Osamu Kobayashi (voice actor) explained

Osamu Kobayashi
Native Name:	小林 修
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	22 November 1934
Birth Place:	Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Death Place:	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:	1950 - 2011
Agent:	Dojinsha Production
Height:	168 cm

was a Japanese actor and the former executive director of Dōjinsha Production until its closure. He was a baritone.

Death

On June 28, 2011, Kobayashi died of pancreatic cancer at age 76.^[1] His company closed after his death.

Filmography

Live-action

• Kousoku Esper (1967) – Narrator
• 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)^[2]
• 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))^[3]
• 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))^[4]
• The Crazies (1979 Fuji TV edition) (David (W.G. McMillan))
• Days of Thunder (Tim Daland (Randy Quaid))^[5]
• Deliverance (Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds))
• Die Hard (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Dwayne T. Robinson (Paul Gleason))
• The Distinguished Gentleman (Dick Dodge (Lane Smith))^[6]
• (Alan Kent (Bud Tingwell))^[7]
• Dune (Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV (José Ferrer))^[8]
• El Dorado (Cole Thornton (John Wayne))^[9]
• First Blood (1999 Nippon TV edition) (Colonel Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna))^[10]
• The Full Monty (Gerald Arthur Cooper (Tom Wilkinson))^[11]
• 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))^[12]
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (Brendan Gleeson))^[13]
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody (Brendan Gleeson))^[14]
• Hulk (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (Sam Elliott))^[15]
• Iron Will (J.W. Harper (David Ogden Stiers))^[16]
• Jacob's Ladder (1993 Nippon TV edition) (Louis Denardo (Danny Aiello))^[17]
• Loaded Weapon 1 (General Curtis Mortars (William Shatner))^[18]
• 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))^[19]
• (Patrick Henry Gates (Jon Voight))^[20]
• Pride and Glory (Francis Tierney, Sr. (Jon Voight))^[21]
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1985 Nippon TV and 1993 DVD edition) (Sallah (John Rhys-Davies))^{[22] [23]}
• Rawhide (Gil Favor (Eric Fleming))
• (George Grove (Charles Cioffi))^[24]
• The Rookie (Jim Morris Sr. (Brian Cox))^[25]
• Scrooged (Preston Rhinelander (Robert Mitchum))^[26]
• Secondhand Lions (Garth McCann (Michael Caine))^[27]
• Sherlock Holmes (Sir Thomas Rotheram (James Fox))^[28]
• Top Gun (1989 Fuji TV edition) (CDR Tom "Stinger" Jordan (James Tolkan))
• The Towering Inferno (1989 TBS edition) (James Duncan (William Holden))^[29]

Animation

• The Fantastic Four (Mister Fantastic)
• Mulan (The Emperor of China)
• Mulan II (The Emperor of China)^[30]
• 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 — Mission: Impossible: 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=201107/2011070400365
2. Web site: http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/staff.php?code=89186. ja:宇宙伝説ユリシーズ３１. Animax. ja. January 22, 2010.
3. Web site: アマデウス. February 6, 2023. The Cinema.
4. Web site: 星の王子ニューヨークへ行く. December 3, 2021. The Cinema.
5. Web site: デイズ・オブ・サンダー. March 13, 2019. Star Channel.
6. Web site: ホワイトハウス狂騒曲. December 3, 2021. Disney.
7. Web site: ホラー・マニアックス シリーズ - 驚きの強力ラインナップ、特別仕様で蘇る傑作ホラーコレクション!. December 7, 2021. Happinet.
8. Web site: デューン/砂の惑星 日本公開30周年記念特別版 Blu-ray BOX. July 23, 2020. Amazon.
9. Web site: エル・ドラド（１９６６）. August 16, 2020. Star Channel.
10. Web site: ランボー 4Kレストア版. October 5, 2021. HMV.
11. Web site: フル・モンティ. November 21, 2021. Wowow.
12. Web site: ハリー・ポッターと炎のゴブレット. November 2, 2021. NTV.
13. Web site: ハリー・ポッターと不死鳥の騎士団. November 29, 2021. Nippon Television. https://web.archive.org/web/20141019110357/http://www.ntv.co.jp/kinro/lineup/20130823/index.html. October 19, 2014.
14. Web site: ハリー・ポッターと死の秘宝 PART1. March 17, 2019. Fukikaeru.
15. Web site: ハルク. December 30, 2022. The Cinema.
16. Web site: アイアン・ウィル -白銀に燃えて-. May 4, 2019. Disney Japan.
17. Web site: ジェイコブス・ラダー. June 29, 2021. Zeque Productions.
18. Web site: 37172[VHS]ローデッド・ウェポン１（吹替）標準語]. October 31, 2021. Aucfan.
19. Web site: ナショナル・トレジャー. March 13, 2019. Star Channel.
20. Web site: ナショナル・トレジャー２／リンカーン暗殺者の日記. March 13, 2019. Star Channel.
21. Web site: プライド＆グローリー. March 26, 2020. Warner Bros..
22. Web site: 15年ぶりの最新作‼『#インディ・ジョーンズと運命のダイヤル』公開記念！5月、6月「#インディ・ジョーンズ」4作品を放送！第4作は #村井國夫 さんによる金曜ロード･オリジナルの新録音!｜金曜ロードシネマクラブ . 2023-05-16 . 金曜ロードシネマクラブ . ja.
23. Web site: インディ・ジョーンズ レイダース 失われたアーク《聖櫃》 / Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark [Blu-ray] / パラマウント ジャパン ]. 2023-05-16 . paramount.jp.
24. Web site: レモ／第１の挑戦＜HDマスター・スペシャルエディション＞. June 29, 2021. Zeque Productions.
25. Web site: オールド・ルーキー. March 12, 2019. Star Channel.
26. Web site: 3人のゴースト. February 12, 2023. The Cinema.
27. Web site: ウォルター少年と、夏の休日. September 21, 2021. Warner Bros..
28. Web site: シャーロック・ホームズ[吹]]. September 8, 2019. Star Channel.
29. Web site: THE TOWERING INFERNO . 2024-05-12 . www.cinemagate.com.
30. Web site: ムーラン2. February 1, 2023. The Cinema.