Hirotaka Suzuoki
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Hirotaka Suzuoki (鈴置 洋孝 Suzuoki Hirotaka) was a veteran Japanese voice actor who was born on March 6, 1950 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He voiced characters such as Tien in Dragonball and Dragonball Z, Masaki Murakami in the original Guyver OVA series, Bright Noa in multiple Mobile Suit Gundam series, Tatewaki Kuno in Ranma 1/2, Dragon Shiryuu in Saint Seiya, Commander Jamison in Teknoman, and (sigh) Tatsuo Nagumo in the Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend films. He was also the official Japanese dub-voice for Tom Cruise.
He was the guest of honor at BotCon Japan 1998.[1]
On August 6, 2006, at the age of 56, Hirotaka Suzuoki died from lung cancer.
| “ | In Japanese edition, His voice is not squeak but very cool! | ” |
—A Japanese fan on the fundamental difference between Suzuoki and Latta [2] | ||
Roles
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
Notes
- Hirotaka was initially supposed to voice Galaxy Force Starscream however he got sick and the role was given to Takaya Kuroda who ended up doing his voice in a similar fashion to Hirotaka.
