86-year-old actor Akira Kobayashi will appear on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) on January 6th at 1pm for the first time in 13 years. On his previous appearance, he appeared with actor Ruriko Asaoka, with whom he was in a relationship during his time with Nikkatsu. He will talk about the reasons for his separation from Asaoka, with whom he had considered marrying.
At the age of 13, he passed the audition for the third Nikkatsu New Face audition, and during Nikkatsu's golden age, he shared popularity with actor Yujiro Ishihara, and also had a successful career as a singer. Kobayashi, who was famous for filming action scenes without stunts, became a global star who called him an "idol," and many other legends are revealed, including the famous song that paid off debts worth hundreds of millions.
In 1967, he married former actor Kyoko Aoyama. After their marriage, Aoyama retired to continue supporting her husband, but passed away five years ago at the age of 84. He reveals the words his wife said after her surgery for a brain tumor, and his thoughts about his late wife.
