Tomoki Kobayashi
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomoki Kobayashi (小林知己 Kobayashi Tomoki) was a Japanese sculptor and modeler. He served as Toho's third and final chief modeler, after Nobuyuki Yasumaru.
Kobayashi was hired at Toho in 1973 at the referral of background painter Fuchimu Shimakura. Believing he too would serve as a painter, Kobayashi was instead appointed to the company's modeling department and took up an apprenticeship with Nobuyuki Yasumaru. He served as a modeling and plastering assistant through the 70s and 80s, starting with Godzilla vs. Megalon. In 1989, he was recognized for his work on Godzilla vs. Biollante and was promoted to chief modeler by 1991. Over the years, he also created several sculptures of Godzilla for various sites in Japan, including Nemu Plaza outside Hibiya Chanter, at the main gate of Toho Studios in Tokyo, and at an exhibition room in the National Museum of Japanese History. Kobayashi passed away from cancer sometime in 2009.[1]
Selected filmography
Modeling assistant
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
- The War in Space (1977)
- Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984)
- Princess from the Moon (1987)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Plastering assistant
- Submersion of Japan (1973)
- Gunhed (1989)
Chief modeler
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
- Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
- Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997)
- Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998)
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
Modeled monsters
- Megalon, Jet Jaguar, Godzilla (Godzilla vs. Megalon)
- Mechagodzilla, King Caesar (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla)
- Mechagodzilla II (Terror of Mechagodzilla)
- Godzilla (The Return of Godzilla)
- Dragon (Princess from the Moon)
- Godzilla (Godzilla vs. Biollante)
- Godzillasaurus (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah)
- Godzilla (Godzilla vs. Mothra)
- Godzilla (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II)
- Yamata no Orochi (Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon)
- Godzilla (Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla)
- Godzilla, Godzilla Junior (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)
- Mothra, Mothra Leo (Rebirth of Mothra)
- Rainbow Mothra, Aqua Mothra (Rebirth of Mothra 2)
- Primitive Mothra (Rebirth of Mothra 3)
- Manda (Godzilla Final Wars)
Gallery
Kobayashi (right) with Osame Kume and Kazuaki Sekiyama on the set of Terror of Mechagodzilla
Kobayashi with Koichi Kawakita and the BatoGoji in 1992
Tomoki Kobayashi in November of 1994
References
This is a list of references for Tomoki Kobayashi. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
|
|
| ||
Comments
Showing 0 comments. When commenting, please remain respectful of other users, stay on topic, and avoid role-playing and excessive punctuation. Comments which violate these guidelines may be removed by administrators.
|
