Ryōyū
Kobayashi
Date of birth | 8 November 1996 |
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Place of birth | Hachimantai |
Age | 27 |
Nationality | 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.