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

The Gate of Youth Part 2

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Black Tight Killers

All Movies (142)

• Road to the Don Theatrical Version2003
• Shura Group Part 22002
• Shura Group2002
• Shura Group Part 32002
• Emperor of Upheaval1993
• A Legend of Turmoil1992 · as Shuji Otaki
• Again1984
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980 · as Akira Takeda
• The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village1978 · as Bannai Tarao
• Tarao Bannai1978 · as Bannai Tarao
• The Gate of Youth Part 21977
• The Yakuza Code Still Lives1976 · as Akimitsu Hojo
• Operation Plazma in Osaka1976
• Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps1975
• The Gate of Youth1975
• Code of Wolves1974
• Father of the Kamikaze1974
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974 · as Akira Takeda
• The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers1974
• Violent Streets1974 · as Yazaki Ryuji
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974 · as Akira Takeda
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973 · as Akira Takeda
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973
• Zorome no San Kyoudai1972
• The Killer1971
• Women Smell of Night1970
• Sign of the Jack1970 · as Yuji Hanamura
• Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies1970 · as Masaaki Kagari
• Records of Bloodshed1970 · as Minoru Nojiri
• Greatest Boss of Japan1970
• Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger1970 · as Masaaki Kagari
• Peonies And Dragons1970
• Ginza Poacher1969 · as Tsuchida Akira
• Bloody Territories1969 · as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
• Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler1969
• Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell1969 · as One-eyed Ipponmatsu
• The Rough One1969 · as Yuji
• The Elder Sister1969 · as Goro Fujikawa
• Women's Police: Part II1969 · as Masaaki Kagari
• 100 Gamblers1969
• Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood1969
• Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin1969
• Women's Police1969 · as Masaaki Kagari
• Exiled to Hell1969 · as Koiso Kikuji
• Three Rogues1968
• Retaliation1968 · as Kojiro Samukawa
• Duel in the Storm1968 · as Seijiro Tamimura
• Diamonds of the Andes1968
• Dice and Swords1968
• The Endless Duel1967
• My Sweetheart1967 · as Director Sudo
• Three Seconds to Zero Hour1967 · as Yabuki
• 対決1967
• The Singing Gunman1967
• The Reckless One1967
• Immortal Guy1967
• Shin yūkyōden1966
• Fearless Comrades1966
• Wandering Song1966
• Black Tight Killers1966 · as Daisuke Hondo
• The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil1966
• The Dragon of Macao1965 · as Ryu
• Bastards Without Borders1965 · as Shinsuke Henmi
• The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice1965 · as Koji Himuro
• Three Stray Dogs1965
• The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate1965 · as Koji Himuro
• Gambling is My Destiny1965
• The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow1965
• Modern Yakuza: Chivalry1965
• Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure1965
• Traveling Alone with a Guitar1964
• Call My Black Dice1964
• The Call of Blood1964 · as Ryôta Asari
• A Wandering Gambler1964
• Punishment of a Lawless Villian1964
• The Flower and the Angry Waves1964
• Tale on Tokai Chivalry1964
• Kanto Wanderer1963 · as Katsuta
• Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji1963
• Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary1963
• Tale on Kanto Chivalry1963 · as Daisaku
• Ginza no jirochō1963
• Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou1963
• Badge of the Night1963
• Hatoba no tobakushi1963
• Utau abarenbō1962
• Bōkyō no umi1962
• Night of Bloody Hell1962
• The Rambler Returns Home1962 · as Hiroshi Taki
• Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love1962 · as Jun Yamakawa
• Return of the Whirlwind1962
• Song of a Traveller1962
• A Rampage Full of Dreams1962
• Love in the Air1962 · as Shōji Satake
• The Rambler Goes North1962
• The Black Scar1961
• Standing Towards the Great Forest1961
• The Plateau Man1961
• Where the Horizon Meets the Sun1961
• Rambling in the Sea1961
• Rambling in the Wind1961
• でかんしょ風来坊1961
• Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm1961 · as Ginza Whirlwind
• Pacific Porters1961
• The Rambler under the Southern Cross1961
• The Angry Rambler1960
• The Rambler Rides Again1960 · as Shinji
• The Rambler on a Pearl Farm1960
• Tokyo Mighty Guy1960 · as Jirô Shimizu
• The Rambler in the Sunset1960
• Wind of Volcano1960
• Return of the Vagabond1960
• He's the Witness1960
• The Guitarist from the Sea1960
• Yakuza Song1960
• The Guitarist and the Rancher1960
• Who is in the Background?1959
• The Rambling Guitarist1959 · as Taki
• The Human Cyclone1959 · as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
• Farewell to Southern Tosa1959
• Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero1959
• Wakai hyou no mure1959
• Tokyo no Kodoku1959
• I Will Challenge1959
• Gunshū no naka no taiyō1959
• Get Over Her1959 · as Osamu Tadokoro
• Friendship of Jazz1959 · as Minoru Hata
• The Perfect Game1958 · as Sôji Ôki
• Zesshou1958 · as Junkichi Sonoda
• Young Breasts1958
• The Boy Who Came Back1958 · as Nobuo Kasahara
• The Nun1958 · as Akio Agata
• Rusty Knife1958 · as Makoto Terada
• 高校四年1957
• The Way of Youth1957
• A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era1957 · as Genzui Kusaka
• Who's the Real Killer1957 · as Jiro
• This Day's Life1957
• The Champion1957 · as Cameo
• Hungry Soul, Part II1956 · as Akira Ogouchi
• Hungry Soul1956 · as Akira Ogouchi
• Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki— · as Self

All TV Shows (2)

• Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands1993
• Falcon1981