Megumi Kobashi

Megumi Kobashi (小橋 めぐみ, Kobashi Megumi, born 3 July 1979) is a Japanese actress who has appeared in a number of television series, feature films and stage productions. She is represented by the agency FMG. She was born in Tokyo.

Megumi Kobashi
小橋 めぐみ
Born	(1979-07-03) 3 July 1979 (age 45) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–
Agent	FMG
Notable work	University of Laughs Marriage Ring Reunion
Television	Tokugawa Yoshinobu Shin Tenmadetodoke series Kariya Keibu Series Silent Poor
Website	Official website

Biography, personal life

She debuted in 1994 in the television series Hanjuku Tamago. She attracted attention in the series Tokugawa Yoshinobu (as Chikako, Princess Kazu) and the Shin Tenmadetodoke series (as daughter Aki Sugimoto).

Known as a book enthusiast, she writes about many books in her official blog.^{[lower-alpha 1][1]} She also wrote the serial essay "Dokusho Netsu" in the e-book literary magazine Shōsetsu-ya sari-sari of e-book store "Book Walker" (Issues September 2012 to June 2015).^[2] It was later made into the book, Koi Doku: Hon ni Koi shita 2-nen 9kagetsu released on 26 September 2015.^[3]

Filmography

TV dramas

Dates	Title	Role	Network	Series	Notes
Oct–Dec 1994	Hanjuku Tamago		Fuji TV
Apr–Sep 1995	Heart ni S				Episode 10 "Hachiko's tail"
Jul–Sep 1995	Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo	Risa Yoshimura	NTV		Episode 5 "Hanging School Murder Case"
8 Feb 1996	Mokuyō no Kaidan: Kaiki Club Shōgakusei-hen	Mizuki	Fuji TV		Episode 11 "Bloody Valentine"
Oct–Nov 1996	Ie e oideyo		NHK
7 Jun 1997	Itoshi no Mirai-chan	Kyoko	EX		Episode 9 "New Cinema Paradise"
Jul–Sep 1997	Glass Mask				Episodes 8 and 9
15 Sep 1997	Kigeki Tokyo Monogatari		TBS
Jan–Dec 1998	Tokugawa Yoshinobu	Chikako, Princess Kazu	NHK	Taiga drama
Apr–Jul 1998	Shomuni		Fuji TV		Episode 9
Oct–Dec 1998	Hashire Kōmuin!				Episode 2
2 Jan 1999	Akō Rōshi	Oshino	TX
1999–2004	Shin Tenmadetodoke	Aki Kawai	TBS	Ai no Gekijō
17 Feb 2000	Hatchōbori no Shichi-nin	Osayo	EX		Series 1 Episode 6 "A Woman with Multiple Personality - I Have Not Killed!!"
20 Apr 2000	Abarenbō Shōgun X	Okyo Yamaneko			Episode 4 "A Woman Caught in a Conspiracy"
1, 8 Mar 2002	Trick 2	Emi Tsukamoto			Episode 8 and 9
23 Feb 2003	Kētai Deka: Zenigata Ai		BS-TBS		Episode 21 “Berlin Wall Murder Case”
5 Feb 2003	Hamidashi Keiji Jōnetsukei VII		EX		Episode 5
Feb 2003	Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro		BS-TBS		1st Series Episode 30 "The Backward Suit"
Apr–Sep 2003	Koisuru Nichiyōbi				First Series Episode 6
Apr–Jun 2003	Kao		Fuji TV		Episode 10
Sep–Dec 2003	Yumemiru Budō: Hon o Yomu Onna	Yaeko Sakata	NHK
16 Apr 2004	Kyoto-Gion Iri-Muko Keiji Jiken-bo	Mayumi Namura	Fuji TV	Friday Entertainment	Episode 11
Jan–Mar 2005	Girl Meets Girl		BS Fuji
Dec 2006 – Mar 2007	Kekkonshiki e Ikō	Natsuko	TBS		Episode 6
6 Feb 2008	Aibō	Eiko Fujii			Season 6 Episode 14 "Amber-colored Murder"
22 Feb 2008	Kinyō Prestige Doctor Koishi no Jiken Karute 4: Gekiyaku		Fuji TV
Jul–Sep 2008	Here Is Greenwood	Noriko Rokujou
Jun–Aug 2009	Natsu no Himitsu	Fuki Shibayama	THK
30 Jun 2010	Shin Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 Kakari	Mayumi Takahashi	EX		Season 2 Episode 1 "10 Billion Murders"
Apr–Jun 2011	Good Life: Arigatō, Papa. Sayonara	Yoko Mizushima	KTV		Episodes 1 and 3
4 Jun 2011	Okashina Keiji 7: Sakurasō wa Mite ita!	Shizuka Takamori	EX
19 Mar 2012	Kyoto Buyō Shūmei Murder Case	Rui Sugata	TBS	Kariya Keibu Series	Episode 11
19 Nov 2012	Kyoto Kōdō Murder Case				Episode 12
3 Mar 2014	Kyoto Ningyō Jōruri Murder Case				Episode 13
22 Dec 2014	Kyoto Bellydance Murder Case				Episode 14
7 Dec 2015	Kyoto Tapestry Murder Case				Episode 15
26 Apr 2012	Shin Omiyasan	Yumi Ichimura	EX
1 Sep 2012	Bayside Shakedown	Kumiko Nozoe	Fuji TV		The　Last TV "A police man of salary work and the last difficult case"
1 Dec 2012	Hōigaku Kyōshitsu no Jiken File 35: Nagasaki - Yokohama, Kame ga Mite ita Satsujin Jiken!?	Satomi Ikushima	EX
5 Oct 2013	Kariya Chichi Musume Series 15: Kyoto Gourmet Tour Satsujin Jiken!	Kayo Yasuda	TV Asahi
25 Oct 2013	Keiji Seiichi Yoshinaga: Namida no Jiken-bo	Rikako Nogami	TX		Episode 3
15 Mar 2014	NHK Special Shūsen Tokushū Drama Tokyo ga Senjō ni natta Hi		NHK
Apr–Jun 2014	Drama 10 Silent Poor	Rumi Hara
30 Aug 2014	Osoroshi: Mishima-ya Henchō Hyakumonogatari	Okon	NHK BS Premium		The first night "Manjushage(a spider lily)"
22 Nov – 27 Dec 2014	Doyō Drama Dark Suits		NHK G
15 Jan 2015	Dekin no Onna: Jiken Kisha Kurogane	Kaori Nakayama	EX		Episode 1
22 Oct 2015	Kasōken no Onna: Dai 15 Series	Shiho Sato	EX		Episode 2
6 Apr 2016	Keishichō Sōsaikka 9 Kakari	Akiko Adachi	EX
28 May 2016	Garo: Makai Retsuden	Kyoko	TX		Episode 8
31 Jul, 7 Aug 2016	Kamen Rider Ghost	Mitsuko Endo	EX		Episodes 43 and 44
16 Aug 2016	On: Abnormal Criminal Investigator, Hanako Todo	A daughter of Kiyoshi Urasawa	Fuji-TV		Episode 6
1 Oct - 10 Dec 2018	Keishichou Sousa Shiryou Kanrishitsu (Kari)	Kumiko Nozoe	BS Fuji	Keishichou Sousa Shiryou Kanrishitsu
1 Apr - 10 Jun 2019	Keishichou Sousa Shiryou Kanrishitsu				Season 2
3 Mar 2020	Keishichou Sousa Shiryou Kanrishitsu Back to the falling down death accident case in Music class	Sachiko Nozoe
14 -15 Mar 2020	Keishichou Sousa Shiryou Kanrishitsu - BS Fuji 20th Anniversary Special the first Program	Kumiko Nozoe

TV anime

Date	Title	Role	Network	Notes
7 Dec 2014	Mushishi: Zoku Shou	Shino	Tokyo MX, BS11	"Episode 18 Thunder"

Travel or Trip programmes

Date	Title	Network	Notes
30 May 1999	Sekai Ulrun Taizai-ki	TBS	"Chinese Oolong Tea"
Jun 2008	Watakushi-teki China-Navi(China Navigation of my point)		Mount Lu;Jingdezhen
24 Aug 2015	Kiki Komi! Local-sen: Kimagure Gesha no Tabi	BS Japan	Nagano Alpico Kōtsū <Matsumoto Dentetsu> Kamikōchisen no Tabi
19 Oct 2015	Shuppatsu! Kimamani Shumi Tabi		Aki no Sendai Matsushima Matsuo Bashō Oku no Hosomichi o Meguru Haiku Tabi
20 Jun 2016	Shuppatsu! Local-sen: Kiki komi Hakken Tabi		Akita Yuri Kōgentetsudō Chōkai Sanrokusen no Tabi
23 Apr 2022	Neko Tabi Haiku	BS Shochiku Tokyu	Cats Trip Haiku

Book review programmes

Date	Title	Network
24 Jul 2010	Shūkan Book Review	NHK-BS2
29 Oct 2011		NHK-BS Premium
31 Dec 2012	Hon no Kamisama

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2004	University of Laughs		Mamoru Hoshi
2006	Fugaku Hyakkei: Harukanaru Basho		Masatoshi Akihara
Gingatetsudō no Yoru: I carry a ticket of eternity
2007	Marriage Ring	Chinami Moriya	Kei Shichiri	Lead role
2012	Bayside Shakedown The Final	Kumiko Nozoe	Katsuyuki Motohiro
2013	Reunion		Ryoichi Kimizuka
	Nestle Theater on YouTube Regret		Katsuyuki Motohiro
2014	Maria no Chibusa		Takahisa Zeze
2016	64	Toshiko Amemiya
	Anniversary		Katsuyuki Motohiro
	Gekijō-ban hontō ni atta kowai Hanashi 2016: Dai 5 Kowa Atarashī Hito		Yasunari Konno
	Nestle Theater on YouTube Odoru Dai Kūkō #12	Sorane Shinohara
2017	Koinowa: Konkatsu Cruising	Ayaka Kido	Shûsuke Kaneko

Stage

Dates	Title	Role	Production	Location	Notes
Jan–Feb 1999	Kantaro Terauchi Ikka	Shizue Terauchi		Shinbashi Enbujō
11-27 Jun 1999	Gesshouto Kitan	Sayoko	R.U.P	Ginza Saison Theater
Dec 1999	Tsuki Umaya oen - Tatta 10ka no Hanayome			Meiji-za
Aug–Sep 1999	Shin Peter Pan	Wendy		New National Theatre, Tokyo
Jul–Aug 2003	Stand by Me	Holly		Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
26 Jul – 6 Aug 2006	Nangoku Pool no Atsui Suna		Kodomo no Shiro + Nelke Planning	Aoyama Round Theatre
Feb 2007	Asu ni kakeruhashi			Shinjuku Theater Tops
23 Jun – 1 Jul 2007	Kamisama no Yoru (Program B "Hitori janai")		Kakuta to Hiromi Kawakami + Friends	Ebisu Gallery Site
28 Jan–1 Feb 2009	Ave Maritarre!	Mirai Asuno	Twin-Beat	Space Zero
20–29 May 2011	Sonata			Shimokitazawa Theater
13–17 Jul 2011	Bijin Zei		FMG Work Studio 7th Performance	Shimokitazawa Geki Underground Liberty
8–12 Sep 2011	Dobu, Giwagiwa no Onna-tachi	Shingetsu Amaya		AiiA Theater Tokyo	Lead role
5–10 Jun 2013	Aruteno no Pan	Yoko	Jetlag	Akasak Red Theater

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Year	Product
1993	Hamaradi (now: Fm Yokohama 84.7)
2007	Suntory "Furaban Cha"
2010	Hakone Tensen Garden

Video media

Dates	Title	Website	Ref.
Oct 2014 –	Kitaaoyama Channel Megumi Kobashi no Hon no Megumi	YouTube	[4]

Bibliography

Essays

Date	Title	Publisher	ISBN
Sep 2015	Koi Doku: Hon ni Koi shita 2-nen 9-kagetsu	Kadokawa Corporation	ISBN 978-4-04-103264-0

Photo albums

Date	Title	Photographer	Publisher	ISBN
May 1996	16-Sai no Love Letter	Koji Inomoto		ISBN 4915939154
Oct 2002	Fuka	Masashi Hashimoto	Wani Books	ISBN 4847027310

References

Notes

1. Megumi Kobashi official blog "Comment allez-vous?"

Sources

1. Kobashi, Megumi (13 Apr 2014). "小橋めぐみオフィシャルブログ「Comment allez-vous?」" (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 Aug 2017.
2. "小説屋ｓａｒｉ－ｓａｒｉ 2014年8月号" (in Japanese). Book Walker. 2 Aug 2014. Retrieved 31 Aug 2017.
3. Kobashi, Megumi (27 Sep 2015). "小橋めぐみオフィシャルブログ「Comment allez-vous?」" (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 Aug 2017.
4. "北青山チャンネルYouTube公式チャンネル" (in Japanese). YouTube. Retrieved 31 Aug 2017.

External links

• Official website – FMG (in Japanese)
• Megumi Kobashi official blog "Comment allez-vous?" – Ameba Blog (in Japanese)