# Kana Kobayashi

Kana Kobayashi (小林 香菜, Kobayashi Kana, born 17 May 1991, in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese idol who is a former member of AKB48 who was part of Team B and later Team K. She has appeared in a number of television shows, feature films and stage productions. Kobayashi is represented with Promage.
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.
On January 17, 2023, she announced on her social media that her divorce was finalized and will focus on her efforts of raising her child as a single mother.

## AKB48 discography
### Singles

| 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

| 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 | "Koko ni Ita Koto" | As part of AKB48+SKE48+NMB48+HKT48 |
| 1830m | "Nōkan" | As part of Team B |
| 1830m | "Aozora yo Sabishikunai ka?" | As part of AKB48+SKE48+NMB48+HKT48 |
| Tsugi no Ashiato | "Tsuyo-sa to Yowa-sa no Ma de" | |
| Tsugi no Ashiato | "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

| Title | Song | Notes |
| 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 |
| Himawari-gumi 2nd Stage: Yume o Shina seru wake ni ikanai | "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" | |
| Team B 5th Stage: Theater no Megami | "Arashi no Yoru ni wa" | Mika Komori's unit-understudy |
| Team B 5th Stage: Theater no Megami | "Arashi no Yoru ni wa" | Miho Miyazaki's position and Tomu Muto's understudy |
| Team B 5th Stage: Theater no Megami | "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 |

## Publications
### Videos

| Year | Title |
| 2009 | Kurukuru Densetsu |

## Filmography
### TV drama

| 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 | |
| 2011 | Majisuka Gakuen 2 | Kana | TV Tokyo | Final episode |
| 2013 | So Long! | | NTV | Episode 2 |

### TV variety

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| | 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 | |
| 2011 | AKB48 Comte: Bimyo | Hikari TV Channel | |
| 2012 | AKB48 no anta, Dare? | NotTV | Irregular appearances |
| 2012 | Udo-chan-Kana-chan: Onayami Sōdan Honpo | Tokyo MX | |
| 2012 | Bimyona Tobira: AKB48 no Gachichare | Hikari TV Channel | |
| 2014 | Ariyoshi AKB Kyōwakoku | TBS | Irregular appearances |
| 2016 | Tokyo Crasso! | Tokyo MX | |

### Other TV programmes

| 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 | |

### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 | |

### Stage

| Year | Title |
| 2009 | Shinka Episode 2 |
| 2010 | Momoiro Shoten e yōkoso |

### Radio

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 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 | |
| 2010 | AKB48 Sayaka Akimoto-Sae Miyazawa no ukkari Channel | | NCB | |
| 2010 | Radio Drama: Double Heroine | Sumiko | NCB | Episode 4 |
| 2011 | Tokyo Tower presents Diamond Veil | | Tokyo FM | Saturday DJ |
| 2011 | 333 Fri. from Tokyo Tower | | InterFM | Friday DJ |
| 2012 | Kakedase! | | NHK Radio 1, NHK World Radio Japan | |
| 2012 | AKB48 Amina Sato no "Konoyo ni Komoji wa irimasen!" | | Radio Nippon | |
| 2012 | AKB Radio Drama Gekijō | | NBS | |
| 2012 | All Night Nippon Gold | | NBS | |
| 2013 | wktk Radio Gakuen | | NHK Radio 1 | |
| 2013 | clipclip no Onagokai | | NCB | |

### Internet

| Title | Website |
| Image-TV | Kodansha Moura |

### Music videos

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

### Events

| Year | Title |
| 2009 | A Witch's Tale |
| 2011 | Odawara Film Festival |
| 2011 | Kokusai Shinrin-toshi Symposium |
| 2012 | Kana Kobayashi no "Konya dake no o yome-san" Archived 2016-11-12 at the Wayback Machine |

### Dubbing

* The Lost City (Allison (Patti Harrison))