Akiji Kobayashi Captain Toshio Muramatsu in Ultraman. He also portrayed Tobee Tachibana throughout the Kamen Rider Series.
, sometimes credited as Shoji Kobayashi , was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was best known for portrayingDeath[]
Akiji Kobayashi died of lung cancer on August 27, 1996 in Yokahama, Japan, ten days before his 66th birthday. He was 65 years old at the time.
Roles[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | Ultra Q | Major Amano | Episode 19 "Challenge from the Year 2020" |
The Birth of Ultraman | Toshio Muramatsu | ||
Ultraman | |||
1968 | Ultraseven | Sato | Episode 47 "Who are You?" |
Operation: Mystery | Taizo Machida | ||
1971 | Return of Ultraman | Captain Takamura | Episode 13 "Terror of the Tsunami Monsters, Tokyo's Big Pinch! Episode 14 "Terror of the Two Giant Monsters, Tokyo in a Giant Tornado" |
1972 | Ultraman Ace | Akira Koyama | Episode 6 "Solve the Mystery of the Transforming Terrible-Monster!" |
Daigoro vs. Goliath | Suzuki | ||
1973 | Horror Theater Unbalance | Nishiguchi | Episode 5 "The Woman Calling a Corpse" |
1989 | The Men Who Made Ultraman: Moon Ship in a Forest of Stars | Barkeeper | |
1990 | Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars | Detective | |
Ultraman: Towards the Future | Arthur Grant | Japanese dub voice | |
1996 | Revive! Ultraman | Toshio Muramatsu | Voiced stock footage |
Ultraman Zearth: Parody Chapter | Tobee Tachibana | ||
Ultraman Zearth | Fisherman |
Other Roles[]
- Kamen Rider - Tobee Tachibana
- Kamen Rider V3 - Tobee Tachibana
- Kamen Rider X - Tobee Tachibana
- Kamen Rider Amazon - Tobee Tachibana
- Kamen Rider Stronger - Tobee Tachibana
- All assembled! 7 Kamen Riders!! - Tobee Tachibana
- Immortal Kamen Rider Special - Tobee Tachibana
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah - Ryuzo Dobashi
- Godzilla vs. Mothra - Ryuzo Dobashi
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion - Senior Infantry Officer
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Miscellaneous[]
Trivia[]
- Kobayashi passed away before the first Zearth movie was released, making it a posthumous appearance and his last appearance in the Ultraman Series. In Ultraman Zearth 2, a photograph of the fisherman he portrayed in the first film is on a drawer in the house of the civilian played by Masanari Nihei, also revealing him to be that character's father.
- Kobayashi dubbed America actor John Wayne in numerous movies.