Sometimes we forget it, but the truth is that “dragonball“It’s a franchise that in 2024 he will be neither more nor less than 40 years old, which means that their respective anime are also accumulating decades of life. This, in turn, implies that many participants in the franchise are already of an advanced age, as is the case with the voice actors of Goku and Piccolo, among others. Now it has been revealed that Shozo Iizuka, who played Nappa at the time, has died.
Actor who played Nappa in Dragon Ball dies at 89
Been DBSCronicles who collected the information after making it public on livedoornews. Here’s what we know about Shozo Iizuka’s death:
- It has been officially confirmed that Shozo Iizuka died at the age of 89less than 3 months away from what would have been his 90th birthday (he celebrated his birthday every May 23).
- The only thing that has been revealed about the cause of death is that it was due to heart failure. Given this, everything indicates that the death was simply due to natural causes.
- Shozo Iizuka not only played Dragon Ball’s Nappa during his long career as a voice actor, but the following characters are also in his legacy:
- Genji Kamogawa and Hajime no Ippo (only during ‘Rising’).
- Oppo Orochi in the 1994 Grappler Baki.
- Baraggan Louisenbarin in Bleach.
- Android number 8 and Mira-kun, also in Dragon Ball.
These types of situations are precisely those that have concerned me for a long time. Because in misfortune, fortunately for “Dragon Ball” the character of Nappa is no longer the one who will appear in the franchise. However, despite the fact that we don’t even want to bring it up, the reality is that Masako Nozawa is already 86 years old. It’s not just because something might happen to her because of her age, but really just because of her age, it’s time to start looking for a replacement, especially since she surely wants to keep going. At the end, unfortunately people can’t even be a fraction of the eternal that is a fictional character.