Michael Lindsay obit

Michael Lindsay, the Voice of Kankuro and Urahara, Has Passed Away

 

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Today, the anime fandom is coming together to mourn one of their own. New reports have surfaced revealing Michael Lindsay, a well-known anime voice actor, has passed away at the age of 56.

Over on social media, fans began posting tributes to Lindsay after news of his sudden passing went live. Fellow voice actors like Marissa Lenti shared their own memorials as fans remembered Lindsay’s best works within the community.

Born in May 1963, Lindsay began working as an actor professionally in 1979. He worked on a slew of anime titles over the decades from Akira to Code Geass and Zatch Bell. However, fans will best recognize Lindsay for his work on Naruto, Digimon, and Bleach.

Lindsay was the voice of Kankuro in Naruto before continuing work with the character in Naruto: Shippuden. As for Bleach, the voice actor brought Kisuke Urahara to life, and his tenure on Digimon saw Lindsay tackle Joe Kido and Greymon.

In the past few years, Lindsay has been absent from the anime community following his decision to retire in 2012. Most of the actor’s roles were recast to Doug Erholtz, but Lindsay kept a special place with fans thanks to his founding work on several major anime dubs.

Our thoughts and condolences are with the actor’s loved ones at this time.

Actor

Dragon's Dogma (2012)

Dragon's Dogma

7.6

Video Game

Additional Voices

2012

 

Naruto: Shippuden (2007)

Naruto: Shippuden

8.7

TV Series

KankuroKankurôCommentator (voice: English version)

2007–2012

17 episodes

 

Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (2012)

Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations

6.9

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2012

 

Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (2010)

Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2

7.9

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2010

 

Legendary (2009)

Legendary

5.8

Video Game

(voice)

2009

 

Final Fantasy XIII (2009)

Final Fantasy XIII

7.2

Video Game

Cocoon Inhabitants (voice: English version)

2009

 

Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 (2009)

Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3

7.5

Video Game

KankuroLeaf Ninja (voice: English version)

2009

 

Samurai Warriors 3 (2009)

Samurai Warriors 3

6.2

Video Game

Kanetsugu Naoe (voice: English version, uncredited)

2009

 

Naruto Shippûden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 (2009)

Naruto Shippûden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3

6.6

Video Game

Kankuro (voice)

2009

 

Naruto Shippûden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising (2009)

Naruto Shippûden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising

6.6

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2009

 

Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Council 4 (2009)

Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Council 4

4.8

Video Game

Kankuro (voice)

2009

 

Bleach (2004)

Bleach

8.2

TV Series

Kisuke UraharaRudbornn CheluteCitizen (voice: English version)

2004–2009

42 episodes

 

Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name (2008)

Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name

7.1

Kisuke Urahara (voice: English version)

2008

 

Digimon Data Squad (2006)

Digimon Data Squad

6.6

TV Series

GotsumonAgent #2Gostumon (voice) ...

2007–2008

20 episodes

 

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm (2008)

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm

7.0

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2008

 

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 (2008)

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2

6.3

Video Game

Kankuro (voice)

2008

 

Code Geass (2006)

Code Geass

8.7

TV Series

Shinichiro Tamaki (voice: English version)

2006–2008

25 episodes

 

Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007)

Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion

7.0

Kisuke Urahara (voice: English version)

2007

 

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja (2007)

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja

7.1

Video Game

Kankuro (voice)

2007

 

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (2007)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation

7.7

Video Game

Sergeant Donnie Torch (voice)

2007

 

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution (2007)

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution

6.3

Video Game

Kankuro (voice)

2007

 

Samurai Warriors: Katana (2007)

Samurai Warriors: Katana

6.7

Video Game

Kanetsugu Naoe (voice: English version, uncredited)

2007

 

Warriors Orochi (2007)

Warriors Orochi

7.5

Video Game

Kanetsugu Naoe (voice: English version, uncredited)

2007

 

Naruto: Ninja Council 3 (2007)

Naruto: Ninja Council 3

5.8

Video Game

Kankuro (voice)

2007

 

Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja 4 (2007)

Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja 4

7.3

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: Hero Mode - English version)

2007

 

Bleach: Dark Souls (2007)

Bleach: Dark Souls

3.9

Video Game

Kisuke Urahara (voice: English version, as John Cannon)

2007

 

Naruto (2002)

Naruto

8.4

TV Series

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2003–2007

39 episodes

 

Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006)

Bleach: Memories of Nobody

7.1

Kisuku Urahara (voice: English version)

2006

 

Bleach: Shattered Blade (2006)

Bleach: Shattered Blade

8.1

Video Game

Kisuke Urahara (voice: English version, as John Cannon)

2006

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king (2006)

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king

8.5

Video Game

Gondorians (voice)

2006

 

Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 (2006)

Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2

7.1

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2006

 

Project Sylpheed (2006)

Project Sylpheed

6.7

Video Game

Brandon Shore (voice: English version, uncredited)

2006

 

David Bateson in Hitman: Blood Money (2006)

Hitman: Blood Money

8.7

Video Game

(voice)

2006

 

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (2006)

Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

8.4

Video Game

Additional Voices

2006

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II (2006)

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II

8.6

Video Game

Gondorians (voice)

2006

 

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 (2005)

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3

7.5

Video Game

KankuroGeneral Store, Master (voice: English version)

2005

 

Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Fury (2005)

Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Fury

6.7

Video Game

Apollo (voice: English version)

2005

 

Beach Girls (2005)

Beach Girls

7.0

TV Mini Series

AA Man #2

2005

6 episodes

 

Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)

Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

6.3

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2005

 

Shadow of Rome (2005)

Shadow of Rome

8.4

Video Game

Cassius Longiness (voice)

2005

 

Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires (2004)

Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires

7.1

Video Game

Sun Ce (voice: English version, uncredited)

2004

 

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003)

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

7.6

TV Series

Bobby (voice)

2004

1 episode

 

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 (2004)

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2

6.7

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2004

 

Suikoden IV (2004)

Suikoden IV

7.0

Video Game

Ted (Robbed Man) (voice: English version, uncredited)

2004

 

Naruto: Path of the Ninja

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2004

 

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

8.5

TV Series

Co-Worker EatingJ1-Pilot (voice: English version)

2004

2 episodes

 

Front Mission 4 (2003)

Front Mission 4

7.6

Video Game

Phillip Chaeffer (voice)

2003

 

Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 (2003)

Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2

6.3

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2003

 

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (2003)

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja

6.5

Video Game

Kankuro (voice: English version)

2003

 

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2003)

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

7.1

Video Game

Joachim Armster (voice: English version, uncredited)

2003

 

David Hornsby and Michael Weaver in The Mullets (2003)

The Mullets

5.2

TV Series

2003

1 episode

 

Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends (2003)

Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends

7.4

Video Game

Sun Ce (voice: English version, uncredited)

2003

 

Zatch Bell! (2003)

Zatch Bell!

7.2

TV Series

Apollo (voice: English version)

2003–2013

 

Dynasty Warriors 4 (2003)

Dynasty Warriors 4

8.0

Video Game

Sun Ce (voice: English version, uncredited)

2003

 

The Big O (1999)

The Big O

7.5

TV Series

Police (voice: English version)

2003

1 episode

 

Wolf's Rain (2003)

Wolf's Rain

7.9

TV Series

Driver (voice: English version, uncredited)

2003

1 episode

 

Neverwinter Nights (2002)

Neverwinter Nights

7.8

Video Game

DendyTomi UndergallowsUncas (voice, uncredited)

2002

 

Kessen II (2002)

Kessen II

7.8

Video Game

Pang Tong (voice: English version, uncredited)

2002

 

Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (2002)

Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht

7.7

Video Game

Hammer (voice: English version, uncredited)

2002

 

s-CRY-ed (2001)

s-CRY-ed

6.9

TV Series

Kyoki Mujo (voice: English version)

2001

10 episodes

 

Kaze No Yojimbo (2001)

Kaze No Yojimbo

7.2

TV Series

George Kodama (voice: English version)

2001–2002

 

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001)

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

7.8

Taxi Driver (voice: English version)

2001

 

Digimon Adventure 02 (2000)

Digimon Adventure 02

7.4

TV Series

Joe KidoGreymonBenjamin (voice) ...

2000–2001

13 episodes

 

Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon (2001)

Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon

6.9

Short

Joe KidoAdditional Voices (voice: English version)

2001

 

Initial D: Second Stage (1999)

Initial D: Second Stage

8.2

TV Series

Wataru Akiyama (voice: English version)

1999–2000

13 episodes

 

Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000)

Transformers: Robots in Disguise

6.6

TV Series

Skid-ZRollbar (voice)

2000

18 episodes

 

Android Kikaider: The Animation (2000)

Android Kikaider: The Animation

7.0

TV Series

Additional Voices (voice: English version)

2000–2001

 

Digimon Poster

Digimon: The Movie

6.1

JoeGreymon (voice)

2000

 

DinoZaurs (2000)

DinoZaurs

6.5

TV Series

Rick (voice: English version)

2000–2001

 

Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000)

Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran

7.1

TV Series

Additional Voices

2000

13 episodes

 

Digimon Adventure (1999)

Digimon Adventure

7.4

TV Series

Joe KidoGreymonAgumon

1999–2000

47 episodes

 

Black Jack (1993)

Black Jack

7.5

TV Series

Detective #2 at Briefing (voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

2000

1 episode

 

Mon Colle Knights (2001)

Mon Colle Knights

6.6

TV Series

Additional Voices (voice: English version)

2001–2002

 

Simsala Grimm - Die Märchen der Brüder Grimm (1999)

Simsala Grimm - Die Märchen der Brüder Grimm

7.6

TV Series

Goat 5 (voice: English version)

1999

1 episode

 

Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes (1999)

Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes

Video Game

Additional Voices

1999

 

Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (1999)

Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure

7.2

TV Series

Additional Voices (as Dylan Tully)

1999

3 episodes

 

Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

Serial Experiments Lain

8.0

TV Mini Series

Delivery Man (voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

1998

2 episodes

 

Outlaw Star (1998)

Outlaw Star

7.9

TV Series

TobigeraTerryVirtual Protagonist (voice: English version) ...

1998

7 episodes

 

Megumi Hayashibara, Unshô Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Cowboy Bebop

8.9

TV Series

Additional VoicesDeckerWeapon Shop Owner (voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

1998

3 episodes

 

Trigun (1998)

Trigun

8.2

TV Series

(voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

1998

1 episode

 

Vampire Princess Miyu (1997)

Vampire Princess Miyu

7.1

TV Series

Bird ShinmaMr. SoneMan on Bike (voice: English version) ...

1998

4 episodes

 

Perfect Blue (1997)

Perfect Blue

8.0

Cham ManagerMima Fan (voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

1997

 

Kevin Kline, Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Tony Jay, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Frank Welker, and Mary Wickes in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

7.0

Additional Voices

1996

 

Rurouni Kenshin (1996)

Rurouni Kenshin

8.5

TV Series

Yutaro Tsukayama (voice)

1996–1998

 

Marmalade Boy (1994)

Marmalade Boy

7.2

TV Series

Yuu Matsuura (voice: English version)

1994–1995

20 episodes

 

Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play (1995)

Fushigi Yûgi - The Mysterious Play

7.7

TV Series

Tomite (voice: English version)

1995–2002

 

Lester McFwap's Carnival of Vomit (1994)

Lester McFwap's Carnival of Vomit

Short

Various Sketch

1994

 

Rimba's Island (1994)

Rimba's Island

5.6

TV Series

Ookii (voice)

1994

9 episodes

 

Akira (1988)

Akira

8.0

Yamagata (2001) (voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

1988

 

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

7.5

(voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

1982

 

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow

7.1

Amuro Ray (voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

1981

 

Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)

Mobile Suit Gundam I

7.0

Amuro Ray (voice: English version, as Dylan Tully)

1981

 

Thanks

Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Touchdown!! The Golden Digimentals (2000)

Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Touchdown!! The Golden Digimentals

6.5

in loving memory

2000

 

Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (2000)

Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!

7.7

Short

in memory of

2000

 

Digimon Adventure (1999)

Digimon Adventure

7.5

Short

in memory of

1999

 

Self

The Don of the Flies

TV Special

Self - Crush (voice)

2011

 

Naruto the Movie 2: The Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Creating the World of Naruto the Movie 2 (2006)

Naruto the Movie 2: The Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Creating the World of Naruto the Movie 2

8.1

Video

Self

2006

 

Naruto the Movie 2: The Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Write and Adapt like a Ninja (2006)

Naruto the Movie 2: The Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Write and Adapt like a Ninja

7.3

Video

Self

2006

 

Archive Footage

Death Battle (2010)

Death Battle

7.5

TV Series

Greymon (archive footage, uncredited)

2015

1 episode

 

Digimon Data Squad (2006)

Digimon Data Squad

6.6

TV Series

Gotsumon (archive sound, voice)

2008

1 episode

 

Wolf's Rain (2003)

Wolf's Rain

7.9

TV Series

Driver (archive sound, voice: English version, uncredited)

2003

1 episode