Kohei Kiyasu

Kohei Kiyasu (喜安 浩平, Kiyasu Kōhei, February 19, 1975) is a Japanese actor, voice actor (seiyū), director and screenwriter. He was born in Masaki Town, Iyo District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. In 1998, he passed the cast audition for Nylon 100 °C, and since 1999 he has been a member of the theater company. In 2000, he founded the theater troupe Bull Docking Headlock (ブルドッキングヘッドロック). In the same year, he made his voice acting debut as Makunouchi Ippo in the television anime Hajime no Ippo.

Blood and Bones (2004)

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Yutaka Matsushige

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Yutaka Matsushige

In This Corner of the World (2016)

Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sunao Katabuchi
CAST:  Non  •  Yoshimasa Hosoya  •  Daisuke Ono  •  Mayumi Shintani

Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sunao Katabuchi
CAST:  Non  •  Yoshimasa Hosoya  •  Daisuke Ono  •  Mayumi Shintani

Space Monster DEMEKING (2009)

Junior high school student Hiroshi, who will only play with younger children, meets the young, taciturn Hachiya as he rides his bike. Shortly after, a strange friendship begins to blossom between them. But then Hachiya disappears, leaving behind only the puzzling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kotaro Terauchi
CAST:  Takeshi Nadagi  •  Manami Honjo  •  Guts Ishimatsu  •  Takashi Matsuo

Junior high school student Hiroshi, who will only play with younger children, meets the young, taciturn Hachiya as he rides his bike. Shortly after, a strange friendship begins to blossom between them. But then Hachiya disappears, leaving behind only the puzzling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kotaro Terauchi
CAST:  Takeshi Nadagi  •  Manami Honjo  •  Guts Ishimatsu  •  Takashi Matsuo

The Prince of Tennis: Showdown in England's Tennis Fortress (2011)

Seigaku travels to England to play a tournament representing Japan but they are attacked by a group of street tennis players who were banned from playing official tournaments because of their rough play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunsuke Tada
CAST:  Yuki Kaida  •  Naru Kawamoto  •  Kohei Kiyasu  •  Takayuki Kondo

Seigaku travels to England to play a tournament representing Japan but they are attacked by a group of street tennis players who were banned from playing official tournaments because of their rough play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunsuke Tada
CAST:  Yuki Kaida  •  Naru Kawamoto  •  Kohei Kiyasu  •  Takayuki Kondo

Fighting Spirit - Mashiba vs. Kimura (2003)

Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now he must face the intense champion, Mashiba for the Junior Lightweight championship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Namimi Sanjo
CAST:  Keiji Fujiwara  •  Wataru Takagi  •  Masahiko Tanaka  •  Kohei Kiyasu

Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now he must face the intense champion, Mashiba for the Junior Lightweight championship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Namimi Sanjo
CAST:  Keiji Fujiwara  •  Wataru Takagi  •  Masahiko Tanaka  •  Kohei Kiyasu

Fighting Spirit: Champion Road (2003)

Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Nishimura
CAST:  Kohei Kiyasu  •  Rikiya Koyama  •  Kenji Utsumi  •  Masaya Onosaka

Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Nishimura
CAST:  Kohei Kiyasu  •  Rikiya Koyama  •  Kenji Utsumi  •  Masaya Onosaka

The Prince of Tennis: A Day on Survival Mountain (2002)

Echizen and the Seigaku regulars took a day off of their normal routines and went hiking on a mountain, where a tennis resort awaits their arrival. Expecting to do some special training, the team reaches the destination only to find their precious tennis courts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Hamana
CAST:  Junko Minagawa  •  Hiroki Takahashi  •  Kenjiro Tsuda  •  Kohei Kiyasu

Echizen and the Seigaku regulars took a day off of their normal routines and went hiking on a mountain, where a tennis resort awaits their arrival. Expecting to do some special training, the team reaches the destination only to find their precious tennis courts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Hamana
CAST:  Junko Minagawa  •  Hiroki Takahashi  •  Kenjiro Tsuda  •  Kohei Kiyasu

Fafner in the Azure: Right of Left -Single Program- (2005)

Yumi Ikoma and Ryou Masaoka are children who have been selected to take part in a top secret mission, to be the pilots of the first Fafner combat units; the last chance of survival for the human race. The enemy is ruthless, remorseless and is able to read the minds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuyoshi Habara
CAST:  Akiko Kimura  •  Kohei Kiyasu  •  Mamoru Miyano  •  Yuhko Kaida

Yumi Ikoma and Ryou Masaoka are children who have been selected to take part in a top secret mission, to be the pilots of the first Fafner combat units; the last chance of survival for the human race. The enemy is ruthless, remorseless and is able to read the minds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuyoshi Habara
CAST:  Akiko Kimura  •  Kohei Kiyasu  •  Mamoru Miyano  •  Yuhko Kaida