Kinryū Arimoto

Kinryū Arimoto (有本 欽隆, Arimoto Kinryū, born Yoshitaka Arimoto, February 11, 1940 – February 1, 2019) was a Japanese actor and voice actor formerly employed by Production Baobab. He also practiced kenpo, earning the black belt rank of shodan. Though his birth name was Yoshitaka, a kanji mistranslation led to his name being read as Kinryū, which stuck as his stage name.

Kinryū Arimoto
有本 欽隆
Born
Yoshitaka Arimoto

(1940-02-11)February 11, 1940
Tottori Prefecture, Japan
DiedFebruary 1, 2019(2019-02-01) (aged 78)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1963–2018
Notable credits
  • One Piece as Whitebeard
  • Gundam Seed as Patrick Zala
  • Psycho-Pass as Tomomi Masaoka

He died on February 1, 2019, aged 78 due to esophageal cancer.

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