Biography
Takashi Kobayashi (小林孝志) is a Japanese storyboard artist, episode director, and occasional director whose career runs from the late 1980s into the late 2010s [1]. He directed and storyboarded episodes of Slayers Next in 1996, and went on to storyboard for Rurouni Kenshin the same year, Hunter x Hunter in 1999, and Love Hina in 2000 [1]. His later credits include storyboard work on Shiki, Danganronpa: The Animation, Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (Assassination Classroom), and Yuri!!! on Ice, spanning horror, mystery, shonen action, and figure-skating drama alike [1]. The anime credit database Nautiljon, which lists 62 credited titles for him under this same kanji spelling, also records occasional work as screenwriter, producer, and animation director, though it does not specify which productions carried those particular credits [1]. No birthdate, birthplace, or interview material is publicly documented for him.