# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/naoki-kobayashi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:24:09.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/naoki-kobayashi"
name: "Naoki Kobayashi"
slug: "naoki-kobayashi"
description: "Naoki Kobayashi  is a Japanese actor, dancer, choreographer, and model. He is a performer of J-Pop dance and vocal group Exile, and is a leader and performer of J-Pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers. He was also a member of Nidaime J Soul Brothers until their migration to Exile in 2009. As a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, he has received the Japan Record Awards twice, and has received the same award three times as a member of Exile. He choreographed the famous \"Pocky Dance\" for Pocky's advertisement in 2015."
tagline: "Japanese dancer, actor, choreographer and model"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kobayashi_Naoki_from_%22Earthquake_Bird%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2019_(49013515833).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1984-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.5
  momentum:             12.56179775280899
  historical:           9.604964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Naoki_works_"
    handle:    "Naoki_works_"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/naokikobayashi_works/"
    handle:    "naokikobayashi_works"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Naoki-Kobayashi-955666181210637"
    handle:    "Naoki-Kobayashi-955666181210637"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5404822/"
    handle:    "nm5404822"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.exile.jp/profile/profile_member.php?id=1000247"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Kobayashi"
    title: "Naoki Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Kobayashi"
    title: "Naoki Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Kobayashi"
    title: "Naoki Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "小林直己"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAOKI_(%EA%B0%80%EC%88%98)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Kobayashi"
    title: "Naoki Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E7%9B%B4%E5%B7%B1"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2647895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5231812"
    title: "Naoki Kobayashi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump