Osamu Kobayashi (小林修, Kobayashi Osamu; November 22, 1934 – June 28, 2011) was a Japanese voice actor.
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Biography
Kobayashi was the executive director of Dōjinsha Production. He was a baritone. He dubbed the voice of Yul Brynner in various movies.
On June 28, 2011, Kobayashi died of pancreatic cancer at age 76. His company closed after his death.
Filmography
Live-action
Ōgon Bat (1966) (Ōgon Bat) (voice)
Kousoku Esper (1967) – Narrator
Gamera: Super Monster (1980) – Captain (voice)
Seiun Kamen Machineman (1984) – Narrator
Kyodai Ken Byclosser (1985) Narrator
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (1995, Episode: 46) – Bara Guard (voice)
Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996, Episodes: 37-48) – Reckless Dash Emperor Exhaus / Exhaus Super-Strong (voice)
Television animation
Ōgon Bat (1967) (Ōgon Bat)
Space Battleship Yamato (1974) (Admiral Domel)
Space Battleship Yamato II (1978) (Emperor Zwordar)
Space Battleship Yamato III (1980) (Captain Jiro Dan)
New Tetsujin-28 (1980) (Branch)
Six God Combination Godmars (1981) (President Gyron)
Story of the Alps: My Annette (1983) (Pierre)
Panzer World Galient (1984) (Azbes)
Space Legend Ulysses 31 (1991 NHK edition) (Ulysses)
Noir (2001) (Salvatore)
Original video animation (OVA)
Panzer World Galient: Tetsu no Monshō (1986) (Mādaru)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Ottō Braunshweig)
Mars (1994) (Chief Cabinet Secretary)
Theatrical animation
Space Battleship Yamato (1977) – Domel
Hokkyoku no Muushika Miishika (1979) (Muu)
Phoenix 2772 (1980) – Boon
Gamera: Super Monster (1980) – 'Zanon' Captain (voice)
Be Forever Yamato (1980) – Osamu Yamanami
Crusher Joe: The Movie (1983) – Bard
Final Yamato (1983) – Captain Mizutani
Silent Möbius 2 (1992) – Combined Apparition
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (1993) – Otto Von Braunschweig
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003) – Yaku
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun (2004) – Chris
Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection (2009) – Blue Noah Captain
Video games
Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (The Emperor of China)
Toy Story 3: The Video Game (xxxx, Japanese dub) (Prospector)
Dubbing roles
Yul Brynner
Anastasia (General Bounine)
The Brothers Karamazov (Dmitri Karamazov)
The Magnificent Seven (Chris Adams)
Taras Bulba (Taras Bulba)
Invitation to a Gunfighter (Jules Gaspard d'Estaing)
Cast a Giant Shadow (Asher)
Return of the Seven (Chris Adams)
Triple Cross (Col. Baron von Grunen)
The Double Man (Dan Slater / Kalmar)
Villa Rides (Pancho Villa)
Battle of Neretva (Vlado)
The File of the Golden Goose (Peter Novak)
Adiós, Sabata (Sabata/Indio Black)
Catlow (Catlow)
Fuzz (The Deaf Man)
Night Flight from Moscow (Vlassov)
Westworld (Gunslinger)
The Ultimate Warrior (Carson)
12 Angry Men (1969 TV Asahi edition) (Juror #1 (Martin Balsam))
Amadeus (1986 TV Asahi edition) (Leopold Mozart (Roy Dotrice))
Big (MacMillan (Robert Loggia))
Successors
Katsunosuke Hori — Hyouge Mono: Fujitaka Hosokawa
Ikuya Sawaki — Second Super Robot Taisen Z Reunion: Branch
Akimitsu Takase — Mission: Impossible: Willie Armitage
Minoru Inaba — Under Siege 2: Dark Territory: Admiral Bates (TV Asahi version)
Hideyuki Tanaka — Anpanman: Mr. Cherokee
Jin Urayama — Amadeus: Leopold Mozart
Ryokai Morita — Enter the Dragon: Han (TBS version)
Kenyu Horiuchi — Monkey Business: Dr. Burnaby Fulton (Cary Grant)
