Another unfortunate passing for the tokusatsu community today. Ichiro Nagai, at age 82, has passed away. Currently his cause of death is unknown as police investigate. Possibly best known to tokusatsu fans for his role as GekiJyuKen Master ShaFu in Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger, Mr. Nagai had many notable anime voice acting credits through out his career. His toku roles included:
- Basebal Mask (Himitsu Sentai Goranger)
- Devil Batter (J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai)
- Master ShaFu (Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger)
- Narrator (Kamen Rider G)
Ichiro Nagai will be truly missed by many. On behalf of all TokuNation staff and members we’d like to give our condolences to Mr. Nagai’s family.
Voice actor Nagai Ichiro has passed away. For the tokusatsu community he is most recently known as the feline grand master Master Xia Fu of Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger. He was 82.
Awww that's sad, RIP Master Sha Fu
Nooo, Master Shafu ;_; I'll miss his voice. He had so many awesome roles...
Not Neko
I´m gonna miss him
Along being the voice of sha fu he was all so the voice of these guys
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (Baseball Mask)
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai (Devil Batter)
Juken Sentai Gekiranger (Master Xia Fu)
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (Master Xia Fu)
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger The Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship (Baseball Mask)
Kamen Rider G (Narrator)
Also he was the voice of the awesome white cat in Dragonball and Kai's Karin
Shafu
Bye Neko-san.
Man, we lost another one
Seizo Kato, JewWario, GekiDan, Kiryu's dad and now Nagai Ichiro. It's just awful.
May they all find rest.
That's horrible. I can't believe Shafu's VA is gone now, too...
Prayers for him and his family.
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