Hiro Hase (January 2, 1936 - March 8, 2002), better known by the stage name Sanjii Hase, was a Japanese voice actor and the father of the late Macross voice actor Aihiro Hase. He worked for the acting agency Aoni Productions until the later part of his life, when he became a free agent.
He portrayed Cyborg 006 in both the 1979 anime and the 1980 feature film.[1]
Death[]
During the later years of his life, he not only began suffering the effects of lung cancer, but sadly outlived his son due to Aihiro committing suicide in 1996.
In 2002, he died after losing the battle with his illness at the age of 66.