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Japanese comedian and actor
Kendo Kobayashi
Born Tomoharu Kobayashi
(1972-07-04 ) 4 July 1972 (age 52) Nationality Japanese Education Hatsushiba Tondabayashi High School Yoshimoto New Star Creation (NSC) Occupations Years active 1992– Agent Yoshimoto Creative Agency Known for Niketsu!! Ameagari no yamato Naze? Shiko Ken Koba no BakoBako TV NMB48 Sayaka Yamamoto no M-ane: Music Onēsan High Noon TV Viking! Yoshimoto Chō Gōkin K: Ken Koba Daiō Kangaeru Hito Kangaeru Hito Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[ 1] [ 2] Awards 2nd and 3rd Dynamite Kansai (2000) All That's Manzai (2001) 11th Dynamite Kansai (2005) BGO Emi Kamagata Entertainment award (2005) BGO Emi Kamagata Entertainment Narrative award (2006) 14th Dynamite Kansai (2008) S-1 Battle Monthly Champion (2009)
Kendo Kobayashi (ケンドーコバヤシ , Kendō Kobayashi , born 4 July 1972, in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka , Osaka Prefecture , Japan) [ 2] is a Japanese comedian and actor.[ 6] His real and former stage name is Tomoharu Kobayashi (小林 友治 , Kobayashi Tomoharu ) . He is nicknamed Ken Koba (ケンコバ ) , Koba (コバ ) , and Mr. Yaritai Hōdai (Mr.やりたい放題 , Misutā Yaritai Hōdai ) . He is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency of Yoshimoto Kogyo in Tokyo. He graduated from the Yoshimoto New Star Creation (NSC) in Osaka.
Kobayashi graduated from Osaka Municipal Higashitanabe Elementary School, Osaka Municipal Nakano Junior High School, and Hatsushiba Tondabayashi High School. He had served as a captain of the rugby club during high school.
Filmography
Current appearances
Year
Title
Network
Notes
Ref.
2008
Niketsu!!
YTV
2012
Mandō Kobayashi
Fuji TV One Two Next
Monthly broadcasts
2013
Ken Koba no BakoBako TV
Sun TV
Kanmuri MC
NMB48 Sayaka Yamamoto no M-ane: Music Onēsan
Space Shower TV Plus
Monthly broadcasts
2015
Fujiyama Fight Club
Fuji TV
[ 7]
2016
Ameagari no "A-san no hanashi": Jijō-tsū ni Kikimashita!
ABC
Panelist
Special programmes
Year
Title
Network
Notes
Ref.
2010
CosCosPlayPlay
Fuji TV Two
Irregular appearances
2016
The Geinin Cannon Ball Run
TBS
[ 8]
Occasional appearances
Year
Title
Network
Notes
All-Star Thanksgiving
TBS
2008
Akashiya TV
MBS
Matsumoto Hitoshi no Suberanai Hanashi
Fuji TV
Ima-chan no "Jitsu wa..."
ABC
Sōdatta no ka! Akira Ikegami no Manaberu News
TV Asahi
Quasi-regular appearances
2009
Geinōjin Kakuzuke Check
ABC
Wednesday Downtown
TBS
Former appearances
Year
Title
Network
Notes
Ref.
1999
Chichin Puipui
MBS
2001
?Majissuka!
MBS
Kenzan! Aruchun
MBS
Onedari Kaitō Go! Mouse
MBS
Occasional specials
2002
Yoshimoto Chō Gōkin K: Ken Koba Daiō Kangaeru Hito
TVO
Uikanmuri MC
2003
O-sa-m
MBS
Nakagawa Ken!
MBS
2006
Shūkan Purachike!
KTV
Fake Off: Kanzen naru Sōkan-zu
Fuji TV
As the voice of Kamisama
Obiraji R
TBS
Wednesday and Tuesday appearances
2007
Shibuya Deep A
NHK-BS2 , NHK-G
2008
Mezamashi Saturday
Fuji TV
Commentator
2009
Campus Night Fuji
Fuji TV
MC
Jimoto ōen Variety: Kono hen!! Traveler
Tokyo MX
Tsukutta Hito
Animax
MC
2010
Made in Kansai
KTV
Kuribitsu!
THK
Docking48
KTV
Japan Loc Festival
Fuji TV
Tour guide
2011
Motemote Ninety Nine
TBS
Ameagari no yamato Naze? Shiko
ABC
2012
The Butchigiri TV
TBS
Golden MC
2014
High Noon TV Viking!
Fuji TV
Wednesday, later Thursday appearances
"Sorette donna Hito?" Sōsa Variety: G-Men 99
TBS
2015
Dōnaru?
MXTV
MC
[ 9]
Other appearances
Year
Title
Network
Notes
Un'nan no Rough na Kanji de.
TBS
Warau Koinu no Seikatsu Alive
Fuji TV
Hataraku ossan Gekijō
Fuji TV
Kangaeru Hitokoma
Fuji TV
BS Anime Yawa
NHK-BS2
Marko Porori
KTV
Tokyo Mass Media Kaigi
Fuji TV
Mizunio Kingdom
MXTV, Sun
UnNan Kyokugen Neta Battle! The Iromonea: Warawa setara 100 man-en
TBS
Eliminated from "Iromonea", "Pinmonea", and the 4th "Gurumonea"
Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
Fuji TV
Regular corner appearance
Akashiya Sanchannel
TBS
Orewan
Fuji TV
Arabiki Dan
TBS
As a member of "Zakoba" and "Zakoba with Beicho"
Muchaburi!
TBS
Bakushō Red Carpet
Fuji TV
Appeared in "Nazo kake Kingu Kettei-sen"
2011
AKB to ××
YTV
Ameagari Club
KTV
Documentaries
Year
Title
Network
Notes
2014
Kendo Kobayashi no Italia-hito ni naritai
NTV
As a traveler
2016
Family History
NHK-G
TV drama
Year
Title
Role
Network
Notes
Ref.
2009
Boss
Yoshiharu Iwai
Fuji TV
2012
Perfect Son
Toshiro Kabe
NTV
2014
Mitsuko Mori o Ikita Onna: Nihonichi Aisa reta Okāsan wa, Nihonichi Sabishī Onnadatta
Takeharu Yanagida
Fuji TV
White Labo: Keishichō Tokubetsu Kagaku Sōsahan
Tsuyoshi Ishizawa
TBS
Episode 1
2016
Guard Center 24
Hidemichi Sotokoba
NTV
[ 10]
Anime television
Radio
Current appearances
Year
Title
Network
Notes
2012
Tenga Presents Midnight World Cafe: Tenga Chaya
FM Osaka
2014
Appare yatte māsu!
MBS Radio
Wednesday appearances
Former appearances
Year
Title
Network
Notes
2001
Kendo Kobayashi otona no Jikan
MBS Radio
2002
B
MBS Radio
Monday appearances
Suggoi! Otona no Jikan
MBS Radio
B Friday Special: Jinnai-Ken Koba 45 Radio
MBS Radio
2004
Go Go Monkeys
MBS Radio
Thursday appearances
2005
Gocha maze! Suiyōbi
MBS Radio
2007
Kendo Kobayashi no Kiminagu
TBS Radio
2008
Mokuyō Junk Zero: Kendo Kobayashi no Temeoko
TBS Radio
2013
Wanted!!
TBS Radio
Friday appearances
Other appearances
Title
Network
Notes
Yes Go! Go! Night!
Yes-FM
Koba-Spo
ABC Radio
Goo Goo Monkeys
MBS Radio
Kobanna
MBS Radio
Special programme
FM Theater: Meisō Runner
NHK FM
Kendo Kobayashi no Ultra Seoul
TBS Radio
Special programme
Films
Year
Title
Role
Notes
Ref.
2005
Break Through!
Karate Club captain Onishi
2006
Nichijō
Street musician Kamen Driver
2007
Nichijō: Koi no Koe
2008
GS Wonderland
2009
Yatterman
Tonzura
2010
No Laugh No Life
Keiji Banba
Co-starring with Daisuke Miyagawa
2012
Ghostwriter Hotel
Kenji Miyazawa
2013
NMB48 geinin! The Movie: Owarai Seishun Girls!
2014
NMB48 geinin! The Movie Returns: Sotsugyō! Owarai Seishun Girls!! Aratanaru Tabidachi
2015
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis
Da Vinci Ganma/Renaissance Ganma
The Renaissance Ganma is used as a fusion between Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael Ganmas.
[ 11]
Dubbing
Anime films
Advertisements
Video games
Internet series
Current appearances'
Year
Title
Website
Notes
Ref.
2016
Abema Prime
AbemaTV
Biweekly Tuesday appearances
[ 19]
Former appearances
Newspaper serializations
Title
Notes
Tokyo Sports , Osaka Sports , Chukyo Sports , Kyushu Sports , "Kendo Kobayashi no sōdatta no ka! Manaberu Geinin News"
Biweekly Thursday releases
Magazine serializations
Title
Kajikaji "Ken Koba no Jinsei Lesson"
TV Bros. Kansai-ban
Monthly Yoshimoto "Column Ishu-sho Tōgi-sen-Matsuguchi vs. Kobayashi"
Ongaku to Hito "Ongaku to Majin"
Pia Kansai-ban "Tamashī no Rankingourmet"
Solo shows
Year
Title
2000
Koba-chan no Gachigachi Saturday
2001
Koba-chan no Nukinuki Saturday
Kobayashi nara Nani o yatte mo Yurusa reru no ka Series 1: Himitsu no Koba-chan
Kobayashi nara Nani o yatte mo Yurusa reru no ka Series 6: Kobayashi Buss Komachi
2002
Kobayashi nara Nani o yatte mo Yurusa reru no ka Series 11: Kobayashi no Joe
Kendo Kobayashi Midnight Live: Jojo no Kimyōna Kobayashi
Kobayashi nara Nani o yatte mo Yurusa reru no ka Series 2: Koba Night
Kobayashi demo Yurusa renē daro Series 1: Naiyō Gudaguda Tengoku
2003
Kobayashi nara Nani o yatte mo Yurusa reru no ka Series 13: Kobaben
Mō Kobayashi o Aite ni sun na Series 1: Hazukashinagara Kaette mairimashita
Kobayashi no Rampage Junction
Kobayashi no Rampage Junction 2: Talk Live desu
2004
Iwai! Hatsu Live Hajimemashite! Ken Koba desu!
Bibliography
Year
Title
Ref.
Yatte yarutte!!
Ken Koba Densetsu: Boshi ni natta Kotoba-tachi
Kendo Kobayashi no tamaranai Mise
Kendo Kobayashi no Kansai tama Run Gourmet Book: Jōren ni naritai Gensen 226-ken Guide
2015
"Bigaku" sae areba, Hito wa Tsuyoku nareru: Manga no Hero-tachi ga Boku ni Oshiete kureta koto
[ 20]
Publications
Year
Title
Kinkyū Tokubetsu DVD: Tsuitō Kendo Kobayashi-san
2003
Dynamite Kansai: Zennihon Ōgiri-ō Kettei Tournament Taikai
2006
Dynamite Kansai 2006: Open Tournament Taikai
2009
Dynamite Kansai 2009: Open Tournament Taikai
Battle Owaraiyaru
Kinkyū Tokubetsu Bangumi Yōgi-sha Kendo Kobayashi Taiho: Jiken no Shinsō ni Semaru Kanzenhan
References
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