Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

September 4, 1951 (74 yrs)

place of birth

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

also known as

小林薫 · 小林薰 · こばやし かおる · کائورو کوبایاشی

total credits

50 movies

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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Known For

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

as Jikobo (voice)

The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

as Noble Pelican (voice)

Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

as The King (voice)

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

as Hirotaro Yamane

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

as Oton

Secret

Secret

as Heisuke Sugita

Filmography

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

Princess Mononoke
8.3

Princess Mononoke

1997as Jikobo (voice)
The Boy and the Heron
7.4

The Boy and the Heron

2023as Noble Pelican (voice)
Tales from Earthsea
6.5

Tales from Earthsea

2006as The King (voice)
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
7.8

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

2021as Hirotaro Yamane
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
6.9

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007as Oton
Secret
6.9

Secret

1999as Heisuke Sugita
Kubi
6.9

Kubi

2023as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
6.9

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

2004as Mitsuru Watanabe
Female
6.2

Female

2005as Old man
Sham
7.6

Sham

2025
The Egoists
4.9

The Egoists

2011as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
Midnight Diner
7.6

Midnight Diner

2014as Master
The Yin Yang Master Zero
6.2

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024as Fujiwara Yosuke
Kamui
6.1

Kamui

2009as Hanbei
The Funeral
7.1

The Funeral

1984as Inose
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
7.0

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2017as Takeo Matsuoka
Twilight of the Cockroaches
6.2

Twilight of the Cockroaches

1987as Saitô (voice)
The Great Passage
7.2

The Great Passage

2013as Kohei Araki
Ballad of Orin
7.1

Ballad of Orin

1977as Torazo
Midnight Diner 2
7.4

Midnight Diner 2

2016as Master
Like Asura
6.5

Like Asura

2003as Takao Satomi
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
8.1

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

2016as Jisaku Koka
Untamagiru
4.6

Untamagiru

1989as Giru
The Last Blossom
8.1

The Last Blossom

2025as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
Haru's Journey
6.5

Haru's Journey

2010as Kinoshita
A Crowd of Three
4.9

A Crowd of Three

2010
Boys on the Run
5.0

Boys on the Run

2010as Suzuki san
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
6.7

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

1979as Eisuke Morimoto
Sketches of Kaitan City
5.4

Sketches of Kaitan City

2010as Ryuzo Higa
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
7.9

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

2017as Seiichi Morita
Winter Rose
6.0

Winter Rose

2022as Giichi Wataguchi
Call from Darkness
6.3

Call from Darkness

1981as Tatsuo Tamura
The Black House
6.0

The Black House

1999
Dr. Coto's Clinic
7.6

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022as Shoichi Hoshino
Natsumi's Firefly
6.1

Natsumi's Firefly

2016as Sakakiyama
The Second Love
6.3

The Second Love

1983as Hideo Hyuga
Then Summer Came
4.0

Then Summer Came

2008
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
7.0

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

2018
Mukoku
6.8

Mukoku

2017as Shozo Yatabe
Arc
6.6

Arc

2021as Rihito
Love and Action in Osaka
5.2

Love and Action in Osaka

1988
Climbing to Spring
8.4

Climbing to Spring

2014as Isao Nagamine
Love Letter
7.8

Love Letter

1985as Tetsushi Kamiya
Hear the Wind Sing
6.6

Hear the Wind Sing

1981as Me
The End of Summer
6.5

The End of Summer

2013as Shingo Kosugi
And Then
7.1

And Then

1985as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
Chibusa
9.0

Chibusa

1993
An Emblem Dedicated To You
4.5

An Emblem Dedicated To You

2017as Nakagawa Akiko
Botchan
8.3

Botchan

2016as Madonna’s father
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
8.0

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

1988as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)