[Old News] Hiroshi Otake, a voice actor who played Boss Perman No. 2, Nyarome, Butagorira, etc. died

Boss role of 'Mazinger Z', role of 'Perman' Perman No. 2 (Booby), role of 'Obake no Q Taro' Koike role, role of 'Moretsu Ataro' Nyarome (1st work 2nd generation), 'Kiteretsu Encyclopedia' Hiroshi Otake, a voice actor who has been active for a long time since the early days of TV animation, such as the role of Buta Gorilla (first generation), the role of 004 (Heinrich) in 'Cyborg 007' (first generation), and the role and operation of Cartan in 'Let's play with Mama! Ping Pong Pan'. His agency 81 Produce announced that he passed away on August 1, 2022 due to acute heart failure. I was 90 years old.

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Hiroshi Otake: Produced by 81 Co., Ltd. - Voice actor production
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Otake was born in 1932 in Kanagawa prefecture. As he has been active for a long time, he has many affiliated offices and theater companies. On January 5, 2015, she joined 81 Produce, her last agency.

The role that played a particularly long time was the role of Perman No. 2 (Booby) in the 'Perman' series, the first TV animation broadcast from April 1967 to April 1968, broadcast from April 1983 to July 1985. The second TV animation released, three movies released in 1983, 1984 and 1985, and two movies released in 2003 and 2004 'Pa-Pa-Pa The Movie Perman', From 2011 to 2012, he was in charge of the works screened at the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum. Although it is intermittent, it has maintained its voice image as an original cast for nearly 45 years, along with Katsue Miwa, who plays the role of Perman No. 1 (Mitsuo Suba).

Monochrome version TV animation 'Perman' promotion video - YouTube


In addition, in the children's program 'Let's play with Mama! Ping Pong Pan' broadcasted on Fuji TV from October 1966 to March 1982, he was in charge of the voice of the kappa character Cartan and the puppeteer in the costume. did.

[DVD] Let's play with Mama! Ping Pong Pan - YouTube


'Mazinger Z' boss role, the main animation was broadcast for less than two years from December 1972 to September 1974, but the sequel 'Great Mazinger' (broadcast from September 1974 to September 1975), Appeared in the sequel 'UFO Robo Grendizer' (broadcast from October 1975 to February 1977). In addition to appearing in movies related to 'Mazinger Z', as a member of 'Mazinger Z', which was a regular appearance work, as a voice in the game 'Super Robot Wars' series, 'New Super Robot Wars' in 1996 Since then, he has appeared in 14 films.

Boss's appearance in 'Mazinger Z' starts from episode 3. On the other hand, 'Great Mazinger' will appear from the first episode. Below, from around 4 minutes 40 seconds.

[Official] Great Mazinger Episode 1 ``The Brave of the Sky Great Mazinger'' [1970s Anime]-YouTube


In addition, Mr. Otake's famous character is Nyarome of 'Moretsu Ataro' (broadcast from April 1969 to December 1970). Mr. Isami Tanaka, who is known for playing the role of Medama Oyaji in 'GeGeGe no Kitaro', was in charge only for the initial appearance, and Mr. Otake played after that. In addition, Mr. Akira Kamiya, who is known for the role of 'City Hunter' Ryo Saeba, is in charge of the role of Nyarome in the second work broadcasted from April to December 1990.

Also, Mr. Otake was the first to play the role of Buta Gorilla in 'Kiteretsu Encyclopedia' (broadcast from March 1988 to June 1996), but he left the project due to a temporary hiatus in 1991. The period in which Naoki Tatsuta acted as the second generation is longer.

In 'Cyborg 009', which was animated many times from the 1960s to the 21st century, the first movie version released in 1966, the second movie version released in 1967, and one TV animation broadcast in 1968 I was in charge of 004 (Albert Heinrich), a cyborg who specializes in combat with his eyes. In addition, Kenji Utsumi took over the role of 004 during the broadcast of the first TV animation, and after that, Shunji Yamada (Keaton Yamada), Nobuo Tobita, Satoshi Hino, and Hiroshi Shimono are playing.

In addition, at the 9th Seiyuu Awards, together with Fuyumi Shiraishi, he won the Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Otake, who was 83 years old at the time, declared that he would continue to play for another 17 years until he turned 100.


On Otake's Facebook, a behind-the-scenes shot of the award ceremony is available. Mr. Otake and Mr. Shiraishi.


Mr. Otake & Mr. Gara Takashima, who won the 'Kazue Takahashi Award' given to female voice actors who spread the profession of voice actors through various media.


Mr. Otake and Ms. Rena Ueda who won the New Actress Award. Mr. Ueda is holding a piece of colored paper with a cartoon drawn on it.