Masahiro Kobayashi (actor)

Japanese actor and voice actor
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1995–2023Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Masahiro Kobayashi (小林 正寛, Kobayashi Masahiro, born May 16, 1971) is a retired Japanese actor and voice actor from Yakumo, Hokkaido. In 1995, he enrolled in the Seinenza Theater Company.[citation needed] Kobayashi's notable roles include Barret Wallace, and Ryid Uruk from the Final Fantasy video game series. He retired from the acting industry sometime after the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake.[1]

Filmography

Drama

  • Seija no Kōshin (1998), Tatsuo Inose
  • GTO (1998), Hajime Hakamada
  • Kansatsui: Akiko Murō (1998), Detective Kita
  • Kamen Rider Kabuto (2006), Negishi
  • Gonzō: Densetsu no Keiji (2008), Detective Morioka
  • Shōni Kyūmei (2008, episode 2), Asaoka
  • Samurai High School (2009), Tetsuhiko Hirano
  • Promise of Iyashi-ya Chirico (2015), Tokigawa Atsuya Officer[2]
  • Mikaiketsu Jiken: File. 05 (2016), Kunihiro Matsuo

Film

  • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), Teruaki Takeda
  • Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005), Barret Wallace[3][4]
  • Koi Suru Kanojo, Nishi e (2008), Yamashita

Television animation

  • Detective Conan (1996), Katsumi Yamada (ep. 42)[5]
  • Hajime no Ippo (2000), Jason Ozuma
  • Human Crossing (2003), Hiroshi Ozaki (ep. 13)[5]

Video games

  • Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001), Warrior
  • Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006), Barret Wallace[5]
  • Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011), Ryid Uruk[5]
  • Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015), Ryid Uruk
  • World of Final Fantasy (2016), Bahamut[5]
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020), Barret Wallace[6]
  • Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (2023), Barret Wallace (archive recordings)[5]

Dubbing roles

  • South Park (2001-2006), Jerome "Chef" McElroy (season five to season ten)

References

  1. ^ "『FF7 リバース』インタビュー。前作からの謎や連携をはじめとしたバトルの新要素など気になるポイントを開発陣に直撃！ 新規ビジュアルも公開【TGS2023】". Famitsu. 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ^ "泉ピン子、昼ドラ初出演 嫁いびりの姑役は「朝ドラのおかげ」". ORICON. 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. ^ "FFVII Advent Children". 1UP.com. Ziff Davis. February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  4. ^ Square Enix, ed. (May 20, 2006). ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン ~Reunion Files~ (in Japanese). SoftBank Creative. ISBN 978-4-7973-3498-2.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Masahiro Kobayashi (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved May 22, 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ^ "バレット・ウォーレス | CHARACTER | FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE | SQUARE ENIX - スクウェア・エニックス". jp.square-enix.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  • Masahiro Kobayashi at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
  • Masahiro Kobayashi at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database (in Japanese)
  • Masahiro Kobayashi at IMDb


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