Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 4, 1951 (age 75)
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- 小林薫
- 小林薰
- こばやし かおる
- کائورو کوبایاشی
- Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi
Biography
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.
Known For - Movies
Princess Mononoke
as Jikobo (voice)
The Boy and the Heron
as Noble Pelican (voice)
Tales from Earthsea
as The King (voice)
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as Hirotaro Yamane
Kubi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
as Mitsuru Watanabe
The Funeral
as Inose
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Oton
Sham
The Egoists
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
Known For - TV Shows
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Midnight Diner
as Master
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Master
The Private Detective Mike
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 星野正一
The Tiger and Her Wings
as 穗高重亲
THE DAYS
as Furuya
Hibana: Spark
Carnation
as Zensaku Ohara
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]