Sunday 27 October 2013

Yutaka Kobayashi About Kamen Rider Baron, Bananas & Gokaiger


Hyper Hobby recently interviewed Yutaka Kobayashi, the actor who plays Kaito Kumon aka Kamen Rider Baron in Kamen Rider Gaim and we learn more how he almost landed a role in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and his dislike of bananas. Wait, what?!

He revealed that his dislike for bananas started after he participated a marathon and he only ate bananas that day. At the end of the day, he just felt so sick and blamed it on bananas and every since then, he stopped eating it. After accepting the role, he realized that it's the day he should overcome his dislike for bananas.


In addition to this fun fact, he revealed that he love Kamen Rider that's why he wanted to become one. Aside from that, he wants to seize this chance to open up a path in his acting career considering that some of the hottest actors right are once Kamen Riders that he even took a driver's license for bikes because of this.

More on Kamen Rider, he used to watch Kamen Rider Ryuki as a kid and was happy that Kamen Rider Gaim features multiple Riders like Ryuki. He also talked about his role in Kamen Rider Gaim, that he is the complete opposite of his character and he's been working with Baron's suit actor, Eitoku about the character.

We also learned that he almost became Captain Marvelous aka GokaiRed in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger! He turned down the said role because of another job that he had during that time.

To read the translated interview, you can read it on Henshin Justice!