Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor, died from stomach cancer he was , 77.

Kiyoshi Kodama was a Japanese TV personality and actor died from stomach cancer he was , 77.. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show Panel Quiz Attack 25 continuously for 36 years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the end of March 2011.
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.
Kodama died of stomach cancer at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo on 16 May 2011.

(1 January 1934 – 16 May 2011)

Works

Filmography

• The Hidden Fortress (隠し砦の三悪人^?) (1950, Toho)
• The Bad Sleep Well (悪い奴ほどよく眠る^?) (1960, Toho)
• Salaryman Chushingura (サラリーマン忠臣蔵^?) (1960, Toho)
• Eternity of Love (別れて生きるときも^?) (1961, Toho)
• Salaryman Chushingura 2 (続・サラリーマン忠臣蔵^?) (1961, Toho)
• The Longest Day of Japan (日本のいちばん長い日^?) (1967, Toho)
• Steamboy (スチームボーイ^?) (2005, Toho)
• Hero (2007, Toho)

Drama

• Arigato (ありがとう^?, "Thank you") (1970-1975, TBS)
• Hana wa Hanayome (花は花よめ^?, "Flower to Flower Bride") (1971-1975, NTV)
• Shiroi Kyotō (白い巨塔^?) (1978, Fuji TV)
• Hero (2001, Fuji TV)
• Hero Special (HERO特別編^?) (2006, Fuji TV)
• Code Blue (コード・ブルー -ドクターヘリ救急救命-^?) (2007, 2008, 2010, Fuji TV)
• Taiga Drama Ryomaden (龍馬伝^?) (2010, NHK)

Other TV programmes

• Toli Quiz Yes-No (東リクイズ・イエス・ノー^?) (1974-1975, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.)
• Panel Quiz Attack 25 (パネルクイズ アタック25^?) (1975-2011, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation)
• Surprising Law Travel Agency (びっくり法律旅行社^?) (2007-2009, NHK General TV)

Radio

• Telephone Counseling (テレフォン人生相談^?) (2003-2011, Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (LF))
• Selection of Shuhei Fujisawa's Works (朗読・藤沢周平傑作選^?) (2009-2011, LF)

After his death

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation broadcasted the special nationwide programme of "Attack 25" on the 22nd day of May 2011 to mourn his death. In the programmme, two ABC presenters Yasuyuki Urakawa and Akiko Kato told vewers all over Japan about Kiyoshi Kodama and the 36-year history of "Attack 25", showing famous scenes in "Attack 25", treasured pictures of him which only ABC owns, and comments of memories from special guests. ^[5] Urakawa who substituted for Kodama since April 2011 continues to host Attack 25.^[6]

 

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