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Jon Kabira

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Jon Kabira
Kabira at a World Cup 2010 event in Tokyo
Born (1958-11-01) November 1, 1958 (age 65)[1]
Naha, USCAR
(now Naha, Okinawa, Japan)
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Presenter, tarento, radio personality, narrator
Years active1988–present
WebsiteJon Kabira's site (in Japanese)

Jon Kabira (ジョン・カビラ), born Jion Kabira (川平 慈温, Kabira Jion, November 1, 1958 in Naha, Okinawa, Japan), 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 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 Japan. His younger brother Jay Kabira (川平 慈英, Kabira Jiei) is also active as a media personality.

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  1. ^ John Kabira Officialsite・Profile
  2. ^ "シュレック2 スペシャル・エディション". HMV. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "[z1715]_★/GOAL! STEP1 イングランド・プレミアムリーグの誓い 出演:クノ・ベッカー". Yahoo! Auctions. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "シュレック フォーエバー". Fukikaeru. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
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