Noboru Kimura, 1952 – 2024

Japanese singer Noboru Kimura, 72, died in mid-October, his family has announced. Kimura sang with the rock band Talizman, but is best known by anime fans for singing the theme song and several other numbers for Ultraman. He also sang for the shows Barefoot Gen, Lupin III: Part II, Thunderbirds 2086, Sugata Sanshiro, and Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman.