Kiyoshi Kodama

Kiyoshi Kodama (児玉 清, Kodama Kiyoshi; 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.^[1] 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.^[2] His signature catchphrase on the show is "Attack Chance!"

Kiyoshi Kodama
児玉 清
Born	Kiyoshi Kodama (小玉 清) (1934-01-01)1 January 1934 Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Died	16 May 2011(2011-05-16) (aged 77) Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Kiyoshi Kitagawa (北川 清; real name)
Occupation(s)	TV personality, actor
Years active	1960–2011
Notable work	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

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.^[3]

Kodama died of stomach cancer at a hospital in Chuo, Tokyo on 16 May 2011.^[4]

Works

Film

• The Hidden Fortress (1958, Toho)
• The Bad Sleep Well| (1960, Toho)^[5]
• Salaryman Chushingura (サラリーマン忠臣蔵) (1960, Toho) - Okano
• Salaryman Chushingura 2 (続・サラリーマン忠臣蔵) (1960, Toho) - Okano
• Eternity of Love (別れて生きるときも) (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)^[6]
• Yoba (1976) - Ihara
• Steamboy (2004, Toho) - Robert Stephenson (voice)
• Hero (2007, Toho) - Toshimitsu Nabeshima

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^[7]
• Arigato (ありがとう; "Thank you") (1970–1974, TBS)^[7]
• Hana wa Hanayome (花は花よめ; "Flower to Flower Bride") (1971–1975, NTV)^[7]
• Shiroi Kyotō (1978, Fuji TV) - Hitoshi Sekiguchi^[5]
• Omoide Zukuri (1981, TBS)
• Musashibō Benkei (1986, NHK) - Togashi Yasuie
• Hero (2001, Fuji TV) - Toshimitsu Nabeshima^[7]
• Hero Special (HERO特別編) (2006, Fuji TV)
• Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi (鹿男あをによし) (2008, Fuji TV)
• Code Blue (2008–2010, Fuji TV) - Tadokoro Yoshiaki^[5]

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)^[5][7]
• Surprising Law Travel Agency (びっくり法律旅行社) (2007–2009, NHK General TV)^{[citation needed]}
• Welcome to the words house (NTV)^{[citation needed]}

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 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.^[8] Urakawa who substituted for Kodama since April 2011, hosted Attack 25 until March 2015, after which he was replaced by Shōsuke Tanihara.^[9]