Aimi Kobayashi

I've got a soft spot for Aimi Kobayashi, and honestly it's the quiet that gets me. She's been a name since she was a kid prodigy out of Ube in Yamaguchi, sharpened up through Toho, and grew into one of those pianists you really associate with Chopin and the Warsaw competition circuit. What kills me is the contrast: she's small and unflashy, not the type to grin and work the room, but the second her hands hit the keys there's this steel underneath. I love that she trusts the soft notes as much as the loud ones, letting a phrase nearly vanish instead of pounding it home. She doesn't talk much in interviews, which somehow feels right, because the playing says everything. I just shut up and listen.

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Aimi Kobayashi is a Japanese classical pianist born on September 23, 1995, in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. She attended Toho Gakuen Girls' High School, one of Japan's leading music-track secondary schools, where she developed her foundational technique. Kobayashi has built an international reputation, particularly in the Chopin repertoire, and is represented by Kajimoto Music management. She maintains an active presence on social media under her personal accounts dedicated to piano performance.

Name (English)

Aimi Kobayashi

Name (Japanese)

小林愛実

Reading

こばやし あいみ

Born

September 23, 1995 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Boar

Origin

Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Pianist

High school

Toho Gakuen Girls' High School

Spouse

反田恭平

Works summary

Appearances

21 (2010–2021)

By year

2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2018: 1, 2021: 1

Debut work

小林愛実Debut!

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.kajimotomusic.com/jp/artists/k=243/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/aimi923/
• Xhttps://x.com/aimi_piano
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E6%84%9B%E5%AE%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q405607

Tags

• From Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Pianist

Last updated

2026-08-26

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