Jon Kabira (ジョン・カビラ), born Jion Kabira (川平 慈温, Kabira Jion, November 1, 1958 in Naha, Okinawa, *an), is a *anese freelance presenter, tarento, radio personality, narrator who is affiliated with Sony Music Artists. He is very popular in *an 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. In World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2011, he comments alongside former ex-*anese footballers Tsuyoshi Kitazawa and Hiroshi Nanami.

Kabira is the son of Chosei Kabira (川平朝清), 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 *an. His younger brother Jay Kabira (川平 慈英, Kabira Jiei) is also active as a media personality.

Contents

• 1 Filmography
  • 1.1 Movies
  • 1.2 TV
  • 1.3 Video games
• 2 See also
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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
• Jon Kabira at IMDb