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Denis Akiyama
Born	Denis Van Akiyama (1952-05-28)May 28, 1952 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	June 28, 2018(2018-06-28) (aged 66) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–2018
Spouse	Danielle O'Connor ​(m. 1987)​
Children	2

Denis Van Akiyama (May 28, 1952 – June 28, 2018) was a Canadian actor, best known as providing the voice of Silver Samurai/Kenuichio Harada and Sunfire in X-Men and Malachite in the original English version of Sailor Moon. He played Shinji in Johnny Mnemonic.

Personal life, career and death

Akiyama was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a Japanese family. He was a frequent guest star on Katts and Dog as well as voiced and played a number of role in The Adventures of Tintin animated series and Mayday. In 2015, he appeared in the feature film Pixels. Akiyama was also a gifted musician having played trumpet in The Pukka Orchestra.

Akiyama died on June 28, 2018, from a "very rare and aggressive cancer". He and his wife Danielle had two children, Kintaro and Miya. He was 66 years old.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Cartoons

Anime

References

1. ^ "DENIS VAN AKIYAMA Obituary". Toronto Star via Legacy.com. 2018-07-01. Archived from the original on 2018-07-04.
2. ^ "An Interview with Denis Akiyama". Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
3. "Denis Akiyama facts". Movietalky. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
4. Bartlett, Rhett (July 3, 2018). "The Toronto native was prolific across film, television, stage and anime for four decades". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
5. "Denis Akiyama (visual voices guide)". BTVA (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 10 March 2021.

External links

• Denis Akiyama at IMDb
• Denis Akiyama Memorial Website Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine

• 1952 births
• 2018 deaths
• Canadian male actors of Japanese descent
• Canadian male film actors
• Canadian male television actors
• Canadian male video game actors
• Canadian male voice actors
• Deaths from cancer in Ontario
• Male actors from Toronto
• 20th-century Canadian male actors
• 21st-century Canadian male actors