Abayo Namida Gavan....
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>>23851223>Neil Armstrong dies while Fourze was airing>Kenji Ohba dies while Gavan Infinity is airingI know the moon landing is fake but these coincidences always suck RIPThis made me realize that I'm not ready for Hiroshi Fujioka nor Naoya Makoto to pass away, they not only started 3 of the biggest tokusatsu franchises of all time but all 3 always came off as kind hearted behind the scenes, this is massive loss for toku
>>23851223R.I.P. you absolute legend
first gerry conway and now this. It is a rough few weeks
Shit, this sucks. He was great as Gavan.
>>23851223See you Space Sheriff...
>>23851248To be frank, I am surprised that we lost Ohba before Miyauchi.
>>23851223RIP...
>>23851223Man, this sucks. I just started watching Infinity.
Just heard about this. Rest in peace, king.
Kenji Ohba even went before Akira Kushida…
>>23851325Ohba's had some ongoing health problems for the last few years, partly the reason why he hadn't shown up in anything for so long
>>23851325>>23851440Yeah, Miyauchi suddenly seemed to get much more old looking, but he was still making public appearances for years afterwards. Ohba disappeared for a while, so clearly his situation was worse.
>>23851223I just heard the news as I was getting off of work. I'm absolutely devastated.
>>23851223It was rare to find a stuntman handsome enough to appear as a face actor, but Kenji Ohba did it even AFTER Toei got nervous about face actors having accidents when Fujioka got sidelined in Kamen Rider. Reportedly Ohba has had some health problems for a while, and he disappeared suddenly after the Gavan Type G film. That information might come out now that he's passed. The Showa stuntmen and actors were just a different breed, and the world is a sadder place with every one we lose. For a lot of those stuntmen, "impossible" wasn't a word they knew. The stunts they did back then would make most unions and agents lose their minds these days. I'm personally glad that Gavan has come back as a show and I hope they do a tribute to Ohba since he couldn't appear personally in the show himself.He was Akaranger's suit actor in Goranger. Then appeared in Battle Fever and Denjiman. In addition to being trained in weapon scenes and martial arts scenes, he also was trained in a very difficult form of stunt acting: falls. He could execute falls from heights in a convincing way even in costume.We lost a real one yesterday, /m/. I'm sad to see this guy go. But I'm glad that I got to live when he was performing.
>>23851223Keep on protecting the stars...JOUCHAKU!
I had heard he was in really poor health for a while there. Ohba is one of the very few toku leads I would call a legend. He genuinely loved tokusatsu and being a part of it and I think the genre owes him a ton.
>>23851469From what I heard through the grapevine he's spent most of the last 2 years either comatose or in hospice, this day has been fast approaching but it doesn't make it hurt any less
>>23851248>I know the moon landing is fakehow about you take this bullshit to /pol/
>>23851223I think Sonny Chiba’s passing really did a number on him because that was the last time we really heard much of him in person, the fact he didn’t even do much of anything during Gavan’s 40th anniversary was a clear sign his health had gone to the worst of it as much as I wanted to deny that and he’d at least get better. Regardless he pretty much MADE gavan’s character the way he was and I’m saddened by his loss, at least he’s finally reunited with Chiba. JOUCHAKU!
Damn, I had a feeling that was coming because of his poor health but it's not fair damn it
Holy shitRIP
>no stickydumb mods
>>23851223Damn. Rest in peace, my metal king.
>>23851223I havent seen a lot he was in but both his apprences in Gokaiger and the Gavan type g were the highlights of both films
>>23851558>everyone else ignores that part because it wasn't the point of the post>bring attention to itYour fault not mine, I just brought it up so that nobody else did for bringing up Neil ArmstrongBut regardless it's just feels devastating to see a kind man who kickstarted a franchise that brought smiles to so many people pass away, it's insane to think about that out of the original Space Sheriffs only Sharivan is still alive>>23851429I'm deeply worried about his health, he got hospitalized a few years back but he at least managed to bounce back and sing again, he even sung Gavan's theme as recently as last week
>>23851861Forgot the pic
This week has been a terrible week.https://x.com/i/trending/2052353925940973818
Damned shame, they really don't make action stars like Ohba any more. A whole chapter of /m/ history is slowly being drawn to a close
R.I.P.
>>23851223Big F. Pardon me for being a dumbfag but I never got around to watching much toku after Kamen Rider Kabuto and V3 even though I always thought I should, I kept putting it off. From everything I've heard this guy sounded like an amazing actor and I have a mind to rectify my omission on hearing the news. Do I need to watch anything before Gavan for the full experience or could I start with that?
>>23852045wonder why though. too pretty to let the actors get in danger nowadays?
>>23851223This guy was shurikenger too? Never knew that.
>>23852811I now realize we’ve lost both components of his character, the Va and now this
>>23852437Nah, you're good. Gavan started Metal Heroes and you're in for a good ride if you continue from there. Battle Fever J and Denjiman were the two Sentai he was in so you could watch them before or after.
