Morimoto Leo was a Japanese actor, narrator, talent and voice actor born in Nakagawa, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. His wife was former actress Mori Kazuyo. He was affiliated with Utania.

In his personal life, he married Mori Kazuyo (Morimoto Kazuyo) on May 10, 1971, at the Hirosaka Catholic Church in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. At the time of their marriage, Kazuyo was six months pregnant, and their first child, a son named Morimoto Rui, was born on October 20 of the same year (1971). Two years later (1973), their second child, a daughter named Morimoto Eru, was born.

On February 27, 2010, he was urgently hospitalized in a Tokyo hospital due to a myocardial infarction. Thanks to prompt treatment, he recovered well and was discharged on March 9.

On September 2, 2026, it was reported that he was living alone in an apartment in Koenji, Tokyo. He had been seperated from his wife who lived in Nagoya, for about 50 years. He died on September 4 of the same month. He was 83 years old. His death was sudden and of unknown cause. His death was announced by his agency on September 11 of the same month. The funeral was held with only family members present.

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