Daiki Kobayashi

Daiki Kobayashi, a native of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, was born on 23 September 1991.^[2] He was inspired to go into voice acting after learning that Oha Suta host Koichi Yamadera would appear in the show's anime segments, and he started enjoying reading textbooks aloud and became interested in late-night anime.^[3] He then spent about half a year at a training school in Osaka during high school.^[3] He was later educated at Human Academy [ja] and 81 Actor's Studio, and he joined 81 Produce Junior on 1 April 2014.^[4][5]

In January 2016, it was announced that Kobayashi would star as the cross-dressing male idol Saki Mizushima in The Idolmaster SideM, a sub-franchise of The Idolmaster franchise; he subsequently received praise for his androgynous voice (which he was already known for at the time), with Kusuri Yūki from Net Lab praising it as "a perfect casting".^[6] Since then, he has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases as part of the tie-in unit Cafe Parade, including the 2023 single "The Idolmaster SideM 49 Elements: 08: Cafe Parade" (which charted at #13 in the Oricon Singles Chart).^[7][8]

In 2016, Kobayashi was announced that he would star as Niko in Nanbaka.^[9] He later starred as Steve Kanamori in 100% Pascal-sensei and Subaru Hoshiyomi in Future Card Buddyfight Ace.^[10][11] He voiced Yasunari Semba in the 2023 film Maboroshi.^[12] In December 2023, he was cast as Mitsuru Tenma in Ensemble Stars!, after the character's previous voice actor, Junya Ikeda, was arrested for bank account fraud.^[13] In 2024, he starred as Invisible Stalker/Perm Stripe in Egumi Legacy and the titular main character of Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup.^[14][15]

Kobayashi is androgynous, portraying androgynous characters with a feminine voice and cross-dressing on social media.^[6] He speaks the Osaka dialect [ja].^[1]

Television animation

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Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	Star-Myu	Student	[1]
2016	All Out!!	Yoshiki Hirano	[16]
2016	Beyblade Burst	Shinki Mikuni	[1]
2016	Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis	Participant	[1]
2016	Nanbaka	Niko	[9]
2016	Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage	Ōchū	[17]
2017	100% Pascal-sensei	Steve Kanamori	[10]
2017	ēlDLIVE	Assistant Inspector Chips	[18]
2017	Just Because!	Kaoru Yamaguchi	[19]
2017	Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama	Bells	[1]
2017	Masamune-kun's Revenge	Akio Tanabe	[1]
2017	Tsukipro The Animation	Young Shū Izumi	[1]
2018	Cells at Work!	Campylobacter	[1]
2018	Future Card Buddyfight Ace	Subaru Hoshiyomi	[11]
2020	Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun	Sousuke Mitsuba	[1]
2021	2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team	Isao Igawa	[1]
2021	Amaim Warrior at the Borderline	Mishima Tsubasa	[1]
2021	Skate-Leading Stars	Shō Suzaki	[1]
2021	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Hermes	[1]
2022	Classroom of the Elite	Ryōta Beppu	[1]
2022	Platinum End	Keiichi Nakaumi	[1]
2022	Sasaki and Miyano	Masaki Hanzawa	[1]
2023	After-School Hanako-kun	Mitsuba	[1]
2023	Ayakashi Triangle	Donpa	[1]
2023	Duel Masters Win Duel Wars	Ken Ugata	[1]
2023	Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō	Ichirō Kanbara	[1]
2023	The Ancient Magus' Bride	Zoe Ivy	[20]
2023	Vinland Saga	Schull	[1]
2024	Egumi Legacy	Invisible Stalker, Perm Stripe	[14]
2024	Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup	Kinokoinu	[15]
2024	Undead Unluck	Red	[1]
2024	Wind Breaker	Yuri Kakiuchi	[1]
2025	Wandance	Hoto, Uyo, Macchin	[21]
2025	The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess	Kagura Ivy	[22]
2026	Kusunoki's Garden of Gods	Raijin	[23]

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Animated film

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2023	Maboroshi	Yasunari Semba	[12]

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Original net animation

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2018	Pan to Boku no Momo-chan	Shiro	[24]
2021	Rick and Morty: ~SUMMER meets GOD~ (Rick meets Evil)	Future Being	[25]

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Video games

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Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	The Idolmaster SideM	Saki Mizushima	[1]
2019	Arc the Lad R	Matthias	[1]
2019	Op8	Sei Hoshizaki	[1]
2020	Show by Rock!! Fes A Live	659 (Rokoku)	[1]
2023	Ensemble Stars!	Mitsuru Tenma	[13]

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