# Yui Kobayashi

Yui Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 由依, Hepburn: Kobayashi Yui, born 23 October 1999) is a Japanese model and former member of the idol group Sakurazaka46. She is represented by Sony Music Records and is an exclusive model with a fashion magazine with.

## Career
### Keyakizaka46 / Sakurazaka46

On August 21, 2015, Kobayashi along with 22 other members was announced for the newly created idol group, Toriizaka46 (now Sakurazaka46). Kobayashi made her musical debut with Keyakizaka46's first single, Silent Majority. In October of the same year, Kobayashi made her runway debut at the GirlsAward 2016 Autumn/Winter fashion show.
As of 2019, Kobayashi has made an appearance in all Keyakizaka46 singles. She formed a duo named "Yuichanzu" (ゆいちゃんず) with Yui Imaizumi, first appearing in Silent Majority with the song "Shibugakawa". With Imaizumi's graduation in 2018, Kobayashi and Mizuho Habu formed another duo named "Senko Shimai" (線香姉妹), appearing in Ambivalent with "302-Goshitsu". She held performance center roles typically held by Yurina Hirate when Hirate was unavailable, including the 60th Japan Record Awards and the 69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
On November 29, 2023, Kobayashi announced that she would be leaving Sakurazaka46 after the graduation concert on January 31-February 01, 2024.

### Other ventures

Kobayashi has been an exclusive model in fashion magazine with since July 27, 2018. Additionally, on 13 March 2019, she released a photo-book titled Kanjō no Kōzu (感情の構図), published by Kadokawa.
Kobayashi's first independent acting role was in the 2020 live-action adaptation of Wasteful Days of High School Girls by TV Asahi. She played the role of Lily Someya, a multiracial transfer student; Kobayashi dyed her hair blonde for the role. She will appear in Sakura, an upcoming movie to be released on 13 November 2020.

## Discography

| Year | Single | Song | Notes |
| 2016 | "Silent Majority" | "Silent Majority" (サイレントマジョリティー) | |
| 2016 | "Silent Majority" | "Te o Tsunaide Kaerōka" (手を繋いで帰ろうか) | |
| 2016 | "Silent Majority" | "Shibuyagawa" (渋谷川) | As "Yuichanzu" with Yui Imaizumi |
| 2016 | "Silent Majority" | "Noriokureta Bus" (乗り遅れたバス) | With Yui Imaizumi, Yurina Hirate, Miyu Suzumoto, and Rika Watanabe |
| 2016 | "Silent Majority" | "Kimi ga Inai" (キミガイナイ) | |
| 2016 | "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" | "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" (世界には愛しかない) | |
| 2016 | "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" | "Kataru Nara Mirai o..." (語るなら未来を…) | |
| 2016 | "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" | "Bob Dylan wa Kaesanai" (ボブディランは返さない) | As "Yuichanzu" with Yui Imaizumi |
| 2016 | "Futari Saison" | "Futari Saison" (二人セゾン) | |
| 2016 | "Futari Saison" | "Otona wa Shinjite Kurenai" (大人は信じてくれない) | |
| 2016 | "Futari Saison" | "Seifuku to Taiyō" (制服と太陽) | |
| 2016 | "Futari Saison" | "Yuuhi 1/3" (夕陽1/3) | With Yui Imaizumi, Yurina Hirate, and Neru Nagahama |
| 2017 | "Fukyōwaon" | "Fukyōwaon" (不協和音) | |
| 2017 | "Fukyōwaon" | "W-KEYAKIZAKA no Uta" (W-KEYAKIZAKAの詩) | |
| 2017 | "Fukyōwaon" | "Tuning" | As "Yuichanzu" with Yui Imaizumi |
| 2017 | "Fukyōwaon" | "Eccentric" (エキセントリック) | |
| 2017 | "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" | "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" (風に吹かれても) | |
| 2017 | "Kaze ni Fukarete mo" | "Hiraishin" (避雷針) | |
| 2018 | "Glass wo Ware!" | "Glass wo Ware!" (ガラスを割れ!) | |
| 2018 | "Glass wo Ware!" | "Mou Mori e Kaerou ka?" (もう森へ帰ろうか?) | |
| 2018 | "Glass wo Ware!" | "Zenmai Shikake no Yume" (ゼンマイ仕掛けの夢) | As "Yuichanzu" with Yui Imaizumi |
| 2018 | "Ambivalent" | "Ambivalent" (アンビバレント) | |
| 2018 | "Ambivalent" | "Student Dance" | |
| 2018 | "Ambivalent" | "I'm out" | |
| 2018 | "Ambivalent" | "302-Goshitsu" (302号室) | As "Senko Shimai" with Mizuho Habu |
| 2019 | "Kuroi Hitsuji" | "Kuroi Hitsuji" (黒い羊) | |
| 2019 | "Kuroi Hitsuji" | "Nobody" | |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2020 | Sakura | Kaoru | | |

### TV series

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
| 2020 | Wasteful Days of High School Girls | Lily Someya | TV Asahi | | |