Kazuyuki Sogabe | |
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曽我部 和恭 | |
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| Born | April 16, 1948 Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | September 17, 2006 (aged 58) |
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| Years active | 1973–2000 |
| Agent | Aoni Production |
Kazuyuki Sogabe (曽我部 和恭 (formerly 曽我部 和行) Sogabe Kazuyuki, April 16, 1948 – September 17, 2006) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, musician and narrator. During his life, he has been attached to Theatre Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He also served as guitarist of the band Slapstick, which he formed in 1977 with fellow voice actors Tōru Furuya and Toshio Furukawa.
In December 2000, Sogabe retired from voice acting when he felt a weakness in his own voice. After his retirement, his ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actors. He died on September 17, 2006, from esophageal cancer, with which he had been diagnosed two months before.[citation needed] He was 58 years old.