kobayashi

Arts and entertainment

Ai Kobayashi (born 1973), voice actress
Aimi Kobayashi (born 1995), pianist
Akiji Kobayashi (1930–1996), actor, best remembered for his role as Captain Taishio (Toshio) Muramatsu aka Captain Mura in Ultraman
Akiko Kobayashi (singer) (born 1958), singer, songwriter, composer and arranger, also known as Holi
Akiko Kobayashi (voice actor) (born 1979), voice actor and singer
Akira Kobayashi (born 1938), actor, nicknamed Maitogai ("Mighty Guy")
Ayako Kobayashi, actress, best known by her role in the TV drama "Oshin"
Hideaki Kobayashi (born 1973), video game composer, writer of the music in Phantasy Star Online
Hideo Kobayashi (1902–1983), author and literary critic
Hitomi Kobayashi (born 1965), retired AV (adult video) idol
Kobayashi Issa (1763–1828), poet, regarded a Haiku master
Katsuya Kobayashi (born 1981) (actor)
Kei Kobayashi (voice actress) (born 1976), voice actress, affiliated with Mausu Promotion.
Kei Kobayashi (actor), actor and jazz singer
Keiju Kobayashi, actor
Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi (born 1940), conductor and composer
Jin Kobayashi (born 1977), manga artist, writer of School Rumble
Kaori Kobayashi (born 1981), jazz saxophonist and flautist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915), Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker
Makoto Kobayashi (artist) (born 1958), manga artist, best known for his unusual drawing style
Masaki Kobayashi (1916–1996), film director, films include Kwaidan and The Human Condition
Mao Kobayashi (born 1992), actress, junior idol and TV talent
Maya Kobayashi, freelance announcer, elder sister of Mao Kobayashi
Sanae Kobayashi (born 1980), voice actress
Takeshi Kobayashi, music writer
Kobayashi Takiji (1903–1933), Japanese author of proletarian literature
Tomomi Kobayashi, character designer for the SaGa series role playing games
Yoshinori Kobayashi (born 1953), conservative author and manga artist
Yū Kobayashi (born 1982), voice actress
Yūko Kobayashi (born 1961), voice actress, currently affiliated with 81 Produce
Yumi Kobayashi (born 1988), fashion model
Yumiko Kobayashi (born 1979), freelance voice actress, formerly affiliated with Arts Vision

Sports

Daigo Kobayashi (born 1983), association footballer for the Greek club Iraklis F.C.
Izumi Kobayashi (born 1977), professional go player
Kamui Kobayashi (born 1986), Formula One racing driver for Sauber
Kenta Kobayashi (born 1981) professional wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah
Koichi Kobayashi (born 1952), go player
Masahide Kobayashi (born 1974), baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants
Masato (kickboxer), or Masato Kobayashi (born 1979), professional Japanese Welterweight kickboxer
Nobuaki Kobayashi (born 1942), three-cushion billiards player
Ryokan Kobayashi (born 1979), baseball pitcher, currently plays for the Brother Elephants, Chinese Professional Baseball League
Satoru Kobayashi (born 1959), go player
Yasuo Kobayashi (born 1936), aikido teacher
Abdullah Kobayashi or Yosuke Kobayashi (born 1976), professional wrestler with BJPW and TNA
Takeru Kobayashi (born 1978), competitive eater

Politics

Ann Kobayashi (born 1937), a member of the Honolulu City Council

Sciences

Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Professor), professor at Kyoto University
Makoto Kobayashi (physicist) (born 1944), physicist, Nobel laureate, known for his work on CP-violation
Shoshichi Kobayashi (born 1932), mathematician, worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, infinite Lie groups
Takao Kobayashi (born 1961), amateur astronomer, asteroid hunter
Toru Kobayashi, astronomer, discoverer of comet C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi-Berger-Milon
Toshiyuki Kobayashi (born 1962), mathematician, worked in the field of Lie theory, and on the theory of discontinuous groups
Shotaro Kobayashi (born 1993), electrical engineering student from the University of Queensland

Other

Kaoru Kobayashi (born 1968), convicted of the murder of a seven year old first-grade student

In fiction

Kobayashi, Keyser Söze's lawyer in the film The Usual Suspects, played by Pete Postlethwaite
Kobayashi-sensei, a character in the Japanese manga series The Law of Ueki
Akane Kobayashi, a character in the manga and anime series Doki Doki School Hours
Amiko Kobayashi, the adopted daughter of the marvel superhero Wolverine
Daigo Kobayashi, the main character in the 2008 film Departures
Kobayashi Hatoko and her brother Kobayashi Kotaro, characters in the manga series Angelic Layer
Hayato Kobayashi, character in the televised anime series Mobile Suit Gundam
Rin Kobayashi, character in the science fiction manga Please Save My Earth
Washu Kobayashi and Washu Fitzgerald Kobayashi, name of the anime and manga character Washu Hakubi in the Pretty Sammy OVA and the Magical Project S TV spinoff
Hitomonji Kobayashi, a character in the anime and manga Cheeky Angel

Other uses

Kobayashi, Miyazaki, city in Japan
Kobayashi Maru, a fictional training exercise in the Star Trek franchise, named after a space ship

See also

Japanese name
Kobayashi Maru (disambiguation), other uses of the name of the fictional Star Trek space ship