{"id":498920,"date":"2026-01-29T21:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/kozo-shioya-original-voice-of-majin-buu-in-dragon-ball-z-passes-away\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T21:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:23:54","slug":"kozo-shioya-original-voice-of-majin-buu-in-dragon-ball-z-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/kozo-shioya-original-voice-of-majin-buu-in-dragon-ball-z-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u014dz\u014d Shioya, original voice of Majin Buu in Dragon Ball Z, passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tokyo.<\/strong> \u2013 The renowned Japanese voice actor <strong>K\u014dz\u014d Shioya<\/strong>, remembered worldwide for voicing the character <strong>Majin Buu<\/strong> in the series <em>Dragon Ball Z<\/em>, passed away at the age of <strong>71<\/strong> due to a <strong>cerebral hemorrhage<\/strong>, according to his agency Aoni Production.<\/p>\n\n\nThe death occurred on <strong>January 20th<\/strong>, although the announcement was made days later out of respect for the privacy of his family. The funeral services were held privately.\n\nShioya was an emblematic figure in the Japanese anime industry, with a career spanning over four decades and hundreds of productions. In the <em>Dragon Ball<\/em> franchise, in addition to Majin Buu, he also played the character <strong>Guldo<\/strong>, a member of the Ginyu Force.\n\nHis vocal versatility allowed him to participate in other popular series such as <em>One Piece<\/em>, where he gave life to characters like <strong>Genzo, Pappag and Edward Weevil<\/strong>, as well as in <em>Naruto<\/em>, among many other projects.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/entretenimiento\/fallece-roger-allers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger Allers, co-director of The Lion King, dies at 76<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nAoni Production highlighted his professionalism, talent, and the legacy he leaves in the world of dubbing, while fans from different generations have expressed their sorrow and recognition for the impact of his work on popular culture.\n\nThe passing of K\u014dz\u014d Shioya represents a significant loss for the anime industry and for the millions of fans who grew up with the characters he voiced.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"601735\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601735\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"601737\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601737\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"601736\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601736\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"601738\" src=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/images-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601738\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo. \u2013 The renowned Japanese voice actor K\u014dz\u014d Shioya, remembered worldwide for voicing the character Majin Buu in the series Dragon Ball Z, passed away at the age of 71 due to a cerebral hemorrhage, according to his agency Aoni Production. The death occurred on January 20th, although the announcement was made days later out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25N6","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}