Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

1951-09-04 • Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan • Male • 122 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-04

Place of Birth

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Known Credits

122

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

小林薫, 小林薰, こばやし かおる, کائورو کوبایاشی, Kaoru Kobayashi

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Known For Movies

The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

2023
Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

1997
The Second Love

The Second Love

1983
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

2021
Midnight Diner 2

Midnight Diner 2

2016
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007
Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner

2014
Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

2006
Kubi

Kubi

2023
Ballad of Orin

Ballad of Orin

1977
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

2004
The Great Passage

The Great Passage

2013
Like Asura

Like Asura

2003
The Funeral

The Funeral

1984
Kamui

Kamui

2009
Twilight of the Cockroaches

Twilight of the Cockroaches

1987
The Egoists

The Egoists

2011
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

2018
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

2016
Untamagiru

Untamagiru

1989
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2017
A Crowd of Three

A Crowd of Three

2010
Haru's Journey

Haru's Journey

2010
Hear the Wind Sing

Hear the Wind Sing

1981
Secret

Secret

1999
Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022
The Island of Cats

The Island of Cats

2019
The Black House

The Black House

1999
The Last U-Boat

The Last U-Boat

1993
Natsumi's Firefly

Natsumi's Firefly

2016
Call from Darkness

Call from Darkness

1981
Love and Action in Osaka

Love and Action in Osaka

1988
Then Summer Came

Then Summer Came

2008
Promised Land

Promised Land

2024
Lear on the Shore

Lear on the Shore

2017
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

1988
Climbing to Spring

Climbing to Spring

2014
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

2013
Sketches of Kaitan City

Sketches of Kaitan City

2010
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

2017
Female

Female

2005
Winter Rose

Winter Rose

2022
The Dropout

The Dropout

1982
Boys on the Run

Boys on the Run

2010
The Wangan Highway

The Wangan Highway

1984
Yes, I Can't Swim

Yes, I Can't Swim

2022
Leaving on the 15th Spring

Leaving on the 15th Spring

2013
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

2023
Love Letter

Love Letter

1985
An Emblem Dedicated To You

An Emblem Dedicated To You

2017
And Then

And Then

1985
Uneasy Encounters

Uneasy Encounters

1994
Botchan

Botchan

2016
The Yin Yang Master Zero

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024
Shimanto River

Shimanto River

1991
The Washing Machine

The Washing Machine

1999
The Tomb & the Divorce

The Tomb & the Divorce

1993
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

2006
Paradise View

Paradise View

1985
Independence of Japan

Independence of Japan

2020
Abraxas

Abraxas

2010
Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

2025
The Sea of Genkai

The Sea of Genkai

1976
Hong Kong Paradise

Hong Kong Paradise

1990
For Business

For Business

1986
His Lost Name

His Lost Name

2019
Double Trouble

Double Trouble

2008
Chibusa

Chibusa

1993
Vacation

Vacation

2008
Coquille

Coquille

1999
Eighteen Years, to the Sea

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

1979
Mukoku

Mukoku

2017
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

2013
Trapped Balloon

Trapped Balloon

2023
Ten Dark Women

Ten Dark Women

2002
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

1984
Castle of Sand

Castle of Sand

2011
Ghiblies: Episode 2

Ghiblies: Episode 2

2002
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

2023
The Way of Osaka Financing 1

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

1996
Arc

Arc

2021
A Melody for My Father

A Melody for My Father

2005

Known For TV Shows

Carnation

Carnation

2011
The Tiger and Her Wings

The Tiger and Her Wings

2024
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

2016
Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner

2009
Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2003
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

2012
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

2024
The Private Detective Mike

The Private Detective Mike

2002
THE DAYS

THE DAYS

2023
Toge no Gunzo

Toge no Gunzo

1982
Hibana: Spark

Hibana: Spark

2016
Woman

Woman

2013
The Emperor's Cook

The Emperor's Cook

2015
Fixer

Fixer

2023
Hagetaka

Hagetaka

2018
Koinaka

Koinaka

2015
Ten urara

Ten urara

1998
Off the Record

Off the Record

2020
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

2021
Top League

Top League

2019
The Great White Tower

The Great White Tower

2019
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

2020
Iki no Iiyatsu

Iki no Iiyatsu

1987
Worry Not, She's the Boss

Worry Not, She's the Boss

2023
Solomon's Perjury

Solomon's Perjury

2021
Miracles

Miracles

2018
Heaven

Heaven

2017
The Marriage Counselor

The Marriage Counselor

2011
ふぞろいの林檎たち

ふぞろいの林檎たち

1983
Grade A Reversal

Grade A Reversal

2017
Villiany Ganbo

Villiany Ganbo

2014
News Sokuho wa Nagareta

News Sokuho wa Nagareta

2009
ナニワ金融道

ナニワ金融道

1996
Trembling Cow

Trembling Cow

2013
Hello life from 55

Hello life from 55

2014
The Sun in Kurobe

The Sun in Kurobe

2009
The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand

2011
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

2013
Sunflower on the Hill

Sunflower on the Hill

1993
Godan

Godan

2015

Movie Credits

The Boy and the Heron

2023

Noble Pelican (voice)

Princess Mononoke

1997

Jikobo (voice)

The Second Love

1983

Hideo Hyuga

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

2021

Hirotaro Yamane

Midnight Diner 2

2016

Master

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007

Oton

Midnight Diner

2014

Master

Tales from Earthsea

2006

The King (voice)

Kubi

2023

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Ballad of Orin

1977

Torazo

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

2004

Mitsuru Watanabe

The Great Passage

2013

Kohei Araki

Like Asura

2003

Takao Satomi

The Funeral

1984

Inose

Kamui

2009

Hanbei

Twilight of the Cockroaches

1987

Saitô (voice)

The Egoists

2011

Kazuyuki Ninomiya

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

2018

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

2016

Jisaku Koka

Untamagiru

1989

Giru

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2017

Takeo Matsuoka

A Crowd of Three

2010

Haru's Journey

2010

Kinoshita

Hear the Wind Sing

1981

Me

Secret

1999

Heisuke Sugita

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022

Shoichi Hoshino

The Island of Cats

2019

Iwao

The Black House

1999

The Last U-Boat

1993

Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

Natsumi's Firefly

2016

Sakakiyama

Call from Darkness

1981

Tatsuo Tamura

Love and Action in Osaka

1988

Then Summer Came

2008

Promised Land

2024

Lear on the Shore

2017

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

1988

Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

Climbing to Spring

2014

Isao Nagamine

The End of Summer

2013

Shingo Kosugi

Sketches of Kaitan City

2010

Ryuzo Higa

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

2017

Seiichi Morita

Female

2005

Old man

Winter Rose

2022

Giichi Wataguchi

The Dropout

1982

Boys on the Run

2010

Suzuki san

The Wangan Highway

1984

Nakamura

Yes, I Can't Swim

2022

Professor Kamoshita

Leaving on the 15th Spring

2013

Toshiharu Nakazato

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

2023

Love Letter

1985

Tetsushi Kamiya

An Emblem Dedicated To You

2017

Nakagawa Akiko

And Then

1985

Tsunejiro Hiraoka

Uneasy Encounters

1994

Botchan

2016

Madonna’s father

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024

Fujiwara Yosuke

Shimanto River

1991

The Washing Machine

1999

Taiji Ogami

The Tomb & the Divorce

1993

Yoshinori Ishino

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

2006

Yasutada Kamiya

Paradise View

1985

Reishu Goya

Independence of Japan

2020

Abraxas

2010

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

2025

The Sea of Genkai

1976

Hong Kong Paradise

1990

Hachirou Ooishi

For Business

1986

Miyabi Sakuramiya

His Lost Name

2019

Tetsuro

Double Trouble

2008

Chibusa

1993

Vacation

2008

Toru Hirai

Coquille

1999

Tatsuya Urayama

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

1979

Eisuke Morimoto

Mukoku

2017

Shozo Yatabe

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

2013

Masashi Sera

Trapped Balloon

2023

Shigezo Kojima

Ten Dark Women

2002

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

1984

Castle of Sand

2011

Imanishi Eitaro

Ghiblies: Episode 2

2002

Toshi-chan (Voice)

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

2023

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

1996

Arc

2021

Rihito

A Melody for My Father

2005

TV Credits

Carnation

2011

Zensaku Ohara (151 episodes)

The Tiger and Her Wings

2024

穗高重亲 (130 episodes)

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

2016

Master (20 episodes)

Midnight Diner

2009

Master (30 episodes)

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2003

星野正一 (11 episodes)

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

2012

Self - Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

2024

仙川鶴一 (3 episodes)

The Private Detective Mike

2002

(1 episodes)

THE DAYS

2023

Furuya (8 episodes)

Toge no Gunzo

1982

(50 episodes)

Hibana: Spark

2016

(10 episodes)

Woman

2013

Uesugi Kentaro (11 episodes)

The Emperor's Cook

2015

(12 episodes)

Fixer

2023

Ichiro Suzaki (15 episodes)

Hagetaka

2018

Ryosuke Iijima (8 episodes)

Koinaka

2015

Hirotoshi Serizawa (9 episodes)

Ten urara

1998

松尾良治 (156 episodes)

Off the Record

2020

Noto Toru (10 episodes)

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

2021

Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] (41 episodes)

Top League

2019

(6 episodes)

The Great White Tower

2019

Mataichi Zaizen (5 episodes)

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

2020

Kotaki Reiji (1 episodes)

Iki no Iiyatsu

1987

(23 episodes)

Worry Not, She's the Boss

2023

Yamagami Tatsuo (10 episodes)

Solomon's Perjury

2021

津崎 正男 (8 episodes)

Miracles

2018

Shun Samejima (10 episodes)

Heaven

2017

Doizaki Gen (6 episodes)

The Marriage Counselor

2011

Syogo Yanagisawa (11 episodes)

ふぞろいの林檎たち

1983

仲手川 耕一 (13 episodes)

Grade A Reversal

2017

(10 episodes)

Villiany Ganbo

2014

Gen Koshimizu (11 episodes)

News Sokuho wa Nagareta

2009

(11 episodes)

ナニワ金融道

1996

桑田 澄男 (6 episodes)

Trembling Cow

2013

(5 episodes)

Hello life from 55

2014

(5 episodes)

The Sun in Kurobe

2009

Kunpei Takiyama (2 episodes)

The Castle of Sand

2011

(2 episodes)

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

2013

(1 episodes)

Sunflower on the Hill

1993

Yuzuhara Kohei (12 episodes)

Godan

2015

(6 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

The Marriage Counselor

Creator

2011