Around the world, Kobayashi (コバヤシ 
, 小林 
, Kobayashi 
, and others...) is a widespread epicene given name. The given name Kobayashi is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Japan, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Very seldom, Kobayashi is the last name as well as the forename.
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| コバヤシ | Japan |
| 小林 | China, Japan |
| Kobayashi | Brazil, Japan, Indonesia, United States, China |
| Кобаяши, Кобаяси | Russia |
Furubayashi, Gobayashi, Kobashi, Kobasi, Kobayasi, Kobayaşi, Kohashi, Kohayashi, Obase, Obashi, Obasi, Obayasi, Ohashi, Ohasi, Ohayashi, Ohayasi, Даисукэ, Кадзуо, Кобаясі, Мари, Масами, Масаюки, Мики, Нобуо, Обаси, Охаси, Сусуму, Тадао, Тадаси, Такаси, Такэси, Хироси, Хироюки, Юки, Ютака, โคบายาชิ, 古林, and 小橋
Kobayashi is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kobayashi , the fictional character from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.
| kau kobayashi executed Japanese serial killer (1908-1970) (b. 1908) |
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dio kobayashi Japanese circus performer, JP (b. 1972) |
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| tamai kobayashi Canadian writer, CA (b. 1965) |
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| shiro kobayashi botanist |
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| ryu kobayashi researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1075-2372) |
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| minatsu kobayashi researcher |
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| kota kobayashi researcher |
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| michie kobayashi researcher |
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| asaki kobayashi researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-3524-8463) |
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| higashi kobayashi researcher |
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| yu kobayashi researcher |
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| shin kobayashi researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-9321-8452) |
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| shin kobayashi researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-6639-3810 |
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| miho kobayashi researcher |
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| kan kobayashi researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-5940-3336) |
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