Masahiro Kobayashi (actor) explained

Masahiro Kobayashi
Native Name:	小林 正寛
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	16 May 1971
Birth Place:	Yakumo, Futami District, Hokkaido, Japan
Years Active:	1995–2023

is a retired Japanese actor and voice actor from Yakumo, Hokkaido. In 1995, he enrolled in the Seinenza Theater Company. Kobayashi's notable roles include Barret Wallace, and Ryid Uruk from the Final Fantasy video game series. He retired from the acting industry sometime after the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake.^[1]

Filmography

Drama

• Seija no Kōshin (1998), Tatsuo Inose
• GTO (1998), Hajime Hakamada
• (1998), Detective Kita
• Kamen Rider Kabuto (2006), Negishi
• (2008), Detective Morioka
• Shōni Kyūmei (2008, episode 2), Asaoka
• Samurai High School (2009), Tetsuhiko Hirano
• Promise of Iyashi-ya Chirico (2015), Tokigawa Atsuya Officer^[2]
• Mikaiketsu Jiken: File. 05 (2016), Kunihiro Matsuo

Film

• (2001), Teruaki Takeda
• Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005), Barret Wallace^{[3] [4]}
• Koi Suru Kanojo, Nishi e (2008), Yamashita

Television animation

• Detective Conan (1996), Katsumi Yamada (ep. 42)
• Hajime no Ippo (2000), Jason Ozuma
• Human Crossing (2003), Hiroshi Ozaki (ep. 13)

Video games

• (2001), Warrior
• (2006), Barret Wallace^[5]
• Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011), Ryid Uruk^[5]
• Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015), Ryid Uruk
• World of Final Fantasy (2016), Bahamut^[5]
• Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020), Barret Wallace^[6]

Notes and References

1. 2023-09-21 . 『FF7 リバース』インタビュー。前作からの謎や連携をはじめとしたバトルの新要素など気になるポイントを開発陣に直撃！ 新規ビジュアルも公開【TGS2023】 . 2023-12-08 . Famitsu . en.
2. Web site: 泉ピン子、昼ドラ初出演 嫁いびりの姑役は「朝ドラのおかげ」. ORICON. 2015-07-24. 2015-09-29.
3. Web site: FFVII Advent Children . . . February 13, 2006 . August 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102412/http://www.1up.com/news/ffvii-advent-children . February 8, 2012 . dead .
4. Book: ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン ~Reunion Files~ . ja . Square Enix . Square Enix . . May 20, 2006 . 978-4-7973-3498-2.
5. Web site: Masahiro Kobayashi (visual voices guide) . behindthevoiceactors.com . May 22, 2020 . . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information..
6. Web site: バレット・ウォーレス | CHARACTER | FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE | SQUARE ENIX - スクウェア・エニックス|language=ja|website=jp.square-enix.com|access-date=November 7, 2019}}
   ] (2023), Barret Wallace (archive recordings)

   Dubbing roles

   • South Park (2001-2006), Jerome "Chef" McElroy (season five to season ten)

   External links

   • Masahiro Kobayashi at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
   • Masahiro Kobayashi at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database

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