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My Take
Kiyoshi Kawakubo is the kind of actor who never needed his name in lights to matter. Born in 1929 in Kanagawa, he came up in an era when the craft was everything and self-promotion wasn't even a concept — you showed up, you did the work, and you let the performance speak. Pulling double duty as both a screen actor and a voice actor tells you something about his range and his work ethic; that voice-only discipline demands a different kind of precision, and the fact that he did both says he had chops to spare. I get strong Scorpio craftsman energy from him — the kind of guy who'd rather quietly master something than talk about it. He passed in April 2019, and I think it's fair to say the industry carries a lot of quiet foundations laid by people exactly like him.
Overview
Kiyoshi Kawakubo (1929–2019) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture. Working across both on-screen performance and voice work, he represented a generation of versatile performers who built long careers spanning theatrical and vocal disciplines. He was born on November 18, 1929, and passed away on April 16, 2019.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kiyoshi Kawakubo
- Name (Japanese)
- 川久保潔
- Reading
- かわくぼ きよし
- Born
- November 18, 1929 – April 16, 2019
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake (Mi)
- Origin
- Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Actor / Voice Actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E4%B9%85%E4%BF%9D%E6%BD%94
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.