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Tōru Ōhira (September 24, 1929 – April 12, 2016, aged 87) was a seiyuu and actor who has been with anime since the beginning. Literally. Beginning in the early 60s as a narrator, most of his modern roles had him [[PigeonholedVoiceActor pigeonholed]] as characters with short tempers, usually of the [[LargeHam hammy]] (and [[LargeAndInCharge corpulent]]) variety. One exception was his performance as the dub voice of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] in the prequel trilogy of ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies and edits along with ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur IV]]'', although needless to say, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnnKdyXIhM he makes Vader in Japanese sound rather hammy (and corpulent)]].

As far as Western counterparts go, although Tōru Ōhira's most famous role was originated by Creator/JamesEarlJones, his career appears to have more in common with that of Creator/FredTatasciore or '''''Creator/BrianBlessed''''' himself. (Sorry, [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Wakamoto]]).

Sadly, he passed away on April 12, 2016, due to pneumonia.

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!!Roles by Toru Ohira

* ''Series/AmbassadorMagma'' - Goa, both body and voice
* ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' - Emperor Bacchushund
* ''Manga/DashKappei'' - Seiichiro (the dog)
* Various Creator/{{Disney}} shorts and the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series - WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} and [[WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain Julius]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' - Fred Flintstone
* ''Anime/HakushonDaimao'' (''Bob in a Bottle'') and ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' (Japan only) - Hakushon Daimao.
* ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'' - Henri Guisan (yes, [[HistoricalDomainCharacter the WW2 Swiss General]])
* ''Manga/LaughingSalesman'' - Voiced the title character, Moguro Fukuzo, in the original anime series.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' - Henry J. Waternoose III
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' - Gaimon
* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning'' - Duke Calmar
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' - Dr. Nambu
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' - [[Characters/TheSimpsonsHomerSimpson Homer Simpson]]. D'oh! (''[[BeamMeUpScotty Not]]'' modified into 'Shimatta Baka ni!'[[note]]This is what Homer translated "D'oh" as when speaking Japanese in the ''[[Creator/DanCastellaneta original English]]'' version of "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo".[[/note]])
* ''Franchise/StarWars Episode I: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' - Boss Nass, actually his ''first'' ''Star Wars'' role - dubbing over '''''Creator/BrianBlessed'''''! (See above.)
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' - The narrator on various series, including:
** ''Series/JAKQDengekitai''
** ''Series/BattleFeverJ''
** ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman''
** ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan''
** ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive''
** ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman''
** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''
* ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' - Jor-El (Creator/MarlonBrando). Also voiced Franchise/{{Superman}} himself in the WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons.
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