Kobo may refer to:

Places

* Kobo (woreda), a district in Ethiopia ** Kobo, Ethiopia, a town * Kōbo Dam, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan * Mount Kōbō, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

People

First name

* Kōbō Abe (1924–1993), pseudonym of Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor Kimifusa Abe * Kōbō-Daishi, a posthumous name of Kūkai (774–835), Japanese monk, civil servant, scholar, poet, and artist * Kōbō Kenichi (1973–2021), Japanese sumo wrestler

Surname

* Bebo Kobo, Israeli businessman * O. D. Kobo (born 1975), Israeli businessman * Ronny Kobo (born 1980), American fashion designer

Fictional characters

* Kobo Tabata, title character of the manga '' Kobo, the Li'l Rascal'' (''Kobo-chan'')

Other uses

* Kobo language, a language of the Democratic Republic of Congo * KOBO, a radio station in California, US *

Kobo Inc. Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, ereaders and tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese ecommerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name'' Ko ...