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1951Born, Kyoto
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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
The Boy and the HeronNoble Pelican (voice)
THE DAYSFuruya
We Made a Beautiful BouquetHirotaro Yamane
Midnight DinerMaster
Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesMaster2026深夜食堂 6Master · 3 episodesShow
20251972 Fireflies on the ShoreTaiei Tamashiro · 5 episodesShow
2025憶えのない殺人佐治英雄 · 2 episodesShow
2025ShamMovie
2025Oboe no Nai SatsujinMovie
2024Shrink: Psychiatrist YowaiTsuruichi Senkawa · 1 episodeShow
2024Promised LandMovie
2024The Yin Yang Master ZeroFujiwara YosukeMovie
2024The Tiger and Her WingsHodaka Shigechika · 130 episodesShow
2023KubiTokugawa IeyasuMovie
2023Tsugaru Lacquer GirlMovie
2023Worry Not, She's the BossYamagami Tatsuo · 10 episodesShow
2023The Boy and the HeronNoble Pelican (voice)Movie
2023THE DAYSFuruya · 8 episodesShow
2023FixerIchiro Suzaki · 15 episodesShow
2023Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2Movie
2023Trapped BalloonShigezo KojimaMovie
2022Dr. Coto's ClinicShoichi HoshinoMovie
2022Yes, I Can't SwimProfessor KamoshitaMovie
2022Winter RoseGiichi WataguchiMovie
2021Solomon's PerjuryMasao Tsuzaki · 8 episodesShow
2021ArcRihitoMovie
2021Reach Beyond the Blue SkyShibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] · 41 episodesShow
2021We Made a Beautiful BouquetHirotaro YamaneMovie
2020Independence of JapanMovie
2020Kotaki Brothers and ShikuhakkuKotaki Reiji · 1 episodeShow
2020Off the RecordNoto Toru · 10 episodesShow
2019Top League6 episodesShow
2019The Great White TowerMataichi Zaizen · 5 episodesShow
2019The Island of CatsIwaoMovie
2019His Lost NameTetsuroMovie
2018MiraclesShun Samejima · 10 episodesShow
2018The Miracle of Crybaby ShottanMamoru FujitaMovie
2018HagetakaRyosuke Iijima · 8 episodesShow
2017The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreTakeo MatsuokaMovie
2017Lear on the ShoreMovie
2017MukokuShozo YatabeMovie
2017Kiseki: Sobito of That DaySeiichi MoritaMovie
2017Grade A Reversal10 episodesShow
2017HeavenDoizaki Gen · 6 episodesShow
2017An Emblem Dedicated To YouNakagawa AkikoMovie
2016Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"Jisaku KokaMovie
2016Midnight Diner 2MasterMovie
2016Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesMaster · 20 episodesShow
2016Natsumi's FireflySakakiyamaMovie
2016Hibana: Spark10 episodesShow
2016BotchanMadonna’s fatherMovie
2015GodanTakao Anjo · 6 episodesShow
2015KoinakaHirotoshi Serizawa · 9 episodesShow
2015The Emperor's Cook12 episodesShow
2014Midnight DinerMasterMovie
2014Climbing to SpringIsao NagamineMovie
2014Hello Life from 555 episodesShow
2014Villiany GanboGen Koshimizu · 11 episodesShow
2013The End of SummerShingo KosugiMovie
2013WomanUesugi Kentaro · 11 episodesShow
2013Trembling Cow5 episodesShow
2013Leaving on the 15th SpringToshiharu NakazatoMovie
2013The Great PassageKohei ArakiMovie
2013Kyokuhoku RhapsodyMasashi SeraMovie
2013Kyokuhoku Rhapsody1 episodeShow
2011CarnationZensaku Ohara · 151 episodesShow
2011The Castle of Sand2 episodesShow
2011The EgoistsKazuyuki NinomiyaMovie
2011The Marriage CounselorSyogo Yanagisawa · 11 episodes · CreatorShow
2010Sketches of Kaitan CityRyuzo HigaMovie
2010AbraxasMovie
2010A Crowd of ThreeMovie
2010Haru's JourneyKinoshitaMovie
2010Boys on the RunSuzuki sanMovie
2009News Sokuho wa Nagareta11 episodesShow
2009Midnight DinerMaster · 30 episodesShow
2009KamuiHanbeiMovie
2009The Sun in KurobeKunpei Takiyama · 2 episodesShow
2008Then Summer CameMovie
2008VacationToru HiraiMovie
2008Double TroubleMovie
2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadOtonMovie
2006The Blossoming of Etsuko KamiyaYasutada KamiyaMovie
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