Denis Akiyama

Denis Van Akiyama (May 28, 1952 – June 28, 2018) was a Canadian actor, best known as providing the voice of Silver Samurai/Kenuichio Harada and Sunfire in X-Men and Malachite in the original English version of Sailor Moon. He played Shinji in Johnny Mnemonic.

Personal life, career and death
Akiyama was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a Japanese family. He was a frequent guest star on Katts and Dog as well as voiced and played a number of role in The Adventures of Tintin animated series and Mayday. In 2015, he appeared in the feature film Pixels. Akiyama was also a gifted musician having played trumpet in The Pukka Orchestra.

Akiyama died on June 28, 2018, from a "very rare and aggressive cancer". He and his wife Danielle had two children, Kintaro and Miya. He was 66 years old.

Anime

 * Seeing Things (1987, TV Series)
 * Captive Hearts (1987) as Masato
 * Diamonds (1987, TV Series)
 * Blood Relations (1988) as Heart Surgeon
 * Street Legal (1988-1989, TV Series) as Jonathan Imatsu / Satien Loc
 * Katts and Dog (1988-1992, TV Series) as Ron Nakemura
 * War of the Worlds (1990, TV Series) as Chin
 * Counterstrike (1990-1991, TV Series) as Lok
 * In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992, TV Movie)
 * Guilty as Sin (1993) as Lab Technician
 * Ghost Mom (1993, TV Movie) as Yamato
 * The Busy World of Richard Scarry (1993-1997, TV Series) (voice)
 * WildC.A.T.S. (1994, TV Series) as Dockwell (voice)
 * Highlander: The Animated Series (1994, TV Series) (voice)
 * Johnny Mnemonic (1995) as Shinji
 * Visitors of the Night (1995, TV Movie) as Stranger #2
 * Ultraforce (1995, TV Series) (voice)
 * Little Bear (1995-1996) (voice)
 * The Neverending Story (1995, TV Series) (voice)
 * Rupert (1995, TV Series) (voice)
 * Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1995, TV Series) (voice)
 * F/X: The Series (1996-1997, TV Series) as Dr. Miller / Lambert Chang
 * Balance of Power (1996) as Hastishita
 * Extreme Measures (1996) as Prof. Asakura
 * Lethal Tender (1996) as Det. Peter 'Playdo' Ota
 * L5: First City in Space (1996, Short) as Yoshio Mori
 * Buried Secrets (1996, TV Movie) as Doctor #1
 * Flash Gordon (1996, TV Series) (voice)
 * Diabolik (1997, TV Series) ... Director Graffum (voice)
 * The Planet of Junior Brown (1997) as Mr. Tanaka
 * Trader's Boy (1997, TV Series)
 * Blazing Dragons (1997, TV Series) (voice)
 * Stickin' Around (1997, TV Series) (voice)
 * Pippi Longstocking (1997, TV Series) (voice)
 * Kassai and Leuk (1997, TV Series) (voice)
 * Mr. Men and Little Miss (1997, TV Series) (voice)
 * Birdz (1998, TV Series) (voice)
 * Ned's Newt (1998, TV Series) (voice)
 * The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1998, TV Series) (voice)
 * Noddy (1998, TV Series) (voice)
 * Anatole (1998, TV Series) (voice)
 * Bob and Margaret (1998, TV Series) (voice)
 * The Dumb Bunnies (1998, TV Series) (voice)
 * Flying Rhino Junior High (1998, TV Series) (voice)
 * Apocalypse III: Tribulation (1999) as Store Clerk
 * Rescue Heroes (1999, TV Series) (voice)
 * Killing Moon (1999) as Dr. Yamada
 * Redwall (1999, TV Series) (voice)
 * George and Martha (1999, TV Series) (voice)
 * Angela Anaconda (1999, TV Series) (voice)
 * Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1999, TV Series) (voice)
 * After Alice (2000) as Owen Gackstetter
 * Corduroy (2000, TV Series) (voice)
 * Timothy Goes to School (2000, TV Series) (voice)
 * Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (2000, TV Series) (voice)
 * Pelswick (2000, TV Series) (voice)
 * Eckhart (2000, TV Series) (voice)
 * Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series (2000, TV Series) (voice)
 * Code Name Phoenix (2000, TV Movie) as Dr. Fong
 * Relic Hunter (2000, TV Series) as Colonel Chang
 * The Last Debate (2000, TV Movie) as TV Makeup Artist
 * The Judge (2001, TV Movie) as Peter Jacoby
 * Medabots (2001, TV Series) as Mr. Referee (voice)
 * Pecola (2001, TV Series) (voice)
 * Haven't We Met Before? (2002, TV Movie)
 * Quads! (2002, TV Series) (voice)
 * Beyblade (2002, TV Series) (voice)
 * Power Stone (2002, TV Series) (voice)
 * Odyssey 5 (2002, TV Series) as Akegi
 * Kaput and Zosky (2002, TV Series) (voice)
 * Roboroach (2002, TV Series) (voice)
 * The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002, TV Movie) as Hopeful Man
 * Jacob Two-Two (2003, TV Series) (voice)
 * Chilly Beach (2003, TV Series) (voice)
 * Eloise at the Plaza (2003, TV Series) as Prince of Kushin
 * King (2003, TV Series)
 * Mayday (2003, TV series) as Captain
 * My Baby's Daddy (2004) as Cha Ching
 * Welcome to Mooseport (2004) as Izuki Nami
 * The Cradle Will Fall (2004, TV Movie) as Dr. Fachita
 * H2O (2004, TV Series) as Kazio Izumi
 * Doc (2004, TV Series) as Jian Wa
 * Kevin Hill (2004, TV Series) as Judge Porter
 * Delilah and Julius (2005, TV Series) (voice)
 * Time Warp Trio (2005, TV Series) (voice)
 * Cool Money (2005, TV Movie) as District Attorney
 * Grossology (2006, TV Series) (voice)
 * A Christmas Wedding (2006, TV Movie) as Asian Pacific President
 * Night (2007, Short) as Hikaru
 * Storm Hawks (2007, TV Series) (voice)
 * Degrassi: The Next Generation (2008, TV Series) as Oncologist
 * Toot and Puddle (2008, TV series) as Dr. Ha Song (voice)
 * Flash of Genius (2008) as Dr. Ito
 * Chilly Beach: The Canadian President (2008) as Emperor (voice)
 * Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid (2008, TV Movie) as Kyoto
 * Wild Roses (2009, TV Series) as Fukuwawa Sr.
 * Warehouse 13 (2009, TV Series) as Officer Ogawa
 * Gangster Exchange (2009) as Takayama
 * Air Crash Investigation (2010, TV Series documentary, Target Is Destroyed) as Captain Chun
 * Wingin' It (2010-2012, TV Series) as Mr. Nakamora / Mr. Nakamura
 * Air Crash Investigation (2012, TV Series documentary, Bad Attitude) as Captain Park
 * The People Garden (2016) as Management 529
 * Kiss and Cry (2017) as Shin Amano

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