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Kiyoshi Kodama

{{short description|Japanese actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Kiyoshi Kodama

| native_name = 児玉 清

| birth_name = {{Nihongo|Kiyoshi Kodama|小玉 清}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|01|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kita, Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|05|16|1934|01|01|df=y}}

| death_place = Chuo, Tokyo, Japan

| othername = {{Nihongo|Kiyoshi Kitagawa|北川 清|extra=real name}}

| occupation = TV personality, actor

| years_active = 1960–2011

| notable_works = The Bad Sleep Well
Eternity of Love

| television = Arigato
Hana wa Hanayome
Panel Quiz Attack 25
Shiroi Kyotō
Hero

| spouse = Machiko Kitagawa (1964–2011)

| children = Daisuke Kitagawa

| website = {{URL|www.office-kodama.co.jp/}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Kiyoshi Kodama|児玉 清|Kodama Kiyoshi|real name: Kiyoshi Kitagawa (北川 清), born as Kiyoshi Kodama (小玉 清), 1 January 1934 – 16 May 2011}} was a Japanese TV personality and actor.{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/110517/ent11051719290013-n1.htm |script-title=ja:児玉清さんが死去 俳優、「アタック２５」司会 ７７歳、胃がんで |trans-title=Kiyoshi Kodama Dies of Cancer at 77 - Actor and "Attack 25" Presenter |date=17 May 2011 |publisher=The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital |location=Japan |language=Japanese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520210703/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/110517/ent11051719290013-n1.htm |archivedate=20 May 2011 |accessdate=17 May 2011 |url-status=dead }} He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show Panel Quiz Attack 25 continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the end of March 2011.{{cite web|url=http://asahi.jp/attack25/information/20110517.html |script-title=ja:パネルクイズ アタック25 児玉清さん逝去に伴うお知らせ |trans-title=An announcement of Kiyoshi Kodama's death |date=17 May 2011 |location=Japan |language=Japanese |work=Panel Quiz Attack 25 website |publisher=Asahi Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=17 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728094102/http://asahi.jp/attack25/information/20110517.html |archivedate=28 July 2011 }} His signature catchphrase on the show is "Attack Chance!"

An avid reader, Kodama hosted a TV book review show. He also published his own books. He was a voice actor for the voice of Robert Stephenson in the Japanese version of the 2004 animated movie Steamboy.{{cite web|url=http://blog.bcdb.com/2011/05/steamboy-voice-actor-kiyoshi-kodama-dies-77 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110724023953/http://blog.bcdb.com/2011/05/steamboy-voice-actor-kiyoshi-kodama-dies-77 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2011 |title="Steamboy" voice actor Kiyoshi Kodama dies at 77 |date=19 May 2011 |publisher=The Big Cartoon DataBase |accessdate=19 May 2011 }}

Kodama died of stomach cancer at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo on 16 May 2011.{{cite web |url= http://www.office-kodama.co.jp/20110517.html|title= Kiyoshi Kodama Official Website|date= 17 May 2011|publisher= Office Kodama|location= Japan|language= Japanese |accessdate= 17 December 2011}}

Works

=Film=

  • The Hidden Fortress (1958, Toho)
  • The Bad Sleep Well| (1960, Toho)
  • {{nihongo|Salaryman Chushingura|サラリーマン忠臣蔵}} (1960, Toho) - Okano
  • {{nihongo|Salaryman Chushingura 2|続・サラリーマン忠臣蔵}} (1960, Toho) - Okano
  • {{nihongo|Eternity of Love|別れて生きるときも}} (1961, Toho) - Junkichi Ishiyama
  • Kuroi gashû: Aru sonan (1961) - Hideo Iwase
  • Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) - Han'nojo Sugaya
  • Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Shirei dai hachigo (1963) - Anzai
  • Onna no rekishi (1963)
  • Danchi: Nanatsu no taizai (1964) - Kôji Kawashima
  • Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965) - Fukumoto
  • Senjo ni nagareru uta (1965)
  • Japan's Longest Day (1967, Toho) - Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
  • Battle of the Japan Sea (1969, Toho){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/38469/|title= 日本海大海戦|access-date= 20 October 2021|work= eiga.com}}
  • Yoba (1976) - Ihara
  • Steamboy (2004, Toho) - Robert Stephenson (voice)
  • Hero (2007, Toho) - Toshimitsu Nabeshima

=Drama=

  • NHK taiga drama series
  • Ōgon no Hibi (1978) - Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Shishi no Jidai (1980) - Mizuhoya Usaburō
  • Sanga Moyu (1984) - Fumiya Shimaki
  • Takeda Shingen (1988) - Obu Toramasa
  • Taiheiki (1991) - Hōjō Sadaaki
  • Ryomaden (2010) - Sakamoto Hachihei{{cite web |url= https://www.shinchosha.co.jp/writer/1485/|title= 児玉清|accessdate= 2 December 2020|work= Shinchosha}}
  • {{nihongo|Arigato|ありがとう||extra="Thank you"}} (1970–1974, TBS)
  • {{nihongo|Hana wa Hanayome|花は花よめ||extra="Flower to Flower Bride"}} (1971–1975, NTV)
  • Shiroi Kyotō (1978, Fuji TV) - Hitoshi Sekiguchi{{cite web |url= http://www.asahi.com/special/playback/TKY201105170491.html|title= 児玉清さん死去、77歳「アタック25」など司会|accessdate= 2 December 2020|work= Asahi Shimbun}}
  • Omoide Zukuri (1981, TBS)
  • Musashibō Benkei (1986, NHK) - Togashi Yasuie
  • Hero (2001, Fuji TV) - Toshimitsu Nabeshima
  • {{nihongo|Hero Special|HERO特別編|}} (2006, Fuji TV)
  • {{nihongo|Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi|鹿男あをによし|}} (2008, Fuji TV)
  • Code Blue (2008–2010, Fuji TV) - Tadokoro Yoshiaki

=Other TV programmes=

=Radio=

After his death

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation broadcast the special nationwide programme of "Attack 25" on the 22nd day of May 2011 to mourn his death. In the programme, two Asahi presenters Yasuyuki Urakawa and Akiko Kato told viewers all over Japan about Kiyoshi Kodama and the 36-year history of "Attack 25", showing famous scenes in "Attack 25" including his signature Attack Chance catchphrase, treasured pictures of him owned by TV Asahi, and comments of memories from special guests.{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.co.jp/attack25/special/ |script-title=ja:さようなら 児玉清さん～パネルクイズ アタック25特別番組～ |date=20 May 2011 |publisher=Asahi Broadcasting Corporation |location=Japan |language=Japanese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523043053/http://asahi.co.jp/attack25/special/ |archivedate=23 May 2011 |accessdate=20 May 2011 |url-status=dead }} Urakawa who substituted for Kodama since April 2011, hosted Attack 25 until March 2015, after which he was replaced by Shōsuke Tanihara.{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/110517/ent11051721010015-n1.htm |script-title=ja:【児玉清さん死去】朝日放送「アタック２５」は浦川アナが後継へ |trans-title=(Kiyoshi Kodama's death) ABC announcer Yasuyuki Urakawa to host Attack 25 |date=17 May 2011 |publisher=The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital |location=Japan |language=Japanese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520210704/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/110517/ent11051721010015-n1.htm |archivedate=20 May 2011 |accessdate=17 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.office-kodama.co.jp/ Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
  • {{IMDb name|0462638}}

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Category:1934 births

Category:2011 deaths

Category:Deaths from stomach cancer in Japan

Category:Male actors from Tokyo

Category:Japanese male film actors

Category:Japanese male television actors

Category:Japanese television personalities

Category:Gakushuin University alumni

Category:21st-century Japanese male actors