Hiroshi Kobayashi

Hiroshi Kobayashi (小林 宏, Kobayashi Hiroshi, born April 5, 1957) is an outside director of Koei Tecmo Holdings, having held the position since June 2015. After graduating from Waseda University's Faculty of Commerce in 1980, he found employment with Nomura Securities and later Square Co., Ltd.

Although Kobayashi served as a director for Square, he left the company in favor of joining IT company Dwango as its president and representative director. His past business experiences have been invaluable to Koei Tecmo's management, with the company asking shareholders to constantly retain him as outside director.