“National Voice Actor” the late Jang Jung-jin: 22nd anniversary of his passing today (the 11th)… Asphyxiated while eating rice cake during recording

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It has been 22 years since voice actor the late Jang Jung-jin passed away.

The late Jang Jung-jin died of multiple organ failure at Seoul Ewha Mokdong Hospital on October 11, 2004. He was 51 years old at the time of his death. This came approximately one month after an asphyxiation incident occurred during the recording of the KBS 2TV variety program “Sunday is 101%” on September 13 of that year.

During the variety show recording at the time, a game involving eating rice cakes as quickly as possible was being held as part of a Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) special. Jang Jung-jin, who was a participant, suffered an accident in which his airway became blocked by a rice cake while playing the game, leading to asphyxiation.

The late Jang Jung-jin was immediately transferred to Ewha Mokdong Hospital and received treatment in the surgical intensive care unit, but he ultimately did not regain consciousness and passed away.

Subsequently, criticism grew regarding abusive games that posed a high risk of asphyxiation. KBS, which was discussing measures to prevent asphyxiation accidents, decided to discontinue the “King of the Alley” segment of “Sunday is 101%.”

Born in 1953, the late Jang Jung-jin debuted as a voice actor in the 15th cohort at KBS in 1977 and went on to work in various programs and anime. In particular, he won great love from the public for his voice acting roles, including Teacher Hongdukkae in “Run, Hani!”, Jurac Mihawk in “One Piece,” and Yubina in “Detective Conan.”

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