is a freelance
Japanese
voice actress
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talen ...
from
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the n ...
. She was formerly affiliated with
Arts Vision until August 2007. She made her voice acting debut as Mita in ''
Kirara'' while still in college in 1998,
and her first lead role was as Kento Yūki in ''
Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver'' in 2001.
She is still good friends with
Natsuko Kuwatani
is a Japanese voice actress who works for I'm Enterprise as of March 1, 2008. Her major roles are in anime shows and they include Yue Ayase in ''Negima'', Fiore in '' Chrono Crusade'', Alph in ''Nanoha'', Michiru in '' Magikano'', Suiseiseki in ...
,
Hisayo Mochizuki, and
Nana Mizuki, members of the former voice acting unit Prits; all four voiced characters in ''
Sister Princess''.
In an interview in 2019, Kobayashi said that shortly after her debut, while researching how to play a boy who can be dubbed, she came to believe that there was no better way to act than as a child actor, but she was struck by
Akiko Yajima's performance as Kevin, the main character in ''
Home Alone
''Home Alone'' is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the ''Home Alone'' franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John H ...
'', and has since made it her goal.
Beginning with the July 6, 2018 episode, she took over the role of Shinnosuke Nohara in ''
Crayon Shin-chan'' from Yajima, who had played the role since the show began airing on April 13, 1992.
Filmography
Television animation
;1999–2002
*''
Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers'' (1998),
Lio Junior
is a 1998 Japanese '' Transformers'' anime series, spawning a movie and a toyline. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 1998 to January 1999, and was the first ''Transformers'' anime to be produced by Nihon Ad Systems and animated by the ...
*''
Excel Saga'' (1999), Excel Kobayashi
*''
éX-Driver'' (2000), Sōichi Sugano
*''
Gate Keepers'' (2000), Hideki
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Love Hina'' (2000), Sarah McDougal
*''
A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' (2001), Basil
*''
Magical Play
is a Japanese original net animation directed by Hiroki Hayashi featuring character designs by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was webcast from November 16, 2001 to May 3, 2002, totaling twenty-four episodes. The magical girl satire was later compiled in ...
'' (2001), Zucchini
*''
Sister Princess'' (2001), Mamoru
*''
Duel Masters'' (2002), Shobu Kirifuda, Katta Kirifuda
*''
Mirmo!'' (2002), Beruru
;2003–2006
*''
Bomberman Jetters'' (2003), Kobon
*''
D.N.Angel'' (2003), young Takeshi Saehara
*''
Ikki Tousen'' (2003), Ukitsu
*''
Peacemaker Kurogane
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated created by Nanae Chrono. It is unrelated to the ''Peace Maker'' manga by Ryōji Minagawa. The story begins in 19th century Japan before the Meiji Restoration, a chain of events that led to ...
'' (2003), Ichimura Tetsunosuke
*''
Sonic X
is a Japanese anime television series based on Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series. Produced by TMS Entertainment under partnership with Sega and Sonic Team, and directed by Hajime Kamegaki, ''Sonic X'' initially ran for 52 ep ...
'' (2003), Bokkun
*''
The Prince of Tennis'' (2003), Taichi Dan
*''
Tottoko Hamutarō'' (2003), Solara
*''
Naruto
''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. ...
'' (2004), Nawaki
*''
Superior Defender Gundam Force'' (2004),
Genkimaru
*''
Yakitate!! Japan'' (2004), Kazuma Azuma
*''
My-Otome'' (2005), Mahya Blythe
*''
Tsubasa Chronicle'' (2005), young
Kurogane
;2007–2010
*''
Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette'' (2007),
Gavroche
*''
Shakugan no Shana
, also known simply as , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi with illustrations by Noizi Ito. ASCII Media Works published 26 novels from November 2002 to November 2012 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ...
'' (2007), Matake Ogata
*''
Shakugan no Shana Second'' (2007), Matake Ogata
*''
Katekyo Hitman Reborn!'' (2008), Ginger Bread
*''
Soul Eater'' (2008), Black Star
*''
Slayers Revolution'' (2008), Pocota
*''
Tales of the Abyss TV series (2008), Ion, Sync
*''
The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk'' (2008), Yury
*''
Inazuma Eleven'' (2009), Saiji Kirigakure
*''Gokyoudai Monogatari'' (2009), Junichirō Jinushi
*''
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Fuji TV, Asmik Ace, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Dentsu, Bones, and Kinema Citrus. It first aired on Fuji TV's noitamina timeslot in july 2009, running for 11 episodes until September. The ...
'' (2009), Yuuki
*''
Angel Beats!'' (2010), Oyama
*''Stitch! ~ Best Friends Forever ~'' (2010), Toyoda
*''
Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes!'' (2010), Elesa
;2011–2014
*''
Blue Exorcist'' (2011), Yohei
*''
Kamisama Dolls'' (2011), Kirio Hyūga
*''
Shakugan no Shana III Final'' (2011), Matake Ogata
*''
Suite Precure'' (2011), Souta Minamino
*''
Humanity Has Declined'' (2012), Fairy
*''
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly ''seinen'' manga ...
'' (2012), Poco
*''
Ozuma
is a 2012 Japanese anime television series. It was based on a 1980 unused script by Leiji Matsumoto
is a Japanese mangaka, creator of several anime and manga series. His wife Miyako Maki is also a manga artist.
Early life
Matsumoto w ...
'' (2012), Yamu
*''
Mysterious Joker'' (2014), Hachi
*''
The Seven Deadly Sins'' (2014), Mead
*''
Hozuki's Coolheadedness'' (2014), Shiro
;2015–Current
*''
Gunslinger Stratos'' (2015), Jonathan Sizemore
*''
Seraph of the End'' (2015), Lest Karr
*''
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shūichi Asō. Following a series of one-shot chapters published from 2010 to 2011, the manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from May 2012 to February 2018. It ...
'' (2016), Yūta Iridatsu
*''
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'' (2016), Mild
*''
Duel Masters'' (2017), Joe Kirifuda
*''
Crayon Shin-chan'' (2018), Shinnosuke Nohara
*''
Digimon Adventure'' (2020), Koshiro Izumi
*''
Ninjala'' (2022), Van
OVA
*''
Puni Puni Poemy
is a Japanese two-part original video animation spin-off from the ''Excel Saga'' manga and anime television series. It features some of that series' secondary characters and many of its staff, primarily director Shinichi Watanabe. Like ''Exc ...
'' (2001), Poemy "Kobayashi" Watanabe
*''
Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' (2012), Souta Hori
ONA
*''
The Heike Story'' (2021)
Theatrical animation
*''
Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels'' (2011), Pippo
*''
Smile PreCure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book!'' (2012), Sun Wukong
*''
Aura: Koga Maryuin's Last War'' (2013), Itō
*''
Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~'' (2019), Shinnosuke Nohara
*''
Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Graffiti Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes'' (2020), Shinnosuke Nohara
*''
Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy'' (2021), Shinnosuke Nohara
*''
The Orbital Children'' (2022), Hiroshi Tanegashima
*''
Crayon Shin-chan: Mononoke Ninja Chinpūden'' (2022), Shinnosuke Nohara
*''
Drifting Home'' (2022), Taishi Koiwai
Video games
*''
Eternal Sonata
is a role-playing video game, role-playing video game developed by tri-Crescendo and published by Bandai Namco Games. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 20 ...
'', Beat
*''
Mega Man Powered Up'',
Mega Man
''Mega Man'', known as in Japan, is a Japanese science fiction video game franchise created by Capcom, starring a series of robot characters each known by the moniker "Mega Man (character), Mega Man". Mega Man (video game), The original game w ...
*''
Princess Maker 4
is a series of Social simulation game, social simulation bishōjo games where the player must act as a parental figure and raise a young girl. The series was produced by the video game and anime production company Gainax. The first ''Princess M ...
'', Lee
*''
Professor Layton and the Last Specter'', Toni Barde
*''
Romancing SaGa
''Romancing SaGa'' is a 1992 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Famicom. It is the fourth entry in the ''SaGa'' series. It was subsequently released for the WonderSwan Color in 2001 and mobile phones in 2009. ...
'', Aisha
*''
Super Robot Wars
''Super Robot Wars'', known in Japan as is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Banpresto. Starting out as a spinoff of the ''Compati Hero'' series, the main feature of the franchise ...
'' series, Ryoto Hikawa
*''
Star Ocean: Second Evolution'', Leon D.S. Geeste
*''
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss'', Yuu Otonari
*''
God of War'', Atreus
*''
Granblue Fantasy'', Mimlemel
* Sdorica Sunset, Lio, Elio
*''
Ninjala'', Van
Drama CDs
*''
Amai Kuchizuke'' (2012), Young Yuu Takamura
Dubbing
Live-action
*''
Boyhood'', Mason Evans Jr. (Younger) (
Ellar Coltrane)
*''
December Boys'', Misty (
Lee Cormie)
*''
Dolphin Tale
''Dolphin Tale'' is a 2011 American 3D family drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith, from a screenplay by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi and a book of the same name. It stars Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Kris Kristofferson, C ...
'', Sawyer Nelson (
Nathan Gamble
Nathan Gamble (born January 12, 1998) is an American actor who made his feature film debut in ''Babel'' (2006), for which he was nominated for a 2007 Young Artist Award. He is best known for his role as Sawyer Nelson in '' Dolphin Tale'' and the ...
)
*''
Dragon Blade'', Publius (Jozef Waite)
*''
Earth to Echo'', Reginald "Munch" Barrett (Reese Hartwig)
*''
Falling Skies
''Falling Skies'' is an American science fiction television series set in a post-apocalyptic era, created by Robert Rodat and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. The series stars Noah Wyle as Tom Mason, a former history professor who becomes ...
'' (season 1–3), Matt Mason (
Maxim Knight)
*''
Hannah Montana: The Movie'', Lilly Truscott (
Emily Osment
Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Osment began her career as a child actress, appearing in numerous television shows and films, before co-starring as Gerti ...
)
*''
Hereafter'', Jason and Marcus (
)
*''
I Am Legend'' (2010 TV Asahi edition), Ethan (
Charlie Tahan
Charles Tahan (born June 11, 1998) is an American actor. His notable roles include Wyatt Langmore in the Netflix original crime drama '' Ozark'' (2017–2022), the voice of Victor Frankenstein in the Disney 3D stop-motion-animated fantasy horr ...
)
*''
The Impossible'', Lucas Bennett (
Tom Holland
Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor. His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, three Saturn Awards, a Guinness World Record and an appearance on the ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 Europe list. Some publications ...
)
*''
It Chapter One
''It'' (titled onscreen as ''It Chapter One'') is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, and Gary Dauberman. The film was produced by New Line Cinema, KatzSmith Prod ...
'', Eddie Kaspbrak (
Jack Dylan Grazer
Jack Dylan Grazer (born September 3, 2003) is an American actor. He began his acting career by playing guest roles in film and on television and had his breakthrough playing the role of Eddie Kaspbrak in the 2017 and 2019 film adaptations of t ...
)
*''
It Chapter Two'', Young Eddie Kaspbrak (Jack Dylan Grazer)
*''
Jingle All the Way 2'', Noel Phillips (
Kennedi Clements)
*''
Parasite
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of lif ...
'' (2021 NTV edition), Park Da-song (
Jung Hyeon-jun
Jung Hyeon-jun ( ko, 정현준; born November 8, 2011), is a South Korean child actor. He is best known internationally for his role as Park Da-song in the Academy Award-winning film ''Parasite
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relations ...
)
*''
Ready Player One'', Zhou (Philip Zhao)
*''
Rust and Bone'', Sam (Armand Verdure)
*''
Safe House
A safe house (also spelled safehouse) is, in a generic sense, a secret place for sanctuary or suitable to hide people from the law, hostile actors or actions, or from retribution, threats or perceived danger. It may also be a metaphor.
Histori ...
'', Joe Blackwell (Max True)
*''
The Spy Next Door'', Ian (Will Shadley)
*''
Tale of Tales'', Imma (
Shirley Henderson)
*''
Trash'', Raphael (Rickson Tevez)
Animation
*''
The Amazing World of Gumball'', Darwin Watterson
*''
Chuggington'', Wilson
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobayashi, Yumiko
1979 births
Living people
Arts Vision voice actors
Japanese video game actresses
Japanese voice actresses
Musicians from Chiba Prefecture
Prits members
Voice actresses from Chiba Prefecture
20th-century Japanese actresses
20th-century Japanese women singers
20th-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese actresses
21st-century Japanese women singers
21st-century Japanese singers