{{short description|Japanese journalist (born 1979)}} {{Infobox person | name = Maya Kunimitsu | image = | caption = | native_name = 國光 麻耶 | native_name_lang = ja |birth_name= Maya Kobayashi (小林 麻耶) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|12}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | occupation = Journalist | years_active = 2003 - present | spouse = {{marriage|Akira Kunimitsu|2018}} | relatives = Mao Kobayashi (sister) }}

{{nihongo|'''Maya Kobayashi'''|小林 麻耶|Kobayashi Maya|born July 12, 1979, in Tokyo, Japan}} is a Japanese journalist.

== Biography ==

Kobayashi was born in Tokyo on July 12, 1979. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.centforce.com/profile/t_profile/kobayashimaya.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804140303/https://www.centforce.com/profile/t_profile/kobayashimaya.html|archive-date=August 4, 2018|title=小林 麻耶|trans-title=Maya Kobayashi|language=ja|access-date=August 4, 2022|website=centFORCE}}</ref> After working for TBS as a presenter, she become a freelance presenter in 2009, but continued to work on TBS programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/mayu-kobayashi-turns-freelance-presenter|title=Maya Kobayashi turns freelance presenter|website=JapanToday|date=January 27, 2009|access-date=June 17, 2015}}</ref> She was formerly affiliated with Cent Force and Ikushima Planning.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2019/06/10/kiji/20190610s00041000248000c.html|title=小林麻耶、生島ヒロシ事務所での芸能活動再開を報告 経歴にも「ご縁感じる」|date=June 10, 2019|website=Sponichi|access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref> Currently she was freelance.

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