Disney Pays Tribute to Hiroshi Tsuchida, Japanese Voice of Lightning McQueen
Disney posted a memorial message on X after the voice actor, who died at 54, was remembered for his work across the Cars films and shorts.
Disney has posted a memorial message on its official X account mourning Hiroshi Tsuchida, the Japanese voice of Lightning McQueen in the Cars series, according to cinematoday.jp. Tsuchida died on the 11th of this month at the age of 54 due to heart failure.
In the post, Disney thanked Tsuchida for giving Lightning McQueen his Japanese voice and expressed its condolences. The message was published together with an image of McQueen as voiced by Tsuchida.
Tsuchida took on the role of the red race car in the first Cars film, released in 2006, and returned for Cars 3 in 2017 and the Disney+ short series Cars on the Road in 2022. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the franchise, and last month a dubbed version was screened in theaters for one week only; Tsuchida released a comment celebrating the anniversary ahead of that re-screening.
Before his long association with Cars, Tsuchida gained popularity as Saizou, also known as NinjaBlue, in the tokusatsu drama Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, broadcast from 1994 to 1995. He later voiced Grisha Yeager in Attack on Titan and played HANE2 in Ultraman Decker.
Quick answers
How old was Hiroshi Tsuchida when he died?
He was 54. He died on the 11th of this month due to heart failure.
Which Cars films did Hiroshi Tsuchida voice Lightning McQueen in?
He voiced the character in the first Cars film released in 2006, in Cars 3 (2017) and in the Disney+ short series Cars on the Road (2022).
What did Disney say about Hiroshi Tsuchida?
In a post on its official X account, Disney thanked him for giving Lightning McQueen his Japanese voice and expressed its condolences.