The official website of talent agency Aoni Productions announced on Wednesday that Susumu Kubo, the agency’s founder and president, passed away on Tuesday at 1:08 p.m. He was 82.
Kubo founded Aoni Productions in 1969 in Tokyo’s Aoyama neighborhood, where it has stood ever since.
Aoni Productions also runs the Aoni Juku voice acting school.
The agency represents such voice actors as Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, and Tohru Furuya.