Norio Kobayashi

is a Japanese photographer.

Early life Kobayashi was born in Ōdate, Akita in 1952. He left Nippon Dental College in 1980, before graduation, and graduated from Tokyo College of Photography (postgraduate course) in 1983.

Publications Ashiya City Museum of Art and History (, Ashiya-shi Bijutsukan). Rando obu paradokkusu ) / Land of Paradox. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1997. . Fuku, Noriko, ed. Land of paradox: Yuji Saiga, Naoya Hatakeyama, Norio Kobayashi, Toshio Yamane. Daytona Beach, Fla: Daytona Beach Community College, 1996. . Catalogue of the exhibition as held in the US. Last Home, Camera Works Tokyo No.10. 1983. Randosukēpu / Japanese Landscapes. Tokyo: Ark One, 1986. Saishū . Tama, Tokyo: Tama City, 1991. The photographs are by Kobayashi. Fāsuto raito / First Light: Japanese Landscape. Tokyo: Atelier Peyotl, 1992. . Surface, Booth-Clibborn Editions, England. 1996. (collaboration)