# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenji-oba
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:53:53.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenji-oba"
name: "Kenji Ōba"
slug: "kenji-oba"
description: "Kenji Takahashi , known professionally as Kenji Ohba  was a Japanese actor and stuntman best known for his roles in the Super Sentai and Metal Heroes series, especially as Retsu Ichijouji/Gavan in the 1982 television series Space Sheriff Gavan."
tagline: "Japanese actor and stuntman (1955-2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenji_Oba_20081102_Chibi_Japan_Expo_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-02-05"
deathDate: "2026-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.22608266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ohbayougo"
    handle:    "ohbayougo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644979/"
    handle:    "nm0644979"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "كينچى اوبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Ohba"
    title: "Kenji Ohba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_%C5%8Cba"
    title: "Kenji Ōba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "کنجی اوبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_%C5%8Cba"
    title: "Kenji Ōba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Oba"
    title: "Kenji Oba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_%C5%8Cba_(attore)"
    title: "Kenji Ōba (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%91%89%E5%81%A5%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "大葉健二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%98%A4%EB%B0%94_%EC%BC%84%EC%A7%80"
    title: "오오바 켄지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_%C5%8Cba"
    title: "Kenji Ōba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Ohba"
    title: "Kenji Ohba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Ohba"
    title: "Kenji Ohba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%91%89%E5%81%A5%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "大葉健二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6199637"
    title: "Kenji Oba"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump