Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Kiyoshi Kobayashi (小林 清志, Kobayashi Kiyoshi, born January 11, 1933) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. He is attached to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He is a graduate of the Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa High School and the arts department of Nihon University.
Kiyoshi Kobayashi | |
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小林 清志 | |
Born | |
Other names | Kobakiyo (コバキヨ) |
Occupation | Actor, voice actor, narrator |
Years active | 1958–present |
Agent | Haikyō |
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
Website | Official profile |
He is best known for his roles in Yōkai Ningen Bem (as Bem), the Lupin III series (as Daisuke Jigen), the Droopy cartoons (as the Wolf) and Shazzan (as Shazzan). As a narrator, he is best known for narrating Shukan Oriraji Keizaihakusho and Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka. Also, he is the official dub-over voice of James Coburn and Lee Marvin.
In 2021, he retired from his role as the voice of Daisuke Jigen, after over 50 years service.[1]
Filmography
Television animation
- Star of the Giants (1968) (Armstrong Ozuma)
- Yōkai Ningen Bem (1968) (Bem)
- Lupin the Third Part I (1971) (Daisuke Jigen) [2]
- La Seine no Hoshi (1975) (Zarar)
- Lupin the Third Part II (1977) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Space Cobra (1982) (Crystal Bowie)
- Lupin III Part III (1984) (Daisuke Jigen)
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (1997) (Narrator)
- Basilisk (2005) (Kouga Danjo)
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final -Grand Glorious Gathering- (2005) (Narrator, Ryōsuke Takanohashi)
- Death Note (2006) (Watari/Quillsh Wammy)
- Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin the 3rd Part IV (2015) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin the 3rd Part V (2018) (Daisuke Jigen)
OVA
- Megazone 23 (1985) (Eigen Yumekanou)
- Violence Jack (1988) (Jack)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) (Adrian Rubinsky)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991) (Aiguille Delaz)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1993) (Muhammad Avdol)
- Queen Emeraldas (1998) (Captain)
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final (2000) (Narrator, Ryōsuke Takanohashi)
- Lupin III: Return of the Magician (2002) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Amuri in Star Ocean (2008) (Deus Allen, Ukatan)
- Lupin III: Green Vs. Red (2008) (Daisuke Jigen)
Animated films
- Mazinger Z vs. Devilman (1973) (Mashogun Zannin)
- Lupin III: Mystery of Mamo (1978) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Twelve Months (1980) (January)
- Crusher Joe (1983) (Talos)
- Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) (T. Jefferson)
- Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991) (Gillet Krueger)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992) (Earthling A)
- Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002) (James Moriarty)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003) (Uranda)
- Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun (2004) (Justice Love)
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) (Old man)
- Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone (2014) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon Ishikawa's Spray of Blood (2017) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko Mine's Lie (2019) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin The Third: The First (2019) (Daisuke Jigen)
Tokusatsu
- Kousoku Esper (xxxx) (Alien Giron)
- Spectreman (1971) (Dr. Gori)
- Kaiketsu Lion-Maru (1972) (Daimaou Gohsun)
- Zone Fighter (1973) (Narrator)
- Enban Senso Bankid (1976) (Guzale Commander)
- UFO Daisensou: Tatakae Red Tiger (xxxx) (Fuller Commander)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) (Narrator)
- Chōriki Sentai Ohranger (1995) (Bara Darts)
- Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996) (VRV Master)
- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (1998) (Degius)
- Kamen Rider Black (1987) (Narrator (1 - 39))
- Kamen Rider OOO (2010) (Story within a story Narrator)
- Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (2012) (Narrator)
Video games
- Blood Will Tell (xxxx) (Narrator, Jukai)
- BS Zelda no Densetsu (MAP1 and MAP2) (xxxx) (Narrator)
- Samurai Shodown series (II, IV-V) (Jubei Yagyu)
- Tenchu: Kurenai (xxxx) (Narrator)
- Lupin III video games (1997-2010) (Daisuke Jigen)
- Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King (2002) (Daisuke Jigen)
- World of Final Fantasy (2016) (Odin)[3]
Live-action
- James Coburn
- The Magnificent Seven (1974 NET Dub) (Britt)
- The Great Escape (1971 Fuji TV Dub) (Louis Sedgwick)
- Charade (1972 Fuji TV, 1985 TV Asahi, and 1994 NTV Dubs) (Tex Panthollow)
- Major Dundee (1976 Fuji TV Dub) (Samuel Potts)
- Our Man Flint (1978 Fuji TV Dub) (Derek Flint)
- Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (Eli Kotch)
- In Like Flint (1973 Tokyo Channel 12 Dub) (Derek Flint)
- Duck, You Sucker! (1977 TBS and DVD Dubs) (John H. Mallory)[4]
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sheriff Pat Garrett)[5]
- Bite the Bullet (1981 TV Asahi Dub) (Luke Matthews)
- Hard Times (1981 TV Asahi Dub)(Speed)
- The Last Hard Men (1981 Fuji TV Dub) (Zach Provo)
- Midway (1979 TBS edition) (Capt. Vinton Maddox)
- Young Guns II (VHS Dub) (John Chisum)
- Hudson Hawk (DVD Dub)(George Kaplan)
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (Mr. Crisp)
- Maverick (Commodore Duvall)
- Eraser (Arthur Beller)[6]
- The Nutty Professor (Harlan Hartley)[7]
- Payback (Fairfax)
- Snow Dogs (James "Thunder Jack" Johnson)
- American Gun (Martin Tillman)
- Lee Marvin
- The Caine Mutiny (1979 Fuji TV edition) ("Meatball")
- Bad Day at Black Rock (1969 Tokyo Channel 12 and 1973[8] NTV editions) (Hector David)
- Attack (TV Asahi edition) (Lt. Col. Clyde Bartlett)
- The Comancheros (TV Asahi edition) (Tully Crow)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1971 Fuji TV Dub) (Liberty Valance)
- Donovan's Reef (1969 Tokyo Channel 12 and 1975 TBS Dubs)(Thomas Aloysius "Boats" Gilhooley)
- The Killers (Charlie Strom)
- Cat Ballou (1972 NET edition) (Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn)
- The Professionals (1980 TV Asahi Dub) (Henry 'Rico' Fardan)
- Point Blank (1972 NET Dub)(Walker)
- Paint Your Wagon (1978 Tokyo Channel 12 Dub) (Ben Rumson)
- Emperor of the North Pole (1977 Tokyo Channel 12 edition) (A-No.-1)
- Avalanche Express (1981 NTV edition) (Wargrave)
- The Big Red One (1982 TBS edition) (The Sergeant)
- Gorky Park (Jack Osborne)
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Fire Birds (1993 TV Asahi edition) (Brad Little)
- JFK (1994 TV Asahi edition) (Clay Shaw / Clay Bertrand)
- The Fugitive (1996 TV Asahi edition) (Marshal Samuel Gerard)
- Batman Forever (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Harvey Dent/Two-Face)
- Blown Away (Ryan Gaerity)
- Volcano (2005 TV Asahi edition) (Mike Roark)
- U.S. Marshals (2004 TV Tokyo edition) (Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard)[9]
- The Hunted (2008 TV Tokyo edition) (L.T. Bonham)
- A Prairie Home Companion (Axeman)
- The Family (Robert Stansfield)
- George Kennedy
- Airport (Joe Patroni)
- Cahill U.S. Marshal (Abe Fraser)
- Earthquake (1986 TV Asahi edition) (Lou Slade)
- The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1982 TV Asahi edition) (Capt. Joe Patroni)[10]
- Death Ship (Captain Ashland)[11]
- Sam Elliott
- Shakedown (Richie Marks)
- The Hi-Lo Country (Jim Ed Love)
- The Contender (Kermit Newman)
- Ghost Rider (Carter Slade / Caretaker)[12]
- The Golden Compass (Lee Scoresby)[13]
- Franco Nero
- Django (1971 TV Asahi, 1975 TBS and 1980 TV Tokyo editions) (Django)
- Texas, Adios (1989 TV Tokyo edition) (Burt Sullivan)[14]
- Force 10 from Navarone (DVD and 1986 TV Asahi editions) (Lescovar)
- Die Hard 2 (1992 Fuji TV edition) (General Ramon Esperanza)[15]
- Jack Palance
- Shane (1974 NTV and 1979 TV Asahi editions) (Jack Wilson)
- Torture Garden (Ronald Wyatt)
- Compañeros (John)
- City Slickers (TV Tokyo edition) (Curly Washburn)
- Christopher Plummer
- The Silent Partner (1983 Fuji TV edition) (Harry Reikle)[16]
- The Insider (Mike Wallace)
- Knives Out (Harlan Thrombey)[17]
- The Last Full Measure (Frank Pitsenbarger)[18]
- Gian Maria Volonté
- A Fistful of Dollars (1971 TV Asahi edition) (Ramón Rojo)
- For a Few Dollars More (1973 TV Asahi edition) (El Indio)
- A Bullet for the General (El Chuncho Muños)
- Clint Eastwood
- True Crime (Steve Everett)[19]
- Space Cowboys (Colonel Frank Corvin)[20]
- Blood Work (Terry McCaleb)[21]
- The Best Years of a Life (Jean-Louis Duroc (Jean-Louis Trintignant))[22]
- Beverly Hills Cop II (1990 Fuji TV edition) (Detective John Taggart (John Ashton))[23]
- Cutthroat Island (Douglas "Dawg" Brown (Frank Langella))[24]
- Dr. Dolittle (Jacob the Tiger (Albert Brooks))[25]
- Face to Face (1977 TV Asahi edition) (Solomon "Beauregard" Bennet (Tomas Milian))
- A Few Good Men (Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson))[26]
- Flash Gordon (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow))[27]
- The Godfather (1976 NTV edition) (Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo (Al Lettieri))
- The Golden Child (1989 Fuji TV edition) (Sardo Numspa (Charles Dance))[28]
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Union Captain (Aldo Giuffre))
- Good Night, and Good Luck (Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn))[29]
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1975 TV Tokyo edition) (Johnny Ringo (John Ireland))[30]
- Hard Rain (Jim (Morgan Freeman))[31]
- The Hitcher (1987 TV Tokyo edition) (Captain Esteridge (Jeffrey DeMunn))[32]
- The Hunt for Red October (Captain 1st rank Marko Ramius (Sean Connery))
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Lao Che (Roy Chiao))[33]
- Knight Rider (Narrator)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Witch-king of Angmar (Lawrence Makoare))
- Near Dark (Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen))[34]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Captain Edward Teague (Keith Richards))[35]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Captain Edward Teague (Keith Richards))[36]
- Presumed Innocent (Raymond Horgan (Brian Dennehy))[37]
- Rome (Pompey Magnus (Kenneth Cranham))[38]
- The Rookie (Strom (Raul Julia))[39]
- Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1975 TV Asahi edition) (Adolf (Gastone Moschin))[40]
- Snatch ("Brick Top" Pulford (Alan Ford))
- They Live (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Frank Armitage (Keith David))[41]
- Tremors (Burt Gummer (Michael Gross))
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Splinter)
- Yes Man (Terrence Bundley (Terence Stamp))[42]
- The Young Master (Sang Kung (Shih Kien))[43]
Animation
- Adventure Time (Ice President)
- Balto II: Wolf Quest (Nava)
- Batman: The Animated Series (Jonah Hex)
- Droopy (The Wolf)
- Oliver & Company (Roscoe)
- Samurai Jack (Thief)
- Shazzan (Shazzan)
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (Katscratch)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Splinter)
- The Incredibles (Rick Dicker)
- The Road to El Dorado (Hernán Cortés)
- Thunderbirds (Commander Norman)
- Totally Spies! (Jerry)
- X-Men (TV Tokyo edition) (Forge)
Other roles
- Battle of Okinawa (1971, Film) (Narrator)
- Daitokai Series (1976–79, Tv drama)
- Dragon Zakura (2005, TV drama) (Narrator)
- Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka (2006, Variety show) (Narrator)
- Sasuke (2006, Sports entertainment television special) (Narrator)
- Shukan Oriraji Keizaihakusho (2007, Variety show) (Narrator)
- Yōkai Ningen Bem (2011, TV drama) (Narrator)
- Seiyū Tantei (2021, TV drama) (Narrator)[44]
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2017 | 11th Seiyu Awards | Achievement Award | Won |
2018 | Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2018 | Achievement Award | Won |
References
- "ルパン三世・次元役声優 卒業へ - Yahoo!ニュース". news.yahoo.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2021-09-06.
- "Kobayashi Kiyoshi". Luis A. Cruz. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- "Kiyoshi Kobayashi - 98 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
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External links
- Haikyo profile (in Japanese)
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi at IMDb