
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)

Violent Streets
1974
as Yazaki Ryuji

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973

Tarao Bannai
1978
as Bannai Tarao

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Akira Takeda

The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Akira Takeda

Emperor of Upheaval
1993

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1978
as Bannai Tarao

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Akira Takeda

Kanto Wanderer
1963
as Katsuta

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Genzui Kusaka

Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2003

A Legend of Turmoil
1992
as Shuji Otaki

Black Tight Killers
1966
as Daisuke Hondo

The Gate of Youth
1975

Three Seconds to Zero Hour
1967
as Yabuki

Get Over Her
1959
as Osamu Tadokoro

Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976

Diamonds of the Andes
1968

Code of Wolves
1974

Women's Police
1969
as Masaaki Kagari

Retaliation
1968
as Kojiro Samukawa

Father of the Kamikaze
1974

Love in the Air
1962
as Shōji Satake

The Dragon of Macao
1965
as Ryu

The Rough One
1969
as Yuji

The Rambler Rides Again
1960
as Shinji

The Boy Who Came Back
1958
as Nobuo Kasahara

My Sweetheart
1967
as Director Sudo

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
as Akira Takeda

The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976
as Akimitsu Hojo

Women Smell of Night
1970

The Rambler Goes North
1962

The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate
1965
as Koji Himuro

A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962

Zesshou
1958
as Junkichi Sonoda

Rusty Knife
1958
as Makoto Terada

The Rambler in the Sunset
1960

The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964

Young Breasts
1958

The Champion
1957
as Cameo

Return of the Whirlwind
1962

Dice and Swords
1968

Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964

Shura Group Part 3
2002

Shura Group
2002

Wakai hyou no mure
1959

Women's Police: Part II
1969
as Masaaki Kagari

The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961

Gambling is My Destiny
1965

The Rambling Guitarist
1959
as Taki

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974

The Perfect Game
1958
as Sôji Ôki

対決
1967

The Angry Rambler
1960

100 Gamblers
1969

The Call of Blood
1964
as Ryôta Asari

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975

Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961

Peonies And Dragons
1970

Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
1966

Who is in the Background?
1959

Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964

The Black Scar
1961

Immortal Guy
1967

Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
1970
as Masaaki Kagari

Tokyo no Kodoku
1959

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969

The Elder Sister
1969
as Goro Fujikawa

A Wandering Gambler
1964

Song of a Traveller
1962

Badge of the Night
1963

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969
as One-eyed Ipponmatsu

Exiled to Hell
1969
as Koiso Kikuji

Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965

The Reckless One
1967

Bloody Territories
1969
as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member

The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960

Bōkyō no umi
1962

The Singing Gunman
1967

Rambling in the Sea
1961

The Nun
1958
as Akio Agata

Shura Group Part 2
2002

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962
as Jun Yamakawa

Pacific Porters
1961

Who's the Real Killer
1957
as Jiro

Sign of the Jack
1970
as Yuji Hanamura

The Guitarist from the Sea
1960

Utau abarenbō
1962

Records of Bloodshed
1970
as Minoru Nojiri

Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
as Akira Ogouchi

The Killer
1971

Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
1970
as Masaaki Kagari

Again
1984

I Will Challenge
1959

Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972

Bastards Without Borders
1965
as Shinsuke Henmi

Hungry Soul
1956
as Akira Ogouchi

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969

Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960
as Jirô Shimizu

Call My Black Dice
1964

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1963

Duel in the Storm
1968
as Seijiro Tamimura

Wind of Volcano
1960

Ginza no jirochō
1963

Friendship of Jazz
1959
as Minoru Hata

Shin yūkyōden
1966

The Poem of the Blue Star
1960

Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
1959

The Rambler Returns Home
1962
as Hiroshi Taki

Gunshū no naka no taiyō
1959

Three Rogues
1968

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960

Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
1962

Return of the Vagabond
1960

Greatest Boss of Japan
1970

Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965

Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
1961
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
- Violent Streets (1974) — as Yazaki Ryuji
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
- Tarao Bannai (1978) — as Bannai Tarao
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) — as Akira Takeda
- The Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977)
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