Satomi Kobayashi

Satomi Kobayashi (小林 聡美, Kobayashi Satomi; born May 24, 1965) is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She won the award for best newcomer at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for Exchange Students.^[1] She was previously married to screenwriter Kōki Mitani. she is known for playing Kimie Onda in Yappari Neko ga Suki series. She also starred in Kamome Shokudo, also known as Ruokala Lokki in Finnish.

Satomi Kobayashi
小林 聡美
Born	(1965-05-24) May 24, 1965 (age 60) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Kōki Mitani ​ (m. 1995⁠–⁠2011)​

Filmography

Film

• I Are You, You Am Me (転校生; 1982)
• The Deserted City (廃市; 1983)
• Lonely Heart (さびしんぼう; 1985)
• Young Girls in Love (恋する女たち; 1986)
• Eien no 1/2 (1987)
• グリーン・レクイエム (Gurīn rekuiemu; 1988)
• Beijing Watermelon (北京的西瓜; 1989)
• やっぱり猫が好き 恩田三姉妹の京都大騒動編 (Video) (1990)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (ゴジラVSモスラ; 1992)
• てなもんや商社 萬福貿易商社 (1998)
• やっぱり猫が好き 新作'98 (Video; 1998)
• キリコの風景 (1998)
• Sweet Sweet Ghost (スイート・スイート・ゴースト; 2000)
• やっぱり猫が好き 新作'2001 (Video; 2001)
• Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover (竜馬の妻とその夫と愛人; 2002)
• Kamome Shokudo (かもめ食堂; 2006) aka Ruokala lokki
• Megane (めがね; 2007)
• Tokyo Oasis (2011)
• Pale Moon (2014)
• Sing My Life (2016)
• After the Storm (2016)
• Family of Strangers (2019)
• Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
• Tsuyukusa (2022)^[2]
• The Crescent Moon with Cats (2024)^[3]
• Maru (2024), Wakakusa^[4]

Television

• Kinpachi-sensei (1979-80)
• Yappari Neko ga Suki (やっぱり猫が好き; 1988-1990)
• Gift (1997)
• Twinkle (きらきらひかる; 1998)
• Ren'ai kekkon no housoku (1999)
• Chūshingura 1/47 (2001)
• Suika (2003)
• Kuruneko (くるねこ; 2009)
• Anone (2018)

Dubbing

• Last Night in Soho, Ms. Tobin (Elizabeth Berrington)^[5]
• Quiz, Claudia Rosencrantz (Aisling Bea)^[6]
• Yellowstone, Tate Dutton (Brecken Merrill)^[7]