Kobayashi (Japanese: , 'small woods') is the 8th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is . Notable people with the surname include:

Arts

Film, television, theater and music

, Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese actor , Japanese actor , Japanese voice actor , Japanese voice actor , Japanese musician , Japanese musician , Japanese actor , Japanese voice actress , Japanese actor , Japanese comedian and actor , Japanese comedian, actor, dramaturge, theatre director and manga artist , Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator , Japanese film director , Japanese voice actor , Japanese dancer and actor , Japanese actor , Japanese actress , Japanese actress , Japanese actress and voice actress , Japanese musician , Japanese actress , Japanese actor , Japanese musician , Japanese singer and model , Japanese actress , Japanese voice actress , Japanese voice actress , Japanese voice actor

Literature Audrey Kobayashi (born 1951), Canadian geographer and writer , Japanese writer and literary critic , Japanese chef and food writer , Japanese poet , Japanese writer and communist Tamai Kobayashi (born 1966), Canadian writer , Japanese screenwriter , Japanese writer

Music

, Japanese singer and voice actress , Japanese classical pianist , Japanese actress and singer Hana Kobayashi (born 1982), Venezuelan singer , Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist , Japanese music producer, better known as Kobametal , Japanese model, actress and singer Ron Kobayashi, American jazz pianist , Japanese enka singer and voice actress , Japanese voice actress and singer , Japanese video game composer and pianist Satoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people , Japanese classical composer , Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer , Japanese roboticist , Japanese voice actress and singer

Other artists

, Japanese artist , Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker , Japanese painter , Japanese manga artist , Japanese artist Kunio Kobayashi (bonsai artist) (小林 國雄 born 1948), Japanese bonsai artist , Japanese photographer , Japanese manga artist , Japanese artist , Japanese photographer , Japanese photographer Robert Kobayashi (1925–2015), American artist , Japanese anime director , Japanese manga artist , Japanese anime director , Japanese manga artist , Japanese photographer

Military

, Japanese samurai , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral , Imperial Japanese Navy admiral and Governor-General of Taiwan

Politics and law Ann Kobayashi (born 1937), American politician and businesswoman Bert T. Kobayashi (1916–2005), Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii Bertrand Kobayashi (fl. 2010s), American politician Leslie E. Kobayashi (born 1957), American judge , Japanese politician, 6th Mayor of Niitsu, Niigata , Japanese politician , Japanese politician

Scientists and engineers Albert S. Kobayashi (born 1924), American engineer and scientist , Japanese electrical engineer and computer scientist Kevin Wesley Kobayashi, American engineer , Japanese academic Makoto Kobayashi (小林 誠 born 1944), Japanese physicist Riki Kobayashi (1924–2013), American chemical engineer , Japanese-American mathematician , Japanese amateur astronomer , Japanese computer scientist , Japanese astronomer , Japanese mathematician

Sports

Baseball

, Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player , Japanese baseball player

Football (soccer)

, Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Hiroki Kobayashi (footballer, born 1992), Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Paulinho Kobayashi (born 1970), Brazilian footballer , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer and manager , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese women's footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer Yugo Kobayashi (footballer) (born 1991), Japanese footballer Yuki Kobayashi (football, born 2000), Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer

Mind sports

, Japanese Go player , Japanese shogi player , Japanese Go player , Japanese Go player

Winter sports

, Japanese ski jumper , Japanese biathlete , Japanese Nordic combined skier , Japanese figure skater and coach , Japanese ski jumper , Japanese bobsledder

Wrestling

, or Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese professional wrestler , also known as Hideo Itami, Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese professional wrestler , Japanese sport wrestler

Other athletes , Japanese synchronized swimmer Celes Kobayashi (born 1974), Japanese boxer , Japanese basketball player Dawn Kobayashi (born 1971), Jamaican sport shooter Etsuko Kobayashi (born 1992), Japanese cricketer , Japanese golfer , Japanese middle-distance runner , Japanese sprint canoeist , Japanese slalom canoeist , Japanese racewalker , racing driver , Japanese diver , Japanese gymnast Kunio Kobayashi (karateka) (小林 國雄 born 1967), Japanese karateka , Japanese rower , Japanese cyclist , Japanese golfer , Japanese squash player , Japanese swimmer , Japanese three-cushion billiards player Royal Kobayashi (1949–2020), Japanese boxer Ryosei Kobayashi (born 1994), Japanese squash player , Japanese sport shooter , Japanese judoka , Japanese competitive eater , Japanese aikidoka , Japanese softball player , Japanese badminton player , Japanese cyclist , Japanese middle- and long-distance runner , Japanese basketball player

Others , Japanese gravure idol Hannah Kobayashi (born 1994), American missing person , Japanese AV idol , Japanese industrialist , Japanese idol , Japanese economist , Japanese businessman , Japanese conductor and composer Sanzaburo Kobayashi (小林 参三郎, 1863–1926), Japanese surgeon , Japanese educator , Japanese journalist , Japanese businessman , Japanese fashion model

Fictional characters , a character in the manga series The Law of Ueki , the protagonist in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Kobayashi, a character in the film The Usual Suspects , a character in the manga series Doki Doki School Hours Amiko Kobayashi, a character in Marvel Comics Atari Kobayashi, a character in the film Isle of Dogs Daigo Kobayashi, a character in the film Departures , a character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam , a character in the manga series Cheeky Angel and , characters in the manga series Angelic Layer Koji Kobayashi, a character in the film Godzilla Raids Again Masafumi Kobayashi, a character in the film Noroi: The Curse , a character in the media franchise Project 575 , a character in the manga series Please Save My Earth , protagonist of the manga series Kemeko Deluxe! Sashi Kobayashi, a character in the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero , a character in the manga series Case Closed Tamami Kobayashi (小林 玉美) a side character in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable , also known as Washu Hakubi, a character in Tenchi Muyō! media

See also

Akiko Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Fumiaki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Hideaki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Hirokazu Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Hiromi Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Hiroshi Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Hiroyuki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Kaoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Kōji Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Makoto Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Mao Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Masahiro Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Masato Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Miyuki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Osamu Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Takashi Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Yuki Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Yūsuke Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people Yutaka Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people

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