 Aoni Production has announced that seiyuu Kazunari Tanaka died on October 10, 2016 from a brainstem hemorrhage. He was 49 years old.Tanaka's first main role was Katsuya Kimura from the Jigoku Sensei Nube series. Tanaka also voiced the main protagonist Hachimaki in Planetes. In addition, he voiced minor characters in popular series such as Minori Kishimoto in Slam Dunk, Abirama Redder in Bleach, Ken Kato in Gintama, and more. His most recent role was Keishin Ukai in the third season of the anime adaptation of Haikyuu!!. He was also the vocalist and guitarist of the band Doutonburi Divers. Source: Ota☆Suke |
tsubasaloverOct 11, 2016 4:20 AM
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| That sucks. RIP. Did he complete all of his lines for Haikyuu? |
when ur about to have a refreshing sip of earl grey tea and someone says "traps are gay" |
| Oh noes! Rest in Paradise. He went so young. Hope his family is alright. I sure hope he was able to complete Coach Ukai's lines. Haikyuu wouldn't be the same w/o him :( |
 Lost in Translation |
| Rest in peace. It is always sad when someone passes away. Can people please stop asking whether or not he completed all his lines for Haikyuu? I love that series as well, but is it really more important than one of it's voice actors passing away? This is a sad event which was only just announced, please wait a bit. |
| Oh shit Coach Ukai passed away? Hopefully he finished recording all of his lines for this season of Haikyuu. If he didn't finish and they do have to recast the role, the only other VA I could imagine for Ukai would be Kazuya Nakai. For some reason I always thought Zoro's voice would be a good fit on Ukai if he wasn't already being voiced by someone else. Hopefully they don't need to go through that process though since I'm sure it's a pain in the ass to do so during the season, compared to if this happened a couple months ago. Anyway that's not important right now, and damn, he wasn't even old (especially by Japanese standards). It's always sad to see someone die young. RIP. |
thebrentinator24Oct 10, 2016 11:41 PM
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Thank you so much for Hachimaki. You will be missed. :( Your voice will be remembered in the history of anime. |
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| r.i.p, I unfortunately only know him from Haikyuu!! but I enjoyed his voice as Ukai it sucks to see people asking about his lines though, it doesn't really matter right now. |
| It's really saddening, Hachimaki is one of my all-time favorite characters. |
| That's really sad man, rest in peace. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| wait, what, ukai? :o noooo ;_; this made me so sad. rest in peace :( |
| fuck no man, just... you will be missed |
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| Rest in peace, you will be missed... |
| That's awful... :( Rest in peace |
| RIP, a sad day :( His role as Keishin Ukai is pretty good. |
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| Oh my god. RIP. Coach Ukai had such an amazing voice. It feels so weird because last week we were hearing his voice and now he passed away... |
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| RIP :( And I just finished Planetes a while ago too. His role as Hachimaki will always be a memorable one for me. |
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| Tsk. RIP :( You are in God's hand now. |
 - barely alive - |
| What, no! His voice as Ukai-sensei was perfect, I can't imagine anyone replacing it... Poor guy, so young, may he rest in peace :( |
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| RIP Though Haikyuu!! is still airing and the manga still on-going, we will always remember your voice, Coach!! :'( |
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| NOOOOOO!!! What do you mean no Ukai Kantako?! Your voice was perfect. R.I.P T_T |
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| it's even sadder when you like their voice, but rarely got roles... RIP |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| Sad to hear it :( I like him as Ukai. |
| Oh nooooo! :'( May he rest in peace. Coach ukai will never be the coach ukai I've known. But will still love whoever will voice him. |
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| T________T R.I.P coach |
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| Wait, what? Tanaka? No way, we just heard him sound lively a few days ago. It's too soon. God this is depressing. Rest in peace, coach. Thank you for your hard work. |
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| I'm lost for words right now. Rest in peace, coach. |
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| He was so young. This is very sad. : ( Will be saying a prayer for him and his family. |
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| That's really sad! May he rest in peace. You will be missed ~ |
  :: Sʏᴍᴘʜᴏɴɪᴀ  Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On jupiter and mars ☆ ★ ☆ ★ |
| Sad times. I really liked his role as Hachimaki. :sob: I hope he rests in peace! |
| RIP. Dying at only 49 :-( |
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| I'm out of words :(( R.I.P |
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| Well that is definitely unfortunate. I wish I knew why there was hemorrhaging. Sadly I've never really watch much of his work either. There really isn't much that interests me either =/. |
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| Kazunari Tanaka, thanks for everything that you've contributed your voice to. ; ^ ; Rest in peace. |
| R.I.P. :'( You will be missed. |
| Rest in peace Kazunari-san we really love your voice!! Haikyuu and Detective Conan will never be the same without you!!  |
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| Too many people on the anime industry die on band these days and it worries me. |
| So many deaths this year....RIP |
Bum Bum Dum Dum |
| From Haikyuu!! https://twitter.com/haikyu_com/status/786921133345910786 http://www.j-haikyu.com/anime/news.html?id=97 |
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| That sucks. RIP. :C |
| It was just announced that Hisao Egawa will be voicing Keishin Ukai starting episodd 9 of Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou. http://www.j-haikyu.com/anime/news.html?id=126 |
tsubasaloverNov 14, 2016 2:49 AM
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