
Kaoru Kobayashi
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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
Credits

Princess Mononoke (1997)
as Jikobo (voice)

The Boy and the Heron (2023)
as Noble Pelican (voice)

Tales from Earthsea (2006)
as The King (voice)

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
as Hirotaro Yamane

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017)
as Takeo Matsuoka

Sham (2025)
Actor

Secret (1999)
as Heisuke Sugita

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
as Mitsuru Watanabe

The Funeral (1984)
as Inose

A Crowd of Three (2010)
Actor

Midnight Diner (2014)
as Master

Ballad of Orin (1977)
as Torazo

Kamui (2009)
as Hanbei

The Egoists (2011)
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya

Untamagiru (1989)
as Giru

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
as Oton

Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
as Master

The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)
as Fujiwara Yosuke

Eighteen Years, to the Sea (1979)
as Eisuke Morimoto

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day (2017)
as Seiichi Morita

The Great Passage (2013)
as Kohei Araki

Kubi (2023)
as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)
as Shoichi Hoshino

Botchan (2016)
as Madonna’s father

Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
as Saitô (voice)

Climbing to Spring (2014)
as Isao Nagamine

The Second Love (1983)
as Hideo Hyuga

Female (2005)
as Old man

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (2016)
as Jisaku Koka

The Island of Cats (2019)
as Iwao

The Black House (1999)
Actor

Chibusa (1993)
Actor

Love Letter (1985)
as Tetsushi Kamiya

The Dropout (1982)
as Miura

The Last Blossom (2025)
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)

Call from Darkness (1981)
as Tatsuo Tamura

Boys on the Run (2010)
as Suzuki san

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988)
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

Yes, I Can't Swim (2022)
as Professor Kamoshita

Shimanto River (1991)
Actor

Natsumi's Firefly (2016)
as Sakakiyama

Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002)
as Toshi-chan (Voice)

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)
Actor

Winter Rose (2022)
as Giichi Wataguchi

The Last U-Boat (1993)
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

Mukoku (2017)
as Shozo Yatabe

Arc (2021)
as Rihito

Sketches of Kaitan City (2010)
as Ryuzo Higa

Hear the Wind Sing (1981)
as Me

Love and Action in Osaka (1988)
Actor

Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)
as Toshiharu Nakazato

Like Asura (2003)
as Takao Satomi

Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
as Hachirou Ooishi

For Business (1986)
as Miyabi Sakuramiya

Oboe no Nai Satsujin (2025)
Actor

The Sea of Genkai (1976)
Actor

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl (2023)
Actor

Haru's Journey (2010)
as Kinoshita

Coquille (1999)
as Tatsuya Urayama

Lear on the Shore (2017)
Actor

Double Trouble (2008)
Actor

An Emblem Dedicated To You (2017)
as Nakagawa Akiko

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya (2006)
as Yasutada Kamiya

Then Summer Came (2008)
Actor

Independence of Japan (2020)
Actor

The Washing Machine (1999)
as Taiji Ogami

The Wangan Highway (1984)
as Nakamura

The End of Summer (2013)
as Shingo Kosugi

Uneasy Encounters (1994)
Actor

Abraxas (2010)
Actor

Ten Dark Women (2002)
Actor

And Then (1985)
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka

The Tomb & the Divorce (1993)
as Yoshinori Ishino

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 (2023)
Actor

Le Secret (1999)
as 杉田平介

His Lost Name (2019)
as Tetsuro

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody (2013)
as Masashi Sera

Trapped Balloon (2023)
as Shigezo Kojima

Vacation (2008)
as Toru Hirai

Promised Land (2024)
Actor

Paradise View (1985)
as Reishu Goya

A Melody for My Father (2005)
Actor
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna! (1984)
Actor

The Way of Osaka Financing 1 (1996)
Actor





