News has broken that the great Goro Mutsumi – revered by Godzilla fans for portraying the villainous Kuronuma in 1974’s GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA and Mugal in 1975’s TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA – passed away last year on June 5th, 2021. He was 86 years old.

Rest well, Mutsumi-san. pic.twitter.com/ihCdBGYvbI

— Godzilla Novelization Project (@Danzilla93_GNP) June 1, 2022