Kana Kobayashi
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Also known as
- Kana-chan (かなちゃん)
- KK
- Kāchi (かぁち)
- Kacchan (かっちゃん)
BornMay 17, 1991
Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan[1]
Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan[1]
GenresIdol music
OccupationIdol
Kana Kobayashi 小林 香菜 | |
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 Kana Kobayashi in Japan Expo 2009 (3 July 2009). | |
| Background information | |
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| Born | May 17, 1991 Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan[1] |
| Genres | Idol music |
| Occupation | Idol |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | King Records (AKB48) |
| Website | Official website |
Kana Kobayashi (小林 香菜, Kobayashi Kana; born 17 May 1991, in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan)[1] is a Japanese idol who is a former member of AKB48[2][3] who was part of Team B and later Team K.[4][5] She has appeared in a number of television shows, feature films and stage productions. Kobayashi is represented with Promage.[6]
On July 8, 2021, Kobayashi announced her marriage to a non-celebrity boyfriend who works as an investor. She gave birth to a son on March 16, 2022.[7]
On January 17, 2023, she announced on her social media that her divorce was finalized and will focus on her efforts of raising her child as a single mother.
Singles
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| "Aitakatta" | |
| "Seifuku ga Jama o Suru" | "Virgin love"; as part of Team K |
| "Keibetsu Shiteita Aijō" | |
| "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?" | "Yūhi o Miteiru ka?" (Himawari 2.0 Mix) |
| "Romance, Irane" | "Romance, Irane" (Himawari 2.0 Mix) |
| "Ōgoe Diamond" | "Ōgoe Diamond" (Team K ver.); as part of Team K |
| "River" | "Hikōkigumo"; as part Theater Girls |
| "Ponytail to Shushu" | "Boku no Yell"; as part of Theater Girls |
| "Beginner" | "Nakeru Basho"; as part of Diva |
| "Chance no Junban" | "Love Jump"; as part of Team B |
| "Sakura no Ki ni Narō" | "Area K"; as part of Diva |
| "Everyday, Katyusha" | "Hito no Chikara"; as part of Under Girls |
| "Kaze wa Fuiteiru" | "Vamos"; as part of Under Girls Bara-gumi |
| "Ue kara Mariko" | "Yobisute Fantasy"; as part of Team B |
| "Give Me Five!" | "Yungu ya Furoito no Baai"; as part of Special Girls C |
| "Manatsu no Sounds Good!" | "3ttsu no namida"; as part of Special Girls |
| "Gingham Check" | "DoReMiFa Onchi"; as part of Next Girls |
| "Uza" | "Scrap & Build"; as part of Team K |
| "Eien Pressure" | "Watashitachi no Reason" |
| "So Long!" | "Yūhi Marie"; as part of Oshima Team K |
| "Sayonara Crawl" | "How come?"; as part of Team K |
| "Heart Electric" | "Sasameyuki Regret"; as part of Team K |
| "Mae shika Mukanee" | "Koi toka..." |
| "Labrador Retriever" |
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| "Kibōteki Refrain" | "Hajimete no Drive"; as part of Team K |
| "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby" | "Kin no Hane o Motsu Hito yo"; as part of Team B |
Albums
| Title | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kamikyokutachi | "Kimi to Niji to Taiyō to" | |
| Koko ni Ita Koto | "Renai Circus" | As part of Team B |
| "Koko ni Ita Koto" | As part of AKB48+SKE48+NMB48+HKT48 | |
| 1830m | "Nōkan" | As part of Team B |
| "Aozora yo Sabishikunai ka?" | As part of AKB48+SKE48+NMB48+HKT48 | |
| Tsugi no Ashiato | "Tsuyo-sa to Yowa-sa no Ma de" | |
| "Kyōhan-sha" | As part of Team K | |
| Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe! | "Conveyor" | As part of Yokoyama Team K |
| 0 to 1 no Aida | "Music Junkie" | As part of Team B |
Theatre performances
| Title | Song | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team K 1st Stage: Party ga Hajimaru yo | "Skirt, Hirari" | Atsuko Maeda took her place at the time | |
| Team K 2nd Stage: Seishun Girls | "Ame no Dōbutsuen" | ||
| Team K 3rd Stage: Nōnai Paradise | "Kurukurupā" | ||
| Himawari-gumi 1st Stage: Boku no Taiyō | "Idol nante Yobanaide" | Tomomi Kasai's standby | |
| Himawari-gumi 2nd Stage: Yume o Shina seru wake ni ikanai | "Tonari no Banana" | Tomomi Kasai's standby | |
| "Hajimete no Jellybeans" | Understudy at the time when the main members were absent | ||
| Team K 4th Stage: Saishū Bell ga Naru | "16-ri Shimai no Uta" | ||
| Team K 5th Stage: Gyaku Agari | "Wagamamana Nagareboshi" | ||
| Theatre G-Rosso: Yume o Shina seru wake ni ikanai | "Bye Bye Bye" | Haruna Kojima, Moeno Nito, and Ami Maeda's standby | |
| Team B 5th Stage: Theater no Megami | "Locker Room Boy" | ||
| "Arashi no Yoru ni wa" | Mika Komori's unit-understudy | ||
| Miho Miyazaki's position and Tomu Muto's understudy | |||
| "Candy" | Tomomi Kasai's position and Jurina Matsui's understudy | ||
| SDN48 1st Stage: Yūwaku no Garter | "Yūwaku no Garter" | Sayaka Akimoto, later Mami Kato's position | |
| Team K Waiting Kōen II: Saishū Bell ga Naru | "19-ri Shimai no Uta" | Yuko Oshima's understudy | |
| Team K 7th Stage: Reset | "Ashita no tame ni Kiss o" | Haruka Shimada's understudy | |
| Team Surprise: Jūryoku Sympathy | "1994-nen no Raimei" | Tomomi Itano's position and Aki Takajō, later Ayaka Okada | [8] |
Publications
Videos
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Kurukuru Densetsu |
Filmography
TV drama
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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| 2010 | Majisuka Gakuen | Majusuka Gakuen student | TV Tokyo | Final episode |
| 2011 | Sakura kara no Tegami: AKB48 sorezore no Sotsugyō Monogatari | Kana Kobayashi | NTV | |
| Majisuka Gakuen 2 | Kana | TV Tokyo | Final episode | |
| 2013 | So Long! | NTV | Episode 2 |
TV variety
| Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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| AKB0-ji 59-fun! | NTV | Irregular appearances | ||
| AKBingo! | NTV | Irregular appearances | ||
| 2008 | AKB48 Neshin TV | Family Gekijo | Seasons 1 to 5, 7, and 14 and Special 2009 | |
| Shūkan AKB | TV Tokyo | Irregular appearances | ||
| Nekketsu Bo-So TV | CTC | |||
| 2011 | Naruhodo! High School | NTV | ||
| AKB48 Comte: Bimyo | Hikari TV Channel | |||
| 2012 | AKB48 no anta, Dare? | NotTV | Irregular appearances | |
| Udo-chan-Kana-chan: Onayami Sōdan Honpo | Tokyo MX | [9] | ||
| Bimyona Tobira: AKB48 no Gachichare | Hikari TV Channel | |||
| 2014 | Ariyoshi AKB Kyōwakoku | TBS | Irregular appearances | |
| 2016 | Tokyo Crasso! | Tokyo MX | [10] |
Other TV programmes
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suiensaa | NHK-E | Irregular appearances | |
| 2011 | School Live Show | NHK-E | |
| 2013 | Bebop! High Heel | ABC | |
| 2016 | Koshigaya o Energetic ni o Todoke: Negisshu!! | J:Com Channel Saitama Higashi | [a] |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata | Hinako's classmate | ||
| 2010 | Re:Play-Girls | Mami | ||
| 2011 | Hai! Moshimoshi, Ōtsuka Yakkyoku desu ga | Emi Nagasaku | Lead role | |
| 2012 | Ultraman Saga | Maomi Osumi | [11] |
Stage
| Year | Title |
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| 2009 | Shinka Episode 2 |
| 2010 | Momoiro Shoten e yōkoso |
Radio
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2006 | Countdown Japan | Tokyo FM | |||
| 2007 | AKB48: Ashita made mō chotto. | NCB | Irregular appearances | ||
| 2008 | On 8 | Bay FM | |||
| 2010 | AKB48 no All Night Nippon | NBS | |||
| AKB48 Sayaka Akimoto-Sae Miyazawa no ukkari Channel | NCB | ||||
| Radio Drama: Double Heroine | Sumiko | NCB | Episode 4 | ||
| 2011 | Tokyo Tower presents Diamond Veil | Tokyo FM | Saturday DJ | ||
| 333 Fri. from Tokyo Tower | InterFM | Friday DJ | [12] | ||
| 2012 | Kakedase! | NHK Radio 1, NHK World Radio Japan | |||
| AKB48 Amina Sato no "Konoyo ni Komoji wa irimasen!" | Radio Nippon | ||||
| AKB Radio Drama Gekijō | NBS | ||||
| All Night Nippon Gold | NBS | ||||
| 2013 | wktk Radio Gakuen | NHK Radio 1 | |||
| clipclip no Onagokai | NCB |
Internet
| Title | Website |
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| Image-TV | Kodansha Moura |
Music videos
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2016 | SKE48 Sae Miyazawa to Nakama-tachi "Tabi no Tochū" |
Events
| Year | Title |
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| 2009 | A Witch's Tale |
| 2011 | Odawara Film Festival |
| Kokusai Shinrin-toshi Symposium | |
| 2012 | Kana Kobayashi no "Konya dake no o yome-san" Archived 2016-11-12 at the Wayback Machine |
Dubbing
- The Lost City (Allison (Patti Harrison))[13]
Bibliography
Photobooks
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kana Kobayashi: Dokidoki Gravure Nyūmon! | [14] |
Magazine serialisations
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2008 | Up to boy | "Kana Kobayashi no yo no naka Nyūmon" |
Calendars
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Kana Kobayashi: 2012-nen Calendar |
| 2012 | Takujō Kana Kobayashi: 2013-nen Calendar |
| 2013 | Takujō Kana Kobayashi: 2014-nen Calendar |
| 2014 | Clear File-tsuki Takujō Kana Kobayashi: 2015-nen Calendar |
Others
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tokyo Headline | Irregular |
| 2013 | Nihon Nōgyō Shinbun "Fle Marche 9-gō" | |
| 2014 | Yomiuri Kodomo Shinbun | |
| Public Relations Koshigaya |
