Toto Warsito

Toto Warsito died on the evening of Wednesday, 7 October 2026, in Indonesia, at the age of 53. No cause of death or prior illness has been made public, and Medcom.id reported that both remained unknown.

His death was first announced by Voice Institute Indonesia on Instagram. "Toto Warsito, a voice actor who had been working since 1993, is reported to have died on the evening of Wednesday, 7 October 2026," the school wrote, adding: "Safe travels, Toto Warsito. Thank you for bringing so many characters to life through your voice." ATM Studio shared a black and white memorial card with the years 1973 to 2026.

KAORI Nusantara reported the news the same day and published an English version on 11 October, closing with a prayer that God accept his deeds and grant fortitude to his family. On 9 October a short video on his YouTube channel showed his fresh grave, strewn with flower petals, with a marker reading H. Warsito bin Sutowijoyo. The location of the grave and details of the funeral have not been made public.

Very little about Toto Warsito's early life has been made public. A memorial card shared by ATM Studio after his death gives his years as 1973 to 2026, and reports of his death gave his age as 53. An exact date and place of birth have not been confirmed by reliable sources.

A grave marker shown in a short video posted to his YouTube channel on 9 October 2026 reads "H. Warsito bin Sutowijoyo". In Indonesian Muslim naming, "bin" means "son of", so the marker names his father as Sutowijoyo, and the "H." stands for Haji, the honorific for a man who has completed the pilgrimage to Mecca.

No details of Toto Warsito's schooling or formal training have been published. Like many Indonesian dubbers of his generation, he learned the craft on the job, beginning at the Arvisco studio in 1993 and working for more than three decades in recording booths for television, film and anime.

Warsito began working as a voice actor in 1993 with Arvisco, a studio KAORI Nusantara describes as legendary in Indonesian dubbing. He first became known as part of the ensemble that dubbed programmes for SCTV, the Indonesian network that was then famous for its Latin American telenovelas. He voiced Neftali Guemes in the telenovela Amigos por siempre and Van Pelt, the hunter who pursues Alan Parrish, in the animated Jumanji series, which also aired on SCTV.

Over the following decades he worked across films, series and cartoons, and by his own channel's description he was a professional dubber and dialogue director with more than 25 years in the business.

From 2021, Muse Indonesia began releasing its licensed anime with Indonesian voice tracks recorded at ATM Studio, and Warsito became one of the core voices of that new line of work. In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba he voiced the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the demon Gyutaro in the Entertainment District arc, Sakonji Urokodaki, Tanjiro's father and many of the older supporting characters. In May 2022 he was announced as Henry Henderson in the Indonesian dub of Spy x Family, which streamed on Bstation, Catchplay+ and iQIYI and later came to YouTube and Netflix. He also voiced Eisen, the dwarf warrior, in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

On 22 June 2022 Muse Indonesia invited him and Adya Maulana (Loid Forger) to its #Museminar live chat on YouTube, part of an effort by the distributor to give its Indonesian voice cast more public credit.

Toto Warsito kept his private life largely out of public view. Reports of his death did not name a spouse or children, and no family statement has been published. His grave marker identifies him as H. Warsito bin Sutowijoyo, indicating that he was a Muslim who had performed the Hajj and that his father's name was Sutowijoyo.

On YouTube he was known as PAKDE TO ("Uncle To"), a channel he ran from 2016 where he sang song covers, read poetry and recited the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer.

Warsito's channel reflected his Muslim faith, including recitations of the call to prayer and religious songs. In his later years he also used it for satirical songs and patriotic poems, including Indonesian Independence Day poems in August 2026 and song parodies on debates within Indonesian Islam, such as the controversy over the lineage claims of the Ba'alawi community and the leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama. These views were expressed on his own channel and were not the subject of news coverage.

Warsito was one of the veterans who carried the habits of Indonesia's older television dubbing tradition into the country's new anime dubbing industry, which only took shape after 2021. Voice Over Herald noted that the people who gave that new line of work a professional floor were veterans like him, with three decades of telenovelas behind them.

For many Indonesian anime fans, his performance as Muzan became the defining Indonesian-language version of one of anime's best known villains, and his roles as Henderson and Eisen extended that reach. His Belajar Dubbing lessons on YouTube also passed some of his craft on to aspiring voice actors.

No formal awards or honours for Toto Warsito have been reported. His recognition came instead from audiences and the dubbing community, including Muse Indonesia's decision to feature him in its first #Museminar showcase of Indonesian voice actors in 2022 and the tributes from Voice Institute Indonesia, ATM Studio and KAORI Nusantara after his death.

Notable Indonesian dubbing roles reported by KAORI Nusantara, Medcom.id and Voice Over Herald include:

• Neftali Guemes, Amigos por siempre (telenovela, SCTV)
• Van Pelt, Jumanji (animated series, SCTV)
• Muzan Kibutsuji, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Muse Indonesia, from 2021)
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki, Gyutaro, Sakonji Urokodaki and Tanjiro's father, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• Henry Henderson, Spy x Family (2022)
• Eisen, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

He also hosted the PAKDE TO YouTube channel, including the Belajar Dubbing tutorial series, and appeared in Muse Indonesia's #Museminar live session on 22 June 2022.