Kaoru Kobayashi
Actor · Creator
Born Sep 4, 1951 · Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Active 1976–present · 5′9″ (175 cm)
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
1972 Fireflies on the Shore (2025) — Taiei TamashiroSham (2025)The Last Blossom (2025) — Akutsu (1986) (voice)Oboe no Nai Satsujin (2025)憶えのない殺人 (2025) — 佐治英雄Princess Mononoke (1997) — Jikobo (voice)The Boy and the Heron (2023) — Noble Pelican (voice)Tales from Earthsea (2006) — The King (voice)THE DAYS (2023) — FuruyaWe Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021) — Hirotaro YamaneMidnight Diner (2009) — MasterMidnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016) — MasterMidnight Diner (2014) — MasterThe Great Passage (2013) — Kohei ArakiHibana: Spark (2016)The Funeral (1984) — InoseMidnight Diner 2 (2016) — MasterThe Emperor's Cook (2015)Woman (2013) — Uesugi KentaroThe Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017) — Takeo MatsuokaKubi (2023) — Tokugawa IeyasuQuill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004) — Mitsuru WatanabeSecret (1999) — Heisuke SugitaKamui (2009) — Hanbei