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Gundam's Mirai Voice Actress Fuyumi Shiraishi es Away
posted on by Egan Loo
Voice of Monster Kid's Tarō was 82
Voice actress Fuyumi Shiraishi ed away on Thursday. She was 82.
A visiting relative discovered her unconscious after she had apparently fallen in her Setagaya home, where she lived alone, in Tokyo on Thursday afternoon. According to her family, the cause of death was ischemic heart failure. A service will be held for family only.
Shirai played Akiko Hoshi, the older sister of the titular character in the popular baseball anime series Mobile Suit Gundam anime series.
She won a Merit Award for lifetime achievement at the 9th Annual Seiyū Awards in 2015.
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