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Kiyoshi Kobayashi was a veteran Japanese voice actor, born in 1933, whose famous roles include Aguille Delaz of Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, the Wolf in Droopy cartoons, Bem in Humanoid Monster Bem, and most famously — Daisuke Jigen of Lupin III. He played the role Jigen in the 1969 pilot, has appeared in every Lupin production but one since then, and remained the only original Lupin voice actor in the cast until his passing in 2022, with Akio Ohtsuka taking over afterwards.
Notable roles:[]
- Batman: The Animated Series (Jonah Hex)
- Death Note (Watari/Quillsh Wammy)
- Demon City Shinjuku (Levi Rah)
- Droopy (The Wolf)
- GaoGaiGar (The Narrator, Ryōsuke Takanohashi}
- Gekisou Sentai Carranger (VRV Master)
- Kyojin no Hoshi (Ozuma Armstrong)
- Lupin III series (Daisuke Jigen)
- Samurai Jack (Thief)
- Shazzan (Shazzan)
- Space Adventure Cobra (Crystal Bowie)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Master Splinter)
- Totally Spies! (Jerry)
- X-Men (Japanese dub) (Forge)
- Yokai Ningen Bem (1968 version) (Bem)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (Aiguille Delaz)
- Samurai Shodown (Yagyu Jubei)
- Amuri in Star Ocean (Ukatan's male voice, Deus Allen)