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Doraemon, Danganronpa Voice Actress Nobuyo Ōyama Dies at 90

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Ōyama was diagnosed with dementia in 2012

Talent agency Actors Seven announced on Friday that Doraemon franchise, died on September 29 of senility. She was 90.

Ōyama was born on October 16, 1933 and is from Tokyo. She attended an acting school, and debuted in an NHK drama in 1956. She debuted as a voice actress in 1957.

Ōyama inspired the dramatized television special "Zutto Issho da yo ~Seiyū・Oyama Nobuyo Monogatari~" (Together for a Long Time: The Story of Voice Actress Nobuyo Ōyama) in December 2015.

Ōyama is best known for her work voicing the titular character of the Doraemon TV series and movies from 1979 to 2005, before new voice actors Hazedon.

She also voiced Katsuo Isono in the Oniku Daisuki! Zeushi-kun 2 ONA.

Another of Ōyama's major roles was Monokuma in the Danganronpa series of games and its 2012 TV anime adaptation replaced her in the Danganronpa franchise in 2016.

Source: NHK News, Livedoor News via My Game News Flash


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