Sachiko Kobayashi

Kobayashi is an enka singer best known for the enormous costumes she wore on Japan's New Year's Eve broadcast, which is the least interesting thing about her. Well into her career she moved onto Niconico, the video platform where comments scroll across the screen, and young users adopted her as their last boss. Yamaha later built a VOCALOID voicebank from her singing, and she has done Pokemon voice work under an alias. Born in Niigata in 1953. Few artists of her generation went hunting for a new audience instead of guarding the old one.

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Name (English)

Sachiko Kobayashi

Name (Japanese)

小林幸子

Reading

こばやし さちこ

Born

December 5, 1953 (age 72)

Origin

Chūō-ku, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Height

165 cm

Occupation

actor / singer / seiyū / composer / lyricist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

Awards & achievements

• Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon

Works summary

Appearances

477 (1964–2025)

By year

1964: 7, 1965: 15, 1966: 8, 1967: 7, 1968: 3, 1969: 3, 1970: 4, 1971: 4, 1972: 7, 1973: 5, 1974: 1, 1976: 2, 1977: 6, 1978: 4, 1979: 3, 1980: 9, 1981: 6, 1982: 9, 1983: 5, 1984: 8, 1985: 4, 1986: 7, 1987: 2, 1988: 6, 1989: 6, 1990: 9, 1991: 5, 1992: 9, 1993: 10, 1994: 8, 1995: 5, 1996: 5, 1997: 15, 1998: 16, 1999: 11, 2000: 8, 2001: 15, 2002: 11, 2003: 20, 2004: 12, 2005: 10, 2006: 9, 2007: 17, 2008: 13, 2009: 4, 2010: 8, 2011: 6, 2012: 8, 2013: 6, 2014: 10, 2015: 13, 2016: 15, 2017: 5, 2018: 3, 2019: 6, 2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 4, 2025: 7

Debut work

ウソツキ鴎

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.sachiko.co.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/megasachiko/
• Xhttps://x.com/Sachiko_5884
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachiko%20Kobayashi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E5%B9%B8%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440472

Tags

• Niigata Prefecture
• actor
• singer
• seiyū

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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