Kaoru Kobayashi
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Princess Mononoke
Jikobo (voice)
1997
Series
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
Series
Carnation
Zensaku Ohara
2011
Series
The Tiger and Her Wings
Hodaka Shigechika
2024
Film
The Boy and the Heron
Noble Pelican (voice)
2023
Series
Midnight Diner
Master
2009
Series
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Master
2016
Series
Dr. Coto's Clinic
星野正一
2003
Series
THE DAYS
Furuya
2023
Film
Tales from Earthsea
The King (voice)
2006
Series
Woman
Uesugi Kentaro
2013
Series
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Series
Fixer
Ichiro Suzaki
2023
Series
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
2021
Series
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Series
Ten urara
松尾良治
1998
Series
Grade A Reversal
2017
Series
Hibana: Spark
2016
Series
Off the Record
Noto Toru
2020
Series
The Emperor's Cook
2015
Series
Koinaka
Hirotoshi Serizawa
2015
Series
ふぞろいの林檎たち
仲手川 耕一
1983
Series
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
Kotaki Reiji
2020
Series
Miracles
Shun Samejima
2018
Series
The Great White Tower
Mataichi Zaizen
2019
Series
Solomon's Perjury
Masao Tsuzaki
2021
Series
The Marriage Counselor
Syogo Yanagisawa
2011
Series
Villiany Ganbo
Gen Koshimizu
2014
Series
Heaven
Doizaki Gen
2017
Film
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Hirotaro Yamane
2021
Series
Hagetaka
Ryosuke Iijima
2018
Series
Iki no Iiyatsu
1987
Film
The Funeral
Inose
1984
Series
Worry Not, She's the Boss
Yamagami Tatsuo
2023
Series
Trembling Cow
2013
Series
Top League
2019
Series
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
Taiei Tamashiro
2025
Series
News Sokuho wa Nagareta
2009
Series
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
Tsuruichi Senkawa
2024
Series
The Castle of Sand
2011
Film
Midnight Diner 2
Master
2016
Film
Sham
2025
Film
Midnight Diner
Master
2014
The Sun in Kurobe
Kunpei Takiyama
2009
Film
Kamui
Hanbei
2009
Film
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
Eisuke Morimoto
1979
Film
Secret
Heisuke Sugita
1999
Film
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Mitsuru Watanabe
2004
Film
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Takeo Matsuoka
2017
Film
Kubi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
2023
Series
Godan
2015
Film
Ghiblies: Episode 2
Toshi-chan (Voice)
2002
Series
Sunflower on the Hill
Yuzuhara Kohei
1993
Film
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Shoichi Hoshino
2022
Film
The Last Blossom
Akutsu (1986) (voice)
2025
Film
The Great Passage
Kohei Araki
2013
Film
The Last U-Boat
Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
1993
Series
Hello Life from 55
2014
Film
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Oton
2007
ナニワ金融道
桑田 澄男
1996
Film
Ballad of Orin
Torazo
1977
Film
Le Secret
杉田平介
1999
Film
The Egoists
Kazuyuki Ninomiya
2011
Film
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
Seiichi Morita
2017
Film
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
Jisaku Koka
2016
Film
The Yin Yang Master Zero
Fujiwara Yosuke
2024
Film
The Second Love
Hideo Hyuga
1983
Film
The Island of Cats
Iwao
2019
Series
憶えのない殺人
佐治英雄
2025
Film
Climbing to Spring
Isao Nagamine
2014
Film
Untamagiru
Giru
1989
Film
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Mamoru Fujita
2018
Series
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
Film
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Saitô (voice)
1987
Film
Like Asura
Takao Satomi
2003
Film
Female
Old man
2005
Film
Mukoku
Shozo Yatabe
2017
Film
The Black House
1999
Film
Sketches of Kaitan City
Ryuzo Higa
2010
Film
And Then
Tsunejiro Hiraoka
1985
Film
For Business
Miyabi Sakuramiya
1986
Film
A Crowd of Three
2010
Film
Hear the Wind Sing
Me
1981
Film
Leaving on the 15th Spring
Toshiharu Nakazato
2013
Film
Love and Action in Osaka
1988
Film
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
1988
Film
Natsumi's Firefly
Sakakiyama
2016
Film
Botchan
Madonna’s father
2016
Film
Yes, I Can't Swim
Professor Kamoshita
2022
Film
Call from Darkness
Tatsuo Tamura
1981
Film
Haru's Journey
Kinoshita
2010
Film
Love Letter
Tetsushi Kamiya
1985
Film
Boys on the Run
Suzuki san
2010
Film
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
Film
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
Masashi Sera
2013
Film
The End of Summer
Shingo Kosugi
2013
Film
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Film
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
Film
The Sea of Genkai
1976
Film
The Dropout
Miura
1982
Film
Shimanto River
1991
Film
Arc
Rihito
2021
Film
Winter Rose
Giichi Wataguchi
2022
Film
His Lost Name
Tetsuro
2019
Film
Ten Dark Women
2002
Film
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
Yasutada Kamiya
2006
Film
Paradise View
Reishu Goya
1985
Film
The Wangan Highway
Nakamura
1984
Film
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
Film
The Tomb & the Divorce
Yoshinori Ishino
1993
Film
Trapped Balloon
Shigezo Kojima
2023
Film
Coquille
Tatsuya Urayama
1999
Film
Then Summer Came
2008
Film
Independence of Japan
2020
Film
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Nakagawa Akiko
2017
Film
Double Trouble
2008
Film
Lear on the Shore
2017
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
Film
Vacation
Toru Hirai
2008
Film
Abraxas
2010
Film
A Melody for My Father
2005
Film
The Washing Machine
Taiji Ogami
1999
Film
Promised Land
2024
Film
Hong Kong Paradise
Hachirou Ooishi
1990
Film
Chibusa
1993
Film
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996