Kendo Kobayashi

{{short description|Japanese comedian and actor}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Kendo Kobayashi

| image = Kendo Kobayashi.jpg

| caption = 2018

| native_name = ケンドーコバヤシ

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name = Tomoharu Kobayashi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

| alias = {{hlist|Ken Koba{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/186547|title=映画「ONE PIECE」にケンコバ、古田新太、コロッケ、ナダルも出演|work=Comic Natalie|language=ja|publisher=Natasha|date=10 May 2016|accessdate=26 Oct 2016}}|Koba{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/owarai/news/187487|title=しずちゃんが結婚詐欺を調査、雨上がり、コバ、宇治原の中で素質あるのは|work=Owarai Natalie|language=ja|publisher=Natasha|date=17 May 2016|accessdate=26 Oct 2016}}|Mr. Yaritai Hōdai{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/owarai/news/80561|title=真相はABCとDVDで「容疑者ケンドーコバヤシ逮捕」|work=Owarai Natalie|language=ja|publisher=Natasha|date=26 Nov 2012|accessdate=26 Oct 2016}}}}

| death_date =

| education = {{hlist|Hatsushiba Tondabayashi High School|Yoshimoto New Star Creation (NSC)}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actor}}

| years_active = 1992–

| agent = Yoshimoto Creative Agency

| known_for = {{hlist|Niketsu!!|Ameagari no yamato Naze? Shiko|Ken Koba no BakoBako TV|NMB48 Sayaka Yamamoto no M-ane: Music Onēsan|High Noon TV Viking!|Yoshimoto Chō Gōkin K: Ken Koba Daiō Kangaeru Hito|Kangaeru Hito}}

| height = 1.72 m{{cite web|url=http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp13019|title=ケンドーコバヤシ|work=Nihon Tarento Meikan|language=ja|publisher=Yahoo! Japan|accessdate=26 Oct 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://search.yoshimoto.co.jp/talent_prf/?id=651|title=ケンドーコバヤシ|language=ja|publisher=Yoshimoto Kogyo|accessdate=26 Oct 2016}}

| awards = {{hlist|2nd and 3rd Dynamite Kansai (2000)|All That's Manzai (2001)|11th Dynamite Kansai (2005)|BGO Emi Kamagata Entertainment award (2005)|BGO Emi Kamagata Entertainment Narrative award (2006)|14th Dynamite Kansai (2008)|S-1 Battle Monthly Champion (2009)}}

}}

{{nihongo|Kendo Kobayashi|ケンドーコバヤシ|Kendō Kobayashi|born 4 July 1972}} is a Japanese comedian and actor.Mokuyō Junk Zero: Kendo Kobayashi no Temeoko. TBS Radio. 18 Jun 2009. His real and former stage name is {{nihongo|Tomoharu Kobayashi|小林 友治|Kobayashi Tomoharu}}. He is nicknamed {{nihongo|Ken Koba|ケンコバ}}, {{nihongo|Koba|コバ}}, and {{nihongo|Mr. Yaritai Hōdai|Mr.やりたい放題|Misutā Yaritai Hōdai}}. He is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency of Yoshimoto Kogyo in Tokyo. He graduated from the Yoshimoto New Star Creation (NSC) in Osaka.

Kobayashi graduated from Osaka Municipal Higashitanabe Elementary School, Osaka Municipal Nakano Junior High School, and Hatsushiba Tondabayashi High School. He served as a captain of the rugby club during high school.