Kobayashi

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Kobayashi (Japanese: Template:Nihongo2, Template:Lit 'small woods') is the 8th most common Japanese surname.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> A less common variant is Template:Nihongo2. Notable people with the surname include:

ArtsEdit

Film, television, theater and musicEdit

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

LiteratureEdit

Audrey Kobayashi (born 1951), Canadian geographer and writer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer and literary critic
Template:Nihongo, Japanese chef and food writer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese poet
Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer and communist
Tamai Kobayashi (born 1965), Canadian writer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese screenwriter
Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer

MusicEdit

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

Other artistsEdit

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

MilitaryEdit

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

Politics and lawEdit

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
Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician, 6th Mayor of Niitsu, Niigata
Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician
Template:Nihongo, Japanese politician

Scientists and engineersEdit

Albert S. Kobayashi (1924–2025), American engineer and scientist
Template:Nihongo, Japanese electrical engineer and computer scientist
Kevin Wesley Kobayashi, American engineer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese academic
Makoto Kobayashi (小林誠 born 1944), Japanese physicist
Riki Kobayashi (1924–2013), American chemical engineer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese-American mathematician
Template:Nihongo, Japanese amateur astronomer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese computer scientist
Template:Nihongo, Japanese astronomer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese mathematician

SportsEdit

BaseballEdit

Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player
Template:Nihongo, Japanese baseball player

Football (soccer)Edit

Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Hiroki Kobayashi (footballer, born 1992), Japanese footballer
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Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Paulinho Kobayashi (born 1970), Brazilian footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese women's footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer and manager
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese women's footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Template:Nihongo, Japanese footballer
Yugo Kobayashi (footballer) (born 1991), Japanese footballer
Yuki Kobayashi (football, born 2000), Japanese footballer
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Zach Kobayashi (born 1997), American soccer player

Mind sportsEdit

Template:Nihongo, Japanese Go player
Template:Nihongo, Japanese shogi player
Template:Nihongo, Japanese Go player
Template:Nihongo, Japanese Go player

Winter sportsEdit

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

WrestlingEdit

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

Other athletesEdit

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

OthersEdit

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

Fictional charactersEdit

Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series The Law of Ueki
Template:Nihongo, the protagonist in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Kobayashi, a character in the film The Usual Suspects
Template:Nihongo, 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
Template:Nihongo, a character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam
Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Cheeky Angel
Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo, 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
Template:Nihongo, a character in the media franchise Project 575
Template:Nihongo, a character in the manga series Please Save My Earth
Template:Nihongo, protagonist of the manga series Kemeko Deluxe!
Sashi Kobayashi, a character in the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Template:Nihongo, 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
Template:Nihongo, also known as Washu Hakubi, a character in Tenchi Muyō! media

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