was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Kōtō, Tokyo. Throughout his life, he was attached to TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Promotion; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. His real name, as well as his former stage name, was . He was best known for his roles in the Dragon Ball series as Mister Satan and numerous other characters, the Gundam series as Dozle Zabi and Bask Om, Ninja Scroll as Gemma Himuro, Kinnikuman as Robin Mask, Patlabor as Hiromi Yamazaki, Star Fox as General Pepper, Andross, and Pigma Dengar, Dead or Alive as Bass Armstrong, Tekken as Heihachi Mishima, and Soulcalibur as Edge Master – as well for his distinctive deep, booming voice.
Death According to fellow voice actors, Gōri was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus a few years prior to his death and his vision was affected by retinal detachment as a result of the disease. He complained to coworkers, During an Anpanman recording session in late 2009, a depressed-sounding Gōri told his close friend and voice actor Kazuhiko Inoue, .
On January 17, 2010 at approximately 3:00 P.M., Gōri was found lying on his stomach with blood dripping from his wrists in the middle of a street in Nakano, Tokyo by a passerby, who then notified the police. Authorities from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Nakano station discovered a utility knife under his body as well as a suicide note (with the words and scrawled on it) addressed to his family in his pants pocket. Gōri's death was then ruled a suicide; he was three weeks short of his 58th birthday. His ongoing roles were replaced primarily by Ryūzaburō Ōtomo and the late Unshō Ishizuka.
Filmography
Television animation 1973 Cutie Honey (Narrator) 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam (Dozle Zabi) Entaku no Kishi Monogatari: Moero Arthur (Percival) 1980 Ashita no Joe 2 (Kichi Chinpira) Moeru Arthur: Hakuba no Ōji (Subordinate) Nils no Fushigi na Tabi (Gachō #B) Mighty Atom (Observation Robot (episode 34), Operation Robot (ep 39)) Time Patrol tai Otasukeman (Pupil A) 1981 Ginga Senpū Braiger (Garicone Commanding Officer) Dash Kappei (Ushiyama) Gold Lightan (Sayokka) Sengoku Majin GōShōgun (Yatter Ra Kerunagūru) 1982 Ginga Reppū Baxinger (Igo Mokkosu) Gyakuten! Ippatsuman (Koizō Higeno, Yakan) Minami no Niji no Lucy (Heracles, Max) Sasuga no Sarutobi (Executive #B) Tokimeki Tonight (Crépemonger, Henchman) 1983 A Wind Named Amnesia (Little John) Kikō Sōseiki MOSPEADA (Platoon Chief) Kinnikuman (Robin Mask, Zangyaku-seijin, Black Hole (episodes 48-52), Daimaō Satan, Ashuraman, Ashuraman's Father, Dirty Baron, Additional Voices) 1984 Hokuto no Ken (Diamond (episode 3), Southern Cross executive (episode 21), Gertz (episode 33), Goerz (episode 33), Uighur the Warden (episodes 37-42), Cassandra prisoner (episode 43), Bull (episode 59), Daruka (episode 89)), Buzz Harn (114-116), Akashachi (123-138) Kinnikuman: Great Riot! Seigi Chōjin (Robin Mask, Black Sumo) Kinnikuman: Stolen Championship Belt (Robin Mask) Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (Claude Leon) 1985 Aoki Senshi SPT Layzner (Major Kakusu Dani) Kinnikuman: Counterattack! The Underground Space Chōjins (Robin Mask, New Ashuraman) Kinnikuman: Hour of Triumph! Seigi Chōjin (Robin Mask) Kinnikuman: Seigi Chōjin vs. Kodai Chōjin (Robin Mask) Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Bask Om) Shōjō no Sarah (James) Doraemon (Captain) 1986 Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (Umigame) Dragon Ball (Umigame, Gyū-Maō, Colonel Yellow, Cymbal, Drum, Yaochun, Inoshikachō, Gora, Spectator, Additional Voices) Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin (Moss the English Mastiff) Kinnikuman: Crisis in New York! (Robin Mask) Kinnikuman: Seigi Chōjin vs. Senshi Chōjin (Robin Mask, Big Shinjo) Kō Q Chōji Ikkiman (Samson) Project A-ko (Mari) Saint Seiya (Heracles Seiza no Algethi) 1987 Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (Umigame, Ghastel) Doraemon (Gian's Father) 1988 City Hunter 2 (Thunder King (ep 25), Gin no Asa (episodes 45 and 47)) Sakigake!! Otokojuku (Heihachi Edajima, Narrator) Topo Gigio (Megaro) Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (Dauros, Additional Voices) 1989 Dragon Ball Z (Umigame, Gyū-Maō, King Enma, Mister Satan, King Cold, Vinegar, Porunga, Additional Voices) Dragon Quest (Dodonga) Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (Hathi) Urotsukidoji (Chojin, Great Elder, Niki's Father) Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor (Hiromi Yamazaki) Peter Pan no Bōken (Bill) Transformers: Victory (Goryu, Dinoking) 1990 Brave Exkaiser (Horn Geist) 1991 The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (Draias/Organic Draias) 1992 Crayon Shin-chan (Chief, Dondon, Shop Employee) Super Bikkuriman (Super Devil, Devil Zeus) 1993 Ninja Scroll (Himuro Gemma) 1995 Slayers (Ruby Eye Shabranigdo) 1996 Dragon Ball GT (Umigame, Mister Satan, King Enma, Black Smoke Dragon, Shenron) GeGeGe no Kitarō (Shu no Bon, Kaminari, Yunyū Michi, Jami (ep 54), Yokoshima Miiru) Kaitō Saint Tail (Kuroda (episode 22)) Detective Conan (Jūsan Tonoyama) Urotsukidoji IV: Inferno Road (Demon Beast) 1997 Chūka Ichiban! (Chief Ramen) 1998 Cowboy Bebop (Fatty River) Trigun (Descartes) 1999 Alexander Senki (Antigonus) Great Teacher Onizuka (Kantoku Hakutaku) Master Keaton (Daves) Seihō Tenshi Angel Links (Exiade Leego) 2000 Hidamari no Ki (Seisai Taki) Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Guard A (episode 8)) 2001 Final Fantasy: Unlimited (Fungus) One Piece (Dorry) One Piece: The Clockwork Island Adventure (Mayor) Pokémon (Mikio) Project ARMS (Gashure) 2002 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Marco Amoretti) Ō Dorobō Jing (Vodka) Kinnikuman Nisei (Robin Mask (episodes 2–4)) One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (General Hotdog) 2003 Air Master (Nagato) Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (Yasa Gōda) Fullmetal Alchemist (Dominic LeCoulte) Inuyasha (Kyōkotsu) One Piece (Rockstar) One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken (Bookie, Bobby) 2004 Black Jack (Mister Muramasa) Mōsōdai Rinin (Junji Handa) Hi no Tori (Ibukimaru) Kaiketsu Zorori (Prince Bururu) Samurai Champloo (Matsunosuke Shibui) Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (Kumazō Maeda) 2005 Gallery Fake (Floyd Sanders) Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori (Bururu) Yakitate!! Japan (Ortega (episode 29)) Yuki no Joō: The Snow Queen (Bandit Leader) 2006 Angel Heart (Max) Gintama (Inoue the Yakuza Boss) Happy Lucky Bikkuriman (Kibidango Bathhouse Assistant, Emperor Momotarō, Oni Gashi Ma) Inukami! (Great Fox Spirit (Seal)) Kemonozume (Bon (Jōji Ōba)) Kinnikuman II: Ultimate Muscle 2 (Robin Mask (episode 13)) Kishin Hōkō Demonbane (Caligula) MÄR (Kōga) Ouran High School Host Club (Mitsukuni's Father) Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi (Genji Shirahama) Tokyo Tribe 2 (Bubba) 2007 Bleach (Dondochakka Bilstin) Blue Dragon (Dark Dragon) Dennō Coil (Daichi's father) Fist of the North Star - Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fight (Fudo) GeGeGe no Kitarō (King Enma) Master of Epic: The Animation Age (Male Pandemos) Kekkaishi (Rō Ōgiichi) Sgt. Frog (Eddy Honda) Soreike! Anpanman (Kazekonkon) 2008 Doraemon (Gebaruto) 2009 Dragon Ball Kai (Gyū-Maō, King Enma, Porunga) Kiddy Girl-and (Bajil) One Piece (Jinbe, ep. 430-432) Slayers Evolution-R (Shabranigdo) Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike - Merzhom Keida Tomica Hero Rescue Fire (Donkaen) 2022 Bleach: Thousand-Years Blood War (Dondochakka Bilstin (ep 3)) (archive voice footage)
OVA Guyver (1989) (Derzerb) Ys (1989) (Norton) Ninja Ryūkenden (1991) (Jeffrey Hammond) Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991) (Bask Om) Ushio and Tora (1992) (Asako's father) Gunsmith Cats (1995) (Jonathan Washington) Tekken: The Motion Picture (1997) (Heihachi Mishima) Transformers: Zone (1997) (Violenjiger, Trypticon) Zaion: I Wish You Were Here (2001) (Prof. Domeki) Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008) (Mister Satan, Umigame, Gyū-Maō)
Theatrical animation Fist of the North Star (1986) (Uighur) Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) (Umigame) Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) (Gyū-Maō) Patlabor: The Movie (1989) (Hiromi Yamazaki) Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) (Misokattsun, Umigame) Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991) (Dorodabo) Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993) (Gyū-Maō, Umigame) Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993) (Mister Satan) Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) (Hiromi Yamazaki) Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994) (Mister Satan) Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) (E. Honda) Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)(Mister Satan) Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996) (Umigame) Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001) (Yokihiko Ōta) WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) (Hiromi Yamazaki) Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005) (Akuma) Redline (2010) (Gori-Rider) (Posthumous release)
Video games Year Title Role Notes Source Kunio's Oden Riki Samejima, Nishimura 1995 Astal Jerado Double Dragon (Neo-Geo)Abobo, Burnov1996 Super Dodge BallD.B. Maou Puyo Puyo CDZoh Daimaou Tobal No. 1Ill Goga Dead or AliveBass Armstrong 1997Tekken 3Heihachi Mishima 1997Silhouette MirageGoliath 1998Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not DieAkihiko Ota 1998Lunar: Eternal BlueBlack Wizard Borgan 1998SoulcaliburEdge Master 1998Thousand ArmsGrapple 1999Dead or Alive 2Bass Armstrong Grandia IIMareg 2000The BouncerVolt Krueger 2000Brave Saga 2Satan Bardot Tekken 4Heihachi Mishima Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of LibertyScott Dolph Dead or Alive 3Bass Armstrong 2002Soulcalibur IIHeihachi Mishima 2004Samurai WarriorsTakeda Shingen Xenosaga Episode IIBoss Mega Man X: Command MissionSilver Horn, Incentas 2005Star Fox: AssaultPigma Dengar 2005Namco × CapcomHeihachi Mishima Dead or Alive 4 Bass Armstrong Samurai Warriors 2Takeda Shingen JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom BloodTarkus Metal Gear Solid: Portable OpsLt. Cunningham Tekken 6 Heihachi Mishima Ninja Gaiden II Volf 2009Samurai Warriors 3Takeda Shingen The King of Fighters XIIIRaidenPosthumous release2010Zangeki no ReginleivLokiBleach: Rebirth of SoulsDondochakka Blistin Star Gladiator () (Gamof Gohgry, Edward Bilstein) Red Earth () (Leo, Kongou, Valdoll) Star Fox 64 () (General Pepper, Andross, Pigma Dengar, various bosses) Tekken Tag Tournament () (Heihachi Mishima) Tekken Advance () (Heihachi Mishima) Pac-Man World 2 () (Spooky, Ghost Tree) Tekken 5 () (Heihachi Mishima) Capcom Fighting Evolution () (Leo) Death by Degrees () (Heihachi Mishima) Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection () (Heihachi Mishima) Final Fantasy XII () (Gilgamesh) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood () (Tarkus) Tekken 7 () (Heihachi Mishima) (archive voice footage) Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (2004) (Colonel Orson Perrault) Ape Escape (series) (1999-2010) (Ukki Red) Baten Kaitos Origins (2006) (Wiseman) Daraku Tenshi – The Fallen Angels (1998) (Harry Ness) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series (2002–2012) (Mister Satan) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (2005) (Mister Satan, Gyū-Maō) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (2006) (Mister Satan, Gyū-Maō, Drum) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007) (Mister Satan, King Cold) Drakengard (2003) (Manah, The Voice of God) Everybody's Golf 4 (2003) (Bronson) Genji: Dawn of the Samurai (2005) (Taira no Kiyomori) Garouden Breakblow: Fist or Twist (2005) (Rikiozan) Jak II (Baron Praxis, Mog) (2003) (Japanese dub) The King of Fighters XII (2009) (Raiden) Kessen (2000) (Shimazu Yoshihiro) Quiz Magic Academy (2003) (Romanov) Sakura Wars (1996) (Yokihiko Ōta) Shadow Hearts (2001) (Cardinal Albert Simon) Shadow Hearts: Covenant (2004) (Cardinal Albert Simon) Shining Tears (2004) (Lazarus) Tales of Rebirth (2004) (Tohma) Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (2003) (Ganda) Time Crisis 4 (2006) (The Head of the V.S.S.E., First Lieutenant Jack Mathers) Wild Arms 5 (2006) (Elvis)
Narration Beat Takeshi no TV Tackle (TV Asahi) Smart Monsters (TV Asahi)
Tokusatsu Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996) (Elekinta (ep 14)) Choukou Senshi Changerion (1996) (Houjinki) B-Robo Kabutack (1997) (Captain Tomborg)