Kobayashi Takashi

Kobayashi Takashi is an actor presented by the talent agency K-Factory. He was born in Saitama, Japan.

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Name Kobayashi Takashi

Nationality Japanese

Gender Male

Born August 20, 1959

Age 63

Type Japanese

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Popularity #4

Movie

In ancient China during the Warring States Period, a nameless prefect of a small jurisdiction arrives at the Qin state's capital city to meet the king of Qin. The king has just survived an attempt on his life by three feared assassins (Long Sky, Flying Snow and Broken Sword) and has taken precaution...

Kuryu Kohei is an unconventional prosecutor at the Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. One day Kuryu is asked to take on a case which his colleague, Shibayama, prosecuted. The case looks simple with a confession by the accused, but the accused changes his plea at the first...

Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the...

Yasuo grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira. Yasuo's life seemed great at the time, but his life totally changed after his wife died in an accident. Since that time, Yasuo, who never experienced his parents' love himself, has to raise his son Akira alone. (Source...

The memorial hall's interpreter Airplane (played by Wang Zirui) and security captain Haozi (played by Sun Hao), the night before the academy's curation, suddenly encountered a thief from Jiangyang who came to steal the treasure of the town courtyard "High Mountains and Flowing Water". In the battle...

Sim-dan gets bullied everyday in his school, becomes a vampire after an unexpected accident. After accepting this change, he saves a blind person who fell down on a subway track, thanks to his power. His story goes on air on TV news all over the nation, and many people start to call him a 'Hero'. On...

The background of "Her Story" is set in 2020: a sudden disaster that disrupted everyone's lives. When society face unemployment when families fall apart, when lovers are separated, when death is approaching quietly, and when a peaceful life suddenly undergoes unexpected changes, how will women respo...

An Jung Geun is a fighter for the Korean independence movement. Seol Hee used to be a court lady for Queen Myeongseong, but, after Queen Myseongseong was assassinated by the Japanese, Seol Hee takes part in Korean independence activity. She becomes a geisha and gains the favor Ito Hirobumi, who is t...

A modern-day version of the biblical legend on Cain and Abel. Strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the older Loren whom she blames for the death of her husband. (Source: IMDb)

Ma Wing Jing and his older brother Ma Tai Chueng arrive in Shanghai to make their fortune at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Be-friending a powerful mobster Wing Jing is given his nightclub in return for saving Tam Sei's life. Unfortunately, another Gangster wants the territory a well. Corruption and vi...

Drama

Ichikawa Yasuo, who goes by the nickname Yasu, is a ‘dumb’ man unequalled anywhere in the world. He has not had schooling, is boorish and would immediately let his fists fly if he loses his cool. But Yasu is different from the ordinary fool in that he is a “doting parent”. He grew up without parents...

An idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his large corporate bank. While forging ties with some unlikely allies, he must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills of improvisation to try to stay one step ahead of his powerful enemies. (Source: I...

Based on the biblical story of Adam and Eve's first two sons, Cain and Abel is about Cain's jealousy towards his brother Abel. Lee Cho In is a very gifted doctor who has everything that he wants whereas his older brother, Seon Woo, is jealous of all the attention that Cho In receives. Seon Woo blame...

The story of great Korean reporters and ordinary citizens fighting against the abuse of power of the elite of society.Working as a reporter for a raced tabloid called Monday Seoul, Jin Do Hyuk uses all the means necessary to get a scoop. One day, he will interview Jo Yong Deok, the boss of the Axe g...

In a society in which justice is awfully subjective, and the possibility of finding the truth is so complicated, detective Yugami simply chases after the facts of various cases. He will casually approach potential suspects and talk to them in order to attain new information. All he is looking for ar...

Due to Professor Kita’s suggestion, student Nishinosono Moe and Associate Professor Saikawa Sohei head to Professor Kita’s research institute. There, various experiments have been conducted in a low temperature research room. During the night a murder takes place. Two graduate students are found dea...

Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile offender who dropped out of college and obtained a high school equivalency diploma. After taking the legal counsel's exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. He is not a typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes he wears, Kuryu has a quick instinct and...

Hiratsuka Heihachi is noisy and rude, but he always smiles. He's a strange detective. Unlike Hiratsuka, Saionji Kosuke is the heir of a rich family. He's full of justice, naive and honest, almost too much. Saionji Kosuke was then appointed to be part of investigative team 1, which he had always admi...

Legal apprentice Okumori Rei is on the verge of getting married when he is cornered by someone due to a past secret. Eight years ago, during the summer when Rei was a third-year junior high school student, he killed his father Kosuke and made it look like he went missing in order to protect his moth...

With four years left before Tokyo hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics, housing sales are fiercely competitive. At this time, Sangenya Machi, an excellent real estate agent, appears. She is single, 30-years-old and has an attractive appearance. With any of her clients. Machi must get a purchase. Machi has...

Miyama Hiroto is a young lawyer who seeks justice for the innocent (in a country with a 99.9% conviction rate). He works for Madarame Law Firm. At the law firm, Hiroto Miyama works with Sada Atsuhiro. They attempt to uncover truths in cases requested by their clients. Former Judge Ozaki Maiko joins...

A drama commemorating TBS's 60th anniversary, the story is about 11 members who were sent to the South Pole for the first time in February 1957 in a national project to explore Antartica. They were accompanied by a dogsled of 19 Sakhalin dogs. When they left for Japan a year later, they were forced...

Toto Bank President Ichihara is in a hotel suite romancing his secretary Nana when he suddenly loses consciousness. Four women arrive to perform CPR, but their efforts to save him are in vain. They calmly rid the room of evidence, then ensure the deletion of all records pertaining to the president’...

Aoi Midori has been working as a pharmacist at Yorozu General Hospital for 8 years. She believes that pharmacists need to know about the patient's daily life to ensure the proper medication is prescribed to them. She faces a lot of criticism, especially from the doctors, but she stays true to her be...

When Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He left his girlfriend Danjo Mifuyu behind and went to the US alone. 10 years go by and he comes back as a surgeon with outstanding skills to save his former teacher from illness. His teacher is none other th...

History takes place during the period of strong economic development of the Showa period. Natsu lost her parents during the war and moved to the Tokachi area in Hokkaido, with her adoptive father, who was a dairy producer. As she grew up, Natsu met at primary school a boy who drew a beautiful horse...

In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Higashiyama Eiichi lobbied for COMS at the World Environmental Conference. COMS is a method for liquefying pollutants and storing them in the bottom crack. Prime Minister Higashiyama brings together young and talented bureaucrats and launches the Japan Future Confere...

In the Ningyo-cho neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo - a woman was murdered. Detective Kaga Kyoichiro, who has just been transferred to the Nihonbashi police station, is in charge of the murder case. With virtually all the inhabitants of the shopping street of Ningyo-cho as suspects, Detective Kaga...

Takada Yu is an employee of a development firm. His father has favored his high-achieving older brother and been indifferent to Yu since young. So Yu craves for his father’s love and wants his recognition somehow. Then one day, Yu encounters a woman. Although it was the worst possible meeting, he gr...

Higashiyama Yui works as a director at Net Heroes, a web production company. Due to her workaholic father and bad experiences in the past, she loathes working overtime. Even 2 years ago, she broke off her engagement to Taneda Kotaro because he was a workaholic. At her job, Higashiyama Yui always le...

This drama is set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and depicts the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke, a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei, the executive managing director of a steel firm. For reasons not yet entirely clear, Daisuke seems to dislike his own son and when Teppei finds ou...

Haruo was finally released from prison after serving his sentence. With nine years of prison bonuses in hand, he stops at a restaurant to enjoy a good meal, but all his money ends up being stolen. Having nothing left, he spends the night in a cybercafé, and he manages to find his old friend from the...

Performing two detectives who investigate brutal crimes in Ikebukuro and find themselves sharing a secret... Ryuichi Kanzaki is guided by his strong morality and belief in what is good in people. On his first day of work, his assigned partner, veteran detective Kenji Kuroki, was not found, and his...

Tsukasa is an ideal husband to his wife Sayaka. He possesses a good appearance, impressive educational background and earns a high salary, but he keeps a secret from Sayaka. His secret is that he is incompetent at his job. He constantly messes up at work and gets to the point that he doesn't think h...

**The episodes are numbered continuously. Season 2 starts at episode 14. The SPs are also numbered, but are not part of a given season**. "Furuhata Ninzaburo" is a collection of real mysterious stories in which the detective, Furuhata Ninzaburo, has to solve ingenious crimes and defeat elusive crimi...

20 years ago, Seigi was a member of a heist group named "TAKE FIVE". His father was also in the group. Now, Seigi lives an ordinary and honest life, working as a college psychology professor. One day, he receives a picture of a Leonardo da Vinci painting from a mysterious homeless woman. The woman t...

Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hojo Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's destiny begin to turn.

Saito Hiroshi is a young man with a great heart who grew up in a loving family. He must start working in a long-established insurance company. On the first day, he is expected by the strict HR employee, Tsubaki Mako. New employees begin their 2 week training and the first thing Mako imposes on newco...

Matsuoka plays the role of Ogure Teppei, a 35-year-old policeman who dreams of being promoted to the First Investigation Division. One day, he suddenly slips back in time to 22 years earlier, at the height of Japan’s economic bubble. There, he meets his optimistic 13-year-old self (played by Tanaka...

The drama tells the story of Liang Jiyao, the heroic protagonist, who has gradually grown into a hero of the Second Sino-Japanese War during the many changes and experiences of national feud and family hatred.

This series is different from the past detective stories. "Furuhata Ninzaburo" is collection of true mystery stories in which the detective, Furuhata Ninzaburo, must solve ingenious crimes and outwit elusive criminals. Although Ninzaburo is a government officer, he does not wear a tie. Although he s...

**Episodes are numbered continuously. Season 3 starts at episode 28. SPs are also numbered, but are not part of any given season.** "Furuhata Ninzaburo" is collection of true mystery stories in which the detective, Furuhata Ninzaburo, must solve ingenious crimes and outwit elusive criminals. Althoug...

As criminals become more sophisticated and crimes more complex, the police must turn to speedier and more scientific means of weeding through clues and narrowing down suspects. That's where the forensics labs come into play. Sakaki Mariko is a highly talented forensics scientist who must dodge stere...

Located in the near future, the country of South Korea has gone bankrupt. In the fictitious town of Mooyung, irregularities and corruption are now commonplace. By chance, Kim Heug Cheol (Yang Dong Keun) receives superhuman strength and he fights corruption that gangrene the city of Mooyoung.

The Special Mission Task Team is not considered as important as it might sound. It's positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and headed by Ukyo Sugishita. Together with his partner, Kaoru Kameyama, this team is Japan’s version of The Odd Couple, solving clueless cases...

Itomura Satoshi is back again, but in Kyoto and with a new team. He begins work at the 1st Investigation Division of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Station. The 1st investigation division with deals with the most difficult cases.

Mitazono Kaoru is a superb housekeeper who belongs to Musubi Housekeeping Agency. Although he is a male in an industry dominated by females, he handles housework such as cleaning, laundry, cooking and babysitting perfectly. However, it is not just the dirt in the house that Mitazono cleans. He learn...

Manami Kishi teaches at the police academy and is widely regarded as an expert in the field of profiling. With the recent abolishment of the statue of limitations for murder, Manami Kishi is asked by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police to help solve cases in which the statue of limitations previously appl...

Tokyo decides to introduce a police system for schools. The school police will reside on campus at middle schools. Ryuhei Shimada is a detective for the Investigation Unit 1 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He always stays cool and calm, but he has a spiteful tongue. Ryuhei Shimada decid...

Himekawa Reiko became an assistant inspector with the Tenth Homicide Section at the young age of 27 even though she was not on the career track. As the only female section chief in the First Investigative Division, she leads Team Himekawa, armed with her intuition, dramatic ideas and energy, and has...

“Naniwa Shonen Tanteidan” is based on a novel of the same name by mystery writer Higashino Keigo.The story about Takeuchi Shinobu, a curious and energetic elementary school teacher who is never one to let herself be outdone by her students. Set at the fictitious Ooji Elementary School in Osaka, the...

The fight for redevelopment rights intensifies in the run up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the Rinkai area is on the way to becoming a new hotbed for crime. Amagi Yu and the team have to tackle extremely violent crimes which have become complex, multifaceted and global. A darkness lurking in the Ri...

Tamami Esumi's character is the " bull doctor" of the title of the series, which comes from the word "bulldozer". Ignoring any opposition from her entourage, she uses all the means necessary to determine the truth behind the death of the bodies she examines. Because of her personality, she constantl...

Tachibana Noboru is a doctor from Kodenmacho Prison. He has gained experience as a doctor in a prison and has also become a remarkable young man who solves cases in an impressive way thanks to his keen sense of justice and exceptional jujitsu skills when confronted with cases related to people enter...

The story follows two girls named Shiori and Shimiko who are involved in strange incidents in their city.

The 43rd NHK Taiga Drama is Shinsengumi!. The arrival of Commodore Perry's "Black Ships" rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of peaceful isolation from the world. Men set their eyes beyond Japan and began to demand change in society. Old clashed with the new, and thus began an age of turmoil. Amids...

The 19th Century was a turbulent one for Japan. Enduring the throes of change brought about by the Meiji era, it still struggled to join the world and be considered a “civilized, modern nation.” After 300 years, samurai turned to labor, farmers sought other industries, and technology became king. Sa...

NHK's 55th taiga drama series. Sanada Yukimura was born to a lord who owned a small piece of land in Shinsu (present-day Nagano Prefecture). He survived using wisdom, courage and much effort during the Sengoku period and eventually, he grew into a much-respected samurai warrior. During The Siege of...

Oh Gyu Tae was once an amateur boxer until high school, he gave up on pursuing a sports career after his older brother’s mysterious suicide. He studied ardently, graduating top of his class at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He subsequently became a promising prosecutor in an investiga...

The financial health of Japan has fallen into a crisis. The country has accumulated more than 1 quadrillion yen of debt. Prime Minister Takamori Ejima gathers 4 elite finance bureaucrats and tells them for the benefit of Japan's future, they need to reduce the country's annual expenditure in half. T...

The story follows Maeda Fumika, a reporter from a weekly magazine, who commits a blunder on the job and is transferred from the entertainment gossip section to the daily life section. She teams up with veteran reporter Kameyama Takako to depict the personal struggles of women which aren't considered...

When Tamaki Rei was a child, her parents died in an airplane accident in France. She grew up in a difficult environment, and money was always hard to come by. Now in her thirties, Rei visits the accident site where her parents died for the first time in twenty-three years. There she meets Shibusawa...

Cain at Abel is an action-family drama about two brothers, Daniel and Miguel, who grew up in two very different worlds. As children, they were separated by fate. Daniel was raised comfortably in the city by his father. Miguel, on the other hand, was taken by his mother who later changed his name to...

A brilliant general medicine doctor dreams only of becoming a famous dancer. He returns to Japan to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry only to find out the agency he signed up with was a sham. He stays in Japan and works part-time in a run-down GM center solving baffling medical m...

35 year old Umezawa Isamu (Yamaguchi Tatsuya) works for a major trading firm and is a single dad to his only son, Hiroshi (Nagashima Mitsuki), a 6th-grader who hates to study but loves to play baseball. Ever since his wife divorced him on a whim 5 years ago, his days have been a constant struggle to...

Hatoko returns to her hometown in Kamakura for the first time in 8 years and inherits her late grandmother's stationery store Tsubaki Bunguten. However, the shop exists only in form and is actually a notary public which writes letters on behalf of others. As a newbie in this trade, Hatoko gradually...

Sakisaka Kento is a lawyer with an outstanding career. He seems cool and handsome, but he is a zealous person who will confront things that are unreasonable and wrong head-on. There are times when he values the words of a single person and not a lawyer. Sakisaka is regarded as the ace of the law fir...

Single mother Kaibara Haru was active in the American business community until she was directly headhunted by the CEO of Itsuki Trading, a leading Japanese general trading company, and returned to Japan. She takes up the position of assistant manager of the elite Corporate Planning Department but he...

Detective Mizunuma, his younger sister Rie who works at a scrivener office, and psychiatrist Kamijo who runs a mental clinic. Three people (shacking), each carrying a debt of 200 million yen, join hands to execute a fraud plan for repayment. The first target is Inokuma Real Estate, which has made a...

Tatsuya Ikegami works for a real estate company, on an urban development project that costs billions of yen. The city of Sachio is currently proposed as the site of the project. To buy the necessary land, Tatsuya has to find out who the owners are. So he hides his identity and joins the Sachio volun...

A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.

Kaede, Kaoru, Michiru, and Emi are childhood friends. The four women meet again on Emi's wedding day. But on that day, the company Kaede works for goes bankrupt and her boyfriend dumps her. She is about to turn 30-years-old. Kaede decides to follow her childhood dream and become a baker. She gets a...

College Professor Koko Misaki (Hitomi Kuroki) is contacted by the executive of a TV station, Shun Yagisawa (Kanji Ishimaru). Shun Yagisawa is her ex-boyfriend, but they have not seen each other in 20 years. Shun Yagisawa contacted Koko Misaki, because Taizo Yamashiro (Ikko Furuya) asked him to intro...

"Machiben" centers around four lawyers who help the weak and downtrodden of their town.

Daisuke Manpyo is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyo is in for difficult...

Third season of Pokkapoka. Adapted from Jun Fukami manga with the same title. It tells the story of an ordinary salaryman and his family.

Second season of Pokkapoka. Adapted from Jun Fukami manga with the same title. It tells the story of an ordinary salaryman and his family.

First season of the serie. Adapted from Jun Fukami manga with the same title. It tells the story of an ordinary salaryman and his family.

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In the year Showa 37 (1962), in Bingo City of Hiroshima prefecture, Yasu delights in the birth of his long-awaited eldest son, Akira. However, that joy is shattered by the death of his wife, Misako, in a sudden tragic accident. Yasu raises his son despite his inexperience and worries. He also has to...

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