Akiji Kobayashi

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Akiji Kobayashi
Akiji Kobayashi
Born September 26, 1930[a]
Toyotama, Tokyo, Japan
Died August 27, 1996 (aged 65)
Occupation Actor, voice actor
First work Murder Suspect (1952)
Notable work Ultraman (TV 1966-1967),
Kamen Rider (TV 1971-1973)
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Akiji Kobayashi (小林 昭二,   Kobayashi Akiji), also miscredited in English as Shoji Kobayashi, was a Japanese actor and voice actor. Beginning to act in 1952, his career spanned over four decades until his death in 1996. He is perhaps best recognized among tokusatsu fans as SSSP Captain Muramatsu in the original Ultraman and Takeshi Hongo's mentor Tobee Tachibana in the original Kamen Rider. Toward the end of his career, he also entered the Godzilla series as Ryuzo Dobashi in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and vs. Mothra. He passed away four years later on August 27, 1996 due to lung cancer.

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Notes

  1. Sources have variously described Kobayashi's birth day as September 6 and September 26. For the purposes of this page, September 26 will be treated as correct based on the most recent available source, Kamen Rider Kaijin Pictorial 2016 (p. 188).

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