Kazuya Tatekabe


Kazuya Tatekabe was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kimobetsu, Hokkaidō. He was represented by Kenyu Horiuchi's Kenyu Office at the time of his death.
He was most known for the roles of Jaian, Walsa, and Tonzura.

Jaian

In 1979, he was cast in the second Doraemon anime as a strong and quick-tempered local bully who can fight at any time and with any kid he sees, especially Nobita, alongside co-stars Nobuyo Ōyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura and Kaneta Kimotsuki for 26 years after the end of the 1979 series, he handed his role over to Subaru Kimura as on April 15, 2005.

Boyacky

In 1977, he was cast in the first Time Bokan series of Yatterman as a short, muscular, squat man with a severe overbite and facial stubble. He reprised his role, alongside co-stars Noriko Ohara and Jōji Yanami, in 2008, he reunited with Ohara and Yanami to reprise their roles for the 2008 adaptation. The sole exception being the game released by Capcom for Wii in 2008, in which the role he reprised for his lifetime, he appeared along with Ohara except Yanami and creator Hiroshi Sasagawa in the Live-action film adaptation of the series and a customer of the restaurant run by the Dorombo Gang.

Death

Tatekabe died of acute respiratory failure on June 18, 2015 at the age of 80. Memorial services were held on June 29, 2015 in Aoyama Funeral hall.

Successors

+ marks the time before Tatekabe's death