Tooru Oohira — who many One Piece fans remember as Gaimon, the animal-loving pirate who gets stuck in a treasure chest — has passed away, Yomiuri Online has reported. According to the outlet, Oohira passed away two days ago, on April 12, at the age of 86.

Despite the fact that Gaimon was only in the show for a couple episodes, that hasn’t stopped the character from being a memorable part of the One Piece canon. This is probably due, in no small part, to the fact that in 2001’s One Piece Color Walk 1, One Piece author Eiichiro Oda named Gaimon as his favorite character. With his quirky personality, unique character design, and goofy backstory, Gaimon certainly represents a lot of the aspects fans love about the series.

While Gaimon may be the character us fans may best remember Oohira from, the voice actor has lent his talents to many, many projects over his long-running career. After making his debut as a radio announcer back in 1956, Oohira went on to work on the Japanese dubs of many iconic American franchises/series. Among these roles, he played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, as well as Homer Simpson in the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

Listed among his anime roles are Dr. Kouzaburou Nambu in the Gatchaman series and Dekapan in the 1988 run of the Osomatsu-kun anime.

The One Piece community is no stranger to death. In the nearly twenty years the series has aired, there have been at least a handful of deaths of voice acting talent, including Chikao Otsuka and Koji Yada.

Tooru Oohira is a talent that has undoubtedly shaped the childhoods of many folks, and he will be sorely missed.

SOURCE: Yomiuri Shimbun (via ANN)