Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto (1945 - )
==Movie Deaths==
*Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981; anime) [Gene]: Killed when Amuro (Toru Furuya), with the Gundam, cuts his Zaku in half while trying to escape, causing its reactor to explode in Side 7.
*Ninja Scroll (1993; anime) [Mujuro Utsutsu]: Dies upon being impaled by Jubei (Koichi Yamadera) after his strike gets blocked by Kagero (Emi Shinohara). (For the Animaze dub version of Utsutsu's death, see Kirk Thornton).
*Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III: Glorification (2018; anime) [Emperor Charles Zi Britannia]: As per the TV series, he dies alongside Marianne (Asako Dodo) when Lelouch (Jun Fukuyama), fully empowered by the collective unconscious, disintegrates them with his Geass.
*Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022; anime) [Cell Max]: Killed by Gohan (Masako Nozawa) with a full-power Special Beam Cannon while held in a full-nelson by Piccolo (Toshio Furukawa), allowing the beam to crack his forehead where his nucleus is. His body soon detonated in a massive explosion.
==TV Deaths==
*Fist of the North Star: Five Chariot Stars in Danger! Raoh Has Finally Pierced Through the Flames!! (1986; anime) [Shuren]: On top of having set himself on fire in a vain attempt to kill Raoh (Kenji Utsumi), he dies when Raoh snaps his neck, with his body being burned to a crisp shortly afterwards.
*Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor: Battle of the Guyver (1989; anime)[Oswald A. Lisker/Guyver II]: Lisker/Guyver II is killed by Sho Fukamachi/Guyver I (Takeshi Kusao) as a result of his Control Metal being punched out of his forehead, being disintegrated by Guyver I's Mega-Smasher immediately after that.
* YuYu Hakusho (1992) [Gouki]: Executed off-screen by the Spirit World rulers some time after his defeat at the hands of the Team Urameshi.
*Dragon Ball Z: The Fight is Over...Thank you Son Goku (1993; anime) [Cell]: Disintegrated by Gohan's (Masako Nozawa) Kamehameha after Vegeta (Ryo Horikawa) distracts him by blasting him in the back.
*Dragon Ball Z: End it All Again!! I Will Protect the Future (1993; anime) [Future Cell]: Disintegrated by Future Trunks' (Takeshi Kusao) Heat Dome Attack after he beats him up and tosses him into the sky.
*Detective Conan: TV Station Murder Case [Michihiko Suwa]: Shot by Takashi Matsuo.
*Cowboy Bebop: The Real Folk Blues Part II (1999; anime) [Vicious]: Shot in the chest by Spike Spiegel (Koichi Yamadera) during their final fight, killing him instantly.
*Android Kikaider: Afterglow of Regret (2000; anime) [Golden Bat]: Impaled by Saburo/Hakaider (Juurota Kosugi) with Mitsuko Kohmyoji (Yui Horie) and Jiro/Kikaider (Tomokazu Seki) by his side.
*Cyborg Soldier 009: When You Wish Upon A Shooting Star (2002; anime) [Skull]: Blasted by the brains of the original Black Ghost founders (Kenji Utsumi, Ryoko Kinomiya and Yuto Uemura) for his recklessness in fighting Joe Shimamura/009 (Takahiro Sakurai).
*Digimon Frontier: The Flight Towards Victory! Confrontation at Cherubimon's Castle (2002; anime) [IceDevimon]: On top of being injured by the combined attacks from Zephyrmon (Sawa Ishige), Korikakumon (Kumiko Watanabe) and MetalKabuterimon (Masato Amada), he dies when JagerLoweemon (Kenichi Suzumura) rams through his chest before slide evolving back to Loweemon and scanning his data.
*Sonic X: Shadow's Rebirth (2005; anime) [Metarex Deserd]: Dies when Shadow (Koji Yusa) destroys his core after using Chaos Control.
*Code Geass: The Ragnarok Connection (2008; anime) [Emperor Charles Zi Britannia]: Disintegrated alongside Marianne (Asako Dodo) by Lelouch's (Jun Fukuyama) Geass, which was fully powered by the collective unconscious.
*Golgo 13: Indian Summer (2008; anime) [Sheriff Burt Walsh]: Shot in the head by Duke Togo (Hiroshi Tachi).
*Hellsing Ultimate: Chapter IX (2012; anime) [Alexander Anderson]: Had his heart, with Helena's Nail embedded inside it, ripped out by Alucard (Jouji Nakata) and subsequently crushed within Alucard's hands. As Alucard falls despondent over how he and Anderson are the same kind of monster, Anderson reminds him that demons do not cry, while Alucard assures him that he'll see Anderson in Hell. As Anderson reminisces about the orphanage and tells Heinkel (Mitsuki Saiga) and Yumie (Yuko Kaida) not to cry, he lets out a final "Amen" as he crumples into dust. His remains are subsequently destroyed by a rejuvenated Walter C. Dornez (Daisuke Namikawa) as a final insult.
==Video Game Deaths==
*Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (2006) [Gene]: Shot dead by Akio Otsuka.
*The King of Fighters 2001(2001) [Igniz]: He attempts to destroy those who oppose him by plummeting NESTS' main headquarters out of orbit. However, the fortunate passengers in the falling station survive the heat inside it.
== Gallery ==
File:Vicious' death (Cowboy Bebop).png|Norio Wakamoto's anime death (right) in Cowboy Bebop: The Real Folk Blues Part II
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