Kobayashi Explained

For other uses see Kobayashi (disambiguation).

Kobayashi (Japanese:, 'small woods') is the 8th most common Japanese surname.^[1] A less common variant is . Notable people with the surname include:

Arts

Film, television, theater and music

• , Japanese actress and voice actress
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese comedian and actor
• , Japanese comedian, actor, dramaturge, theatre director and manga artist
• , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
• , Japanese film director
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese dancer and actor
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese actress and voice actress
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese singer and model
• , Japanese actress
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese voice actress
• , Japanese voice actor

Literature

• Audrey Kobayashi (born 1951), Canadian geographer and writer
• , Japanese writer and literary critic
• , Japanese chef and food writer
• , Japanese poet
• , Japanese writer and communist
• Tamai Kobayashi (born 1965), Canadian writer
• , Japanese screenwriter
• , Japanese writer

Music

• , Japanese singer and voice actress
• , Japanese classical pianist
• , Japanese actress and singer
• Hana Kobayashi (born 1982), Venezuelan singer
• , Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist
• , Japanese music producer, better known as Kobametal
• , Japanese model, actress and singer
• Ron Kobayashi, American jazz pianist
• , Japanese enka singer and voice actress
• , Japanese voice actress and singer
• , Japanese video game composer and pianist
• Satoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• , Japanese classical composer
• , Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
• , Japanese roboticist
• , Japanese voice actress and singer

Other artists

• , Japanese artist
• , Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese artist
• Kunio Kobayashi (bonsai artist) (小林 國雄 born 1948), Japanese bonsai artist
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese artist
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese photographer
• Robert Kobayashi (1925–2015), American artist
• , Japanese anime director
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese anime director
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese photographer

Military

• , Japanese samurai
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
• , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral and Governor-General of Taiwan

Politics and law

• Ann Kobayashi (born 1937), American politician and businesswoman
• Bert T. Kobayashi (1916–2005), Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
• Bertrand Kobayashi (fl. 2010s), American politician
• Leslie E. Kobayashi (born 1957), American judge
• , Japanese politician, 6th Mayor of Niitsu, Niigata
• , Japanese politician
• , Japanese politician

Scientists and engineers

• , Japanese electrical engineer and computer scientist
• Kevin Wesley Kobayashi, American engineer
• , Japanese academic
• , Japanese-American mathematician
• Riki Kobayashi (1924–2013), American chemical engineer
• Makoto Kobayashi (小林 誠 born 1944), Japanese physicist
• , Japanese amateur astronomer
• , Japanese computer scientist
• , Japanese astronomer
• , Japanese mathematician

Sports

Baseball

• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese baseball player
• , Japanese baseball player

Football (soccer)

• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Hiroki Kobayashi (footballer, born 1992), Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Paulinho Kobayashi (born 1970), Brazilian footballer
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer and manager
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese women's footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Yugo Kobayashi (footballer) (born 1991), Japanese footballer
• Yuki Kobayashi (football, born 2000), Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• Zach Kobayashi (born 1997), American soccer player

Mind sports

• , Japanese Go player
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese Go player
• , Japanese Go player

Winter sports

• , Japanese ski jumper
• , Japanese biathlete
• , Japanese Nordic combined skier
• , Japanese figure skater and coach
• , Japanese ski jumper
• , Japanese bobsledder

Wrestling

• , or Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , also known as Hideo Itami, Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese sport wrestler

Other athletes

• , Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Celes Kobayashi (born 1974), Japanese boxer
• , Japanese basketball player
• Dawn Kobayashi (born 1971), Jamaican sport shooter
• Etsuko Kobayashi (born 1992), Japanese cricketer
• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese middle-distance runner
• , Japanese sprint canoeist
• , Japanese slalom canoeist
• , Japanese racewalker
• , racing driver
• , Japanese diver
• , Japanese gymnast
• Kunio Kobayashi (karateka) (小林 國雄 born 1967), Japanese karateka
• , Japanese rower
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese golfer
• , Japanese squash player
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese three-cushion billiards player
• Royal Kobayashi (born 1949), Japanese boxer
• Ryosei Kobayashi (born 1994), Japanese squash player
• , Japanese sport shooter
• , Japanese judoka
• , Japanese competitive eater
• , Japanese aikidoka
• , Japanese softball player
• , Japanese badminton player
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese middle- and long-distance runner
• , Japanese basketball player

Others

• , Japanese gravure idol
• , Japanese AV idol
• , Japanese industrialist
• , Japanese idol
• , Japanese economist
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese conductor and composer
• Sanzaburo Kobayashi (小林 参三郎, 1863–1926), Japanese surgeon
• , Japanese journalist
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese fashion model

Fictional characters

• , a character in the manga series The Law of Ueki
• , the protagonist in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
• Kobayashi, a character in the film The Usual Suspects
• , a character in the manga series Doki Doki School Hours
• Amiko Kobayashi, a character in Marvel Comics
• Atari Kobayashi, a character in the film Isle of Dogs
• Daigo Kobayashi, a character in the film Departures
• , a character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam
• , a character in the manga series Cheeky Angel
• and, characters in the manga series Angelic Layer
• Koji Kobayashi, a character in the film Godzilla Raids Again
• Masafumi Kobayashi, a character in the film
• , a character in the media franchise Project 575
• , a character in the manga series Please Save My Earth
• , protagonist of the manga series Kemeko Deluxe!
• Sashi Kobayashi, a character in the Disney XD animated series
• , a character in the manga series Case Closed
• Tamami Kobayashi (小林 玉美) a side character in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
• , also known as Washu Hakubi, a character in Tenchi Muyō! media

See also

• Akiko Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Atsushi Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fumiaki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hideaki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hirokazu Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hiromi Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hiroshi Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Hiroyuki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kaoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kōji Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Makoto Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mao Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Masahiro Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Masato Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Miyuki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Osamu Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Takashi Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Yuki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Yūsuke Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
• Yutaka Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people

Notes and References

1. 明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [''Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation'']]. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. 2019-03-09.