The voice of Agumon, Spongebob and Koga, Taiki Matsuno Passed Away Two Years Ago At Just 56 Years Old, Today Would've Been His 58th Birthday 🎙️🕊️ Happy heavenly birthday 🎂 ❤️ Taiki Matsuno brought an energetic, instantly recognizable voice to anime, games, and Japanese dubbing. Fans knew him as Koga in Inuyasha, Hajime Kindaichi in The Kindaichi Case Files, Jun Manjome in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and Agumon in Digimon Savers. He was also the longtime Japanese voice of SpongeBob SquarePants. Matsuno passed away in 2024 at age 56, leaving behind characters that reached several generations of anime and animation fans. His memorable voice work included: • Hajime Kindaichi — The Kindaichi Case Files • Koga — Inuyasha • SpongeBob SquarePants — SpongeBob SquarePants — Japanese Dub • Jun Manjome / Chazz Princeton — Yu-Gi-Oh! GX • Agumon — Digimon Savers / Digimon Data Squad • Helios / Pegasus — Sailor Moon SuperS • Lafitte / Trebol — One Piece • Tarte — Fresh Pretty Cure! • Lucemon — Digimon Xros Wars / Digimon Fusion • Beshimi — Rurouni Kenshin • Tsuru Tsurulina IV — Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo • Wisdom / Stone Guardian — Futari wa Pretty Cure • The Little Prince — The Adventures of the Little Prince • Ling Tong / Liu Shan — Dynasty Warriors / Warriors Orochi • Kikunojō Oka — Sakura Wars • Saturn — Pokémon Masters EX • Yuzuru Narita — Mirage of Blaze Whether as an anime hero, rival, villain, Digimon partner, or one very famous sponge, Matsuno gave each character a personality that was unmistakably his own. Two years later, his voice continues to live through the many worlds and characters he helped make memorable. 🎙️🕊️