Akira Kobayashi
Known for Acting · 144 credits
- Born
- 1938-11-03 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Акира Кобаяси · آکیرا کوبایاشی · Mighty Guy · Akira Kobayashi
Biography
Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira, born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is Maito Gai (マイトガイ, "Might Guy").
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (142)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Tarao Bannai
1978
as Bannai Tarao
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Akira Takeda
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1978
as Bannai Tarao
Violent Streets
1974
as Yazaki Ryuji
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Akira Takeda
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Genzui Kusaka
The Gate of Youth
1975
Kanto Wanderer
1963
as Katsuta
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Akira Takeda
A Legend of Turmoil
1992
as Shuji Otaki
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2003
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960
as Jirô Shimizu
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
as Taki
Women's Police
1969
as Masaaki Kagari
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976
as Akimitsu Hojo
Shura Group Part 3
2002
Rusty Knife
1958
as Makoto Terada
Code of Wolves
1974
Black Tight Killers
1966
as Daisuke Hondo
My Sweetheart
1967
as Director Sudo
The Rough One
1969
as Yuji
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
Who's the Real Killer
1957
as Jiro
Retaliation
1968
as Kojiro Samukawa
Who is in the Background?
1959
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
as Akira Takeda
The Angry Rambler
1960
Peonies And Dragons
1970
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
as Hiroshi Taki
Wakai hyou no mure
1959
Badge of the Night
1963
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
1962
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975
Immortal Guy
1967
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
The Human Cyclone
1959
as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Return of the Whirlwind
1962
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
The Reckless One
1967
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
1970
as Masaaki Kagari
The Rambler Goes North
1962
Bōkyō no umi
1962
Friendship of Jazz
1959
as Minoru Hata
100 Gamblers
1969
Pacific Porters
1961
Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
Bloody Territories
1969
as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
Women's Police: Part II
1969
as Masaaki Kagari
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
The Call of Blood
1964
as Ryôta Asari
The Perfect Game
1958
as Sôji Ôki
対決
1967
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
1961
as Ginza Whirlwind
Sign of the Jack
1970
as Yuji Hanamura
Get Over Her
1959
as Osamu Tadokoro
The Plateau Man
1961
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
The Elder Sister
1969
as Goro Fujikawa
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
as Nobuo Kasahara
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
as Akira Ogouchi
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Bastards Without Borders
1965
as Shinsuke Henmi
Again
1984
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
1965
as Koji Himuro
Wind of Volcano
1960
Three Rogues
1968
Zesshou
1958
as Junkichi Sonoda
I Will Challenge
1959
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969
This Day's Life
1957
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
The Killer
1971
Return of the Vagabond
1960
Duel in the Storm
1968
as Seijiro Tamimura
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
1970
as Masaaki Kagari
The Endless Duel
1967
Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
1961
Exiled to Hell
1969
as Koiso Kikuji
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1963
Rambling in the Sea
1961
Shura Group
2002
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Utau abarenbō
1962
The Dragon of Macao
1965
as Ryu
The Black Scar
1961
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969
as One-eyed Ipponmatsu
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
He's the Witness
1960
Shin yūkyōden
1966
Women Smell of Night
1970
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
The Champion
1957
as Cameo
Fearless Comrades
1966
Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
1959
Records of Bloodshed
1970
as Minoru Nojiri
Gambling is My Destiny
1965
Gunshū no naka no taiyō
1959
The Singing Gunman
1967
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Dice and Swords
1968
Hungry Soul
1956
as Akira Ogouchi
The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate
1965
as Koji Himuro
Three Seconds to Zero Hour
1967
as Yabuki
Love in the Air
1962
as Shōji Satake
Ginza Poacher
1969
as Tsuchida Akira
The Way of Youth
1957
About Akira Kobayashi
Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira, born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is Maito Gai (マイトガイ, "Might Guy"). With 144 credits spanning from 1956 to 2003, Akira Kobayashi has appeared in 142 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Akira Kobayashi Movies
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
- Tarao Bannai (1978) — as Bannai Tarao
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) — as Akira Takeda
- The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village (1978) — as Bannai Tarao
- Violent Streets (1974) — as Yazaki Ryuji
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