Daisuke Gōri (郷里大輔, February 8th, 1952 - January 17th, 2010; born in Kōtō, Tokyo as Yoshio Nagahori) was a Japanese voice actor who provided voices in the Japanese version of Thomas & Friends.
He was also known as the voice of Heihachi Mishima from "Tekken", the original Yosemite Sam voice from "Looney Tunes", Leatherhead from the 2003 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Vigo from "Ghostbusters 2", Bruce from "Finding Nemo", Andross in "Star Fox 64" (with his laughs being heard in the English releases), Cobra Bubbles from "Lilo and Stitch", and various characters from the "Dragon Ball" series, including Mr. Satan/Hercule.
He died on January 17th, 2010 by committing suicide.
Voices
- Diesel (second - eighth seasons, excluding the sixth season)
- The Spiteful Brake Van
- Bulgy
- Jem Cole (third season only)
- The Barber
- Some drivers (A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie only)
Trivia
- Both he and Salty's Lighthouse voice actor Scott McNeil voiced Turtle from "Dragon Ball Z" in their respective languages.
- Both he and Herman López voiced Turtle from "Dragon Ball" in their respective languages.
- Both he and Armando Réndiz voiced Captain Yellow from "Dragon Ball" in their respective languages.
- Both he and Salty's Lighthouse voice actor French Tickner voiced Dozle Zabi from "Mobile Suit Gundam" in their respective languages.
- He, alongside Shinobu Satouchi, Tomohisa Asō, Yūsuke Numata and Hisao Egawa voiced characters from the "Star Fox" series.
- Both he and Zbigniew Konopka voiced Dim from "A Bug's Life" in their respective languages.
- He worked alongside Masashi Ebara, Takeshi Aono, Masaharu Satō, Houko Kuwashima, Toshiharu Sakurai, Naoki Tatsuta, Takeshi Endo, Kiyonobu Suzuki, and Katsunosuke Hori on "Master Keaton".
- Both he and Torbjørn Hummel voiced Cobra Bubbles from the "Lilo & Stitch" films in their respective languages.
- Both he and Piotr Bąk voiced Commander Vachir from "Kung Fu Panda" in their respective languages.
- He worked alongside Chie Kōjiro, Daiki Nakamura, Nozomu Sasaki, Leo Morimoto, and Hiroko Emori on "Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku".
- He worked alongside Saori Gotō, Tetsu Inada, Naoki Tatsuta, and Houko Kuwashima on "Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops".
- He voiced several Aliens in the various "Ultraman" series'.