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