Sep 4, 1951 - Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. A multi-award winning thespian, he won best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.
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| Movie | 1997 | Princess Mononoke | Jikobo (voice) | |
| Movie | 2010 | A Crowd of Three | ||
| Movie | 2007 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Oton | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Funeral | Inose | |
| Movie | 2006 | Tales from Earthsea | The King (voice) | |
| Movie | 2009 | Kamui | Hanbei | |
| Movie | 2023 | Kubi | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| Movie | 2008 | Vacation | Toru Hirai | |
| Movie | 2004 | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog | Mitsuru Watanabe | |
| Movie | 2010 | Boys on the Run | Suzuki san | |
| Movie | 1999 | Secret | Heisuke Sugita | |
| Movie | 2010 | Haru's Journey | Kinoshita | |
| Movie | 2023 | The Boy and the Heron | Noble Pelican (voice) | |
| Movie | 2022 | Yes, I Can't Swim | Professor Kamoshita | |
| Movie | 1985 | And Then | Tsunejiro Hiraoka | |
| Movie | 1999 | Coquille | Tatsuya Urayama | |
| Movie | 2013 | The Great Passage | Kohei Araki | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya | Yasutada Kamiya | |
| Movie | 1977 | Ballad of Orin | Torazo | |
| Movie | 2013 | The End of Summer | Shingo Kosugi | |
| Movie | 2013 | Leaving on the 15th Spring | Toshiharu Nakazato | |
| Movie | 2023 | Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 | ||
| Movie | 1986 | For Business | Miyabi Sakuramiya | |
| Movie | 1988 | Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad | Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4) | |
| Movie | 2022 | Winter Rose | Giichi Wataguchi | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Last U-Boat | Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän | |
| Movie | 1989 | Untamagiru | Giru | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Washing Machine | Taiji Ogami | |
| Movie | 2023 | Trapped Balloon | Shigezo Kojima | |
| Movie | 2024 | The Yin Yang Master Zero | Fujiwara Yosuke | |
| Movie | 2022 | Dr. Coto's Clinic | Shoichi Hoshino | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Egoists | Kazuyuki Ninomiya | |
| Movie | 2014 | Climbing to Spring | Isao Nagamine | |
| Movie | 2005 | Female | Old man | |
| Movie | 2014 | Midnight Diner | Master | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Way of Osaka Financing 1 | ||
| Movie | 2010 | Sketches of Kaitan City | Ryuzo Higa | |
| Movie | 1985 | Paradise View | Reishu Goya | |
| Movie | 2023 | Tsugaru Lacquer Girl | ||
| Movie | 2024 | Promised Land | ||
| Movie | 2016 | Botchan | Madonna’s father | |
| Movie | 2017 | Kiseki: Sobito of That Day | Seiichi Morita | |
| Movie | 1981 | Call from Darkness | Tatsuo Tamura | |
| Movie | 1981 | Hear the Wind Sing | Me | |
| Movie | 2016 | Midnight Diner 2 | Master | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Black House | ||
| Movie | 1988 | Love and Action in Osaka | ||
| Movie | 2016 | Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" | Jisaku Koka | |
| Movie | 2016 | Natsumi's Firefly | Sakakiyama | |
| Movie | 2017 | An Emblem Dedicated To You | Nakagawa Akiko | |
| Movie | 2010 | Abraxas | ||
| Movie | 2017 | Lear on the Shore | ||
| Movie | 2017 | Mukoku | Shozo Yatabe | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Dropout | ||
| Movie | 2017 | The Miracles of the Namiya General Store | Takeo Matsuoka | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Tomb & the Divorce | Yoshinori Ishino | |
| Movie | 1993 | Chibusa | ||
| Movie | 1979 | Eighteen Years, to the Sea | Eisuke Morimoto | |
| Movie | 1987 | Twilight of the Cockroaches | Saitô (voice) | |
| Movie | 2019 | His Lost Name | Tetsuro | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Wangan Highway | Nakamura | |
| Movie | 2019 | The Island of Cats | Iwao | |
| Movie | 2013 | Kyokuhoku Rhapsody | Masashi Sera | |
| Movie | 1985 | Love Letter | Tetsushi Kamiya | |
| Movie | 1990 | Hong Kong Paradise | Hachirou Ooishi | |
| Movie | 1983 | The Second Love | Hideo Hyuga | |
| Movie | 2008 | Then Summer Came | ||
| Movie | 1994 | Uneasy Encounters | ||
| Movie | 1976 | The Sea of Genkai | ||
| Movie | 1991 | Shimanto River | ||
| Movie | 2002 | Ghiblies: Episode 2 | Toshi-chan (Voice) | |
| Movie | 2021 | We Made a Beautiful Bouquet | Hirotaro Yamane | |
| Movie | 2021 | Arc | Rihito | |
| Movie | 2008 | Double Trouble | ||
| Movie | 2003 | Like Asura | Takao Satomi | |
| Movie | 2018 | The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan | ||
| Movie | 2025 | Oboe no Nai Satsujin | ||
| Movie | 2025 | Sham | ||
| Movie | 2020 | Independence of Japan | ||
| Movie | 2025 | The Last Blossom | Akutsu (1986) (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | Ten Dark Women | ||
| TV Show | 1982 | Toge no Gunzo | 50 | |
| TV Show | 2020 | Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku | Kotaki Reiji | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Top League | 6 | |
| TV Show | 2011 | The Castle of Sand | 2 | |
| TV Show | 2014 | Hello life from 55 | 5 | |
| TV Show | 2013 | Kyokuhoku Rhapsody | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2023 | Fixer | Ichiro Suzaki | 15 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Midnight Diner | Master | 30 |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Private Detective Mike | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2021 | Solomon's Perjury | 津崎 正男 | 8 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Villiany Ganbo | Gen Koshimizu | 11 |
| TV Show | 2009 | News Sokuho wa Nagareta | 11 | |
| TV Show | 2011 | The Marriage Counselor | Syogo Yanagisawa | 11 |
| TV Show | 2009 | The Sun in Kurobe | Kunpei Takiyama | 2 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Carnation | Zensaku Ohara | 151 |
| TV Show | 2017 | Grade A Reversal | 10 | |
| TV Show | 2017 | Heaven | Doizaki Gen | 6 |
| TV Show | 2023 | Worry Not, She's the Boss | Yamagami Tatsuo | 10 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Hagetaka | Ryosuke Iijima | 8 |
| TV Show | 1983 | ふぞろいの林檎たち | 仲手川 耕一 | 13 |
| TV Show | 1987 | Iki no Iiyatsu | 23 | |
| TV Show | 2024 | The Tiger and Her Wings | 穗高重亲 | 130 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Miracles | Shun Samejima | 10 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Ten urara | 松尾良治 | 156 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Best Friends in Love | Hirotoshi Serizawa | 9 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Woman | Uesugi Kentaro | 11 |
| TV Show | 1996 | ナニワ金融道 | 桑田 澄男 | 6 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Dr. Coto's Clinic | 星野正一 | 11 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories | Master | 20 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Off the Record | Noto Toru | 10 |
| TV Show | 2023 | THE DAYS | Furuya | 8 |
| TV Show | 2016 | Hibana: Spark | 10 | |
| TV Show | 2015 | Godan | 6 | |
| TV Show | 2013 | Trembling Cow | 5 | |
| TV Show | 2024 | Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai | 仙川鶴一 | 3 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Sunflower on the Hill | Yuzuhara Kohei | 12 |
| TV Show | 2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] | 41 |
| TV Show | 2019 | The Great White Tower | Mataichi Zaizen | 5 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 2015 | The Emperor's Cook | 12 | |
| TV Show | 2025 | 1972 Fireflies on the Shore | 5 |
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| TV Show | 2011 | The Marriage Counselor | Creator | Creator |
