RIP Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa aka Kabai Sengh

Sadly, both major villains in the 1996 Billy Zane Phantom movie have passed, with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa passing on 4 December 2025, following Treat Williams in June 2023. While most moviegoers will remember Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa for his Mortal Kombat role as evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in the 1995 film adaptation, the 2013 television series, and the 2019 video game Mortal Kombat 11, us phans remember him as Kabai Sengh.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his widow and three children he has left behind.

Thanks to Trevor Clark and Daniel Borgna for the heads up on this sad news. If you spot any other Phantom-related news we may have missed, please contact us.