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Nenji Kobayashi

Acting Born Feb 7, 1941 Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan 232 credits
232
Total Credits
1963–2025
63 Years Career Span
31
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Nenji Kobayashi is a Japanese actor. He was born Toshiji Kobayashi on February 7, 1941. Kobayashi is known by his stage name, Nenji Kobayashi, which is an alternative reading of his given name. He has received an award for his acting work, specifically the best supporting actor award at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize, which was for his role in the film Poppoya.

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Known for

Film

Tokyo Taxi

as Customer

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

as Tsuyosi Teshigawara（勅使河原 毅）
Film

The Twilight Samurai

as Choubei Kusaka

The Woman of S.R.I.

as Shunsuke Koba

Justice League Action

as Senji Sugiura
Film

Hell's Kitchen

1998
Film

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

as Skit Guest
Film

Blood Work

2002
Film

47 Ronin

1994
Film

Hare Ram

2008
Film

Night Train

as Shinji

Mr. X and I

as Yoshio

Frequent co-stars

Tetsuro Tamba 3 shared titles
Yasuko Sawaguchi 2 shared titles
Takashi Naito 2 shared titles
Bunta Sugawara 2 shared titles
Ken Takakura 2 shared titles
Kunie Tanaka 2 shared titles
Minori Terada 2 shared titles
Shōtarō Hayashi 2 shared titles
Masataka Iwao 2 shared titles
Harumi Sone 2 shared titles

Career timeline

Tokyo Taxi
ホリデイ～江戸の休日～
It's a Flickering Life森村誠一女のサスペンス「マリッジ」
Labyrinth of Cinema
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Impossibility DefenseHoshi Meguri no Machi
What a Wonderful Family! 2Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 11 ~ Friendship Through Train Trip ~
What a Wonderful Family!Saraba Abunai DekaTax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 10
Nagasaki: Memories of My SonYellow Taped NewswomanDr. Hikojiro軽井沢駐在犬日誌Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29
The Little HouseShin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3Uzumasa Limelight
Tokyo FamilyIt All Began When I Met YouClock Store's Girl
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonマリッジHanayome
The Castle of SandToire no kamisamaShin Jidan Koshonin Ura File
About Her Brother樅ノ木は残った
Mission To Kill高村薫サスペンス 去りゆく日にGiwaku
The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
Dear Students!Tsubaki Sanjuro
Love and HonorNogaremono OrinOnihei Crime Files Special: Bandits走れ！事件記者 娘に捧げる最後のスクープ
Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還横山秀夫サスペンス「真相」鉄道警察官・清村公三郎大空港警察副署長　日暮征次郎走る!
The MotiveCafé LumièreThe Hidden Blade西村京太郎トラベルサスペンス 寝台特急八分停車
Papa for One SummerAnother Battle/Conspiracy炎の警備隊長・五十嵐杜夫Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan.日丸教授の事件ノート
The Twilight Samurai真実を追う男
The Fireflyいなか刑事 伊原泰三の退職捜査日誌
A Class to Remember IV: FifteenThe Stupid TeacherHome Sweet HomeChūshingura Urabanashi: Nakazō Kyōran
The Woman of S.R.I.Asabuki Riyako, Female Lawyer: The Young EyewitnessRailroad ManAmateur Singing Contest
仮面の女A Dangerous WomanA Class to Remember III: The New VoyageOda NobunagaAbunai Deka Forever The Movie
The Story of Bodyguard Shuhei FujisawaStalkerFree and Easy 9Insurance Investigator Shigarami Taro's Case Files ~Sanuki Murder Case~
SMAP×SMAP
Summer Department Store StoryMARKSA Brief Message from the HeartThe detective whose path was crossed by a snake
Furuhata Ninzaburo47 Ronin

Full Filmography

232 titles
  • Tokyo Taxi (2025) as Customer
  • ホリデイ～江戸の休日～ (2023)
  • It's a Flickering Life (2021)
  • 森村誠一女のサスペンス「マリッジ」 (2021)
  • Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) as Kizuma
  • Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)
  • Impossibility Defense (2018) as Hiroshi Torimori
  • Hoshi Meguri no Machi (2018) as Yusaku Shimada
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  • What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) as Ginnpei Maruta
  • Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 11 ~ Friendship Through Train Trip ~ (2017)
  • What a Wonderful Family! (2016) as Numata
  • Saraba Abunai Deka (2016)
  • Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31 (2016)
  • Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30 (2016)
  • Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 10 (2016)
  • Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)
  • Yellow Taped Newswoman (2015) as Kenkichi Isomura
  • Dr. Hikojiro (2015) as Kyosuke Tanigawa
  • 軽井沢駐在犬日誌 (2015)
  • Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29 (2015)
  • The Little House (2014) as Gunji Arai
  • Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3 (2014)
  • Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
  • Tokyo Family (2013) as Numata
  • It All Began When I Met You (2013) as Taizou
  • Clock Store's Girl (2013) as Tomoyasu
  • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) as Tsuyosi Teshigawara（勅使河原 毅）
  • マリッジ (2012)
  • Hanayome (2012)
  • The Castle of Sand (2011)
  • Toire no kamisama (2011) as Shunji Uemura
  • Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File (2011) as Sosuke Ohara
  • About Her Brother (2010) as Shohei Tanno
  • 樅ノ木は残った (2010)
  • Mission To Kill (2009)
  • 高村薫サスペンス 去りゆく日に (2009)
  • Giwaku (2009) as Fukutaro Shirakawa
  • The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor (2008)
  • Dear Students! (2007)
  • Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007) as Kurofuji
  • Love and Honor (2006) as Sakunosuke Higuchi
  • Nogaremono Orin (2006) as Mikawado Seneimon
  • Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits (2006) as Kuhei Sagihara
  • 走れ！事件記者 娘に捧げる最後のスクープ (2006)
  • Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari (2005) as Narumi Toshiro
  • 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 (2005)
  • 横山秀夫サスペンス「真相」 (2005)
  • 鉄道警察官・清村公三郎 (2005)
  • 大空港警察副署長　日暮征次郎走る! (2005)
  • The Motive (2004) as Mutuo Toura
  • Café Lumière (2004) as Yoko's Father
  • The Hidden Blade (2004) as Kôda
  • 西村京太郎トラベルサスペンス 寝台特急八分停車 (2004)
  • Papa for One Summer (2003) as Daigoro Konari
  • Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003) as Oda Tsunemi
  • 炎の警備隊長・五十嵐杜夫 (2003)
  • Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan. (2003) as Detective Kamei
  • 日丸教授の事件ノート (2003)
  • 西村京太郎サスペンス 寝台特急「はやぶさ」の女 (2003)
  • The Twilight Samurai (2002) as Choubei Kusaka
  • 真実を追う男 (2002)
  • The Firefly (2001)
  • いなか刑事 伊原泰三の退職捜査日誌 (2001)
  • A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen (2000) as Hideo
  • The Stupid Teacher (2000)
  • Home Sweet Home (2000)
  • Chūshingura Urabanashi: Nakazō Kyōran (2000)
  • The Woman of S.R.I. (1999) as Shunsuke Koba
  • Asabuki Riyako, Female Lawyer: The Young Eyewitness (1999) as Yunoshin Yabuhara
  • Railroad Man (1999) as Senji Sugiura
  • Amateur Singing Contest (1999)
  • 仮面の女 (1998)
  • A Dangerous Woman (1998)
  • A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998) as Takano
  • Oda Nobunaga (1998) as Hirate Masahide
  • Abunai Deka Forever The Movie (1998)
  • Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice (1998) as Yunoshin Yabuhara
  • The Story of Bodyguard Shuhei Fujisawa (1997) as Matahachiro Aoe
  • Stalker (1997)
  • Free and Easy 9 (1997) as Tsunetaro Baba
  • Insurance Investigator Shigarami Taro's Case Files ~Sanuki Murder Case~ (1997) as Shiragami Taro
  • SMAP×SMAP (1996) as Skit Guest
  • Summer Department Store Story (1995)
  • MARKS (1995) as Yuzo Rinbara
  • A Brief Message from the Heart (1995)
  • The detective whose path was crossed by a snake (1995)
  • Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)
  • 47 Ronin (1994)
  • Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi (1993)
  • Papa to Nat-chan (1991)
  • A Desirable Marriage (1991) as Masayuki Yamauchi
  • HOTEL (1990) as Mochida Kenichi
  • Megumi no Sekai (1990)
  • Flower Season (1990)
  • さよなら李香蘭 (1989)
  • Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy (1989) as Ryosuke Okada (Episode 1)
  • Virgin Road (1989)
  • The Political Game (1989)
  • Water Moon (1989)
  • Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988) as Noboru Takahashi (Episode 4)
  • Umi e, See You (1988) as Mizuki
  • Stay or go? (1988)
  • Night Train (1987) as Shinji
  • Tokyo Bordello (1987) as Giichi Tsubosaka
  • The Drifting Classroom (1987) as Yoshio
  • Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu (1987)
  • Paper Lantern (1987)
  • Makeup (1987)
  • Maiko monogatari (1987)
  • Hanekonma (1986) as Kojiro Tachibana
  • His Motorbike, Her Island (1986) as News Reporter
  • Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986) as Gonzoh
  • A Homance (1986) as Fukuoka
  • Desperate Pursuit (1986) as Sano
  • Tracked (1985) as Moritani
  • Demon (1985) as Toshio
  • Moment of Demon (1985) as Sushi chef
  • Lonely Heart (1985) as Douryou Inoue
  • Nuclear Gypsies (1985)
  • The Seburi Story (1985)
  • Early Spring Story (1985) as Coffee shop owner
  • The Island Closest to Heaven (1984) as Yoshimi Aoyama
  • The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
  • Jugyo Sankan no Onna (1984) as Kirihara
  • Turkish March: Castle of Dreams (1984) as Yoshikazu Honjô
  • The Audition (1984) as Yamawaki
  • The Ballad of Narayama (1983) as Tsune
  • Nogare no machi (1983)
  • Choji Snack Bar (1983) as Kozeki
  • The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor (1983) as Customer at 'Hero'
  • The Yoshida School (1983) as Eiichi Nishimura
  • Akuma no hitojichi (1983) as Mariko's Former Husband
  • Crimson Night Dream (1983) as Ichitarô Ogawa
  • Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha (1983)
  • The Longest Tunnel (1982)
  • Suspicion (1982) as Prosecutor Munakata
  • Gate of Youth 2 (1982) as Ryoji Kimoto
  • Farewell to the Land (1982) as Farmer
  • Lullaby of Death (1982) as Detective Akutsu
  • Zeccho shimai ochiru (1982) as Shôji Sonoda
  • Pro Hunter (1981) as 木戸吾郎
  • Station (1981) as Detective Tatsumi
  • Love Beast: Attack! (1981) as Kawamura
  • The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? (1981)
  • Gate of Youth (1981) as Chota
  • Eijanaika (1981) as Matakichi
  • Essential Information for a College Girl (1981) as Ken Kakurai - Handsome Homosexual
  • Virus (1980) as Doctor's Assistant #2
  • The Revolt (1980) as Sergeant Harada
  • Crazy Thunder Road (1980) as Tsuyoshi
  • Momoe's Lips: Love Beast (1980) as Masanobu Ômichi
  • The Wicked (1980) as Detective
  • The Bear Storm (1980)
  • Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978) as Takenosuke Shiga
  • Message from Space (1978) as Officer Fox
  • Shogun's Samurai (1978) as Scarred Ronin
  • Winter's Flower (1978) as Kiichiro Hanai
  • Nuns That Bite (1977)
  • Older brother (1977) as Bunkichi
  • Curse of the Dog God (1977)
  • Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
  • Japan's Don (1977)
  • Doberman Cop (1977) as Katsuo Kōyama
  • Karate Warriors (1976) as Goro Higashida
  • Yakuza Graveyard (1976) as Akira Kitajima
  • New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1976)
  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)
  • Truckster Goes to Hokkaido (1976)
  • Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976) as Mitsuo Seki
  • The Classroom of Terror (1976)
  • Festival Champ (1976)
  • The Bullet Train (1975) as Morimoto
  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975) as Katsuo Shimura
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) as Hiroshi Taniguchi
  • Military Comfort Woman (1974)
  • Big Bad Wolf (1973)
  • A True Story of the Private Ginza Police (1973)
  • The Ando Gang Documentary Film (1973)
  • Quarreling with Yakuza (1973)
  • Love Lost in Tears (1973)
  • Yakuza Skirmishes (1972)
  • Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
  • Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
  • Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972) as The Young Man
  • Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences (1972) as Katsu
  • Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder (1972) as Shimizu
  • Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)
  • Street Mobster (1972) as Tetsuo
  • Gang Warfare (1972)
  • Delinquent Street (1972)
  • Shōwa Gokudōshi (1972)
  • Woman His Prey (1972)
  • Rogue Of The Night (1972)
  • The Armed Organization (1971)
  • Patience Has An End (1971)
  • Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us (1971)
  • The Gambler's Counterattack (1971) as Yamano Saburo
  • Code Between Brothers: All New (1970)
  • A Kamikaze Cop (1970)
  • Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate (1970)
  • Fear of Sex (1970)
  • King of the Night Life (1970)
  • Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters (1970)
  • Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers (1970)
  • Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)
  • A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life (1970)
  • Girl in College (1969)
  • Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969) as Hamanaka-gumi Member
  • Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo (1969)
  • The Domain: Flower and Dragon (1969) as Shunji
  • The Private Police (1969)
  • Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968)
  • Secret Information (1968) as Thug A
  • The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze (1968)
  • Night Guy (1968)
  • Prison Boss (1968)
  • Captain Ultra: The Movie (1967) as Joe, Space Alien
  • Gambler's World (1967) as Honma
  • Organized Violence (1967)
  • Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil (1967)
  • Yanagase Blues (1967)
  • Glorious Fights (1966)
  • Game of Chance (1966) as Tiger
  • Pretty Devil Yoko (1966) as Cook
  • Nerves for Victory (1966)
  • The Hoodlum Brothers (1965)
  • Gang's Upward Strategy (1965)
  • Color (1965)
  • Secret Club 000 (1965)
  • Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965)
  • The Navy (1963)
  • Zeimuchou Sakan Madogiwa Tarou no Jikenbo Special

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Nenji Kobayashi best known for?

Nenji Kobayashi is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Tokyo Taxi (2025), Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012), The Twilight Samurai (2002), The Woman of S.R.I. (1999).

When and where was Nenji Kobayashi born?

Nenji Kobayashi was born on February 7, 1941 in Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan.

How many credits does Nenji Kobayashi have?

Nenji Kobayashi has accumulated over 232 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1963 to 2025.

What is Nenji Kobayashi's background in cinema and television?

Nenji Kobayashi is a Japanese actor. He was born Toshiji Kobayashi on February 7, 1941. Kobayashi is known by his stage name, Nenji Kobayashi, which is an alternative reading of his given name. He has received an award for his acting work, specifically the best supporting actor award at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize, wh...

Nenji Kobayashi by the numbers

232credits
193films
39TV series
1963–2025active years

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Full filmography (232) Born on February 7

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