Kobayashi (family name)

Kobayashi is a Japanese family name .

Origin and meaning

Kobayashi (Japanese 小林 , dt. "Small grove") is the eighth most common family name in Japan . A less common spelling is 古 林 .

Name bearer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Aimi Kobayashi (* 1995), Japanese classical pianist
• Albert S. Kobayashi (* 1924), American engineer

C.

• Celes Kobayashi (* 1974), Japanese boxer
• Chizu Kobayashi (* 1954), professional Japanese Go player

D.

• Daigo Kobayashi (* 1983), Japanese football player

G

• George Kobayashi (born 1947), Japanese football player

H

• Hidemasa Kobayashi (* 1994), Japanese football player
• Kobayashi Hideo (1902–1983), Japanese literary critic and writer
• Hirokazu Kobayashi (1929–1998), Japanese kamikaze pilot and later aikidoka
• Hiroki Kobayashi (* 1977), Japanese football player
• Hiroshi Kobayashi (* 1944), Japanese boxer
• Hiroshi Kobayashi (soccer player) (born 1959), Japanese soccer player
• Hiroyuki Kobayashi (producer) (* 1972), Japanese video game and film producer
• Hiroyuki Kobayashi (baseball player) (born 1978), Japanese baseball player
• Hiroyuki Kobayashi (soccer player) (born 1980), Japanese soccer player

I.

• Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), Japanese haiku poet

J

• Jun Kobayashi (* 1999), Japanese soccer player
• Junshirō Kobayashi (* 1991), Japanese ski jumper

K

• Kai Kobayashi (* 1993), Japanese walker
• Kamui Kobayashi (* 1986), Japanese racing driver
• Kan Kobayashi (* 1999), Japanese soccer player
• Kaori Kobayashi (* 1981), Japanese jazz saxophonist and flutist
• Kenta Kobayashi (* 1981), Japanese pro wrestler, see Hideo Itami
• Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915), Japanese Ukiyoe woodblock print artist
• Kōji Kobayashi (* 1957), Japanese boxer
• Kobayashi Kokei (1883–1957), Japanese painter

M.

• Makoto Kobayashi (physicist) (* 1944), Japanese physicist
• Makoto Kobayashi (manga artist) (* 1958), Japanese manga artist
• Makoto Kobayashi (soccer player) (born 1990), Japanese soccer player
• Mao Kobayashi (* 1999), Japanese soccer player
• Kobayashi Masahide (* 1974), Japanese baseball player
• Masahiro Kobayashi (director) (born 1954), Japanese film director
• Masahiro Kobayashi (actor) (born 1971), Japanese actor
• Masaki Kobayashi (1916–1996), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Kobayashi Masami (1890–1977), Japanese admiral
• Masamitsu Kobayashi (* 1978), Japanese football player
• Masaru Kobayashi (* 1959), Japanese motorcycle racer
• Miki Kobayayhi (violinist) (* 1990) Japanese violinist
• Miki Kobayashi (* 1987), Japanese biathlete and cross-country skier
• Minoru Kobayashi (* 1976), Japanese football player
• Misaki Kobayashi (* 1990), Japanese squash player
• Miyuki Kobayashi (comic book author) (* 1964), Japanese comic book author
• Miyuki Kobayashi (canoeist) (* 1967), Japanese canoeist
• Miyuki Kobayashi (biathlete) (* 1973), Japanese biathlete

N

• Nobuaki Kobayashi (1942–2019), Japanese carom player
• Norihito Kobayashi (* 1982), Japanese Nordic combined skier

R.

• Rikako Kobayashi (* 1997), Japanese soccer player
• Riku Kobayashi (* 2001), Japanese soccer player
• Royal Kobayashi (* 1949), Japanese boxer
• Ryō Kobayashi (* 1982), Japanese football player
• Ryōsei Kobayashi (* 1994), Japanese squash player
• Ryōta Kobayashi (* 1988), Japanese football player
• Ryōyū Kobayashi (* 1996), Japanese ski jumper

S.

• Sachiko Kobayashi (* 1953), Japanese singer and actress
• Satoru Kobayashi (* 1973), Japanese football player
• Seigō Kobayashi (* 1994), Japanese football player
• Shinji Kobayashi (* 1960), Japanese football player
• Shōshichi Kobayashi (1932–2012), Japanese mathematician
• Shōta Kobayashi (* 1991), Japanese football player
• Sumio Kobayashi (* 1982), Japanese composer of contemporary music
• Susumu Kobayashi (1954–2012), Japanese actor

T

• Tadao Kobayashi (* 1930), Japanese football player
• Tadashi Kobayashi (* 1941), Japanese art scholar
• Kobayashi Taijirō (1901–1963), Japanese art historian
• Takamichi Kobayashi (* 1979), Japanese football player
• Takao Kobayashi (* 1961), Japanese amateur astronomer
• Takako Kobayashi (* 1968), Japanese judoka
• Takashi Kobayashi (* 1987), Japanese racing driver
• Takeru Kobayashi (* 1978), Japanese competition eater
• Kobayashi Takiji (1903-1933), Japanese writer
• Tamai Kobayashi (* 1965), Canadian writer, screenwriter, editor and LGBT activist
• Tatsuki Kobayashi (* 1985), Japanese football player
• Teiichi Kobayashi (1901-1996), Japanese paleontologist
• Teruaki Kobayashi (* 1979), Japanese football player
• Tomomitsu Kobayashi (* 1995), Japanese football player
• Toshiaki Kobayashi (* 1948), Japanese philosopher
• Toshiyuki Kobayashi (* 1962), Japanese mathematician

U

• Utako Kobayashi (* around 1930), Japanese badminton player

Y

• Yasutaka Kobayashi (* 1980), Japanese football player
• Yayoi Kobayashi (* 1981), Japanese soccer player
• Yōichi Kobayashi (* 1953), Japanese jazz musician
• Yoshitake Kobayashi (1942–2013), Japanese musicologist and Bach researcher
• Yoshiyuki Kobayashi (* 1978), Japanese football player
• Yōsuke Kobayashi (* 1983), Japanese football player
• Yū Kobayashi (voice actress) (born 1982), Japanese voice actress
• Yū Kobayashi (soccer player) (* 1987), Japanese soccer player
• Yugo Kobayashi (* 1995), Japanese badminton player
• Yuka Kobayashi (ski jumper) (* 1994), Japanese ski jumper
• Yūka Kobayashi (cyclist) (* 1994), Japanese track cyclist
• Yuki Kobayashi (cross-country skier) (* 1987), Japanese cross-country skier
• Yūki Kobayashi (soccer player, 1988) (* 1988), Japanese soccer player
• Yūki Kobayashi (soccer player, 1992) (born 1992), Japanese soccer player
• Yūki Kobayashi (soccer player, 2000) (* 2000), Japanese soccer player
• Yukiko Kobayashi (* 1946), Japanese actress
• Yumiko Kobayashi (* 1979), Japanese voice actress (Seiyū)
• Kobayashi Yurika (* 1995), Japanese J-pop singer, see Yurika (singer)
• Yūsuke Kobayashi (soccer player, 1983) (born 1983), Japanese soccer player
• Yūsuke Kobayashi (voice actor) (* 1985), Japanese voice actor
• Yūsuke Kobayashi (Judoka) (* 1993), Japanese judoka
• Yūsuke Kobayashi (soccer player, 1994) (* 1994), Japanese soccer player
• Yūzō Kobayashi (* 1985), Japanese football player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 明 治安 田 生命 全国 同姓 調査 ( National same family name investigation ). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, September 24, 2008, accessed May 1, 2020 .