The voice of ‘Doraemon He stopped performing live 19 years ago, when his actress had to stop performing for health problems. Today is gone forever. But it will continue to play on the televisions of fans of the Japanese animated series. Japanese voice actress Nobuyo Oyamaknown for giving the voice to the famous animated character ‘Doraemondeceased at 90 years old on September 29 in a hospital in his native Tokyo after suffering several years of dementia due to his advanced age.
Besides playing the famous protagonist of the Japanese animated series ‘Doraemon’ for 26 yearsFrom 1979 to 2005, Oyama was also a widely recognized singer, screenwriter, essayist and television personality in Japan.
Also gave the floor to Monokumathe main villain of the popular video game series Danganronpa, from 2010 to 2016, for the first three editions of the saga. Japanese actress debuted in drama from the local television network NHK “Kono Hitomi” in 1956, at the age of 22, as an extra but, on the recommendation of one of her friends, she began working as a voice actress because of her “husky and unique” voice which was “suitable” for the roles masculine.
In 1965, Oyama debuted as a leading actress in the television anime “Hustle Punch” and, fourteen years later, in 1979, she began voicing “Doraemon”, becoming her main role for the next 26 years, in addition to appearing in television shows in as a facilitator and publish specialized cookbooks.
In 2001, he was diagnosed rectal cancer and was hospitalized for a long time, which forced to stop working with the exception of the series “Doraemon”, the filming of which continued despite his physical condition until 2005.
Winner of several awards, such as “golden record” for having sold more than a million copies on a compilation album of songs performed by “Doraemon” and the “Broadcasting Woman Award“In 2005, after abandoning this role, viewers remembered for his “peculiar laugh” and his “naughty way” of speaking.
“On May 13, 2015, her husband, Keisuke Sagawa, revealed on a radio show that he was suffering from dementia, putting on hold any future plans to work indefinitely. As of 2016, the actress began live in a retirement home.
After Sagawa’s death the following year, his longtime manager, Akiko Kobayashitook care of her and visited her during her stay at the residence and, later, at the hospital, from which she entered and left several times since the beginning of this year.
