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

The Funeral

as Inose

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

as Mitsuru Watanabe

Kubi

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Egoists

as Kazuyuki Ninomiya

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

as Takeo Matsuoka

Kamui

as Hanbei

Known For - TV Shows

Midnight Diner

as Master

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

as Master

The Private Detective Mike

Dr. Coto's Clinic

as 星野正一

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

as Self - Narrator (voice)

THE DAYS

as Furuya

The Tiger and Her Wings

as 穗高重亲

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

as Kotaki Reiji