Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

Known for
Acting
Born
November 3, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki poster

Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki

Movie · as Self

2003
Road to the Don Theatrical Version poster

Road to the Don Theatrical Version

Movie

2002
Shura Group poster

Shura Group

Movie

2002
Shura Group Part 2 poster

Shura Group Part 2

Movie

2002
Shura Group Part 3 poster

Shura Group Part 3

Movie

1993
Emperor of Upheaval poster

Emperor of Upheaval

Movie

1993
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands poster

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

TV · 23 eps

1992
A Legend of Turmoil poster

A Legend of Turmoil

Movie · as Shuji Otaki

1984
Again poster

Again

Movie

1981
Falcon poster

Falcon

TV · 24 eps

1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Movie · as Akira Takeda

1978
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village poster

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

Movie · as Bannai Tarao

1978
Tarao Bannai poster

Tarao Bannai

Movie · as Bannai Tarao

1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2 poster

The Gate of Youth Part 2

Movie

1976
The Yakuza Code Still Lives poster

The Yakuza Code Still Lives

Movie · as Akimitsu Hojo

1976
Operation Plazma in Osaka poster

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Movie

1975
The Gate of Youth poster

The Gate of Youth

Movie

1975
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps poster

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

Movie

1974
Violent Streets poster

Violent Streets

Movie · as Ryuji Yazaki

1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Movie · as Akira Takeda

1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Movie · as Akira Takeda

1974
Father of the Kamikaze poster

Father of the Kamikaze

Movie

1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers poster

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

Movie

1974
Code of Wolves poster

Code of Wolves

Movie

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Movie · as Akira Takeda

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie

1972
Three Brothers' Identical Dice poster

Three Brothers' Identical Dice

Movie

1971
The Killer poster

The Killer

Movie

1970
Records of Bloodshed poster

Records of Bloodshed

Movie · as Minoru Nojiri

1970
Greatest Boss of Japan poster

Greatest Boss of Japan

Movie

1970
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger poster

Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger

Movie · as Masaaki Kagari

1970
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies poster

Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

Movie · as Masaaki Kagari

1970
Peonies And Dragons poster

Peonies And Dragons

Movie

1970
Women Smell of Night poster

Women Smell of Night

Movie

1970
Sign of the Jack poster

Sign of the Jack

Movie · as Yuji Hanamura

1969
Women's Police poster

Women's Police

Movie · as Masaaki Kagari

1969
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell poster

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell

Movie · as One-eyed Ipponmatsu

1969
100 Gamblers poster

100 Gamblers

Movie

1969
Bloody Territories poster

Bloody Territories

Movie · as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member

1969
Women's Police: Part II poster

Women's Police: Part II

Movie · as Masaaki Kagari

1969
Exiled to Hell poster

Exiled to Hell

Movie · as Koiso Kikuji

1969
The Elder Sister poster

The Elder Sister

Movie · as Goro Fujikawa

1969
The Rough One poster

The Rough One

Movie · as Yuji

1969
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler poster

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler

Movie

1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin poster

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

Movie

1969
Ginza Poacher poster

Ginza Poacher

Movie · as Tsuchida Akira

1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood poster

Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

Movie

1968
Duel in the Storm poster

Duel in the Storm

Movie · as Seijiro Tamimura

1968
Three Rogues poster

Three Rogues

Movie

1968
Retaliation poster

Retaliation

Movie · as Kojiro Samukawa

1968
Dice and Swords poster

Dice and Swords

Movie

1968
Diamonds of the Andes poster

Diamonds of the Andes

Movie

1967
Three Seconds to Zero Hour poster

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

Movie · as Yabuki

1967
Immortal Guy poster

Immortal Guy

Movie

1967
The Reckless One poster

The Reckless One

Movie

1967
The Singing Gunman poster

The Singing Gunman

Movie

1967
My Sweetheart poster

My Sweetheart

Movie · as Director Sudo

1967
The Endless Duel poster

The Endless Duel

Movie

1967
対決 poster

対決

Movie

1966
Fearless Comrades poster

Fearless Comrades

Movie

1966
Black Tight Killers poster

Black Tight Killers

Movie · as Daisuke Hondo

1966
Shin yūkyōden poster

Shin yūkyōden

Movie

1966
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil poster

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

Movie · as Koji Himura (Gambler)

1966
Wandering Song poster

Wandering Song

Movie

1965
Bastards Without Borders poster

Bastards Without Borders

Movie · as Shinsuke Henmi

1965
Gambling is My Destiny poster

Gambling is My Destiny

Movie · as Koji Himura (The Wandering Gambler)

1965
The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate poster

The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate

Movie · as Koji Himuro (Gambler)

1965
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice poster

The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice

Movie · as Koji Himuro

1965
The Dragon of Macao poster

The Dragon of Macao

Movie · as Ryu

1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow poster

The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow

Movie

1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure poster

Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure

Movie

1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry poster

Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

Movie

1965
Three Stray Dogs poster

Three Stray Dogs

Movie

1965
Iki ni kanzu poster

Iki ni kanzu

Movie

1964
Tale on Tokai Chivalry poster

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

Movie

1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves poster

The Flower and the Angry Waves

Movie

1964
Traveling Alone with a Guitar poster

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

Movie

1964
Punishment of a Lawless Villian poster

Punishment of a Lawless Villian

Movie

1964
The Call of Blood poster

The Call of Blood

Movie · as Ryôta Asari

1964
A Wandering Gambler poster

A Wandering Gambler

Movie · as Koji Himuro (The Wandering Gambler)

1964
Call My Black Dice poster

Call My Black Dice

Movie · as Koji Himuro (Gambler)

1963
Kanto Wanderer poster

Kanto Wanderer

Movie · as Katsuta

1963
Badge of the Night poster

Badge of the Night

Movie

1963
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou poster

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

Movie

1963
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary poster

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary

Movie

1963
Hatoba no tobakushi poster

Hatoba no tobakushi

Movie

1963
Ginza no jirochō poster

Ginza no jirochō

Movie

1963
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji poster

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

Movie

1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry poster

Tale on Kanto Chivalry

Movie · as Daisaku

1962
A Rampage Full of Dreams poster

A Rampage Full of Dreams

Movie

1962
Song of a Traveller poster

Song of a Traveller

Movie

1962
Night of Bloody Hell poster

Night of Bloody Hell

Movie

1962
Return of the Whirlwind poster

Return of the Whirlwind

Movie

1962
Bōkyō no umi poster

Bōkyō no umi

Movie

1962
Utau abarenbō poster

Utau abarenbō

Movie

1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love poster

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

Movie · as Jun Yamakawa

1962
Love in the Air poster

Love in the Air

Movie · as Shōji Satake

1962
The Rambler Goes North poster

The Rambler Goes North

Movie

1962
The Rambler Returns Home poster

The Rambler Returns Home

Movie · as Hiroshi Taki

1961
Standing Towards the Great Forest poster

Standing Towards the Great Forest

Movie

1961
The Plateau Man poster

The Plateau Man

Movie

1961
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm poster

Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm

Movie · as Ginza Whirlwind

1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross poster

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

Movie

1961
The Black Scar poster

The Black Scar

Movie

1961
Rambling in the Sea poster

Rambling in the Sea

Movie

1961
Pacific Porters poster

Pacific Porters

Movie

1961
Where the Horizon Meets the Sun poster

Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

Movie

1961
The Drifter Against the Wind poster

The Drifter Against the Wind

Movie

1961
The Famous Wanderer poster

The Famous Wanderer

Movie

1960
The Wild, Unruly Drifter poster

The Wild, Unruly Drifter

Movie

1960
He's the Witness poster

He's the Witness

Movie

1960
Return of the Vagabond poster

Return of the Vagabond

Movie

1960
The Rambler Rides Again poster

The Rambler Rides Again

Movie · as Shinji

1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm poster

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

Movie

1960
Tokyo Mighty Guy poster

Tokyo Mighty Guy

Movie · as Jirô Shimizu

1960
Yakuza Song poster

Yakuza Song

Movie

1960
The Rambler in the Sunset poster

The Rambler in the Sunset

Movie

1960
Volcano Wind poster

Volcano Wind

Movie

1960
The Drifter from the Sea poster

The Drifter from the Sea

Movie

1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher poster

The Guitarist and the Rancher

Movie

1959
Who is in the Background? poster

Who is in the Background?

Movie

1959
I Will Challenge poster

I Will Challenge

Movie

1959
The Rambling Guitarist poster

The Rambling Guitarist

Movie · as Taki

1959
Young Panther poster

Young Panther

Movie

1959
Tokyo no Kodoku poster

Tokyo no Kodoku

Movie

1959
Light The Explosives poster

Light The Explosives

Movie · as Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)

1959
The Human Cyclone poster

The Human Cyclone

Movie · as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")

1959
Farewell to Southern Tosa poster

Farewell to Southern Tosa

Movie

1959
Friendship of Jazz poster

Friendship of Jazz

Movie · as Minoru Hata

1959
Gunshū no naka no taiyō poster

Gunshū no naka no taiyō

Movie

1959
Get Over Her poster

Get Over Her

Movie · as Osamu Tadokoro

1959
Waterfront Outlaws poster

Waterfront Outlaws

Movie

1958
Zesshou poster

Zesshou

Movie · as Junkichi Sonoda

1958
Rusty Knife poster

Rusty Knife

Movie · as Makoto Terada

1958
The Perfect Game poster

The Perfect Game

Movie · as Sôji Ôki

1958
Young Breasts poster

Young Breasts

Movie

1958
The Boy Who Came Back poster

The Boy Who Came Back

Movie · as Nobuo Kasahara

1958
The Nun poster

The Nun

Movie · as Akio Agata

1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era poster

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Movie · as Genzui Kusaka

1957
This Day's Life poster

This Day's Life

Movie

1957
The Champion poster

The Champion

Movie · as Cameo

1957
Who's the Real Killer poster

Who's the Real Killer

Movie · as Jiro

1957
高校四年 poster

高校四年

Movie

1957
The Way of Youth poster

The Way of Youth

Movie

1956
Hungry Soul poster

Hungry Soul

Movie · as Akira Ogouchi

1956
Hungry Soul, Part II poster

Hungry Soul, Part II

Movie · as Akira Ogouchi