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Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二 Kobayashi Akiji September 6 1930—August 27 1996) sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi or Issei Mori was a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Mura (Muramatsu) in the 1966-1967 television series Ultraman. Another notable television role was Tōbei Tachibana (Oya-san) in the 1971 series Kamen Rider. Kobayashi died of lung cancer in Yokohama at the age of 65.