Acting
Kaoru Kobayashi
Also Known As: 小林薫, 小林薰, こばやし かおる
Birth Date
September 4, 1951
(75 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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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.
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Princess Mononoke
Jikobo (voice)
1997
The Boy and the Heron
Noble Pelican (voice)
2023
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012 • 4 episodes
Ten urara
松尾良治
1998 • 156 episodes
Dr. Coto's Clinic
星野正一
2003 • 11 episodes
Midnight Diner
Master
2009 • 30 episodes
Carnation
Zensaku Ohara
2011 • 151 episodes
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Master
2016 • 20 episodes
The Tiger and Her Wings
穗高重亲
2024 • 130 episodes
THE DAYS
Furuya
2023 • 8 episodes
Tales from Earthsea
The King (voice)
2006
Toge no Gunzo
1982 • 50 episodes
ふぞろいの林檎たち
仲手川 耕一
1983 • 13 episodes
The Private Detective Mike
2002 • 1 episode
Hibana: Spark
2016 • 10 episodes
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
2021 • 41 episodes
Fixer
Ichiro Suzaki
2023 • 15 episodes
Woman
Uesugi Kentaro
2013 • 11 episodes
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
Taiei Tamashiro
2025 • 5 episodes
Solomon's Perjury
Masao Tsuzaki
2021 • 8 episodes