Akiji Kobayashi
Birthday
1930/09/06
Day of death
1996/08/27 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Yodobashi ward, Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
Shōji Kobayashi, Kobayashi Akiji
Biography
Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二, Kobayashi Akiji, September 6, 1930 – August 27, 1996), sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi, was a Japanese actor. He attended Nihon University College of Art, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1949. He made his film debut with Satsujin Yogisha in 1952. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Toshio Muramatsu in the 1966-1967 television series, Ultraman. From 1983-84, he appeared in the popular tel...Read more
Acting
(1994) 47 Ronin
as ---
(1965) Kwaidan
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
(1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Narrator
(1991) Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Yuzo Tsuchiashi
(1963) Youth of the Beast
as Tatsuo Nomoto
(1995) Getting Any?
as Chief of World Defence Force
(1992) Godzilla vs. Mothra
as Yuzo Tsuchiashi
(1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
as Ozunu Kurokuwa
(1962) Foundry Town
as Hei-san
(1965) Pleasures of the Flesh
as Mari's pimp
(1976) The Kagestar: The Movie
as Inspector Tonda
(1974) Five Riders vs. King Dark
as Tobei Tachibana
(1971) Go Go Kamen Rider
as Tobei Tachibana
(1973) Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants
as Tobei Tachibana
(1972) Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
as Tobei Tachibana
(1976) The Inugami Family
as Kokichi Inugami
(1979) Immortal Kamen Rider Special
as Tobei Tachibana
(1970) This Transient Life
as ---
(1992) Run, Melos!
as Dionysus II (voice)
(1977) Lullaby to Kill
as Koreya Kusakabe (manager)
(1966) ウルトラマン前夜祭 ウルトラマン誕生
as ---
(1971) Mandala
as ---
(1975) Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders
as Tobei Tachibana
(1993) Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
as ---
(1989) The Men Who Made Ultraman
as ---
(1969) The Curse of the Ghost
as Naosuke
(1979) Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
as Captain Toshio Muramatsu
(1990) Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
as Detective
(1971) Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
as Captain Takamura
(1997) Master Swordsman Hirate Miki - Duel in Tone
as ---
(1979) The Tale of Jean Valjean
as Jean Valjean (voice)
(1971) Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Skull Wife
as ---
(1962) Harakiri
as ---
(1989) Black Rain
as Katayama
(1963) Intruders
as Ichiro Honma
(1959) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Nonaka Shôi
(1990) Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
as Konton
(1982) The Longest Tunnel
as ---
(1980) Shogun Assassin
as Lord Kurogawa
(1986) Death Shadows
as ---
(1996) Ultraman Zearth
as Fisherman
(1978) Queen Bee
as Detective Kogure
(1967) Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
as Capt. Toshio Muramatsu
(1989) Ultraman: Terror on Route 87
as Toshio Muramatsu
(1972) Daigoro vs. Goliath
as Hitoshi Suzuki
(1963) Fight of the Gamblers
as ---
(1975) Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie
as Tōbei Tachibana
(1972) Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell
as Tōbei Tachibana
(1973) Kamen Rider V3: The Movie
as Tōbei Tachibana
(1973) Internal Sleuth
as ---
(1977) Island of Hell
as Takezo
(1993) Kamen Rider SD: Strange?! Kumo Otoko
as Toubei Tachibana (voice)
(1981) Lonely Heart
as ---
(1969) Prison Break
as ---
(1982) Karate Cop
as Asst Chief Fuji
(1975) Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie
as Tôbei Tachibana
(1986) Desperate Pursuit
as Inoue
(1976) All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!
as Tōbei Tachibana
(1979) Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
as Toshio Muramatsu
(1982) Suspicion
as Chief of Police, Ishihara
(1980) Koto: The Ancient City
as ---
(1979) The House of Hanging
as Sannosuke
(1972) Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
as ---
(1977) Utamaro's World
as ---
(1981) The Black Hood
as ---
(1991) Noh Mask Murders
as ---
(1983) The Makioka Sisters
as Seitaro Jinba
(1972) The Pirates of Buban
as ---
(1966) The Birth of Ultraman
as Toshio Muramatsu
(1996) Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
as Senior sergeant
(1981) Yuki
as Jinjii (voice)
(1985) The Empty Table
as ---
(1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
as Narrator
(1982) Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
as ---
(1986) Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
as Hanazuki
(1996) Revive! Ultraman
as ---
(1989) Afternoon When Flowers Fell
as ---
(1973) The Woman Who Calls for Corpses
as ---
(1967) The Return of the Filthy Seven
as ---
(1979) The Shogun Assassins
as ---
(1971) Kamen Rider
as Tobei Tachibana
(1971) Kamen Rider
as Tobei Tachibana
(1968) Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
as ---
(1972) Professional Killers
as ---
(1976) The Kagestar
as Inspector Keibu Tonda
(1965) 宇宙少年ソラン
as ワイラー
(1983) Kojika Monogatari
as ペニー
(1990) Tales of the Bizarre
as ---
(1966) Ultraman
as Captain 'Cap' Toshio Muramatsu
(1979) The 47 Ronins of Ako
as Hara Soemon
(1994) Ie Naki Ko
as ---
(1979) Attack, Jun
as ---
(1973) Kamen Rider V3
as ---
(1974) Kamen Rider X
as Tobei Tachibana
(1975) Kamen Rider Stronger
as Tobei Tachibana