Kobayashi

Kobayashi (Japanese: {{Nihongo2|小林}}, {{lit}} 'small woods') is the 8th most common Japanese surname.{{cite press release|title=明治安田生命全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]|publisher=Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.meijiyasuda.co.jp/profile/news/release/2008/pdf/20080924.pdf|accessdate=2019-03-09}} A less common variant is {{Nihongo2|古林}}. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts

= Film, television, theater and music =

{{Nihongo|Ai Kobayashi|小林愛||born 1973}}, Japanese actress and voice actress
{{Nihongo|Akiji Kobayashi|小林昭二||1930–1996}}, Japanese actor
{{Nihongo|Akira Kobayashi|小林旭||born 1938}}, Japanese actor
{{Nihongo|Chiaki Kobayashi|小林千晃||born 1994}}, Japanese voice actor
{{Nihongo|Chikahiro Kobayashi|小林親弘||born 1983}}, Japanese voice actor
{{Nihongo|Haru Kobayashi|小林ハル||1900–2005}}, Japanese musician
{{Nihongo|Katsuya Kobayashi|小林且弥||born 1981}}, Japanese actor
{{Nihongo|Kei Kobayashi|小林希唯||born 1976}}, Japanese voice actress
{{Nihongo|Keiju Kobayashi|小林桂樹||1923–2010}}, Japanese actor
{{Nihongo|Kendo Kobayashi|ケンドーコバヤシ||born 1972}}, Japanese comedian and actor
{{Nihongo|Kentarō Kobayashi|小林賢太郎||born 1973}}, Japanese comedian, actor, dramaturge, theatre director and manga artist
{{Nihongo|Kiyoshi Kobayashi|小林清志||born 1933}}, Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
{{Nihongo|Masaki Kobayashi|小林正樹||1916–1996}}, Japanese film director
{{Nihongo|Michitaka Kobayashi|小林通孝||born 1955}}, Japanese voice actor
{{Nihongo|Naoki Kobayashi|小林直己||born 1984}}, Japanese dancer and actor
{{Nihongo|Nenji Kobayashi|小林稔侍||born 1941}}, Japanese actor
{{Nihongo|Ryoko Kobayashi|小林涼子||born 1989}}, Japanese actress
{{Nihongo|Satomi Kobayashi|小林聡美||born 1965}}, Japanese actress
{{Nihongo|Sayaka Kobayashi|小林さやか||born 1970}}, Japanese actress and voice actress
{{Nihongo|Seidō Kobayashi|小林正道||born 1944}}, Japanese musician
{{Nihongo|Seiran Kobayashi|小林星蘭||born 2004}}, Japanese actress
{{Nihongo|Shigeo Kobayashi|小林成男||born 1970}}, Japanese actor
{{Nihongo|Yasuhiro Kobayashi|小林靖宏||born 1959}}, Japanese musician
{{Nihongo|Yui Kobayashi|小林由依||born 1999}}, Japanese singer and model
{{Nihongo|Yukiko Kobayashi|小林夕岐子||born 1946}}, Japanese actress
{{Nihongo|Yuko Kobayashi|小林優子||born 1961}}, Japanese voice actress
{{Nihongo|Yumiko Kobayashi|小林由美子||born 1979}}, Japanese voice actress
{{Nihongo|Yūsuke Kobayashi|小林裕介||born 1985}}, Japanese voice actor

= Literature =

Audrey Kobayashi (born 1951), Canadian geographer and writer
{{Nihongo|Hideo Kobayashi|小林秀雄||1902–1983}}, Japanese writer and literary critic
{{Nihongo|Katsuyo Kobayashi|小林カツ代||1937–2014}}, Japanese chef and food writer
{{Nihongo|Kobayashi Issa|小林一茶||1763–1828}}, Japanese poet
{{Nihongo|Takiji Kobayashi|小林多喜二||1903–1933}}, Japanese writer and communist
Tamai Kobayashi (born 1966), Canadian writer
{{Nihongo|Yasuko Kobayashi|小林靖子||born 1965}}, Japanese screenwriter
{{Nihongo|Yasumi Kobayashi|小林泰三||born 1962}}, Japanese writer

= Music =

{{Nihongo|Aika Kobayashi|小林愛香||born 1993}}, Japanese singer and voice actress
{{Nihongo|Aimi Kobayashi|小林愛実||born 1995}}, Japanese classical pianist
{{Nihongo|Chie Kobayashi|小林千絵||born 1963}}, Japanese actress and singer
Hana Kobayashi (born 1982), Venezuelan singer
{{Nihongo|Kaori Kobayashi|小林香織||born 1981}}, Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist
{{Nihongo|Key Kobayashi|小林啓|Kobayashi Kei|}}, Japanese music producer, better known as Kobametal
{{Nihongo|Megumi Kobayashi|小林恵||born 1977}}, Japanese model, actress and singer
Ron Kobayashi, American jazz pianist
{{Nihongo|Sachiko Kobayashi|小林幸子||born 1953}}, Japanese enka singer and voice actress
{{Nihongo|Sanae Kobayashi|小林沙苗||born 1980}}, Japanese voice actress and singer
{{Nihongo|Saori Kobayashi|小林早織}}, Japanese video game composer and pianist
Satoru Kobayashi (disambiguation), multiple people
{{Nihongo|Sumio Kobayashi|小林純生||born 1982}}, Japanese classical composer
{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kobayashi|小林武史||born 1959}}, Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
{{Nihongo|Yo Kobayashi|小林洋||born 1981}}, Japanese roboticist
{{Nihongo|Yū Kobayashi|小林ゆう||born 1982}}, Japanese voice actress and singer

= Other artists =

{{Nihongo|Kobayashi Eitaku|小林永濯||1843–1890}}, Japanese artist
{{Nihongo|Kobayashi Kiyochika|小林清親||1847–1915}}, Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker
{{Nihongo|Kokei Kobayashi|小林古径||1883–1957}}, Japanese painter
{{Nihongo|Jin Kobayashi|小林尽||born 1977}}, Japanese manga artist
{{Nihongo|Kobayashi Keisei|小林敬生||born 1944}}, Japanese artist
Kunio Kobayashi (bonsai artist) (小林國雄 born 1948), Japanese bonsai artist
{{Nihongo|Meison Kobayashi|小林鳴村||1889–?}}, Japanese photographer
{{Nihongo|Motofumi Kobayashi|小林源文||born 1951}}, Japanese manga artist
{{Nihongo|Naomi Kobayashi|小林尚美||born 1945}}, Japanese artist
{{Nihongo|Norio Kobayashi|小林のりお||born 1952}}, Japanese photographer
{{Nihongo|Shinichiro Kobayashi|小林伸一郎}}, Japanese photographer
Robert Kobayashi (1925–2015), American artist
{{Nihongo|Tomoki Kobayashi|小林智樹}}, Japanese anime director
{{Nihongo|Toshihiko Kobayashi|小林俊彦}}, Japanese manga artist
{{Nihongo|Tsuneo Kobayashi|小林常夫||born 1965}}, Japanese anime director
{{Nihongo|Yoshinori Kobayashi|小林善範||born 1953}}, Japanese manga artist
{{Nihongo|Yūshi Kobayashi|小林祐史||1898–1988}}, Japanese photographer

Military

{{Nihongo|Kobayashi Torasaburō|小林虎三郎||1828–1877}}, Japanese samurai
{{Nihongo|Masami Kobayashi|小林仁||1890–1977}}, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
{{Nihongo|Seizō Kobayashi|小林躋造||1877–1962}}, 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
{{Nihongo|Kazumi Kobayashi|小林一三||born 1936}}, Japanese politician, 6th Mayor of Niitsu, Niigata
{{Nihongo|Masao Kobayashi|小林正夫||born 1947}}, Japanese politician
{{Nihongo|Mieko Kobayashi|小林美恵子||born 1958}}, Japanese politician

Scientists and engineers

Albert S. Kobayashi (1924–2025), American engineer and scientist
{{Nihongo|Hisashi Kobayashi|小林久志||1938–2023}}, Japanese electrical engineer and computer scientist
Kevin Wesley Kobayashi, American engineer
{{Nihongo|Kiyoshi Kobayashi (professor)|小林潔司}}, Japanese academic
Makoto Kobayashi (小林誠 born 1944), Japanese physicist
Riki Kobayashi (1924–2013), American chemical engineer
{{Nihongo|Shoshichi Kobayashi|小林昭七||1932–2012}}, Japanese-American mathematician
{{Nihongo|Takao Kobayashi|小林隆男||born 1961}}, Japanese amateur astronomer
{{Nihongo|Tatsuo Kobayashi|小林龍生||born 1951}}, Japanese computer scientist
{{Nihongo|Toru Kobayashi|小林徹}}, Japanese astronomer
{{Nihongo|Toshiyuki Kobayashi|小林俊行||born 1962}}, Japanese mathematician

Sports

= Baseball =

{{Nihongo|Masahide Kobayashi|小林雅英||born 1974}}, Japanese baseball player
{{Nihongo|Ryokan Kobayashi|小林亮寛||born 1979}}, Japanese baseball player
{{Nihongo|Seiji Kobayashi|小林誠司||born 1989}}, Japanese baseball player
{{Nihongo|Shigeru Kobayashi|小林繁||1952–2010}}, Japanese baseball player

= Football (soccer) =

{{Nihongo|Daigo Kobayashi|小林大悟||born 1983}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|George Kobayashi|小林ジョージ||born 1947}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Hiroki Kobayashi|小林弘記||born 1977}}, Japanese footballer
Hiroki Kobayashi (footballer, born 1992), Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Jun Kobayashi|小林洵||born 1999}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Kan Kobayashi|小林幹||born 1999}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Masamitsu Kobayashi|小林成光||born 1978}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Minoru Kobayashi|小林稔||born 1976}}, Japanese footballer
Paulinho Kobayashi (born 1970), Brazilian footballer
{{Nihongo|Rikako Kobayashi|小林里歌子||born 1997}}, Japanese women's footballer
{{Nihongo|Riku Kobayashi|小林里駆||born 2001}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Ryo Kobayashi|小林亮||born 1982}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Ryota Kobayashi|小林亮太||born 1988}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Seigo Kobayashi|小林成豪||born 1994}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Shinji Kobayashi|小林伸二||born 1960}}, Japanese footballer and manager
{{Nihongo|Shota Kobayashi|古林将太||born 1991}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Tadao Kobayashi|小林忠生||born 1930}}, Japanese footballer and manager
{{Nihongo|Tatsuki Kobayashi|小林竜樹||born 1985}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Teruaki Kobayashi|小林久晃||born 1979}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Yasutaka Kobayashi|小林康剛||born 1980}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Yayoi Kobayashi|小林弥生||born 1981}}, Japanese women's footballer
{{Nihongo|Yoshiyuki Kobayashi|小林慶行||born 1978}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Yōsuke Kobayashi|小林陽介||born 1983}}, Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Yu Kobayashi (footballer)|小林悠||born 1987}}, Japanese footballer
Yugo Kobayashi (footballer) (born 1991), Japanese footballer
Yuki Kobayashi (football, born 2000), Japanese footballer
{{Nihongo|Yuzo Kobayashi|小林祐三||born 1985}}, Japanese footballer
Zach Kobayashi (born 1997), American soccer player

= Mind sports =

{{Nihongo|Izumi Kobayashi|小林泉美||born 1977}}, Japanese Go player
{{Nihongo|Kenji Kobayashi|小林健二||born 1957}}, Japanese shogi player
{{Nihongo|Koichi Kobayashi|小林光一||born 1952}}, Japanese Go player
{{Nihongo|Reiko Kobayashi (Go player)|小林禮子||1939–1996}}, Japanese Go player

= Winter sports =

{{Nihongo|Junshirō Kobayashi|小林潤志郎||born 1991}}, Japanese ski jumper
{{Nihongo|Miki Kobayashi|小林美貴||born 1987}}, Japanese biathlete
{{Nihongo|Norihito Kobayashi|小林範仁||born 1982}}, Japanese Nordic combined skier
{{Nihongo|Reiko Kobayashi|小林れい子||born 1961}}, Japanese figure skater and coach
{{Nihongo|Ryōyū Kobayashi|小林陵侑||born 1996}}, Japanese ski jumper
{{Nihongo|Ryuichi Kobayashi|小林竜一||born 1976}}, Japanese bobsledder

= Wrestling =

{{Nihongo|Abdullah Kobayashi|アブドーラ小林||born 1976}}, or Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler
{{Nihongo|Eita Kobayashi|小林瑛太||born 1991}}, Japanese professional wrestler
{{Nihongo|Kaho Kobayashi|小林香萌||born 1992}}, Japanese professional wrestler
{{Nihongo|Kenta Kobayashi|小林健太||born 1981}}, also known as Hideo Itami, Japanese professional wrestler
{{Nihongo|Kuniaki Kobayashi|小林邦昭||born 1956}}, Japanese professional wrestler
{{Nihongo|Takeshi Kobayashi (wrestler)|小林武||born 1948}}, Japanese sport wrestler

= Other athletes =

{{Nihongo|Chisa Kobayashi|小林千紗||born 1987}}, Japanese synchronized swimmer
Celes Kobayashi (born 1974), Japanese boxer
{{Nihongo|Daisuke Kobayashi|小林大祐||born 1987}}, Japanese basketball player
Dawn Kobayashi (born 1971), Jamaican sport shooter
Etsuko Kobayashi (born 1992), Japanese cricketer
{{Nihongo|Fujio Kobayashi|小林富士夫||born 1944}}, Japanese golfer
{{Nihongo|Fumikazu Kobayashi|小林史和||born 1978}}, Japanese middle-distance runner
{{Nihongo|Hideo Kobayashi (canoeist)|小林英男||born 1943}}, Japanese sprint canoeist
{{Nihongo|Hiroko Kobayashi|小林弘子||born 1970}}, Japanese slalom canoeist
{{Nihongo|Kai Kobayashi|小林快||born 1993}}, Japanese racewalker
{{Nihongo|Kamui Kobayashi|小林可夢偉||born 1986}}, racing driver
{{Nihongo|Kazuo Kobayashi|小林一男||1908–?}}, Japanese diver
{{Nihongo|Kenya Kobayashi|小林研也||born 1983}}, Japanese gymnast
Kunio Kobayashi (karateka) (小林國雄 born 1967), Japanese karateka
{{Nihongo|Maki Kobayashi|小林眞樹||born 1965}}, Japanese rower
{{Nihongo|Marino Kobayashi|小林海||born 1994}}, Japanese cyclist
{{Nihongo|Masanori Kobayashi|小林正則||born 1976}}, Japanese golfer
{{Nihongo|Misaki Kobayashi|小林海咲||born 1990}}, Japanese squash player
{{Nihongo|Miwako Kobayashi|小林美和子||born 1952}}, Japanese swimmer
{{Nihongo|Nobuaki Kobayashi|小林伸明||1942–2019}}, Japanese three-cushion billiards player
Royal Kobayashi (born 1949), Japanese boxer
Ryosei Kobayashi (born 1994), Japanese squash player
{{Nihongo|Susumu Kobayashi|小林晋||born 1973}}, Japanese sport shooter
{{Nihongo|Takako Kobayashi|小林貴子||born 1968}}, Japanese judoka
{{Nihongo|Takeru Kobayashi|小林尊||born 1978}}, Japanese competitive eater
{{Nihongo|Yasuo Kobayashi|小林保雄||born 1936}}, Japanese aikidoka
{{Nihongo|Yoshimi Kobayashi|小林良美||born 1968}}, Japanese softball player
{{Nihongo|Yugo Kobayashi|小林優吾||born 1995}}, Japanese badminton player
{{Nihongo|Yuka Kobayashi|小林優香||born 1994}}, Japanese cyclist
{{Nihongo|Yuriko Kobayashi|小林祐梨子||born 1988}}, Japanese middle- and long-distance runner
{{Nihongo|Yuta Kobayashi|小林祐太||born 1987}}, Japanese basketball player

Others

{{Nihongo|Emi Kobayashi|小林恵美||born 1983}}, Japanese gravure idol
Hannah Kobayashi (born 1994), American missing person
{{Nihongo|Hitomi Kobayashi|小林ひとみ||born 1965}}, Japanese AV idol
{{Nihongo|Ichizō Kobayashi|小林一三||1873–1957}}, Japanese industrialist
{{Nihongo|Kana Kobayashi|小林香菜||born 1991}}, Japanese idol
{{Nihongo|Keiichiro Kobayashi|小林慶一郎||born 1966}}, Japanese economist
{{Nihongo|Ken Kobayashi|小林健||born 1949}}, Japanese businessman
{{Nihongo|Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi|小林研一郎||born 1940}}, Japanese conductor and composer
Sanzaburo Kobayashi (小林参三郎, 1863–1926), Japanese surgeon
{{Nihongo|Maya Kobayashi|小林麻耶||born 1979}}, Japanese journalist
{{Nihongo|Yotaro Kobayashi|小林陽太郎||1933–2015}}, Japanese businessman
{{Nihongo|Yumi Kobayashi|小林優美||born 1988}}, Japanese fashion model

Fictional characters

{{Nihongo|Kobayashi|小林}}, a character in the manga series The Law of Ueki
{{Nihongo|Kobayashi|小林}}, the protagonist in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Kobayashi, a character in the film The Usual Suspects
{{Nihongo|Akane Kobayashi|小林あかね}}, 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
{{Nihongo|Hayato Kobayashi|ハヤト・コバヤシ}}, a character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam
{{Nihongo|Hitomonji Kobayashi|小林一文字}}, a character in the manga series Cheeky Angel
{{Nihongo|Hatoko Kobayashi|小林鳩子}} and {{Nihongo|Kotaro Kobayashi|小林虎太郎}}, 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
{{Nihongo|Matcha Kobayashi|小林抹茶}}, a character in the media franchise Project 575
{{Nihongo|Rin Kobayashi|小林輪}}, a character in the manga series Please Save My Earth
{{Nihongo|Sanpeita Kobayashi|小林三平太}}, protagonist of the manga series Kemeko Deluxe!
Sashi Kobayashi, a character in the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
{{Nihongo|Sumiko Kobayashi|小林澄子}}, 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
{{Nihongo|Washu Kobayashi|小林鷲羽}}, also known as Washu Hakubi, a character in Tenchi Muyō! media

References

Category:Japanese-language surnames