Osamu Kobayashi (voice actor)

was a Japanese voice actor.

Biography

Kobayashi was the executive director of Dōjinsha Production. He was a baritone. He dubbed the voice of Yul Brynner in various movies.

On June 28, 2011, Kobayashi died of pancreatic cancer at age 76. His company closed after his death.

Filmography

Live-action

• Ōgon Bat (1966) (Ōgon Bat) (voice)
• Kousoku Esper (1967) – Narrator
• ' (1980) – Captain (voice)
• Seiun Kamen Machineman (1984) – Narrator
• Kyodai Ken Byclosser (1985) Narrator
• Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (1995, Episode: 46) – Bara Guard (voice)
• Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996, Episodes: 37-48) – Reckless Dash Emperor Exhaus / Exhaus Super-Strong (voice)

Television animation

• Ōgon Bat (1967) (Ōgon Bat)
• Space Battleship Yamato (1974) (Admiral Domel)
• Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) (Emperor Zwordar)
• Space Battleship Yamato III (1980) (Captain Jiro Dan)
• New Tetsujin-28 (1980) (Branch)
• Six God Combination Godmars (1981) (President Gyron)
• ' (1983) (Pierre)
• Panzer World Galient (1984) (Azbes)
• Space Legend Ulysses 31 (1991 NHK edition) (Ulysses)
• Noir (2001) (Salvatore)

Original video animation (OVA)

• Panzer World Galient: Tetsu no Monshō (1986) (Mādaru)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Ottō Braunshweig)
• Mars (1994) (Chief Cabinet Secretary)

Theatrical animation

• Space Battleship Yamato (1977) – Domel
• Hokkyoku no Muushika Miishika (1979) (Muu)
• Phoenix 2772 (1980) – Boon
• ' (1980) – 'Zanon' Captain (voice)
• Be Forever Yamato (1980) – Osamu Yamanami
• Crusher Joe: The Movie (1983) – Bard
• Final Yamato (1983) – Captain Mizutani
• Silent Möbius 2 (1992) – Combined Apparition
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (1993) – Otto Von Braunschweig
• ' (2003) – Yaku
• ' (2004) – Chris
• ' (2009) – Blue Noah Captain

Video games

• Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (The Emperor of China)
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game (xxxx, Japanese dub) (Prospector)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Yul Brynner
• Anastasia (General Bounine)
• The Brothers Karamazov (Dmitri Karamazov)
• The Magnificent Seven (Chris Adams)
• Taras Bulba (Taras Bulba)
• Invitation to a Gunfighter (Jules Gaspard d'Estaing)
• Cast a Giant Shadow (Asher)
• Return of the Seven (Chris Adams)
• Triple Cross (Col. Baron von Grunen)
• The Double Man (Dan Slater / Kalmar)
• Villa Rides (Pancho Villa)
• Battle of Neretva (Vlado)
• The File of the Golden Goose (Peter Novak)
• Adiós, Sabata (Sabata/Indio Black)
• Catlow (Catlow)
• Fuzz (The Deaf Man)
• Night Flight from Moscow (Vlassov)
• Westworld (Gunslinger)
• The Ultimate Warrior (Carson)
• 12 Angry Men (1969 TV Asahi edition) (Juror #1 (Martin Balsam))
• Amadeus (1986 TV Asahi edition) (Leopold Mozart (Roy Dotrice))
• Big (MacMillan (Robert Loggia))
• Chain Reaction (1999 TV Asahi edition) (Dr. Paul Shannon (Morgan Freeman))
• Coming to America (1991 Fuji TV edition) (King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones))
• The Crazies (1979 Fuji TV edition) (David (W.G. McMillan))
• Days of Thunder (Tim Daland (Randy Quaid))
• Deliverance (Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds))
• Die Hard (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Dwayne T. Robinson (Paul Gleason))
• The Distinguished Gentleman (Dick Dodge (Lane Smith))
• ' (Alan Kent (Bud Tingwell))
• Dune (Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV (José Ferrer))
• El Dorado (Cole Thornton (John Wayne))
• First Blood (1999 Nippon TV edition) (Colonel Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna))
• The Full Monty (Gerald Arthur Cooper (Tom Wilkinson))
• The Glenn Miller Story (1968 TV Asahi edition) (Don Haynes (Charles Drake))
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (Brendan Gleeson))
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (Brendan Gleeson))
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (Brendan Gleeson))
• Hulk (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (Sam Elliott))
• Iron Will (J.W. Harper (David Ogden Stiers))
• Jacob's Ladder (1993 Nippon TV edition) (Louis Denardo (Danny Aiello))
• Loaded Weapon 1 (General Curtis Mortars (William Shatner))
• The Longest Day (1997 TV Tokyo edition) (Benjamin H. Vandervoort (John Wayne))
• The Matrix Reloaded (2006 Fuji TV edition) (Captain Mifune (Nathaniel Lees))
• The Matrix Revolutions (2007 Fuji TV edition) (Captain Mifune (Nathaniel Lees))
• National Treasure (Patrick Henry Gates (Jon Voight))
• ' (Patrick Henry Gates (Jon Voight))
• Pride and Glory (Francis Tierney, Sr. (Jon Voight))
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1985 Nippon TV and 1993 DVD edition) (Sallah (John Rhys-Davies))
• Rawhide (Gil Favor (Eric Fleming))
• ' (George Grove (Charles Cioffi))
• The Rookie (Jim Morris Sr. (Brian Cox))
• Scrooged (Preston Rhinelander (Robert Mitchum))
• Secondhand Lions (Garth McCann (Michael Caine))
• Sherlock Holmes (Sir Thomas Rotheram (James Fox))
• Top Gun (1989 Fuji TV edition) (CDR Tom "Stinger" Jordan (James Tolkan))
• The Towering Inferno (1989 TBS edition) (James Duncan (William Holden))

Animation

• The Fantastic Four (Mister Fantastic)
• Mulan (The Emperor of China)
• Mulan II (The Emperor of China)
• Toy Story 2 (Stinky Pete the Prospector)
• We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (Rex)

Successors

• Katsunosuke Hori — Hyouge Mono: Fujitaka Hosokawa
• Ikuya Sawaki — Second Super Robot Taisen Z Reunion: Branch
• Akimitsu Takase — ': Willie Armitage
• Minoru Inaba — ': Admiral Bates (TV Asahi version)
• Hideyuki Tanaka — Anpanman: Mr. Cherokee
• Jin Urayama — Amadeus: Leopold Mozart
• Ryokai Morita — Enter the Dragon: Han (TBS version)
• Kenyu Horiuchi — Monkey Business: Dr. Burnaby Fulton (Cary Grant)

References

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