Gunota Headlines reported that Hirotaka Suzuoki, the voice actor for Bright Noa of MS Gundam has passed away on August 6th due to lung cancer. A sad news for Gundam fans who loves Bright Noa's cool and steady characteristic as the captain of White Base in the first Gundam anime. May Hirotaka-san rest in peace.The list of anime Hirotaka Suzuoki worked on include (from Saitou Hajime's site):
- Millenium Actress - trivia: Shinsengumi cameo...
- Dragon Ball as Tenshin-han
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes as Konev
- Mobile Suit Gundam as Bright Noah
- Naruto the Movie as Nadare Rouga Pokemon as Sakaki
- Ranma 1/2 as Tatewaki Kuno
- Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X as Saitou Hajime
- Transformers as Starscream
- Trigun as Chapel
