Actor and voice actor Denis Akiyama passed away on Thursday, June 28. He was 66.

Visitations will be held at the Mount Pleasant Funeral Centre in Toronto, Ontario on July 4 at 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. His funeral will take place on July 5 at 1:00 p.m. A memorial website has been set up for memorial testimonies, photos, and information on Akiyama's funeral service.

In anime, Akiyama voiced characters in Medabots , Power Stone , and Sailor Moon (as Malachite). He played a fictionalized version of game designer Toru Iwatani in the film Pixels . He has also voice acted in such games as Onimusha (Nobunaga Oda, Narrator), Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Tong Si Hung), and Rainbow Six: Vegas (Kan Akahashi). He additionally played Soldat in the Resident Evil: Afterlife live-action film.

Thanks to Jonathan Andrade for the news tip.

Sources: AMI's official Twitter account, The Globe and Mail