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
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!"
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]
^児玉清さんが死去 俳優、「アタック25」司会 77歳、胃がんで [Kiyoshi Kodama Dies of Cancer at 77 - Actor and "Attack 25" Presenter] (in Japanese). Japan: The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 17 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
^パネルクイズ アタック25 児玉清さん逝去に伴うお知らせ [An announcement of Kiyoshi Kodama's death]. Panel Quiz Attack 25 website (in Japanese). Japan: Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. 17 May 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
^""Steamboy" voice actor Kiyoshi Kodama dies at 77". The Big Cartoon DataBase. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.[dead link]
^"Kiyoshi Kodama Official Website" (in Japanese). Japan: Office Kodama. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
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