Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan seen in Akureyri, Iceland on April, 24, 2024.
Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan seen in Akureyri, Iceland on April 23, 2024.

Ryōyū
Kobayashi

Japan

Japan

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Ski Jumping

A World Cup champion, two-time Four Hills winner and owner of the longest jump in history, Japanese star Ryōyū Kobayashi is a ski jumping legend.

Date of birth

8 November 1996

Place of birth

Hachimantai

Age

27

Nationality

Japan

Japan

Career start

2015

Disciplines

Ski Jumping/Flying

Ryōyū Kobayashi already has FIS Ski Jumping World Cup champion for 2018–19 in all six categories, as well as king of the classic Four Hills tournament, on his career record.

Born in 1996 in the city of Hachimantai in Japan's Iwate Prefecture, Ryōyū began skiing at the age of five, but took up ski jumping just a couple of years later, following the inspiration of his older brother Junshiro Kobayashi, himself a World Cup winner.