Kaiwan Wattanakrai, a voice actor renowned for dubbing anime into Thai, died this morning. He was 71.
The voice actor, whose work spanned four decades, died early Tuesday morning at the Sam Chuk Hospital in central Thailand.
The cause of his death is not yet known, however, he was said to have been seriously ill and in the hospital for a week prior to his death.
He is best known as the voices behind major characters from top-rated anime such as Vegeta in Dragon Ball Z, Roronoa Zoro in One Piece, and Sakuragi Hanamichi in Slam Dunk, as well as live-action shows such as the original Kamen Rider, in which he voiced Takeshi Hongo.
His fellow actor, Niran Bunyaratphan, who dubbed Goku in Dragon Ball Z, posted a heartfelt social media tribute.
“It’s a pity a miracle didn’t happen, when we still have to dub many more cartoons together,” he wrote….
