Koichi Yamadera and Riki Tanaka issue divorce statement "spent an irreplaceable time together"

▲Koichi Yamaji

On the 3rd, voice actor Koichi Yamadera (57 years old) posted a statement on his twitter that he and Riki Tanaka (39), who is also a voice actor, had divorced in July. This is already the second divorce of Yamaji Temple.

Yamaji and Tanaka posted a joint letter on Twitter, which read, "Although it is really embarrassing to report your private affairs like this." But after discussion between the two of us, we finally decided to honestly disclose it to everyone. We filed for divorce last month. When we got married in 2012, we received blessings from all sides. However, for the sake of the future we each imagined, we finally chose to take a different path and parted ways. "

The two went on to appeal: "However, we have spent an irreplaceable time together, and we are full of gratitude to each other. I hope that as voice actor colleagues, as like-minded people who have spent a good time together and can understand each other, we will be able to maintain a good relationship in the future. I hope that everyone can continue to support the two of us in the future and give us warm protection. "

Tanaka tweeted the same thing.

Yamaji has voiced Ryoji Bate in the Evangelion series, Officer Money in the Lupin III series, and Kim Carrey, Brad Pitt, and others in foreign film translations. From 1997 to 2016, he was the host of TV Tokyo's children's variety show "Good Morning Soundstage" for 19 years. In 2006, she divorced voice actress Mika Kanai (54 years old). Married Tanaka in 2012.

Tanaka debuted in 1999 by dubbing Sanada March in Parallel World Story. He is known for his roles such as Lax Klein, who has voiced the MBS/TBS TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, the Nine Rays/Shiny Luminous from the anime "Beauty of Light Max Heart", and Maria from Whirlwind Butler. (Translated by Maringue)