1997
Tokyo Lullaby
Appears in Jun Ichikawa’s film.
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HAYASHI
โคบะ ฮายาชิ
A composer with a voice in Spirited Away
The Japanese composer and actor who voiced the River Spirit in Spirited Away.
Tokyo, Japan
Music, film and voice
Koba Hayashi, known in Japanese as Hayashi Koba, was a composer, arranger and performer born in Tokyo on 27 July 1935. He died on 11 January 2016.
Hayashi created music for Japanese television commercials, including memorable campaigns from the 1970s and 1980s.
His screen work included an appearance in Jun Ichikawa’s Tokyo Lullaby. His career crossed the roles of musician and performer.
In the Japanese version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (2001), he voiced the River Spirit. British Film Institute programme notes list him among the original voice cast.
The credits linked below are drawn from the FLM.RED catalogue and do not represent his complete work.
Selected work
2001
Spirited Away
Voices the River Spirit in Japanese.
2011
Hayashi Koba CM Works
A collection of commercial music is released.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Crank-in — biography and career
- British Film Institute — voice cast
- CM Works — compilation
- Plex — film credits
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.