Voice Actor Kōtarō Nakamura Goes on Hiatus Due to Ill Health

The official Japanese Twitter account for the Sonic Prime animated series announced on Wednesday that Kōtarō Nakamura will not be able to voice the characters of Dr. Eggman, Mr. Dr. Eggman, and Dr. Done It in the show for its third season due to Nakamura’s ill health leading to him going on a temporary hiatus.

Mitsuaki Kanuka will voice the Dr. Eggman and Mr. Dr. Eggman characters instead, while Seiya Yamanaka will voice the character of Dr. Done It.

Nakamura has been voicing the villain character Dr. Eggman in Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise in Japan since 2016, when he took over the role from the late Chikao Ohtsuka.