{"rewrite":{"id":"r_746dabb59e331d607bc5a99b","clusterId":"c_0dfb8322a1327ffebf2873e6","slug":"voice-actor-naoki-bando-dies-at-69","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Voice Actor Naoki Bando Dies At 69","summary":"Naoki Bando, a voice actor whose career ran more than four decades, died on Monday, September 28. He was 69. His agency Production Ace announced the death on Friday and said he had been undergoing medical treatment. Bando voiced Robonyan in Yo-kai Watch and Torenov Y. Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, among roles spanning anime, games, and Japanese dubs of foreign films and television.","whyItMatters":"Bando worked steadily across four decades in supporting and character roles, the kind of range that held up long-running franchises like Yo-kai Watch and Gundam without ever being the headline name.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eProduction Ace announced on Friday that Bando had been undergoing medical treatment before his death on Monday, September 28. He was 69.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis credits ran from Robonyan and other parts in the Yo-kai Watch franchise to Torenov Y. Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. He also voiced Silvarion in The Brave of Gold Goldran, Guard Star in The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird, Kintetsu Oosawagi in Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku, Vargas Dyson in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, Gato in Naruto, Centichoro in One-Punch Man, Emon in Shadow of the Colossus, and Larikush in Baten Kaitos. He handled Japanese dubs for ER, 24, Casino Royale, and The Matrix.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Voice actor Naoki Bando died on Monday, September 28 at 69. His agency Production Ace said he had been undergoing medical treatment. He voiced Robonyan in Yo-kai Watch and Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin across a career of more than four decades.","twitterPost":"Voice actor Naoki Bando died Monday, September 28, at 69. Production Ace said he had been undergoing medical treatment. Roles included Robonyan in Yo-kai Watch and Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, plus dubs for ER, 24, and The Matrix.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Voice actor Naoki Bando died on Monday, September 28 at 69, his agency Production Ace announced Friday, adding that he had been undergoing medical treatment. Bando voiced Robonyan in Yo-kai Watch and Torenov Y. Minovsky in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. His more than four decades of work also covered The Brave of Gold Goldran, One-Punch Man, Shadow of the Colossus, and Japanese dubs of ER and The Matrix.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-02/voice-actor-naoki-bando-dies-at-69/.242404\",\"title\":\"Voice Actor Naoki Bando Dies at 69\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4207,"outputTokens":686,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791096327,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T06:42:35.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T06:43:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:43:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0dfb8322a1327ffebf2873e6","canonicalTitle":"News\nVoice Actor Naoki Bandō Dies at 69","representativeArticleId":"a_2a5c43518f32d84aaf3102fd","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Yo-kai Watch\",\"Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Naoki Bandō\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-02T05:22:11.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-02T05:22:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T06:43:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-02/voice-actor-naoki-bando-dies-at-69/.242404","title":"News\nVoice Actor Naoki Bandō Dies at 69"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Yo-kai Watch","Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Naoki Bandō"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}