Kobayashi Yu Goes Ape
So I caught this clip on Nicovideo the other day, which features Kobayashi Yu alternately talking like a drunk, senile grandmother and screeching like a monkey on a clip from TV Asahi’s entertainment show Tetsuko no Heya. Please don’t ask me what she is saying.
Kobayashi is well known for her ape imitations, a talent she claims she inherited from her mother (no kidding). Along with her inability to draw, it’s become somewhat of a running joke in the seiyuu world. And a bit of a party trick too, as she’s repeated the performance several times on various radio and TV shows - I remember her freaking Mantora host Arino Shinya by pounding on the floor and screeching at the top of her lungs. Even Yu’s intro video (below) on her Seigura blog had her proudly stating the fact that her speciality was imitating monkeys and proceeding to demonstrate it.
Note: Please turn the volume on your speakers down before watching the following video.
Appropriately, Kobayashi voices Gintama’s Sarutobi Ayame aka Sacchan aka Saru. But hey, mad as she is she’s still one really hot ape. Here’s some less frightening pictures of Yu-tan in normal circumstances…. if you can call dressing up as your character from a game normal.
I love the fact that she does whatever people tell her to do, which leads to stuff like the dolphin whiplash moment and the mad doctor incident. Idiocy is easy to accept when it comes with as many laughs as Kobayashi does ^^; And this is the person who voiced Setsuna in the Negima series…….
March 5th, 2008 at 12:55 am
I’m sorry, I know she’s partially insane but I just love Kobayashi Yu. She’s like the friend you ALWAYS invite to parties.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:53 am
And that’s Yu sober, I wonder how she’s like after a drink or two.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I finally flipped through Famitsu issue 2008/03/14 1004 (released 2008/02/29) and saw the tame pictures of Yuu Kobayashi (in the blue jacket and knee socks) at the Famitsu game magazine photo shoot.
Your picture grabbing ways leave me baffled. How did you get the last three pics?
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1213880_1124.html
March 7th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I forgot to add that the Famitsu magazine is giving away 3 copies of the “Night Wizard the video game” signed by Yuu Kobayashi. Bah.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
It was http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1213246_1124.html that I got those pics from
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She’s imitating Kuroyanagi Tetsuko, the host(ess) of Tetsuko no Heya, interviewing a monkey as her guest.