Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira, born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is Maito Gai (マイトガイ, "Might Guy").

KNOWN FOR

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993
Falcon
1981
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Violent Streets
1974
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
The Gate of Youth
1975
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Women's Police
1969

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
144
Directing
1
Sound
1
2026
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
as Self
2003
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2002
Shura Group
2002
Shura Group Part 3
2002
Shura Group Part 2
1993
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1992
A Legend of Turmoil
as Shuji Otaki
1984
Again
1981
Falcon
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Akira Takeda
1978
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
as Bannai Tarao
1978
Tarao Bannai
as Bannai Tarao
1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1976
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
as Akimitsu Hojo
1976
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1975
The Gate of Youth
1975
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1974
Violent Streets
as Ryuji Yazaki
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Akira Takeda
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Akira Takeda
1974
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
Code of Wolves
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Akira Takeda
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1972
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1971
The Killer
1970
Records of Bloodshed
as Minoru Nojiri
1970
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
as Masaaki Kagari
1970
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
as Masaaki Kagari
1970
Peonies And Dragons
1970
Women Smell of Night
1970
Sign of the Jack
as Yuji Hanamura
1969
Women's Police
as Masaaki Kagari
1969
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
as One-eyed Ipponmatsu
1969
100 Gamblers
1969
Bloody Territories
as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
1969
Women's Police: Part II
as Masaaki Kagari
1969
Exiled to Hell
as Koiso Kikuji
1969
The Elder Sister
as Goro Fujikawa
1969
The Rough One
as Yuji
1969
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
Ginza Poacher
as Tsuchida Akira
1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1968
Duel in the Storm
as Seijiro Tamimura
1968
Three Rogues
1968
Retaliation
as Kojiro Samukawa
1968
Dice and Swords
1968
Diamonds of the Andes
1967
Three Seconds to Zero Hour
as Yabuki
1967
Immortal Guy
1967
The Reckless One
1967
The Singing Gunman
1967
My Sweetheart
as Director Sudo
1967
The Endless Duel
1967
対決
1966
Fearless Comrades
1966
Black Tight Killers
as Daisuke Hondo
1966
Shin yūkyōden
1966
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
as Koji Himura (Gambler)
1966
Wandering Song
1965
Bastards Without Borders
as Shinsuke Henmi
1965
Gambling is My Destiny
as Koji Himura (The Wandering Gambler)
1965
The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate
as Koji Himuro (Gambler)
1965
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
as Koji Himuro
1965
The Dragon of Macao
as Ryu
1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Three Stray Dogs
1964
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
The Call of Blood
as Ryôta Asari
1964
A Wandering Gambler
as Koji Himuro (The Wandering Gambler)
1964
Call My Black Dice
as Koji Himuro (Gambler)
1963
Kanto Wanderer
as Katsuta
1963
Badge of the Night
1963
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1963
Hatoba no tobakushi
1963
Ginza no jirochō
1963
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
as Daisaku
1962
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
Song of a Traveller
1962
Night of Bloody Hell
1962
Return of the Whirlwind
1962
Bōkyō no umi
1962
Utau abarenbō
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
as Jun Yamakawa
1962
Love in the Air
as Shōji Satake
1962
The Rambler Goes North
1962
The Rambler Returns Home
as Hiroshi Taki
1961
Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
The Plateau Man
1961
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
as Ginza Whirlwind
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
The Black Scar
1961
Rambling in the Sea
1961
Pacific Porters
1961
Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
1961
The Drifter Against the Wind
1961
The Famous Wanderer
1960
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
1960
He's the Witness
1960
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
as Shinji
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Tokyo Mighty Guy
as Jirô Shimizu
1960
Yakuza Song
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Volcano Wind
1960
The Drifter from the Sea
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1959
Who is in the Background?
1959
I Will Challenge
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
as Taki
1959
Young Panther
1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Light The Explosives
as Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
1959
The Human Cyclone
as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
1959
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Friendship of Jazz
as Minoru Hata
1959
Gunshū no naka no taiyō
1959
Get Over Her
as Osamu Tadokoro
1958
Zesshou
as Junkichi Sonoda
1958
Rusty Knife
as Makoto Terada
1958
The Perfect Game
as Sôji Ôki
1958
Young Breasts
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
as Nobuo Kasahara
1958
The Nun
as Akio Agata
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Genzui Kusaka
1957
This Day's Life
1957
The Champion
as Cameo
1957
Who's the Real Killer
as Jiro
1957
高校四年
1957
The Way of Youth
1956
Hungry Soul
as Akira Ogouchi
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Akira Ogouchi