Akiji Kobayashi , sometimes credited as Shoji Kobayashi or Issei Mori, was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was best known in the West for portraying Captain Toshio Muramatsu in Ultraman. He also portrayed Tobee Tachibana throughout the Kamen Rider Series.
Death[]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Boat in the Forest of Stars | Bar Hyōtan 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
Gallery[]
Kobayashi as Major Amano in Ultra Q
Kobayashi as Toshio Muramatsu in Ultraman
Kobayashi as Sato in Ultraseven
Kobayashi as Taizo Machida in Operation: Mystery
Kobayashi as Captain Takamura in Return of Ultraman
Kobayashi as Akira Koyama in Ultraman Ace
Kobayashi as Tobee Tachibana in the Ultraman Zearth: Parody Chapter short
Kobayashi as Fisherman in Ultraman Zearth
Kobayashi's photograph in Ultraman Zearth 2
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.