Kosei Tomita, a voice actor known for his roles as Bakabon in "Heisei Tensai Bakabon", the first Doraemon, and Jirokichi Suzuki in "Detective Conan", passed away. He was 84 years old.

Voice actor Kosei Tomita passed away on September 27, 2020, it was announced on the official website of his agency "Purodakuson Baobab. (Image from the official website of the agency)

According to the announcement on the official website, she passed away suddenly due to a stroke on September 27, 2020. He was 84 years old.

Mr. Tomita was born on February 4, 1936. After working as a stage actor, he made his debut as a voice actor in "Astro Boy (the first animated film)" in 1963. Since then, he has played the role of the bearded old man in most of Osamu Tezuka's works.
In addition, he has been active as a supporting player since the dawn of anime, playing many characters such as Chief Otsuka in "Tetsujin 28 (the first film)," Sniff in "Moomin (the first film)," Dr. Hell in "Mazinger Z," and Dr. Saotome in "Getter Robot.
In addition, he also played the main character Doraemon in the 1973 Nittele version of "Doraemon" and Papa in the 1990 broadcast of "Heisei Tensai Bakabon," among other tasteful main characters.
In recent years, he had taken over the role of Jirokichi Suzuki in "Detective Conan" from Ichiro Nagai, who had passed away since 2014.

We wish him the best of luck.