Daisuke Gōri

Daisuke Gōri (郷里大輔, 8 February 1952 - 17 January 2010; born in Kōtō, Tokyo as Yoshio Nagahori) was a Japanese voice actor who was affiliated with Aoni Production and 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 17th January 2010 by cutting his wrist.

Voices

 * Diesel (Seasons 2 - 8, excluding Season 6)
 * The Spiteful Brake Van
 * Bulgy (Seasons 3 - 7)
 * Jem Cole (Season 3)
 * The Barber
 * Some drivers (A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie only)