Hiroshi Masuoka (voice actor)

Hiroshi Masuoka (増岡 弘, Masuoka Hiroshi, August 7, 1936 – March 21, 2020) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Minami, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He voiced the roles of Masuo Fuguta in Sazae-san and Jam Ojisan in Soreike! Anpanman. He also voiced Kame-Sennin during the last episodes of Dragon Ball Z and all of Dragon Ball GT, following Kōhei Miyauchi's death. He worked for the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society until his death in 2020.

Hiroshi Masuoka
増岡 弘
Born(1936-08-07)August 7, 1936
Minami, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
DiedMarch 21, 2020(2020-03-21) (aged 83)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • narrator
Years active1958–2019
AgentHaikyō
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)

On August 5, 2019, it was announced that Masuoka had retired from his roles in Sazae-san and Soreike! Anpanman, which would be taken over by Hideyuki Tanaka and Kōichi Yamadera respectively.

Masuoka died on March 21, 2020, from rectal cancer.

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