Kaoru Kobayashi
Known for Acting · 125 credits
- Born
- 1951-09-04 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- 小林薫 · 小林薰 · こばやし かおる · کائورو کوبایاشی · Kaoru Kobayashi
Biography
Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. A multi-award winning thespian, he won best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.
Known For
TV Shows (41)
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Midnight Diner
2009
as Master
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
as Master
The Private Detective Mike
2002
THE DAYS
2023
as Furuya
Carnation
2011
as Zensaku Ohara
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
as 星野正一
The Tiger and Her Wings
2024
as 穗高重亲
Hibana: Spark
2016
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020
as Kotaki Reiji
Fixer
2023
as Ichiro Suzaki
Heaven
2017
as Doizaki Gen
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
2021
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
Miracles
2018
as Shun Samejima
Koinaka
2015
as Hirotoshi Serizawa
Villiany Ganbo
2014
as Gen Koshimizu
The Great White Tower
2019
as Mataichi Zaizen
Off the Record
2020
as Noto Toru
Hagetaka
2018
as Ryosuke Iijima
Ten urara
1998
as 松尾良治
Woman
2013
as Uesugi Kentaro
Solomon's Perjury
2021
as 津崎 正男
Iki no Iiyatsu
1987
The Emperor's Cook
2015
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024
as 仙川鶴一
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
as 仲手川 耕一
Trembling Cow
2013
Worry Not, She's the Boss
2023
as Yamagami Tatsuo
The Marriage Counselor
2011
as Syogo Yanagisawa
Top League
2019
News Sokuho wa Nagareta
2009
Grade A Reversal
2017
The Castle of Sand
2011
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
as Kunpei Takiyama
Hello Life from 55
2014
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
2025
as Taiei Tamashiro
ナニワ金融道
1996
as 桑田 澄男
Sunflower on the Hill
1993
as Yuzuhara Kohei
Godan
2015
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
Movies (84)
Princess Mononoke
1997
as Jikobo (voice)
The Boy and the Heron
2023
as Noble Pelican (voice)
Tales from Earthsea
2006
as The King (voice)
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
as Hirotaro Yamane
Secret
1999
as Heisuke Sugita
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
as Oton
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
as Shoichi Hoshino
Sham
2025
Arc
2021
as Rihito
Ballad of Orin
1977
as Torazo
The Last Blossom
2025
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
Kubi
2023
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Egoists
2011
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
Untamagiru
1989
as Giru
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004
as Mitsuru Watanabe
The Funeral
1984
as Inose
Mukoku
2017
as Shozo Yatabe
Midnight Diner
2014
as Master
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017
as Takeo Matsuoka
Midnight Diner 2
2016
as Master
Climbing to Spring
2014
as Isao Nagamine
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
as Fujiwara Yosuke
The Great Passage
2013
as Kohei Araki
The Second Love
1983
as Hideo Hyuga
Love Letter
1985
as Tetsushi Kamiya
A Crowd of Three
2010
Kamui
2009
as Hanbei
Female
2005
as Old man
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016
as Jisaku Koka
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002
as Toshi-chan (Voice)
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1979
as Eisuke Morimoto
Winter Rose
2022
as Giichi Wataguchi
Haru's Journey
2010
as Kinoshita
Boys on the Run
2010
as Suzuki san
The Black House
1999
The End of Summer
2013
as Shingo Kosugi
Like Asura
2003
as Takao Satomi
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017
as Seiichi Morita
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Saitô (voice)
Double Trouble
2008
Natsumi's Firefly
2016
as Sakakiyama
Hear the Wind Sing
1981
as Me
The Island of Cats
2019
as Iwao
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
Then Summer Came
2008
The Last U-Boat
1993
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
Botchan
2016
as Madonna’s father
And Then
1985
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
Lear on the Shore
2017
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022
as Professor Kamoshita
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
as Nakagawa Akiko
Sketches of Kaitan City
2010
as Ryuzo Higa
For Business
1986
as Miyabi Sakuramiya
Shimanto River
1991
Love and Action in Osaka
1988
Coquille
1999
as Tatsuya Urayama
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
as Hachirou Ooishi
The Dropout
1982
as Miura
Abraxas
2010
Call from Darkness
1981
as Tatsuo Tamura
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013
as Toshiharu Nakazato
The Tomb & the Divorce
1993
as Yoshinori Ishino
Independence of Japan
2020
The Washing Machine
1999
as Taiji Ogami
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006
as Yasutada Kamiya
Vacation
2008
as Toru Hirai
Promised Land
2024
His Lost Name
2019
as Tetsuro
The Wangan Highway
1984
as Nakamura
Chibusa
1993
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Le Secret
1999
as 杉田平介
Trapped Balloon
2023
as Shigezo Kojima
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
The Sea of Genkai
1976
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
as Masashi Sera
Ten Dark Women
2002
Paradise View
1985
as Reishu Goya
A Melody for My Father
2005
About Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. A multi-award winning thespian, he won best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku. With 125 credits spanning from 1976 to 2025, Kaoru Kobayashi has appeared in 84 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kaoru Kobayashi Movies
- Princess Mononoke (1997) — as Jikobo (voice)
- The Boy and the Heron (2023) — as Noble Pelican (voice)
- Tales from Earthsea (2006) — as The King (voice)
- We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021) — as Hirotaro Yamane
- Secret (1999) — as Heisuke Sugita
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