is a Japanese freelance

Freelancer

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 presenter

News presenter

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, tarento

Tarento

is a Japanese rendering of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for mass media personalities who regularly appear on television. Detractors of the phenomenon have referred to it in an English sense as "famous just for being famous" because many that fall into this career line...

, radio personality

Radio personality

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, narrator

Voice-over

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 who is affiliated with Sony Music Artists. He is very popular in Japan having participated in various TV commercials

Television advertisement

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, TV shows

Television program

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, among other Audio-visual

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-related activities. Kabira is well known in the West due to his narration in the Winning Eleven

Pro Evolution Soccer (series)

Pro Evolution Soccer is a series of football video game developed and published by Konami...

 video game series. In World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2011

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 is an association football video game in the Pro Evolution Soccer series developed and published by Konami with production assistance from the Blue Sky Team...

, he comments alongside former ex-Japanese footballers Tsuyoshi Kitazawa

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa

is a retired Japanese football player. He was a midfielder known for his tireless work load and was capped 58 times for Japan. He is currently working on television as a football commentator.-Club:...

 and Hiroshi Nanami

Hiroshi Nanami

is a former professional footballer for Júbilo Iwata of the J. League Division 1. He was born in Shizuoka Prefecture.-Playing career:Nanami was a key figure for the Japan national team throughout the late 1990s and during the early part of this century....

.

Movies

• Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
  Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
  Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, originally released in Japan as is the seventh film in the Pokémon series, complementing the seventh season . It is the second film released under Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation in Japan. The original Japanese version was released in theaters on July 17, 2004...
  
  
• Shrek 2
  Shrek 2
  Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
  
  
• Goal! (film)
  Goal! (film)
  Goal! is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon. It is the first installment of a trilogy also named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the film...
  
  
• Shrek the Third
  Shrek the Third
  Shrek the Third is a 2007 American animated film, and the third film in the Shrek series. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2007...
  
  
• Pride (manga)
• The Great Discovery
  The Great Discovery
  The Great Discovery is a 2008 film and feature spin-off of the TV series, Thomas and Friends. The film is a follow up, not a direct sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad and a sequel to Calling All Engines! The DVD was released on September 9 2008 in the United States and October 6 2008 in the...
  
  
• Hero of the Rails
  Hero of the Rails
  Hero of the Rails is a 2009 animated film and feature spin-off of the TV series, Thomas and Friends. The film is a follow up, not a direct sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad and a sequel to Calling All Engines! and The Great Discovery...
  
  

Video games

• Winning Eleven
  Pro Evolution Soccer (series)
  Pro Evolution Soccer is a series of football video game developed and published by Konami...
  
   series (Commentator)
• Hyper Formation Soccer
  Super Soccer
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   (Supervisor, Voice)

See also

• Eigo de Shabera Night
  Eigo de Shabera Night
  is a Japanese talk show by NHK. The show began in 2003 and ended in 2009, however is ongoing as a special program. Contrary to the title, Japanese is the main language used in the show, although the Japanese hosts use English when interviewing British and American celebrities, such as Noel...
  
  
• J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97
  J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97
  is a 1996 Japan-exclusive soccer simulation video game, which was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation.-Summary:The title was based on the 1996 J. League, being published on November 22, almost two weeks later after the end of that season...
  
  
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
  Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
  Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 is the ninth football video game in the Pro Evolution Soccer series...
  
  
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
  Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
  Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 is an association football video game in the Pro Evolution Soccer series developed and published by Konami with production assistance from the Blue Sky Team...
  
  

External links

• Official website
• Profile from Sony Music Artists
• Jon Kabira at IMDb
  Internet Movie Database
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