Farewell to Ichiro Mizuki.
Born in Tokyo under the name of Toshio Hayakawa, the Japanese singer had lent his voice in the original version of the songs of Mazinger Z, Tekkaman, Steel Jeeg Robot, Mechander Robot, Captain Harlock and Voltron .
He was 74 years old, he was killed by lung cancer – which he had been diagnosed with in April 2021 – on December 6 last year. But the news was only given today by his agent.
Nicknamed the "king of cartoon songs", he performed for the last time in a wheelchair just a few days ago, on November 27, at the Yomiuri Otemachi Hall in Tokyo.
He had debuted in 1968 as a pop music singer and then switched to anime songs in 1971.
(Unioneonline/D)