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name: "Koba Hayashi"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 July 1935"
died: "11 January 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:12:59.792206+00:00"
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# Koba Hayashi

Actor. Born 27 July 1935 in Tokyo. Died 11 January 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 July 1935, Tokyo
- **Died:** 11 January 2016
- **Also known as:** 小林郁夫

## Biography

Koba Hayashi, also credited as 小林郁夫 (Ikuo Kobayashi), was a Japanese actor and composer. He was born on 27 July 1935 in Tokyo and died on 11 January 2016.

Hayashi voiced the River Spirit (Kawa no Kami) in Hayao Miyazaki's *Spirited Away* (2001). He appeared as an actor in films including *Tôkyô yakyoku* (1997) and *Nankai no noroshi* (1960). As a composer, he contributed to anime television series such as *Tondemo Senshi Muteking* (1980–1981) and *Ippatsu Kanta-kun* (1977–1978).

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org, anibase.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Spirited Away* (2001), Fi1m 92, as River Spirit (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md)

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