Toei’s 45th live-action Super Sentai series Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger has replaced Tatsuhisa Suzuki with Masaya Fukunishi as the voice of the bird robot Gege, as of the 25th episode which aired on Sunday.
Suzuki’s agency announced his hiatus from entertainment industry activities earlier this month due to his poor health.
Suzuki’s musical unit OLDCODEX and Suzuki’s agency made the announcement shortly after singer LiSA, Suzuki’s wife, also announced a hiatus “from some of her activities” due to mental and physical fatigue.
The Weekly Bunshun magazine reported on July 30 on an alleged extramarital affair between Suzuki and a female work associate.