, born , is a Japanese freelance presenter, tarento, radio personality, narrator who is affiliated with Sony Music Artists. He is very popular in Japan having participated in various TV commercials, TV shows, among other Audio-visual-related activities. Kabira is well known in the West due to his narration in the Winning Eleven video game series. He comments alongside former ex-Japanese footballers Tsuyoshi Kitazawa and Hiroshi Nanami, in the past games he also comments alongside other ex-Japanese players like Yasutaro Matsuki, Kozo Tashima, Hiroshi Hayano and Tetsuo Nakanishi. Kabira is the son of , an Okinawan broadcaster who later served as a senior executive of NHK and Showa Women's University, and his wife Wandalee, a Kansas native who worked as a teacher at the American School in Japan. His younger brother is also active as a media personality. Filmography Movies Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (Gurū) Shrek 2 (Doris) Goal! (Martin Tyler) Shrek the Third (Doris) Pride (Soichiro Asami) Shrek Forever After (Doris) TV Thomas & Friends (Narrator, 2008-2018) Chatty Jay's Sundry Shop (Host, 2016-2019) Video games Hakunetsu Pro Yakyuu Ganba League (Voice) Winning Eleven series (Commentator) Hyper Formation Soccer (Supervisor, Voice) See also Eigo de Shabera Night J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 References External links Official website Profile from Sony Music Artists 1958 births Living people Japanese people of American descent People from Naha Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Japanese television personalities Japanese radio personalities 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors