Jon Kabira

Jon Kabira (ジョン・カビラ, born 1 November 1958 in Naha, Okinawa, Japan) is a Japanese freelance presenter, tarento, radio personality, and narrator who is affiliated with Sony Music Artists.

He is very popular in Japan having participated in various TV commercials and TV shows. Kabira is well known in the west due to his narration in the "Winning Eleven" video game series. He has narrated Thomas and Friends in Japan from Calling All Engines! up until Season 21. He will no longer narrate the show as of Season 22, and will be replaced by Kumiko Higa (as Thomas).