Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Kiyoshi Kobayashi (小林 清志) (January 11, 1933 - July 30, 2022) was a Japanese actor, seiyū and narrator from Tokyo. He was currently attached to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society until his death. He was a graduate of the Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa High School and the arts department of Nihon University.

He is best known for his roles in Yōkai Ningen Bem (as Bem), the Lupin III series (as Daisuke Jigen), the Droopy cartoons (as the Wolf) and Shazzan (as Shazzan). As a narrator, he is best known for narrating Shōkan Oriraji Keizaihakusho and Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka.

He passed away due to pneumonia at the age of 89.

Television animation

 * Batman: The Animated Series (Jonah Hex)
 * Death Note (Watari/Quillsh Wammy)
 * Droopy (The Wolf)
 * The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (Narrator)
 * The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final -Grand Glorious Gathering- (Narrator, Ryōsuke Takanohashi)
 * La Seine no Hoshi (Zarar)
 * Lupin III series (Daisuke Jigen)
 * Samurai Jack (Thief)
 * Shazzan (Shazzan)
 * Space Cobra (Crystal Bowie)
 * Star of the Giants (Armstrong Ozuma)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Video edition) (Master Splinter)
 * Totally Spies! (Jerry)
 * X-Men (TV Tokyo edition) (Forge)
 * Yōkai Ningen Bem (1968 version) (Bem)

OVA

 * Jojo's Bizzare Adventure (Mohamed Advol)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Aiguille Delaz)
 * Violence Jack (Jack)

Animated films

 * Twelve Months (January)

Dubbing roles

 * A Few Good Men (Colonel Nathan Jessup)
 * The Insider (Mike Wallace)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Witch-king of Angmar)

General television

 * Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka
 * Shōkan Oriraji Keizaihakusho

Tokusatsu

 * Spectreman (Dr. Gori)
 * Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (Narrator)
 * Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (Bara Darts)
 * Gekisou Sentai Carranger (VRV Master)
 * Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (Degius)
 * ''Kamen Rider Black (Narrator)

Video games

 * BS Zelda no Densetsu (MAP1 and MAP2) (Narrator)