Kana Kobayashi

Japanese idol (born 1991)

Kana Kobayashi

小林 香菜

Kana Kobayashi in Japan Expo 2009 (3 July 2009).

Background information
Also known as|

* Kana-chan (かなちゃん)
* KK
* Kāchi (かぁち)
* Kacchan (かっちゃん)

Born|  (1991-05-17) May 17, 1991 (age 32)
Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan[1]
Genres| Idol music
Occupation(s)| Idol
Years active| 2006–
Labels| King Records (AKB48)
Website| Official website

Musical artist

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 in March 16, 2022.[7]

On January 17, 2023, she announced on her social media that her divorce was completed and will focus on her efforts of raising her child as a single mother.

## AKB48 discography[edit]

### Singles[edit]

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" |

* "Kyō made no Melody"
* "Aishiki Rival"; as part of Team K

"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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

### Videos[edit]

Year  | Title

|

2009 | Kurukuru Densetsu

## Filmography[edit]

### TV drama[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Network  | Notes

|
|
|
|

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[edit]

Year  | Title  | Network  | Notes  | Ref.

|
|
|
|

| 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Year  | Title

|

2009 | Shinka Episode 2
2010 | Momoiro Shoten e yōkoso

### Radio[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Network  | Notes  | Ref.

|
|
|
|
|

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[edit]

Title  | Website

|

Image-TV | Kodansha Moura

### Music videos[edit]

Year  | Title

|

2016 | SKE48 Sae Miyazawa to Nakama-tachi "Tabi no Tochū"

### Events[edit]

Year  | Title

|

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[edit]

* The Lost City (Allison (Patti Harrison))[13]

## Bibliography[edit]

### Photobooks[edit]

Year  | Title  | Ref.

|
|

2009 | Kana Kobayashi: Dokidoki Gravure Nyūmon! | [14]

### Magazine serialisations[edit]

Year  | Title  | Notes

|
|

2008 | Up to boy | "Kana Kobayashi no yo no naka Nyūmon"

### Calendars[edit]

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[edit]

Year  | Title  | Notes

|
|

2011 | Tokyo Headline | Irregular
2013 | Nihon Nōgyō Shinbun "Fle Marche 9-gō" |
2014 | Yomiuri Kodomo Shinbun |
Public Relations Koshigaya |

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Broadcast in J:Com Kasakube, J:Com Koshigaya, J:Com Saitama Keno, and J:Com Soka.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "アイドルグループ「AKB48」 小林香菜さん" (in Japanese). Koshigaya City Hall. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
2. ^ "AKB最後の2期生小林香菜が卒業 劇場出演数1位". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Nikkan Sport Shinbun. 17 Jan 2016. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
3. ^ "AKB48最後の2期生・小林香菜が卒業発表". Music Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 17 Jan 2016. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
4. ^ "組閣後新体制". AKB48 official blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. 24 Aug 2016. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
5. ^ "AKB48新組閣発足は11月1日、ウェイティング公演も決定". Music Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 8 Oct 2012. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
6. ^ Kobayashi, Kana (1 Sep 2016). "新しいご報告". Kana Kobayashi Official blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
7. ^ "半年記念日と1日過ぎた日にプロポーズしてもらいました". Kana Kobayashi Twitter (in Japanese). 小林香菜. Retrieved 2 Aug 2021.
8. ^ "AKB小林香菜が卒業「幸せ」劇場出演1位928回". Nikkan Sports Com (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports Shimbun. 31 Mar 2016. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
9. ^ Kobayashi, Kana (19 Apr 2012). "嬉しいご報告(。・・)ノ゛". Kana Kobayashi official blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
10. ^ "東京クラッソ!2016年04月02日". Tokyo Tower vs Tokyo Skytree (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
11. ^ "劇場版ウルトラマン最新作にAKB48秋元、宮澤ら7名出演". Music Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 22 Nov 2011. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
12. ^ "333 Fri. from TOKYO TOWER" (in Japanese). InterFM. Archived from the original on 2011-12-03. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
13. ^ "ザ・ロストシティ －日本語吹き替え版". Fukikaeru. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
14. ^ "小林香菜グラビアアイドル化計画!". AKB48 official blog (in Japanese). Ameba Blog. 4 Mar 2009. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Promage official profile (in Japanese)
* Koshigaya official profile (in Japanese)
* Kana Kobayashi on 755 (in Japanese)

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AKB48

Notable members|

| Current|

| Official Members|

* Yuki Kashiwagi
* Yukari Sasaki
* Saho Iwatate
* Ayana Shinozaki
* Yuiri Murayama
* Shinobu Mogi
* Haruka Komiyama
* Megu Taniguchi
* Seina Fukuoka
* Mion Mukaichi
* Hinana Shimoguchi
* Momoka Onishi
* Rin Okabe
* Yui Oguri
* Erina Oda
* Yurina Gyoten
* Narumi Kuranoo
* Hiyuka Sakagawa
* Miu Shitao
* Ayane Takahashi
* Remi Tokunaga
* Serika Nagano
* Haruna Hashimoto
* Hitomi Honda
* Erii Chiba
* Ma Chia-ling
* Nanami Asai
* Haruka Kurosu
* Minami Sato
* Kurumi Suzuki
* Manaka Taguchi
* Ayami Nagatomo
* Orin Muto
* Mizuki Yamauchi
* Suzuha Yamane
* Hitomi Otake
* Maho Omori
* Haruna Saito

|

Kenkyuusei|

* Yuki Ota
* Kokone Kohama
* Airi Sato
* Eriko Hashimoto
* Nozomi Hatakeyama
* Yuki Hirata
* Moka Hotei
* Mayu Masai
* Miyu Mizushima
* Sora Yamazaki
* Yuna Akiyama
* Sae Arai
* Kasumi Kudō
* Hinano Kubo
* Yumemi Sako
* Kohina Narita
* Azuki Yagi
* Yui Yamaguchi

Former|

* Aika Ota
* Aki Deguchi
* Aki Takajō
* Amina Sato
* Anna Iriyama
* Asuka Kuramochi
* Atsuko Maeda
* Ayaka Kikuchi
* Ayaka Umeda
* Erena Ono
* Fuuko Yagura
* Haruka Kodama
* Haruka Kohara
* Haruka Ishida
* Haruka Nakagawa
* Haruka Shimada
* Haruka Shimazaki
* Haruna Kojima
* Juri Takahashi
* Jurina Matsui
* Kana Kobayashi
* Karen Iwata
* Kayo Noro
* Kaoru Mitsumune
* Kazumi Urano
* Mai Oshima
* Mako Kojima
* Manami Oku
* Maria Abe
* Mariko Shinoda
* Mariya Nagao
* Mariya Suzuki
* Mayu Watanabe
* Megumi Ohori
* Miho Miyazaki
* Miki Nishino
* Miku Tanabe
* Mina Oba
* Minami Minegishi
* Minami Takahashi
* Mio Tomonaga
* Miori Ichikawa
* Misaki Iwasa
* Miyu Takeuchi
* Miyuki Watanabe
* Nagisa Shibuya
* Nako Yabuki
* Nana Okada
* Nana Owada
* Nao Furuhata
* Natsuki Uchiyama
* Natsumi Hirajima
* Nozomi Kawasaki
* Reina Fujie
* Rena Katō
* Rie Kitahara
* Riho Kotani
* Rina Ikoma
* Rina Izuta
* Rina Kawaei
* Rino Sashihara
* Ryoha Kitagawa
* Ryoka Oshima
* Sae Miyazawa
* Sakiko Matsui
* Sakura Miyawaki
* Sayaka Akimoto
* Saya Kawamoto
* Sayaka Nakaya
* Sayaka Yamamoto
* Shizuka Oya
* Sumire Sato
* Suzuran Yamauchi
* Tomomi Itano
* Tomomi Kasai
* Tomu Muto
* Yūka Tano
* Yuko Oshima
* Yuria Kizaki
* Yui Hiwatashi
* Yui Yokoyama

Albums|

* Set List: Greatest Songs 2006–2007
* Kamikyokutachi
* Koko ni Ita Koto
* 1830m
* Tsugi no Ashiato
* Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!
* 0 to 1 no Aida
* Thumbnail
* Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake o Shitteiru

Former units|

* Chocolove from AKB48
* Diva
* French Kiss
* no3b
* Not Yet
* Queen & Elizabeth
* Watarirouka Hashiritai 7

Television|

* AKBingo!
* Majisuka Gakuen
* AKB0048
* episodes
* AKB48 Show!
* Crow's Blood
* AKB48 Fes 2016
* Cabasuka Gakuen
* Produce 48
* contestants
* 30 Girls 6 Concepts
* Majimuri Gakuen
* AKB48 Sayonara Mōri-san

Solo acts|

* Tomomi Itano
* Misaki Iwasa
* Tomomi Kasai
* Yuki Kashiwagi
* Asuka Kuramochi
* Atsuko Maeda
* Sakiko Matsui
* Rino Sashihara
* Amina Sato
* Minami Takahashi
* Mayu Watanabe
* Mai Oshima
* Megumi Ohori
* Yuka Masuda

AKB48 Group|

* SKE48
* NMB48
* HKT48
* JKT48
* NGT48
* STU48
* BNK48
* MNL48
* CGM48
* AKB48 Team SH
* AKB48 Team TP

Former groups|

* SDN48
* SGO48
* SNH48
* DEL48
* MUB48
* Iz*One

Related articles|

* AKB48 Group
* Discography
* Videography
* AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei
* AKB1/149 Ren'ai Sōsenkyo
* 2014 AKB48 handsaw assault
* Yasushi Akimoto
* Defstar Records
* King Records
* Aimi Eguchi
* Sakamichi Series
* 22/7
* Vernalossom

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