is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Toyonaka, affiliated with 81 Produce. He is known for starring as Saki Mizushima in The Idolmaster SideM, Niko in Nanbaka, Steve Kanamori in 100% Pascal-sensei, Subaru Hoshiyomi in Future Card Buddyfight Ace, Invisible Stalker/Perm Stripe in Egumi Legacy, and the titular main character of Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup.
Biography Daiki Kobayashi, a native of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, was born on 23 September 1991. He was inspired to go into voice acting after learning that Oha Suta host Koichi Yamadera would appear in the show's anime segments, and he started enjoying reading textbooks aloud and became interested in late-night anime. He then spent about half a year at a training school in Osaka during high school. He was later educated at and 81 Actor's Studio, and he joined 81 Produce Junior on 1 April 2014.
In January 2016, it was announced that Kobayashi would star as the cross-dressing male idol Saki Mizushima in The Idolmaster SideM, a sub-franchise of The Idolmaster franchise; he subsequently received praise for his androgynous voice (which he was already known for at the time), with Kusuri Yūki from Net Lab praising it as "a perfect casting". Since then, he has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases as part of the tie-in unit Cafe Parade, including the 2023 single "The Idolmaster SideM 49 Elements: 08: Cafe Parade" (which charted at #13 in the Oricon Singles Chart).
In 2016, Kobayashi was announced that he would star as Niko in Nanbaka. He later starred as Steve Kanamori in 100% Pascal-sensei and Subaru Hoshiyomi in Future Card Buddyfight Ace. He voiced Yasunari Semba in the 2023 film Maboroshi. In December 2023, he was cast as Mitsuru Tenma in Ensemble Stars!, after the character's previous voice actor, Junya Ikeda, was arrested for bank account fraud. In 2024, he starred as Invisible Stalker/Perm Stripe in Egumi Legacy and the titular main character of Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup.
Kobayashi is androgynous, portraying androgynous characters with a feminine voice and cross-dressing on social media. He speaks the .
Filmography Television animation YearTitleRoleRef. 2015 Star-Myu Student 2016 All Out!! Yoshiki Hirano 2016 Beyblade Burst Shinki Mikuni 2016 Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis Participant 2016 Nanbaka Niko 2016 Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage Ōchū 2017 100% Pascal-sensei Steve Kanamori 2017 ēlDLIVE Assistant Inspector Chips 2017 Just Because! Kaoru Yamaguchi 2017 Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama Bells 2017 Masamune-kun's Revenge Akio Tanabe 2017 Tsukipro The Animation Young Shū Izumi 2018 Cells at Work! Campylobacter 2018 Future Card Buddyfight Ace Subaru Hoshiyomi 2020 Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Sousuke Mitsuba 2021 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team Isao Igawa 2021 Amaim Warrior at the Borderline Mishima Tsubasa 2021 Skate-Leading Stars Shō Suzaki 2021 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Hermes 2022 Classroom of the Elite Ryōta Beppu 2022 Platinum End Keiichi Nakaumi 2022 Sasaki and Miyano Masaki Hanzawa 2023 After-School Hanako-kun Mitsuba 2023 Ayakashi Triangle Donpa 2023 Duel Masters Win Duel Wars Ken Ugata 2023 Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō Ichirō Kanbara 2023 The Ancient Magus' Bride Zoe Ivy 2023 Vinland Saga Schull 2024 Egumi Legacy Invisible Stalker, Perm Stripe 2024 Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup Kinokoinu 2024 Undead Unluck Red 2024 Wind Breaker Yuri Kakiuchi 2025 Wandance Hoto, Uyo, Macchin 2025 The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess Kagura Ivy 2026 Kusunoki's Garden of Gods Raijin
Animated film YearTitleRoleRef. 2023 Maboroshi Yasunari Semba
Original net animation Year Title RoleRef. 2018 Pan to Boku no Momo-chan Shiro 2021 Rick and Morty: ~SUMMER meets GOD~ (Rick meets Evil) Future Being
Video games Year Title RoleRef. 2016 The Idolmaster SideM Saki Mizushima 2019 Arc the Lad R Matthias 2019 Op8 Sei Hoshizaki 2020 Show by Rock!! Fes A Live 659 (Rokoku) 2023 Ensemble Stars! Mitsuru Tenma
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