Naoto Kobayashi

Acting

Naoto Kobayashi

Born 1987-08-06 · Saitama, Japan

Naoto Kobayashi (小林 直人, Kobayashi Naoto, August 6, 1987) is a Japanese voice actor born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Voice Actors and Talents at Amusement Media Academy. Formerly affiliated with Trias since April 2011, he left the agency in March 2015 and is currently a freelance voice actor. Prior to acting as a voice actor, he worked as a system engineer.

Acting credits

Unanswered//butterfly poster
9.0

In Sword Art Online, the first full-dive VRMMO, dying in the game means dying in real life. Emirun and Rex, who knew each other before entering the game, reunite by chance and join forces to survive. After their team is slaughtered by the mysterious PK known as the Black Swordsman, the two resolve to become stronger. Determined to avenge their fallen comrades, they seek out the legendary swordswoman Asuna and begin an intense training regimen. In a deadly game where even fellow players can become enemies, what fate awaits them at the end of this journey?

Unanswered//butterfly

2026

Altered Carbon: Resleeved poster
6.5

On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.

Altered Carbon: Resleeved

2020

100 METERS poster
7.8

A gifted runner trains a determined but unskilled classmate, unaware he's creating a rival who will challenge him on the track for years to come.

100 METERS

2025

Genocidal Organ poster
6.6

The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it's up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations and to find the true heart of darkness—a genocidal organ.

Genocidal Organ

2017

Blue Giant poster
7.8

High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great.

Blue Giant

2023

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale poster
7.7

In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on the system is “Ordinal Scale” an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma. Asuna and the gang have already been playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They’re about to find out that Ordinal Scale isn’t all fun and games…

Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

2017

Bâan -The Boundaries of Adulthood- poster
6.4

A story of two people in search of a new life, who leave their birthplaces - traveling to a whole different world trying to find a place where they truly belong. Set in the fictional world of Euthania, a land rich in nature with various magical races based on South East Asian Mythology, which is connected to Japan via a warp gate.

Bâan -The Boundaries of Adulthood-

2025