Masahiro Kobayashi (actor)

Masahiro Kobayashi
小林 正寛
Born	(1971-05-16) May 16, 1971 (age 53) Yakumo, Futami District, Hokkaido, Japan
Occupations	Actor voice actor
Years active	1995–2023
Height	1.91 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. "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 credits or other reliable sources of information.
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.

External links

• Masahiro Kobayashi at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
• Masahiro Kobayashi at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database (in Japanese)
• Masahiro Kobayashi at IMDb