Kei Kobayashi

Kei Kobayashi

Known for

Acting

Born

September 5, 1979 (age 47)

Birthplace

Tōkyō, Japan

Biography

Kei Kobayashi (born May 9, 1979) is a Japanese male jazz vocalist. He is from Tokyo.

Born as the second son of a family whose grandfather is Kazunori Murakami (jazz steel guitar player), father Hiroshi Kobayashi (jazz pianist and arranger), and mother Kyoko Murakami (jazz vocalist), he grew up in an environment where he was familiar with jazz from an early age.

He was inspired by a musical he saw at an amusement park when he was three years old, and then became obsessed with a stage play based on Duke Ellington's music, and at the age of five he declared that he would one day be on the musical stage. It is said that

After gaining numerous stage experiences in classical ballet from the age...

Best known work

Metropolis
Metropolis
2001
Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'
Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'
2002

Filmography

  1. 2002

    Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis'

    as Self

  2. 2001

    Metropolis

    as Kenichi (voice)

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