Kobayashi
Kobayashi is the 8th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is 古林. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abdullah Kobayashi, or Yosuke Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler
- Ai Kobayashi, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Aika Kobayashi, Japanese singer and voice actress
- Aimi Kobayashi, Japanese classical pianist
- Akiji Kobayashi, Japanese actor
- Akiko Kobayashi, multiple people
- Akira Kobayashi, Japanese actor
- Ann Kobayashi, American politician and businesswoman
- Atsushi Kobayashi, multiple people
- Audrey Kobayashi, Canadian geographer and writer
- Bertrand Kobayashi, American politician
- Celes Kobayashi, Japanese boxer
- Chie Kobayashi, Japanese actress and singer
- Chisa Kobayashi, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Daigo Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Daisuke Kobayashi, Japanese basketball player
- Dawn Kobayashi, Jamaican sport shooter
- Eita Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler
- Kobayashi Eitaku, Japanese artist
- Emi Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
- Etsuko Kobayashi, Japanese cricketer
- Fujio Kobayashi, Japanese golfer
- Fumiaki Kobayashi, multiple people
- Fumikazu Kobayashi, Japanese middle-distance runner
- Fumiya Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- George Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Hana Kobayashi, Venezuelan singer
- Haru Kobayashi, Japanese musician
- Hideaki Kobayashi, multiple people
- Hidemasa Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Hideo Kobayashi, Japanese writer and literary critic
- Hideo Kobayashi, Japanese sprint canoeist
- Hirokazu Kobayashi, multiple people
- Hiroki Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Hiroki Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Hiroko Kobayashi, Japanese slalom canoeist
- Hiromi Kobayashi, multiple people
- Hiroshi Kobayashi, multiple people
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi, multiple people
- Hisashi Kobayashi, Japanese electrical engineer and computer scientist
- Hitomi Kobayashi, Japanese AV idol
- Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist
- Izumi Kobayashi, Japanese Go player
- Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet
- Jin Kobayashi, Japanese manga artist
- Jun Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Junshirō Kobayashi, Japanese ski jumper
- Kaho Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler
- Kai Kobayashi, Japanese racewalker
- Kamui Kobayashi, racing driver
- Kan Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Kana Kobayashi, Japanese idol
- Kaori Kobayashi, Japanese jazz saxophonist and flautist
- Kaoru Kobayashi, multiple people
- Katsuya Kobayashi, Japanese actor
- Katsuyo Kobayashi, Japanese chef and food writer
- Kazuo Kobayashi, Japanese diver
- Kei Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- Key Kobayashi, Japanese music producer, better known as Kobametal
- Keiichiro Kobayashi, Japanese economist
- Keiju Kobayashi, Japanese actor
- Kobayashi Keisei, Japanese artist
- Ken Kobayashi, Japanese businessman
- Kendo Kobayashi, Japanese comedian and actor
- Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Japanese conductor and composer
- Kenji Kobayashi, Japanese shogi player
- Kensuke Kobayashi, Japanese cricketer
- Kenta Kobayashi, better known as Hideo Itami, Japanese professional wrestler
- Kentarō Kobayashi, Japanese comedian, actor, dramaturge, theatre director and manga artist
- Kenya Kobayashi, Japanese gymnast
- Kevin Wesley Kobayashi, American engineer
- Kobayashi Kiyochika, Japanese ukiyo-e painter and printmaker
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Japanese academic
- Koichi Kobayashi, Japanese Go player
- Kokei Kobayashi, Japanese painter
- Kōji Kobayashi, multiple people
- Kuniaki Kobayashi, Japanese professional wrestler
- Kunio Kobayashi, Japanese karateka
- Kunio Kobayashi , Japanese bonsai artist
- Leslie E. Kobayashi, American judge
- Maki Kobayashi, Japanese rower
- Makoto Kobayashi, multiple people
- Mao Kobayashi, multiple people
- Marino Kobayashi, Japanese cyclist
- Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
- Masahiro Kobayashi, multiple people
- Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director
- Masami Kobayashi, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- Masamitsu Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Masanori Kobayashi, Japanese golfer
- Masao Kobayashi, Japanese politician
- Masaomi Kobayashi, Japanese cricketer
- Masato Kobayashi, multiple people
- Maya Kobayashi, Japanese journalist
- Megumi Kobayashi, Japanese model, actress and singer
- Meison Kobayashi, Japanese photographer
- Michitaka Kobayashi, Japanese voice actor
- Mieko Kobayashi, Japanese politician
- Miki Kobayashi, Japanese biathlete
- Minoru Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Misaki Kobayashi, Japanese squash player
- Miwako Kobayashi, Japanese swimmer
- Miyuki Kobayashi, multiple people
- Motofumi Kobayashi, Japanese manga artist
- Naoki Kobayashi, Japanese dancer and actor
- Naomi Kobayashi, Japanese artist
- Nenji Kobayashi, Japanese actor
- Nobuaki Kobayashi, Japanese three-cushion billiards player
- Norihito Kobayashi, Japanese Nordic combined skier
- Norio Kobayashi, Japanese photographer
- Osamu Kobayashi, multiple people
- Paulinho Kobayashi, Brazilian footballer
- Reiko Kobayashi, Japanese figure skater and coach
- Rikako Kobayashi, Japanese women's footballer
- Riki Kobayashi, American chemical engineer
- Riku Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Robert Kobayashi, American artist
- Ron Kobayashi, American jazz pianist
- Royal Kobayashi, Japanese boxer
- Ryo Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Ryokan Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
- Ryoko Kobayashi, Japanese actress
- Ryosei Kobayashi, Japanese squash player
- Ryota Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Ryoyu Kobayashi, Japanese ski jumper
- Ryuichi Kobayashi, Japanese bobsledder
- Sachiko Kobayashi, Japanese enka singer and voice actress
- Sadayoshi Kobayashi, Japanese field hockey player
- Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Sanzaburo Kobayashi, Japanese surgeon
- Saori Kobayashi, Japanese video game composer and pianist
- Satomi Kobayashi, Japanese actress
- Satoru Kobayashi, multiple people
- Sayaka Kobayashi, Japanese actress and voice actress
- Seidō Kobayashi, Japanese musician
- Seigo Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Seiji Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
- Seiran Kobayashi, Japanese actress
- Seizō Kobayashi, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral and Governor-General of Taiwan
- Shigeo Kobayashi, Japanese actor
- Shigeru Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
- Shinichiro Kobayashi, Japanese photographer
- Shinji Kobayashi, Japanese footballer and manager
- Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician
- Shota Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Sumio Kobayashi, Japanese classical composer
- Susumu Kobayashi, Japanese sport shooter
- Tadao Kobayashi, Japanese footballer and manager
- Takako Kobayashi, Japanese judoka
- Takamichi Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Takao Kobayashi, Japanese amateur astronomer
- Takashi Kobayashi, multiple people
- Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
- Takeshi Kobayashi, Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger and record producer
- Takeshi Kobayashi, Japanese sport wrestler
- Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer and communist
- Tamai Kobayashi, Canadian writer
- Tatsuki Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Tatsuo Kobayashi, Japanese computer scientist
- Teiichi Kobayashi, Japanese malacologist and palaeontologist
- Teruaki Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Tomoki Kobayashi, Japanese anime director
- Tomomitsu Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Kobayashi Torasaburō, Japanese samurai
- Toru Kobayashi, Japanese astronomer
- Toshihiko Kobayashi, Japanese manga artist
- Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Japanese mathematician
- Tsuneo Kobayashi, Japanese anime director
- Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Japanese musician
- Yasuko Kobayashi, Japanese screenwriter
- Yasumi Kobayashi, Japanese writer
- Yasuo Kobayashi, Japanese aikidoka
- Yasutaka Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Yayoi Kobayashi, Japanese women's footballer
- Yo Kobayashi, Japanese roboticist
- Yoshimi Kobayashi, Japanese softball player
- Yoshinori Kobayashi, Japanese manga artist
- Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Yōsuke Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Yotaro Kobayashi, Japanese businessman
- Yū Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Yu Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Yui Kobayashi, Japanese singer and model
- Yugo Kobayashi, Japanese badminton player
- Yugo Kobayashi , Japanese footballer
- Yuka Kobayashi, Japanese cyclist
- Yuki Kobayashi, multiple people
- Yukiko Kobayashi, Japanese actress
- Yuko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese fashion model
- Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- Yuriko Kobayashi, Japanese middle- and long-distance runner
- Yūshi Kobayashi, Japanese photographer
- Yūsuke Kobayashi, multiple people
- Yuta Kobayashi, Japanese basketball player
- Yutaka Kobayashi, multiple people
- Yuzo Kobayashi, Japanese footballer
- Zach Kobayashi, American soccer player
Fictional characters
- List of The Law of Ueki characters#Kobayashi, a character in the manga series The Law of Ueki
- Kobayashi, a character in the manga series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
- Kobayashi, a character in the film The Usual Suspects
- Akane Kobayashi, a character in the manga series Doki Doki School Hours
- Amiko Kobayashi, a character in Marvel Comics
- Atari Kobayashi, a character in the film Isle of Dogs
- Daigo Kobayashi, a character in the film Departures
- List of Mobile Suit Gundam characters#Hayato Kobayashi, a character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam
- Hitomonji Kobayashi, a character in the manga series Cheeky Angel
- Hatoko Kobayashi and Kotaro Kobayashi, characters in the manga series Angelic Layer
- Koji Kobayashi, a character in the film Godzilla Raids Again
- Masafumi Kobayashi, a character in the film
- Matcha Kobayashi, a character in the media franchise Project 575
- List of Please Save My Earth characters#Rin Kobayashi, a character in the manga series Please Save My Earth
- Sanpeita Kobayashi, protagonist of the manga series Kemeko Deluxe!
- Sumiko Kobayashi, a character in the manga series Case Closed
- Washu Kobayashi, also known as Washu Hakubi, a character in Tenchi Muyō! media