Yuu Shimaka [Japanese VA of Goofy] has passed away at the age of 70

[Leamax 746]

On July 28th, 2019, Yuu Shimaka, the Japanese voice actor of Goofy, passed away. He was 70 at the time of his passing.

Yuu Shimaka was born on May 6, 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He began his voice acting career in 1982. In addition of voicing Goofy, he also voiced characters in popular animes such as Cowboy Bebop, Metal Armor Dragonar, and Code Geass as well as dubbing for ER, The X-Files, A Bug's Life, and the Transformers [1985 series]. He also ran a private voice acting school called "Goof Troop".

Rest in peace Yuu Shimaka and thank you for voicing Goofy.

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[Rob 5,571]

Thank you for your hard work and effort in the KH series. Rob wishes he didn't have to experience your performance in the series through YouTube for all these years. Every SE game (even remasters) has dual-audio except for KH. Rob hopes that one day that decision changes because the world needs to hear the voices of these great seiyuu.

RIP

[Kaweebo 3,617]

RIP. I never really care about the Japanese audio in KH, but jap Goofy is one of the voices I can still hear in my head, so that’s an accomplishment in it of itself.

[Mario Dwayne Watson 1]

y r so many of the voice actors dying recently?

[EchoFox23* 318]

35 minutes ago, Mario Dwayne Watson said:

y r so many of the voice actors dying recently?

Mostly due to old age, though it's kinda interesting they've been passing away almost all at once. But that is life sometimes, I'm at least glad they lived a long life, though it's still sad to see them go.

[ienzo628 548]

He ran a private voice acting school named after one of my childhood Disney shows?  Rest in peace and thoughts and prayers to his family and friends!

[Movies798 1,358]

Rest in Peace Yuu Shimaka-san! Thank you for all your work as one of the iconic Disney characters in the world! I'm very happy that you were able to live this long to voice Goofy in Kingdom Hearts 3, the final chapter of the Xehanort Saga. Thank you for everything!

[Dustin Lübbers 933]

I hope this is not the 2016 of disney actors passing away

[Sentient Potato 3]

RIP ??? I really liked his voice as Goofy.