Hiroyuki Nishimoto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hiroyuki Nishimoto

Japanese actor and seiyū

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1927

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 19-Apr-2015

Profession: seiyū, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Hiroyuki Nishimoto (????, Nishimoto Hiroyuki, 3 January 1927 – 19 April 2015) was a Japanese actor.
He began acting in the theatre company Bungakuza and later co-founded Gekidan Kumo (???; Theatre Company Gekidan) 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.