni in ''
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'', and Banjō Haran in ''
Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 , also known as ''The Unchallengeable Daitarn 3'', is a Japanese anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate, and animated by Sunrise. It was first broadcast on Japanese TV in 1978. The series lasted for 40 episodes. ...
''. He was also the official Japanese dub voice for
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. Suzuoki died from
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on August 6, 2006, at the age of 56.


Career

Suzuoki was affiliated with Ken Production, making his voice acting debut in 1972 in ''
Devilman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The manga focuses on a high school student named Akira Fudo who absorbs the powers of the demon called "Amon" with help of his friend Ryo Asuka in order to batt ...
''. He was known for his soft, dignified voice. Suzuoki was friends with fellow voice actor
Tōru Furuya is a Japanese actor and narrator. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production, since 1982. Furuya is most known for the anime roles of Amur ...
, who co-starred with him in several series. Suzuoki felt that Furuya's portrayal of Yamcha was closer to his own personality than that of Tenshinhan, whom Suzuoki voiced.


Death

Suzuoki was a heavy smoker and drinker. In July 2006, Suzuoki was diagnosed with
lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged ...
and underwent hospitalization and medical treatment. On the morning of August 6, 2006, his health declined, and Suzuoki died at the age of 56. His ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actors. His last voice role was as Bright Noa in ''Mobile Suit Z Gundam III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars''.


Voice roles


Television animation

;1970s *'' Chōdenji Machine Voltes V'' (1977) *'' Yakyū-kyō no Uta'' (1977) (Ryo Kusakabe) *''
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'' (1978) (Haran Banjou) *''
Mobile Suit Gundam , also retrospectively known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Na ...
'' (1979) ( Bright Noa) ;1980s *''
Space Battleship Yamato III , also known as ''Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars'', is a Japanese military science fiction anime series produced by Academy Productions. It is the sequel to '' Be Forever Yamato'' created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto. It aired on ...
'' (1980) (Kojirou Ohta) *'' GoShogun'' (1981) (Hojo Shingo) *'' Miss Machiko'' (1981) (Bruce, Tarō Akiyama) *'' Tokimeki Tonight'' (1982-1983) (Aaron) *''
Macross is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime media franchise/ media mix, created by Studio Nue (most prominently mecha designer, writer and producer Shōji Kawamori) and Artland in 1982. The franchise features a fictional history of Earth and t ...
'' (1982) (Lynn Kaifun) *''
Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...
'' (1983) (Kojirō Hyuga) *''
Genesis Climber MOSPEADA is an anime science fiction series created by Shinji Aramaki and Hideki Kakinuma. The 25-episode television series ran from late 1983 to early 1984 in Japan. MOSPEADA is an acronym of "Military Operation Soldier Protection Emergency Aviatio ...
'' (1983) (Yellow Belmont) *''
Super Dimension Century Orguss is an anime science fiction series. It inspired an Original Video Animation, OVA sequel series called ''Orguss 02''. ''Orguss'' was the second part of ''The Super Dimension (disambiguation), Super Dimension'' trilogy from Big West Advertising ...
'' (1983) (Olson D. Vern) *'' Choriki Robo Galatt'' (1984) (Kamil Kashmir Jr.) *'' Star Musketeer Bismark'' (1984) (Perios) *''
Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime TV series released in 1984, as the third of the Super Dimension series. It was adapted as "The Masters Saga" or the "Second Generation" of the American TV series ''Robotech''. Plot In the year 212 ...
'' (1984) (Dess) *''
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam is a 1985 Japanese television anime series, the second installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, and a sequel to the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. The show was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu ...
'' (1985) (Bright Noa) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' (1986) (Bright Noa) *''
Saint Seiya , also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ...
'' (1986) ( Dragon Shiryu) *''
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'' (1987) (
Tenshinhan , known as Tenshinhan in Japanese media and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise created by Akira Toriyama. He made his appearance in chapter #113 "The 22nd Tenkaichi Budōkai", first publish ...
) *'' Fist of the North Star 2'' (1987) (Shachi) *'' Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' (1988) (Omito Date) *''
Dragon Ball Z ''Dragon Ball Z'' (''DBZ'') is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 ''Dragon Ball'' television series and adapts the latter 325 chapters ...
'' (1989) (Tenshinhan, World Tournament Announcer, Alien Announcer, Karoni) *''
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'' (1989) ( Tatewaki Kuno) *''
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'' (1989) (Baharata) ;1990s *'' Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko'' (1990) (Hideki Yamashita) *''
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'' (1992) (Chief Freeman) *'' Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle'' (1993) (Wolfgang Krauser) *''
Dragon Ball GT is a Japanese anime television series based on Akira Toriyama's ''Dragon Ball'' manga franchise that ran from February 1996 to November 1997. Produced by Toei Animation, the series premiered in Japan on Fuji TV and ran for 64 episodes. Unl ...
'' (1996) (Tenshinhan, Dolltaki, Wû Xing Lóng (Five Star Dragon)) *''
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'' (1996) ( Saitō Hajime) *''
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'' (1996) (Yuji Kayama/Sailor Guts) *'' Pocket Monsters'' (1997) (Sakaki ( Giovanni)) *'' Virus Buster Serge'' (1997) (Raven) *'' Cyber Team in Akihabara'' (1998) (Washu Ryugasaki) *''
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'' (1998) ( Chapel the Evergreen) *'' Crest of the Stars'' (1999) (Dubeusec) *'' Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Archipelago'' (1999) (Sakaki) *'' Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver'' (1999) (Sakaki) ;2000s *''Shukan Storyland'' (2000) (Satoru Shintani) *'' Banner of the Stars'' (2000) ( Dubeusec) *'' Kiddy Grade'' (2002) (Dextera) *'' Pocket Monsters Side Stories'' (2002) (Sakaki) *'' Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation'' (2002) (Sakaki) *'' Requiem from the Darkness'' (2003) (Genba Sasayama) *'' Kotencotenco'' (2006) (Yakku)


Original video animations

*'' Genesis Climber MOSPEADA: Love Live Alive'' (1985) (Yellow Belmont) *'' Prefectural Earth Defense Force'' (1986) (Kamir Santin) * M.D. Geist (1986) (Mash) *'' Urotsukidōji'' (1987) (Tatsuo Nagumo) *''Guy: Double Target'' (1990) (Zena) *'' Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker'' (1987) (Inaba) *''
Legend of the Galactic Heroes , sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'', ''LGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of Epic (genre), epic science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanak ...
'' (1988) (Ivan Konev and Ruppert Kesserlink) *''
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'' (1988) as Lord British *'' Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet'' (1988) (Inaba) *''
Video Girl Ai ''Video Girl Ai'', known in Japan as simply , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 1989 to April 1992. ...
'' (1992) (Ai's creator) *''
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly manga magazine ''Ultra Jum ...
'' (1993) ( Noriaki Kakyoin) *'' Blue Submarine No. 6'' (1998) ( Yuri Malakofsky) *'' Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku-hen'' (1999) (Saitō Hajime) *'' Amon: The Apocalpyse of the Devilman'' (2000) (Zuubo) *'' Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun'' (2000) (Harlem)


Theatrical animation

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Mobile Suit Gundam , also retrospectively known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Na ...
'' (1981) ( Bright Noa) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow'' (1981) (Bright Noa) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space'' (1982) (Bright Noa) *'' Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' (1984) (Lynn Kaifun) *''
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'' (1986) (Apollon) *'' They Were Eleven'' (1986) (Amazon Carnias) *'' Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise'' (1987) (Domorhot) *'' Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure'' (1988) (Tenshinhan) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'' (1988) (Bright Noa) *'' Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter'' (1988) (Inaba) *'' Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might'' (1990) (Tenshinhan) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound'' (1993) (Tenshinhan) * ''Slam Dunk: The Movie'' (1994) (Tatsumasa Oda) *'' Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots'' (1997) (Saitō Hajime) *'' Pocket Monsters the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back'' (1998) (Sakaki) *'' Millennium Actress'' (2002) (Junichi Ōtaki) *'' Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital'' (2003) (Taiga Saijo) *'' Naruto the Movie: Snow Princess' Book of Ninja Arts'' (2004) ( Nadare Roga) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation - Heirs to the Stars'' (2005) (Bright Noa) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers'' (2005) (Bright Noa) *'' Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love is the Pulse of the Stars'' (2006) (Bright Noa)


Tokusatsu

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Denji Sentai Megaranger is Toei's twenty-first production of the Super Sentai metaseries, and the second Sentai, after ''Kousoku Sentai Turboranger'' in which all heroes are high school students. The footage was also used in the American series '' Power Rangers in Spac ...
'' (1997-1998) - Yugande (eps. 1 - 31, 33 - 50)


Video games

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Angel's Feather is a Japanese boys' love visual novel game created by BlueImpact, which was originally released on April 25, 2003, for Windows, and later ported to the PlayStation 2 by HuneX as ''Angel's Feather: Kuro no Zanei''. In 2006, it was adapted i ...
'' (Shion Toudou) *'' Captain Tsubasa 5: Hasha no Shogo Campione'' (Kojirō Hyuga) *'' Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness'' (Viktor Hugo) *'' Rockman X5-X7'' (Signas) *'' Rockman X7'' (Splash Wafly) *''Super Robot War/Scramble'' series (Bright Noa, Haran Banjou, Shingo Hojo) *''
Mobile Suit Gundam , also retrospectively known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Na ...
'' series (Bright Noa) *'' Rurouni Kenshin: Enjou! Kyoto Rinne'' ( Saito Hajime) *Various ''
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'' games (
Tenshinhan , known as Tenshinhan in Japanese media and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise created by Akira Toriyama. He made his appearance in chapter #113 "The 22nd Tenkaichi Budōkai", first publish ...
) *'' Another Century's Episode Series'' (Bright Noa; archival audio in Episode 3)


Drama CDs

* ''Analyst no Yuutsu'' series 2: ''Koi no Risk wa Hansenai'' (Isao Washizaki) * ''Analyst no Yuutsu'' series 3: ''Yuuwaku no Target Price'' (Isao Washizaki) * ''Analyst no Yuutsu'' series 4 (crossover with ''3 Ji Kara Koi wo Suru'' series): ''Ai to Yokubou no Kinyuugai'' (Isao Washizaki) * ''Analyst no Yuutsu'' series 5: ''Ai no Rating AAA'' (Isao Washizaki) * ''Chougonka ~Song of Eternal Hatred~'' (Koujirou Samon) * ''Danna-sama, Ote wo Douzo'' (Takeshi Mochizuki) * ''Eden wo Tooku ni Hanarete'' series 3: ''Setsunai Yoru no Rakuen'' (Shinobu Takahashi) * ''Miscast'' series 8 & 11 (Takamizawa) * ''Okane ga nai'' series 4: ''Okane ja Kaenai'' (Kiyotaka Konomi) * ''Open Sesame'' (Hisama Kanoe) * ''Pearl'' series 1: ''Ijiwaru na Pearl'' (Masami Houjou) * ''Pearl'' series 2: ''Yokubari na Pearl'' (Masami Houjou) * ''Pearl'' series 3: ''Wagamama na Pearl'' (Masami Houjou) * ''Pearl'' series 4: ''Kimagure na Pearl'' (Masami Houjou) * ''Tsunehiko Shiragane'' 1 & 2 (Seiichi Kurosaki)


Dubbing roles


Live-action

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'' (Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee) **'' The Firm'' (Mitch McDeere) **''
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'' (Lestat de Lioncourt) **'' Mission: Impossible'' ( Ethan Hunt) **'' Mission: Impossible 2'' (Ethan Hunt) **''
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**'' Grease'' (1987 TV Asahi edition) (Danny Zuko) **'' Chains of Gold'' (Scott Barnes) **''
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'' (Louis Pinnock) **'' Broken Arrow'' (Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins) *
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'' (1991 TBS edition) ("Mad" Max Rockatansky) **''
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'' (1988 TBS edition) (Martin Riggs) **''
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'' (1992 TBS edition) (Martin Riggs) *
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'' (2000 Fuji TV edition) (Dan Taylor) **''
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Hirotaka Suzuoki Productions
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