Hiroyuki Nishimoto

was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He began acting in the theatre company Bungakuza and later co-founded Gekidan Kumo (劇団雲 "Cloud Theatre Company") in 1963. Nishimoto then joined Theatre Company Subaru in 1976. He provided the voice of Snufkin in the television adaptions of Moomin, a book series and comic strip by Tove Jansson. Nishimoto was also known for dubbing the Japanese language versions of many Disney films. He died of an aortic dissection in 2015, aged 88.

Partial filmography

The Woman in the Dunes (1964) Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) The Beast to Die (1974) Television Moomin Mito Kōmon The Return of Ultraman Taiyō ni Hoero! Kamen Rider Space Sheriff Gavan Kamen Rider Black RX New Moomin

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1927 births

2015 deaths

Male actors from Tokyo

Deaths from aortic dissection

20th-century Japanese male actors

21st-century Japanese male actors

Japanese male stage actors

Japanese male television actors

Japanese male voice actors