---
name: "Tomoki Kobayashi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tomoki-kobayashi-5018191"
fi1m_id: "tomoki-kobayashi-5018191"
tmdb_id: 5018191
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "19 August 1948"
died: "1 January 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 52
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-28T20:56:58.882470+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tomoki Kobayashi

## Identity

Tomoki Kobayashi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tomoki-kobayashi-5018191
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tomoki-kobayashi-5018191
- **TMDB ID:** 5018191
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5018191

Costume designer. Born 19 August 1948 in Niigata, Japan. Died 1 January 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 19 August 1948, Niigata, Japan
- **Died:** 1 January 2009
- **Active:** 1973–1984
- **Also known as:** Kobayashi Tomoki
- **Frequently works with:** [Akihiko Hirata](https://film.one/person/akihiko-hirata.md), [Jun Fukuda](https://film.one/person/jun-fukuda-30561.md), [Katsuhiko Sasaki](https://film.one/person/katsuhiko-sasaki.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 51 (2), 1980s 55 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Science Fiction 3, Adventure 2, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $32m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5018191

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Return of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) (55), [*Godzilla vs. Megalon*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md) (38)
- **HBO Max:** [*Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md) (64)

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## Biography

Tomoki Kobayashi was a Japanese sculptor and modeler who worked in Toho's special effects department. He joined the company in 1973 after an introduction from background painter Fuchimu Shimakura and trained under Nobuyuki Yasumaru in the modeling section.

Kobayashi's early credits include modeling assistant on *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973), *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974) and *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975). He continued as modeling and plastering assistant on later Showa-era productions and contributed to Heisei-series Godzilla suits, notably creating the prototype head for *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989). He was promoted to chief modeler by 1991 and worked on *Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah* (1991) and *Godzilla vs. Mothra* (1992). He also sculpted several public Godzilla statues in Japan.

Kobayashi died in 2009.

*Sources: wikizilla.org, mykaiju.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, Costume design, Assistant Costume Designer, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Modeling, Assistant Costume Designer, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973), Fi1m 38, Assistant Costume Designer, Costume design, Modeling, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Spirit of Godzilla* (2004), Actor
- *Godzilla 1985* (1985), Costume Design, Assistant Costume Designer
- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Costume Design, Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975), Assistant Costume Designer, Costume Design, Modeling
- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Costume Design, Assistant Costume Designer, Modeling — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973), Assistant Costume Designer, Costume Design, Modeling — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md)

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