Akiji Kobayashi | |
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Born | September 6, 1930 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | August 27, 1996 Yokohama, Japan |
(aged 65)
Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二 Kobayashi Akiji , September 6, 1930—August 27, 1996, born in Tokyo, Japan), sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi or Issei Mori, was a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Mura (Muramatsu) in the 1966-1967 television series, Ultraman.[1] Another notable television role was Tōbei Tachibana ("Oya-san") in the 1971 series, Kamen Rider.[1] Kobayashi died of lung cancer in Yokohama at the age of 65.[1]