NEWS Voice Actress Hiromi Tsuru "Voice of Bulma" Passes Away at 57

Voice actress Hiromi Tsuru passed away on Thursday, November 16 due to unknown causes. She was 57. Police found Tsuru unconscious with the seat belt fastened in the driver's seat of a car, which was stopped with hazard lights on at a highway in Tokyo's Chūō ward at around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Authorities rushed her to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead on arrival.



According to police, the location where Tsuru was found had no signs of an accident, and authorities are suspecting a death by illness.

Tsuru voiced many iconic characters in anime, including Bulma from Dragon Ball, Dokin-chan in Soreike! Anpanman, Madoka Ayukawa in Kimagure Orange Road, Ukyo Kuonji in Ranma ½, Sachiko Nishio in Touch, Asuna Kujo in Maison Ikkoku, Meryl Strife in Trigun, Mikami in Ghost Sweeper Mikami, and Kiddy Phenil in Silent Möbius. She also provided the Japanese voice for the character Trinity in The Animatrixshorts. In video games, she is most well known for the voice of Naomi Hunter in the Metal Gear Solid series, Julia Chang in the Tekken series, and Anne in Bravely Second: End Layer.

Source: Nippon TV News 24

 

Is Bulma in Super or not? It'll suck having a voice actress replaced just like that.

Either way R.I.P.

 

May her soul have eternal peace

 

Yeah she is, she had a pretty big role up until the current arc too

 

RIP.

 

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