Voice Actor Naoki Bando Dies At 69
Bando worked steadily across four decades in supporting and character roles, the kind of range that held up long-running franchises like Yo-kai Watch and Gundam without ever being the headline name.
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Naoki Bando, a voice actor whose career ran more than four decades, died on Monday, September 28. He was 69. His agency Production Ace announced the death on Friday and said he had been undergoing medical treatment. Bando voiced Robonyan in Yo-kai Watch and Torenov Y. Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, among roles spanning anime, games, and Japanese dubs of foreign films and television.
Production Ace announced on Friday that Bando had been undergoing medical treatment before his death on Monday, September 28. He was 69.
His credits ran from Robonyan and other parts in the Yo-kai Watch franchise to Torenov Y. Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. He also voiced Silvarion in The Brave of Gold Goldran, Guard Star in The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird, Kintetsu Oosawagi in Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku, Vargas Dyson in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, Gato in Naruto, Centichoro in One-Punch Man, Emon in Shadow of the Colossus, and Larikush in Baten Kaitos. He handled Japanese dubs for ER, 24, Casino Royale, and The Matrix.
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