Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

1938-11-03 • Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan • Male • 143 Known Credits

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").

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-11-03

Place of Birth

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Known Credits

143

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Акира Кобаяси, آکیرا کوبایاشی, Mighty Guy, Akira Kobayashi

Photos

Akira Kobayashi Photo
Akira Kobayashi Photo
Akira Kobayashi Photo
Akira Kobayashi Photo

Tagged Images

No tagged images available.

Known For Movies

Fearless Comrades

Fearless Comrades

1966
Bloody Territories

Bloody Territories

1969
The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate

The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate

1965
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957
Three Stray Dogs

Three Stray Dogs

1965
My Sweetheart

My Sweetheart

1967
The Way of Youth

The Way of Youth

1957
The Guitarist from the Sea

The Guitarist from the Sea

1960
Hungry Soul

Hungry Soul

1956
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

1962
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973
The Champion

The Champion

1957
Greatest Boss of Japan

Greatest Boss of Japan

1970
The Elder Sister

The Elder Sister

1969
100 Gamblers

100 Gamblers

1969
The Gate of Youth Part 2

The Gate of Youth Part 2

1977
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

1970
Wind of Volcano

Wind of Volcano

1960
Women's Police

Women's Police

1969
Retaliation

Retaliation

1968
The Boy Who Came Back

The Boy Who Came Back

1958
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974
A Legend of Turmoil

A Legend of Turmoil

1992
The Rambler Rides Again

The Rambler Rides Again

1960
Tale on Tokai Chivalry

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

1964
Violent Streets

Violent Streets

1974
Tokyo Mighty Guy

Tokyo Mighty Guy

1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher

The Guitarist and the Rancher

1960
The Rambler in the Sunset

The Rambler in the Sunset

1960
The Dragon of Macao

The Dragon of Macao

1965
Call My Black Dice

Call My Black Dice

1964
Emperor of Upheaval

Emperor of Upheaval

1993
Zesshou

Zesshou

1958
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974
Father of the Kamikaze

Father of the Kamikaze

1974
高校四年

高校四年

1957
Women's Police: Part II

Women's Police: Part II

1969
The Rambler Returns Home

The Rambler Returns Home

1962
Three Seconds to Zero Hour

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

1967
Who's the Real Killer

Who's the Real Killer

1957
Young Breasts

Young Breasts

1958
Women Smell of Night

Women Smell of Night

1970
Shura Group

Shura Group

2002
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

1980
Black Tight Killers

Black Tight Killers

1966
The Angry Rambler

The Angry Rambler

1960
The Flower and the Angry Waves

The Flower and the Angry Waves

1964
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

1978
The Nun

The Nun

1958
Kanto Wanderer

Kanto Wanderer

1963
The Perfect Game

The Perfect Game

1958
Song of a Traveller

Song of a Traveller

1962
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

1966
Hungry Soul, Part II

Hungry Soul, Part II

1956
Shura Group Part 3

Shura Group Part 3

2002
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

1963
Return of the Vagabond

Return of the Vagabond

1960
The Yakuza Code Still Lives

The Yakuza Code Still Lives

1976
Operation Plazma in Osaka

Operation Plazma in Osaka

1976
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

1960
Love in the Air

Love in the Air

1962
Tale on Kanto Chivalry

Tale on Kanto Chivalry

1963
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

1975
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

1974
The Rambling Guitarist

The Rambling Guitarist

1959
The Rambler under the Southern Cross

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

1961
The Famous Wanderer

The Famous Wanderer

1961
Code of Wolves

Code of Wolves

1974
The Rambler Goes North

The Rambler Goes North

1962
The Reckless One

The Reckless One

1967
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary

1963
Pacific Porters

Pacific Porters

1961
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler

1969
I Will Challenge

I Will Challenge

1959
Farewell to Southern Tosa

Farewell to Southern Tosa

1959
Gambling is My Destiny

Gambling is My Destiny

1965
This Day's Life

This Day's Life

1957
Shura Group Part 2

Shura Group Part 2

2002
Tarao Bannai

Tarao Bannai

1978
The Rough One

The Rough One

1969
Again

Again

1984
Traveling Alone with a Guitar

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

1964
Return of the Whirlwind

Return of the Whirlwind

1962
The Black Scar

The Black Scar

1961
Tokyo no Kodoku

Tokyo no Kodoku

1959
Punishment of a Lawless Villian

Punishment of a Lawless Villian

1964
Peonies And Dragons

Peonies And Dragons

1970
The Gate of Youth

The Gate of Youth

1975
The Call of Blood

The Call of Blood

1964
Badge of the Night

Badge of the Night

1963
A Wandering Gambler

A Wandering Gambler

1964
The Endless Duel

The Endless Duel

1967
Utau abarenbō

Utau abarenbō

1962
Exiled to Hell

Exiled to Hell

1969
Rambling in the Sea

Rambling in the Sea

1961
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

1969
Wandering Song

Wandering Song

1966
Dice and Swords

Dice and Swords

1968
Gunshū no naka no taiyō

Gunshū no naka no taiyō

1959
The Killer

The Killer

1971
The Human Cyclone

The Human Cyclone

1959
The Singing Gunman

The Singing Gunman

1967
Records of Bloodshed

Records of Bloodshed

1970
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

1963
A Rampage Full of Dreams

A Rampage Full of Dreams

1962
Night of Bloody Hell

Night of Bloody Hell

1962
Standing Towards the Great Forest

Standing Towards the Great Forest

1961
Light The Explosives

Light The Explosives

1959
Duel in the Storm

Duel in the Storm

1968
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger

Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger

1970
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell

1969
Rusty Knife

Rusty Knife

1958
Who is in the Background?

Who is in the Background?

1959
Sign of the Jack

Sign of the Jack

1970
Get Over Her

Get Over Her

1959
Zorome no San Kyoudai

Zorome no San Kyoudai

1972
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

1969
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

1965
Immortal Guy

Immortal Guy

1967
Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

1961
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure

Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure

1965
Hatoba no tobakushi

Hatoba no tobakushi

1963
Young Panther

Young Panther

1959
Yakuza Song

Yakuza Song

1960
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice

The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice

1965
Three Rogues

Three Rogues

1968
Diamonds of the Andes

Diamonds of the Andes

1968
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm

Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm

1961
Shin yūkyōden

Shin yūkyōden

1966
Ginza no jirochō

Ginza no jirochō

1963
Ginza Poacher

Ginza Poacher

1969
対決

対決

1967
Bōkyō no umi

Bōkyō no umi

1962
Road to the Don Theatrical Version

Road to the Don Theatrical Version

2003
Friendship of Jazz

Friendship of Jazz

1959
The Plateau Man

The Plateau Man

1961
He's the Witness

He's the Witness

1960
Bastards Without Borders

Bastards Without Borders

1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow

The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow

1965
Rambling in the Wind

Rambling in the Wind

1961

Known For TV Shows

Falcon

Falcon

1981
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

1993

Movie Credits

Fearless Comrades

1966

Bloody Territories

1969

Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member

The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate

1965

Koji Himuro (Gambler)

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957

Genzui Kusaka

Three Stray Dogs

1965

My Sweetheart

1967

Director Sudo

The Way of Youth

1957

The Guitarist from the Sea

1960

Hungry Soul

1956

Akira Ogouchi

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

1962

Jun Yamakawa

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973

Akira Takeda

The Champion

1957

Cameo

Greatest Boss of Japan

1970

The Elder Sister

1969

Goro Fujikawa

100 Gamblers

1969

The Gate of Youth Part 2

1977

Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

1970

Masaaki Kagari

Wind of Volcano

1960

Women's Police

1969

Masaaki Kagari

Retaliation

1968

Kojiro Samukawa

The Boy Who Came Back

1958

Nobuo Kasahara

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974

Akira Takeda

A Legend of Turmoil

1992

Shuji Otaki

The Rambler Rides Again

1960

Shinji

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

1964

Violent Streets

1974

Ryuji Yazaki

Tokyo Mighty Guy

1960

Jirô Shimizu

The Guitarist and the Rancher

1960

The Rambler in the Sunset

1960

The Dragon of Macao

1965

Ryu

Call My Black Dice

1964

Koji Himuro (Gambler)

Emperor of Upheaval

1993

Zesshou

1958

Junkichi Sonoda

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974

Akira Takeda

Father of the Kamikaze

1974

高校四年

1957

Women's Police: Part II

1969

Masaaki Kagari

The Rambler Returns Home

1962

Hiroshi Taki

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

1967

Yabuki

Who's the Real Killer

1957

Jiro

Young Breasts

1958

Women Smell of Night

1970

Shura Group

2002

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

1980

Akira Takeda

Black Tight Killers

1966

Daisuke Hondo

The Angry Rambler

1960

The Flower and the Angry Waves

1964

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

1978

Bannai Tarao

The Nun

1958

Akio Agata

Kanto Wanderer

1963

Katsuta

The Perfect Game

1958

Sôji Ôki

Song of a Traveller

1962

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

1966

Koji Himura (Gambler)

Hungry Soul, Part II

1956

Akira Ogouchi

Shura Group Part 3

2002

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

1963

Return of the Vagabond

1960

The Yakuza Code Still Lives

1976

Akimitsu Hojo

Operation Plazma in Osaka

1976

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

1960

Love in the Air

1962

Shōji Satake

Tale on Kanto Chivalry

1963

Daisaku

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

1975

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

1974

The Rambling Guitarist

1959

Taki

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

1961

The Famous Wanderer

1961

Code of Wolves

1974

The Rambler Goes North

1962

The Reckless One

1967

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary

1963

Pacific Porters

1961

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler

1969

I Will Challenge

1959

Farewell to Southern Tosa

1959

Gambling is My Destiny

1965

Koji Himura (The Wandering Gambler)

This Day's Life

1957

Shura Group Part 2

2002

Tarao Bannai

1978

Bannai Tarao

The Rough One

1969

Yuji

Again

1984

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

1964

Return of the Whirlwind

1962

The Black Scar

1961

Tokyo no Kodoku

1959

Punishment of a Lawless Villian

1964

Peonies And Dragons

1970

The Gate of Youth

1975

The Call of Blood

1964

Ryôta Asari

Badge of the Night

1963

A Wandering Gambler

1964

Koji Himuro (The Wandering Gambler)

The Endless Duel

1967

Utau abarenbō

1962

Exiled to Hell

1969

Koiso Kikuji

Rambling in the Sea

1961

Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

1969

Wandering Song

1966

Dice and Swords

1968

Gunshū no naka no taiyō

1959

The Killer

1971

The Human Cyclone

1959

Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")

The Singing Gunman

1967

Records of Bloodshed

1970

Minoru Nojiri

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

1963

A Rampage Full of Dreams

1962

Night of Bloody Hell

1962

Standing Towards the Great Forest

1961

Light The Explosives

1959

Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)

Duel in the Storm

1968

Seijiro Tamimura

Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger

1970

Masaaki Kagari

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell

1969

One-eyed Ipponmatsu

Rusty Knife

1958

Makoto Terada

Who is in the Background?

1959

Sign of the Jack

1970

Yuji Hanamura

Get Over Her

1959

Osamu Tadokoro

Zorome no San Kyoudai

1972

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

1969

Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

1965

Immortal Guy

1967

Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

1961

Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure

1965

Hatoba no tobakushi

1963

Young Panther

1959

Yakuza Song

1960

The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice

1965

Koji Himuro

Three Rogues

1968

Diamonds of the Andes

1968

Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm

1961

Ginza Whirlwind

Shin yūkyōden

1966

Ginza no jirochō

1963

Ginza Poacher

1969

Tsuchida Akira

対決

1967

Bōkyō no umi

1962

Road to the Don Theatrical Version

2003

Friendship of Jazz

1959

Minoru Hata

The Plateau Man

1961

He's the Witness

1960

Bastards Without Borders

1965

Shinsuke Henmi

The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow

1965

Rambling in the Wind

1961

TV Credits

Falcon

1981

(24 episodes)

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

1993

(23 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

The Demon Comes in Spring

Director

1989

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

Theme Song Performance

1963

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.