Kiyoshi Kodama
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. 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. His signature catchphrase on the show is "Attack Chance!" An avid reader, Kodama hosted a TV book review show.
Kiyoshi Kodama
東宝三十年史編纂委員会編『東宝三十年史』東宝、1963年 · Public domain
- Name
- Kiyoshi Kodama
- Born
- 1 January 1934
- Birthplace
- Kita, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 16 May 2011
- Place of death
- Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- TV personality, actor
- Spouse
- Machiko Kitagawa (1964–2011)
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Gakushuin University
- Languages
- Japanese
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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. 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. His signature catchphrase on the show is "Attack Chance!" An avid reader, Kodama hosted a TV book review show.
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Kiyoshi Kodama (1934–2011) was an actor, tarento and television actor, of Japanese and Japanese nationality. The actor was born in Kita and died in Chūō. Kiyoshi Kodama was educated at Gakushuin University. Languages used include Japanese.
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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. Kodama died of stomach cancer at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo on 16 May 2011.
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Key facts
• Name — Kiyoshi Kodama • Native Name — 児玉 清 • Birth Name — Kiyoshi Kodama • Born — 1 January 1934 • Birthplace — Kita, Tokyo, Japan • Died — 16 May 2011 • Place of death — Chuo, Tokyo, Japan • Other Names — Kiyoshi Kitagawa • 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 — www.office-kodama.co.jp/
Drama
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 • Arigato (1970–1974, TBS) • Hana wa Hanayome (1971–1975, NTV) • Shiroi Kyotō (1978, Fuji TV) - Hitoshi Sekiguchi • Omoide Zukuri (1981, TBS) • Musashibō Benkei (1986, NHK) - Togashi Yasuie • Hero (2001, Fuji TV) - Toshimitsu Nabeshima • Hero Special (2006, Fuji TV) • Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi (2008, Fuji TV) • Code Blue (2008–2010, Fuji TV) - Tadokoro Yoshiaki
Other TV programmes
Other TV programmes
• Toli Quiz Yes-No (1974–1975, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.) • Panel Quiz Attack 25 (1975–2011, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation) • Surprising Law Travel Agency (2007–2009, NHK General TV) • Welcome to the words house (NTV)
Radio
Radio
• Telephone Counseling (2003–2011, Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (LF)) • Selection of Shuhei Fujisawa's Works (2009–2011, LF)
After his death
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. Urakawa who substituted for Kodama since April 2011, hosted Attack 25 until March 2015, after which he was replaced by Shōsuke Tanihara.
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1934
Kiyoshi Kodama born at Kita.
2011
Kiyoshi Kodama died at Chūō.
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Film
• The Hidden Fortress (1958, Toho) • The Bad Sleep Well| (1960, Toho) • Salaryman Chushingura (1960, Toho) - Okano • Salaryman Chushingura 2 (1960, Toho) - Okano • Eternity of Love (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) • Yoba (1976) - Ihara • Steamboy (2004, Toho) - Robert Stephenson (voice) • Hero (2007, Toho) - Toshimitsu Nabeshima
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- “Kiyoshi Kodama”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1138238: Kiyoshi Kodama
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- 1.The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 17 May 2011.
- 2.Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. Panel Quiz Attack 25 website. 17 May 2011.
- 3.The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Steamboy" voice actor Kiyoshi Kodama dies at 77. 19 May 2011.
- 4.Office Kodama. Kiyoshi Kodama Official Website. 17 May 2011.
- 5.日本海大海戦. eiga.com.
- 6.児玉清. Shinchosha.
- 7.児玉清さん死去、77歳「アタック25」など司会. Asahi Shimbun Dead link. June 2025.
- 8.Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. 20 May 2011.
- 9.The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 17 May 2011.
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