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 as 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) (Posthumous release)

Video games

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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !!Source

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| || Kunio's Oden || Riki Samejima, Nishimura || ||

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|||Dead or Alive||Bass Armstrong|| ||

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|||Grandia II||Mareg|| ||

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|2010||Zangeki no Reginleiv||Loki||

  • Ghostbusters II (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Vigo the Carpathian (Wilhelm von Homburg))
  • Gone in 60 Seconds (2004 Nippon TV edition) (The Sphinx (Vinnie Jones))
  • The Goonies (1988 TBS edition) (Sloth Fratelli (John Matuszak), Policeman)
  • In the Line of Fire (1996 TV Asahi edition) (Matt Wilder (Gregory Alan Williams))
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (1995 TV Asahi edition) (Tyrone)
  • Men in Black (2001 Nippon TV edition) (Arquillian (Carel Struycken))
  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (La Hire (Richard Ridings))
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Lord Zedd)
  • The Mummy Returns (2005 TV Asahi edition) (The Scorpion King (Dwayne Johnson))
  • Predator 2 (Predator (Kevin Peter Hall))
  • Rocky III (1987 TBS edition) (Thunderlips (Hulk Hogan))
  • The Running Man (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Dynamo (Erland Van Lidth De Jeude))
  • Sin (Eddie Burns (Ving Rhames))
  • Small Soldiers (VHS/2002 Nippon TV editions) (Brick Bazooka (George Kennedy))
  • Sudden Impact (Horace King (Albert Popwell))
  • Surrogates (The Prophet (Ving Rhames))
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Fuji TV edition) (Chief Sterns (Raymond Serra))
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Soundwave (Frank Welker))
  • Twin Peaks (Hank Jennings (Chris Mulkey))
  • Where the Wild Things Are (Ira (Forest Whitaker))
  • Year of the Dragon (1988 TBS edition) (Angelo Rizzo (Leonard Termo))
  • Zombi 2 (1982 TBS edition) (Bryan Curt (Al Cliver))

Animation

  • Bionicle: Mask of Light (Makuta)
  • A Bug's Life (Dim the Rhino Beetle)
  • Brother Bear (Tug)
  • Duck Dodgers (K'chutha Sa'am)
  • Finding Nemo (Bruce the Great White Shark)
  • G.I. Joe: The Movie (Roadblock, Destro)
  • Gargoyles (Anton Sevarius Junior)
  • The Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
  • Iron Man (The Hulk)
  • The Jungle Book (Baloo)
  • The Jungle Book 2 (Baloo)
  • Kung Fu Panda (Commander Vachir)
  • Lilo & Stitch (Cobra Bubbles)
  • Lilo & Stitch: The Series (Cobra Bubbles)
  • Looney Tunes (Yosemite Sam)
  • Meet the Robinsons (CEO)
  • Police Academy: The Animated Series (Moses Hightower)
  • Robin Hood (Buena Vista edition) (Little John)
  • The Simpsons (Judge Snyder (season 13) and Michael Clarke Duncan-type (season 13))
  • Sleeping Beauty (Goon)
  • Song of the South (Br'er Bear)
  • Space Jam (Yosemite Sam)
  • TaleSpin (Baloo)
  • Treasure Planet (2003) (Mr. Arow)