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Ryûsuke Ôbayashi

Ryûsuke Ôbayashi

Actor · Born March 13, 1946 (80) · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Ryusuke Ohbayashi (大林 隆介 Ōbayashi Ryūsuke, born March 13, 1946 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor. Some of his best known roles include Soun Tendo in Ranma ½ and Captain Kiichi Goto in Patlabor. He was formerly credited as Ryūnosuke Ōbayashi (大林 隆之介 Ōbayashi Ryūnosuke), and his real name is Shōchi Ōbayashi (大林 昌一 Ōbayashi Shōichi). He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 13, 1946 (80)
From
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 49 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 17% in 30 days

What are Ryûsuke Ôbayashi's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
44%
Self
18%
Morality
13%
Ideas
12%
Power
6%
Survival
4%
Society
3%
Romantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Easy watch: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their easy watch movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 3 of 3 analyzed roles.

Mentor
3 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
5
Tense
3
Joyful
2
Bittersweet
3
Romantic
3
Other
7

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ryûsuke Ôbayashi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ryûsuke Ôbayashi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

49 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Taisho Otome Fairy Tale(2021)

    Show 7 episodes · as Narration (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Macross Delta: Zettai Live!!!!!!(2021)

    as Exsedol Folmo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Pompo: The Cinéphile(2021)

    as Bank President (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Heavy Object(2015)

    Show 24 episodes · as Flide-giin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Hyouge Mono (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 39 episodes · as (voice)

  • Night Raid 1931 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 13 episodes · as Shin'ichirou Sakurai

  • Tailenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Loser King (voice)

  • うさるさん (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • The Hill Dyed Rose Madder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · as Katagiri (Father)

  • Scarecrowman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 26 episodes · Actor

  • Cellphone Investigator 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Baccano! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 4 episodes · as Bartolo Runorata (voice)

  • Monster(2004)

    Show 7 episodes · as Verdemann (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Requiem from the Darkness(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Taroumaru (voice)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • MiniPato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · as Kiichi Gotou (voice)

  • WXIII: Patlabor(2001)

    as Kiichi Gotoh (voice)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Chance Pop Session (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 13 episodes · as Old Man

  • Platinumhugen Ordian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 24 episodes · as Jouji Aibara (voice)

  • Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 14 episodes · as Ken Sanada

  • To Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Serial Experiments Lain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 13 episodes · as Yasuo Iwakura - Lain's father (voice)

  • Fancy Lala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 26 episodes · as Mystery Man (voice)

  • Jungle de Ikou! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 3 episodes · as Natsume's father (voice)

  • Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 35 episodes · as Akasegawa

  • Romeo's Blue Skies(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · as Roberto (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Macross 7(1994)

    Show 49 episodes · as Exsedol Folmo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • DNA² (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 12 episodes · as Yokomori (voice)

  • Patlabor 2: The Movie(1993)

    as Kiichi Goto (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Ai monogatari(1991)

    as Takiguchi (voice)

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ranma ½: The Movie 2, Nihao My Concubine(1992)

    as Soun Tendo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Actor

  • Ranma ½: The Movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China(1991)

    as Soun Tendo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Harikomi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Actor

  • Patlabor: The New Files (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 16 episodes · as Kiichi Gotou (voice)

  • Patlabor: The TV Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 47 episodes · as Captain Kiichi Goto (voice)

  • Patlabor: The Movie(1989)

    as Kiichi Goto (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Ranma ½(1989)

    Show 55 episodes · as Soun Tendo · as Soun Tendo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Patlabor: Early Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 7 episodes · as Kiichi Gotou (voice)

  • Luminous Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012(1987)

    as Exsedol Folmo

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • California Crisis: Gun Salvo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as D.J (voice)

  • Love Position: The Legend of Halley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Robert (voice)

  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show as Ben Wooder

  • Birth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Soldier A

  • Macross: Do You Remember Love?(1984)

    as Exsedol 4970 (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Document: Fang of the Sun Dougram (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Joke (voice)

  • Armored Trooper VOTOMS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 10 episodes · as combatant B (voice) · as correspondent (voice) · as executive · as executive A (voice) · as leader D (voice) · as Motorcycle gang (voice) · as Officer C (voice) · as police officer A (voice) · as policeman (voice) · as Rochina's men (voice) · as secret agent (voice) · as secret agent A (voice) · as signal soldier (voice) · as soldier (voice) · as soldier A (voice) · as staff officer A (voice) · as staff officer B (voice) · as warrior (voice)

  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 36 episodes · as Exsedol Folmo (voice)

  • Fang of the Sun Dougram (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 75 episodes · as Jokku

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 49 titles from 1981 to 2021; peak year 1992.

Biggest box office

Patlabor: The Movie (1989)

$579K worldwide

Highest rated

Romeo's Blue Skies (1995)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Macross 7 (1994)

Film career

19812021

Peak 1992 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1982Screen debut· Super Dimension Fortress Macross
  • 1984First film· Macross: Do You Remember Love?
  • 1993Career best· Patlabor 2: The Movie

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting49 of 49: 49 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score84th

By decade

1980s15 · acting1990s16 · acting2000s12 · acting2010s3 · acting2020s3 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 8 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Ryûsuke Ôbayashi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Macross Delta: Zettai Live!!!!!! (2021)

80th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Monster (2004)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Ryûsuke Ôbayashi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ryûsuke Ôbayashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kenji Kawai shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers