
Naoki Kobayashi
Actor · Born November 10, 1984 (41) · Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Naoki Kobayashi is a Japanese dancer, actor and model. He is a performer of J-Pop dance and vocal group Exile and is the leader and performer of J-Pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 10, 1984 (41)
- Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Actor
- 3 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Naoki Kobayashi's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shapeshifteras Teiji Matsuda in Earthquake Bird (2019)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Naoki Kobayashi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (1).
Subscription and free streaming for Naoki Kobayashi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

Earthquake Bird(2019)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
That Moment, My Heart Cried (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Tatara Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Pla-Baroque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

医師 問題無ノ介 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

EXILE LIVE TOUR 2013 “EXILE PRIDE” (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

EXILE TRIBE LIVE TOUR 2012 ~TOWER OF WISH~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

EXILE LIVE TOUR 2011 TOWER OF WISH ~願いの塔~ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Career shape
Star power in the 55th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 10 titles from 2011 to 2019.

Biggest box office
High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)

Highest rated
High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)
Film career
- 2019Screen debut· Earthquake Bird
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Naoki Kobayashi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 70. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Naoki Kobayashi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Naoki Kobayashi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Shigeaki Kubo shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Shigeaki KuboShared titles: High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017), High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Shigeaki Kubo
- Tsuyoshi NakakukiShared titles: High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017), High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Tsuyoshi Nakakuki
Writers
- Norihisa HiranumaShared titles: High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017), High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Norihisa Hiranuma

Actors
- Keita MachidaShared titles: High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017), High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Keita Machida

- Nobuyuki SuzukiShared titles: High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017), High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Nobuyuki Suzuki

- Takanori IwataShared titles: High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017), High & Low: The Movie 3 - Final Mission (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Takanori Iwata
