Akiji Kobayashi

, sometimes credited as , was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was best known for portraying Captain Toshio Muramatsu in Ultraman. He also portrayed Tobee Tachibana throughout the Kamen Rider Series.
==Death==
Akiji Kobayashi died of lung cancer on August 27, 1996 in Yokahama, Japan, ten days before his 66th birthday. He was 65 years old at the time.
==Roles==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1966	Ultra Q 	Major Amano 	Episode 19 "Challenge from the Year 2020"
1966	The Birth of Ultraman 	Toshio Muramatsu 	
1966	Ultraman 	Toshio Muramatsu 	
1968	Ultraseven 	Sato 	Episode 47 "Who are You?"
1968	Operation: Mystery 	Taizo Machida 	
1971	Return of Ultraman 	Captain Takamura 	Episode 13 "Terror of the Tsunami Monsters, Tokyo's Big PinchEpisode 14 "Terror of the Two Giant Monsters, Tokyo in a Giant Tornado"
1972	Ultraman Ace 	Akira Koyama 	Episode 6 "Solve the Mystery of the Transforming Terrible-Monster!"
1972	Daigoro vs. Goliath 	Suzuki 	
1973	Horror Theater Unbalance 	Nishiguchi 	Episode 5 "The Woman Calling a Corpse"
1989	The Men Who Made Ultraman: Moon Boat in the Forest of Stars	Bar Hyōtan Barkeeper	
1990	Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars 	Detective 	
1990	Ultraman: Towards the Future 	Arthur Grant 	Japanese dub voice
1996	Revive! Ultraman 	Toshio Muramatsu 	Voiced stock footage
1996	Ultraman Zearth: Parody Chapter 	Tobee Tachibana 	
1996	Ultraman Zearth 	Fisherman 	
===Other Roles===
*Kamen Rider - Tobee Tachibana
*Kamen Rider V3 - Tobee Tachibana
*Kamen Rider X - Tobee Tachibana
*Kamen Rider Amazon - Tobee Tachibana
*Kamen Rider Stronger - Tobee Tachibana
*All assembled! 7 Kamen Riders!! - Tobee Tachibana
*Immortal Kamen Rider Special - Tobee Tachibana
==Gallery==
Major Amano.png|Kobayashi as Major Amano in Ultra Q
Toshio Muramatsu.png|Kobayashi as Toshio Muramatsu in Ultraman
Sato 1967.png|Kobayashi as Sato in Ultraseven
Taizo Machida.png|Kobayashi as Taizo Machida in Operation: Mystery
Captain Takamura.png|Kobayashi as Captain Takamura in Return of Ultraman
Akira Koyama.png|Kobayashi as Akira Koyama in Ultraman Ace
Ultraman-Zearth-Parody-Chapter-Tobei.jpg|Kobayashi as Tobee Tachibana in the Ultraman Zearth: Parody Chapter short
Fisherman 1996.png|Kobayashi as a Fisherman in Ultraman Zearth
Akiji's photograph replaces him reprises the role in Zearth 2.png|Kobayashi's photograph in Ultraman Zearth 2
===Miscellaneous===
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==Trivia==
*Kobayashi passed away before the first Zearth movie was released, making it a posthumous appearance and his last appearance in the Ultraman Series. In Ultraman Zearth 2, a photograph of the fisherman he portrayed in the first film is on a drawer in the house of the civilian played by Masanari Nihei, also revealing him to be that character's father.
*Kobayashi dubbed America actor John Wayne in numerous movies.
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