Actor, narrator, and voice actor Akira Kume passed away due to heart failure in a Tokyo nursing home on Thursday.
The Tokyo native attended Tokyo Universtiy of Commerce (now known as Hitotsubashi University) during Japan’s postwar period.
He narrated the NHK variety program Tsurube’s Salute To Families and continued to work into his 90s.
According to Kume’s family, he retired from narrating last year due to his health and moved into a Tokyo nursing home.
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