Akiji Kobayashi | |
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Born |
Tokyo, Japan |
September 6, 1930
Died | August 27, 1996 Yokohama, Japan |
(aged 65)
Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二 Kobayashi Akiji?, September 6, 1930 – August 27, 1996), sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi or Issei Mori, was a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Mura (Muramatsu) in the 1966-1967 television series, Ultraman. Another notable television role was Tōbei Tachibana ("Oya-san") in the 1971 series, Kamen Rider. Kobayashi died of lung cancer in Yokohama at the age of 65.