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
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