Daisuke Gōri


Daisuke Gōri was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Kōtō, Tokyo. Throughout his life, he was attached to TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Promotion; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. His real name, as well as his former stage name, was Yoshio Nagahori. He was best known for his roles in the Dragon Ball series, the Gundam series, Ninja Scroll, Kinnikuman, Patlabor, Star Fox, Dead or Alive, Tekken, and Soulcalibur – as well as his distinctive deep, booming voice.

Death

According to fellow voice actors, Gōri was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus a few years prior to his death and his vision was affected by retinal detachment as a result of the disease. He complained to coworkers, "I cannot read the script. I cannot work as I want." During an Anpanman recording session in late 2009, a depressed-sounding Gōri told his close friend and voice actor Kazuhiko Inoue, "I've grown old".
On January 17, 2010 at approximately 3:00 P.M., Gōri was found lying on his stomach with blood dripping from his wrists in the middle of a street in Nakano, Tokyo by a passerby, who then notified the police. Authorities from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Nakano station discovered a utility knife under his body as well as a suicide note addressed to his family in his pants pocket. Gōri's death was then ruled a suicide; he was three weeks short of his 58th birthday. His ongoing roles were replaced primarily by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo and the late Unshō Ishizuka.

Filmography

Television animation

;1973
  • Cutie Honey
;1979
;1980
  • Ashita no Joe 2
  • Moeru Arthur: Hakuba no Ōji
  • Nils no Fushigi na Tabi
  • Mighty Atom, Operation Robot )
  • Time Patrol tai Otasukeman
;1981
  • Ginga Senpū Braiger
  • Dash Kappei
  • Gold Lightan
  • Sengoku Majin GōShōgun
;1982
  • Ginga Reppū Baxinger
  • Gyakuten! Ippatsuman
  • Minami no Niji no Lucy
  • Sasuga no Sarutobi
  • Tokimeki Tonight
;1983
  • A Wind Named Amnesia
  • Kikō Sōseiki MOSPEADA
  • Kinnikuman
;1984
  • Hokuto no Ken, Southern Cross executive, Gertz, Goerz, Uighur the Warden, Cassandra prisoner, Bull, Daruka ), Buzz Harn, Akashachi
  • Kinnikuman: Great Riot! Seigi Chōjin
  • Kinnikuman: Stolen Championship Belt
  • Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
;1985
  • Aoki Senshi SPT Layzner
  • Kinnikuman: Counterattack! The Underground Space Chōjins
  • Kinnikuman: Hour of Triumph! Seigi Chōjin
  • Kinnikuman: Seigi Chōjin vs. Kodai Chōjin
  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
  • Shōjō no Sarah
  • Doraemon
;1986
;1987
;1988
  • City Hunter 2, Gin no Asa )
  • Sakigake!! Otokojuku
  • Topo Gigio
  • Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
;1989
  • Dragon Ball Z
  • Dragon Quest
  • Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli
  • Urotsukidoji
  • Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor
  • Peter Pan no Bōken
  • Transformers: Victory
;1990
  • Brave Exkaiser
;1991
  • The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
;1992
  • Crayon Shin-chan
  • Super Bikkuriman
;1993
  • Ninja Scroll
;1995
;1996
  • Dragon Ball GT
  • GeGeGe no Kitarō
  • Kaitō Saint Tail
  • Detective Conan
  • Urotsukidoji IV: Inferno Road
;1997
  • Chūka Ichiban!
;1998
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Trigun
;1999
  • Alexander Senki
  • Great Teacher Onizuka
  • Master Keaton
  • Seihō Tenshi Angel Links
;2000
;2001
  • Final Fantasy: Unlimited
  • One Piece
  • One Piece: The Clockwork Island Adventure
  • Pokémon
  • Project ARMS
;2002
;2003
  • Air Master
  • Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
  • Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Inuyasha
  • One Piece
  • One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken
;2004
  • Black Jack
  • Mōsōdai Rinin
  • Hi no Tori
  • Kaiketsu Zorori
  • Samurai Champloo
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX
;2005
  • Gallery Fake
  • Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori
  • Yakitate!! Japan
  • Yuki no Joō: The Snow Queen
;2006
  • Angel Heart
  • Gintama
  • Happy Lucky Bikkuriman
  • Inukami!
  • Kemonozume
  • Kinnikuman II: Ultimate Muscle 2
  • Kishin Hōkō Demonbane
  • MÄR
  • Ouran High School Host Club
  • Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi
  • Tokyo Tribe 2
;2007
  • Bleach
  • Blue Dragon
  • Dennō Coil
  • Fist of the North Star - Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fight
  • GeGeGe no Kitarō
  • Master of Epic: The Animation Age
  • Kekkaishi
  • Sgt. Frog
  • Soreike! Anpanman
;2008
  • Doraemon
;2009
  • Dragon Ball Kai
  • Kiddy Girl-and
  • One Piece
  • Slayers Evolution-R
  • Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike - Merzhom Keida
  • Tomica Hero Rescue Fire
;2022
  • ''Bleach: Thousand-Years Blood War''

    OVA

  • Guyver
  • Ys
  • Ninja Ryūkenden
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
  • Ushio and Tora
  • Gunsmith Cats
  • Tekken: The Motion Picture
  • Transformers: Zone
  • Zaion: I Wish You Were Here
  • ''Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!''

    Theatrical animation

  • Fist of the North Star
  • Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
  • Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
  • Patlabor: The Movie
  • Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
  • Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
  • Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
  • Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
  • Patlabor 2: The Movie
  • Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly
  • Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
  • Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
  • Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
  • Sakura Wars: The Movie
  • WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
  • Street Fighter Alpha: Generations
  • ''Redline''

    Video games

  • Star Gladiator
  • Red Earth
  • Star Fox 64
  • Tekken Tag Tournament
  • Tekken Advance
  • Pac-Man World 2
  • Tekken 5
  • Capcom Fighting Evolution
  • Death by Degrees
  • Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
  • Final Fantasy XII
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
  • Tekken 7
  • Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
  • Ape Escape
  • Baten Kaitos Origins
  • Daraku Tenshi – The Fallen Angels
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
  • Drakengard
  • Everybody's Golf 4
  • Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
  • Garouden Breakblow: Fist or Twist
  • Jak II
  • The King of Fighters XII
  • Kessen
  • Quiz Magic Academy
  • Sakura Wars
  • Shadow Hearts
  • Shadow Hearts: Covenant
  • Shining Tears
  • Tales of Rebirth
  • Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
  • Time Crisis 4
  • ''Wild Arms 5''

    Narration

  • Beat Takeshi no TV Tackle
  • ''Smart Monsters''

    Tokusatsu

  • Gekisou Sentai Carranger
  • Choukou Senshi Changerion
  • B-Robo Kabutack
  • Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace
  • Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
  • Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact
  • Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
  • Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger
  • Ultra Seven Evolution
  • Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet
  • Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers
  • GoGo Sentai Boukenger
  • Ultraman Mebius
  • Engine Sentai Go-onger
  • Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
  • Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire )
  • ''Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Reverse''

    Television commercials

  • Toon Disney

    Dubbing roles

Live-action

  • 2 Fast 2 Furious
  • Alien
  • Aliens
  • Armageddon
  • Back to the Future
  • Beautiful Joe
  • A Bridge Too Far
  • Cannonball Run II
  • Casper
  • CHiPs
  • Colby's Missing Memory
  • The Country Bears
  • Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
  • The Da Vinci Code
  • Das Boot
  • Die Hard
  • Die Hard 2
  • Dr. Dolittle 2
  • Ed Wood
  • Faces of Death V
  • Fearless Hyena Part II
  • Ghostbusters II
  • Gone in 60 Seconds
  • The Goonies
  • In the Line of Fire
  • Lethal Weapon 3
  • Men in Black
  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  • The Mummy Returns
  • Predator 2
  • Rocky III
  • The Running Man
  • Sin
  • Small Soldiers
  • Sudden Impact
  • Surrogates
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  • Twin Peaks
  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • Year of the Dragon
  • ''Zombi 2''