Ryōyū Kobayashi

Japanese ski jumper (born 1996)

Ryōyū Kobayashi
小林 陵侑

Kobayashi in Wisła (2018)

Country| Japan
Born|  (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 28)
Hachimantai, Iwate, Japan
Height| 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Ski club| Team Roy
Personal best| 252 m (827 ft)
Planica, 24 March 2019
World Cup career
Seasons| 2016–present
Indiv. starts| 203
Indiv. podiums| 66
Indiv. wins| 32
Team starts| 44
Team podiums| 8
Overall titles| 2 (2019, 2022)
Four Hills titles| 3 (2019, 2022, 2024)
Ski Flying titles| 1 (2019)
Raw Air titles| 1 (2019)

Medal record

Men's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
|  2022 Beijing | Individual NH
|  2022 Beijing  | Individual LH
World Championships
| 2023 Planica | Individual LH
|  2019 Seefeld | Team LH

Updated on 21 March 2024.

Ryōyū Kobayashi (小林 陵侑, Kobayashi Ryōyū, born 8 November 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper.

As a ski jumper, he has won 31 World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, Four Hills Tournament three times, and individual olympics gold medalist.

During his victorious 2018–19 World Cup season, Kobayashi scored 13 individual wins and won all six possible titles in a single season: the World Cup overall title, the Ski Flying World Cup overall, the Four Hills Tournament, the Raw Air tournament, the Planica7 tournament, and Willingen Five tournament.[2][3]

He is the third ski jumper in history to win the 'Grand Slam' of all four events in the 4Hills Tournament, the gold medal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing on the normal hill and the silver on the large hill.[4][5][6]

With 252 metres (827 ft), the third longest jump in history, he is the current Japanese record holder. In a nonofficial event near Akureyri on Iceland, in April 2024 he achieved a distance of 291 m after being around 10 seconds in the air and landing smoothly.[7] It was an unofficial world record. However, it is not being counted as an ski flying world record by FIS.[8]

## Personal life

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He was born on 8 November 1996 in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.[9] He began skiing at the age of five but began ski jumping in the first grade inspired by his older brother and Japanese ski jumper Junshiro Kobayashi.[9] He made his first ski jumping steps usually practiced at Tayama Ski Jumping Hill in Hachimantai and Hanawa Jumping Hill in Kazuno, Akita.[10] In 2015, he joined Japanese ski jumping team Tsuchiya Home Ski Team.[9] Short after end of 2022/2023 season, he announced that he left the team after 8 years and he's planning to create his own club 'Team Roy’.[11]

He has two older siblings, Junshirō Kobayashi and Yūka Kobayashi, and a younger brother, Tatsunao Kobayashi; they all are ski jumpers. He attended Morioka Central High School, graduating in 2015.[9]

On his own YouTube channel he shares vlogs from competitions, private life, free time and training.[12]

## Career

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At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kobayashi competed in the men's normal hill, placing 7th, as well as the men's large hill, placing 10th. He has also competed in the team event with teammates Taku Takeuchi, Noriaki Kasai, and Daiki Ito, finishing in 6th place.[2]

Kobayashi won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in the men's normal hill event. He became the third Japanese athlete to win a gold medal in the individual ski jumping events at the Olympics, after Kazuyoshi Funaki in the individual large hill event in 1998, and Yukio Kasaya in the individual normal hill event in 1972. He also succeeded in the other one tournament, in the men's large hill, placing 2nd.

## Major tournament results

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### Winter Olympics

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Year  | Place  | Individual  | Team

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2018 |  Pyeongchang | 7  | 10  | 6  | N/A
2022 |  Beijing |  |  | 5  | 4

### FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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Year  | Place  | Individual  | Team

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Normal  | Large  | Men  | Mixed
2017 |  Lahti | —  | —  | 7  | —
2019 |  Seefeld | 14  | 4  |  | 5
2021 |  Oberstdorf | 12  | 34  | 4  | 5
2023 |  Planica | 30 |  | 7 | 5

### FIS Ski Flying World Championships

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Year  | Place  | Individual  | Team

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2018 |  Oberstdorf | 16  | —
2020 |  Planica | 19  | 5
2022 |  Vikersund | 13  | 6

## World Cup

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### Standings

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Tayama Jumping Hill in Hachimantai, where he made his first ski jumps Season | Overall  | 4H | SF | RA | W6 | T5 | P7

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2015/16 | 42  | —  | 38  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
2016/17 | —  | 43  | —  | 39  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A
2017/18 | 24  | 22  | 17  | 11  | —  | N/A  | 9
2018/19 |  |  |  |  |  | N/A  |
2019/20 |  | 4  | 4  |  | 6  |  | N/A
2020/21 | 4  | 6  |  | Cnx | 7  | N/A  |
2021/22 |  |  | 9  |  | N/A  | N/A  | 9
2022/23 | 5  | 18  | 8  | 4  | N/A  | N/A  | 9
2023/24 |  |  | 6  | 12  | N/A  | N/A  | 5

### Individual wins

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No.  | Season  | Date  | Location  | Hill  | Size

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1  | 2018/19 | 24 November 2018  |  Ruka | Rukatunturi HS142  | LH
2  | 25 November 2018  |  Ruka | Rukatunturi HS142  | LH
3  | 2 December 2018  |  Nizhny Tagil | Tramplin Stork HS134  | LH
4  | 16 December 2018  |  Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140  | LH
5  | 30 December 2018  |  Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137  | LH
6  | 1 January 2019  |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze HS142  | LH
7  | 4 January 2019  |  Innsbruck | Bergiselschanze HS130  | LH
8  | 6 January 2019  |  Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142  | LH
9  | 12 January 2019  |  Val di Fiemme | Trampolino dal Ben HS135  | LH
10  | 2 February 2019  |  Oberstdorf | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235  | FH
11  | 17 February 2019  |  Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS145  | LH
12  | 14 March 2019  |  Trondheim | Granåsen HS138 (night) | LH
13  | 24 March 2019  |  Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240  | FH
14  | 2019/20 | 15 December 2019  |  Klingenthal | Vogtland Arena HS140  | LH
15  | 22 December 2019  |  Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140  | LH
16  | 29 December 2019  |  Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137  | LH
17  | 2020/21 | 13 February 2021  |  Zakopane | Wielka Krokiew HS140  | LH
18  | 19 February 2021  |  Râșnov | Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97  | NH
19  | 25 March 2021  |  Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240  | FH
20  | 2021/22 | 27 November 2021  |  Ruka | Rukatunturi HS142  | LH
21  | 12 December 2021  |  Klingenthal | Vogtland Arena HS140  | LH
22  | 19 December 2021  |  Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140  | LH
23  | 29 December 2021  |  Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137  | LH
24  | 1 January 2022  |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze HS142  | LH
25  | 5 January 2022  |  Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142  | LH
26  | 29 January 2022  |  Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS147  | LH
27  | 27 February 2022  |  Lahti | Salpausselkä HS130  | LH
28  | 2022/23 | 20 January 2023  |  Sapporo | Ōkurayama HS137  | LH
29  | 22 January 2023  |  Sapporo | Ōkurayama HS137  | LH
30  | 26 March 2023  |  Lahti | Salpausselkä HS130  | LH
31  | 2023/24 | 14 January 2024  |  Wisła | Malinka HS134  | LH
32  | 12 March 2024  |  Trondheim | Granåsen HS105  | NH

### Individual starts (203)

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winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ)  Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | Points

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2015/16 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 55
–  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 7  | 20  | 36  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 44  | –  | 23  | –  |  |
2016/17 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
33  | 36  | q  | q  | 41  | q  | q  | 46  | 45  | q  | 42  | 34  | q  | 34  | 44  | 37  | 38  | 46  | q  | 48  | 43  | 39  | 44  | q  | 34  | –  |  |  |  |  |
2017/18 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 187
26  | q  | –  | –  | 49  | q  | DQ  | 12  | 29  | 31  | 20  | 28  | 16  | –  | –  | 6  | 19  | 19  | 13  | 22  | 13  | 15  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018/19 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2085
3  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 1  | 7  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 7  | 5  | 3  | 14  | 1  | 9  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 5  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 1  |  |  |
2019/20 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1178
4  | 6  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 14  | 7  | 26  | 25  | 3  | 2  | 7  | 15  | 3  | 9  | 9  | 2  | –  | –  | 14  | 7  | 9  | 4  |  |  |  |
2020/21 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 919
27  | 38  | 15  | 12  | 15  | 13  | 16  | 14  | 7  | 7  | 14  | 10  | 7  | 6  | 9  | 7  | 14  | 11  | 13  | 1  | 9  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |
2021/22 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1621
2  | q  | 1  | q  | –  | 7  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 4  | 4  | 5  | 4  | 1  | 4  | 7  | 1  | 2  | 6  | 7  | 10  | 6  | 5  | 8  |  |  |
2022/23 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1065
7  | 30  | 31  | 23  | 10  | 12  | 10  | 31  | 15  | 19  | 32  | 17  | –  | 1  | 3  | 1  | 14  | 13  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 5  | –  | 6  | 14  | 8  | 5  | 4  | 12  | 1  | 12  | 8
2023/24 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1673
6  | 13  | 12  | 5  | 3  | 7  | 12  | 10  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 3  | 3  | 5  | 38  | 2  | 1  | 14  | 9  | 11  | 9  | 20

## References

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2. ^ a b "Ryoyu Kobayashi". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
3. ^ Pete Sharland (6 January 2019). "Ryoyu Kobayashi creates history with Four Hills grand slam". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
4. ^ "Ski Jumping news - Ryoyu Kobayashi creates history with Four Hills grand slam". 6 January 2019.
5. ^ Mysiak, 10office pl-Paweł Stawowczyk, Andrzej. "ZIO Pekin: Kobayashi mistrzem olimpijskim, Fettner i Kubacki z medalami!". Skoki narciarskie - wszystko o skokach narciarskich (in Polish). Retrieved 6 February 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. ^ "Medals update: Marius Lindvik wins gold in Beijing 2022 ski jumping large hill". Olympics. 12 February 2022.
7. ^ Woodyatt, Amy (25 April 2024). "Ryōyū Kobayashi flies 291 meters through the air in landmark ski jump, but his effort wasn't 'in line with FIS regulations'". CNN. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
8. ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska (24 April 2024). "Oficjalnie: Ryoyu Kobayashi wcale nie jest rekordzistą świata!". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 April 2024.
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## External links

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* Ryōyū Kobayashi at FIS (ski jumping)
* Ryōyū Kobayashi at FIS (Nordic combined)
* Ryōyū Kobayashi at Olympics.com
* Ryōyū Kobayashi at Olympedia

* v
* t
* e

Olympic champions in ski jumping individual normal hill

* 1964:  Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
* 1968:  Jiří Raška (TCH)
* 1972:  Yukio Kasaya (JPN)
* 1976:  Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
* 1980:  Toni Innauer (AUT)
* 1984:  Jens Weißflog (GDR)
* 1988:  Matti Nykänen (FIN)
* 1992:  Ernst Vettori (AUT)
* 1994:  Espen Bredesen (NOR)
* 1998:  Jani Soininen (FIN)
* 2002:  Simon Ammann (SUI)
* 2006:  Lars Bystøl (NOR)
* 2010:  Simon Ammann (SUI)
* 2014:  Kamil Stoch (POL)
* 2018:  Andreas Wellinger (GER)
* 2022:  Ryōyū Kobayashi (JPN)

* v
* t
* e

Four Hills Tournament winners

* 1953: Sepp Bradl (AUT)
* 1953–54: Olaf B. Bjørnstad (NOR)
* 1954–55: Hemmo Silvennoinen (FIN)
* 1955–56: Nikolay Kamenskiy (URS)
* 1956–57: Pentti Uotinen (FIN)
* 1957–58: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
* 1958–59: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
* 1959–60: Max Bolkart (GER)
* 1960–61: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
* 1961–62: Eino Kirjonen (FIN)
* 1962–63: Toralf Engan (NOR)
* 1963–64: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
* 1964–65: Torgeir Brandtzæg (NOR)
* 1965–66: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN)
* 1966–67: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
* 1967–68: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
* 1968–69: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
* 1969–70: Horst Queck (GDR)
* 1970–71: Jiří Raška (TCH)
* 1971–72: Ingolf Mork (NOR)
* 1972–73: Rainer Schmidt (GDR)
* 1973–74: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
* 1974–75: Willi Pürstl (AUT)
* 1975–76: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
* 1976–77: Jochen Danneberg (GDR)
* 1977–78: Kari Ylianttila (FIN)
* 1978–79: Pentti Kokkonen (FIN)
* 1979–80: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
* 1980–81: Hubert Neuper (AUT)
* 1981–82: Manfred Deckert (GDR)
* 1982–83: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
* 1983–84: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
* 1984–85: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
* 1985–86: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
* 1986–87: Ernst Vettori (AUT)
* 1987–88: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
* 1988–89: Risto Laakkonen (FIN)
* 1989–90: Dieter Thoma (FRG)
* 1990–91: Jens Weißflog (GER)
* 1991–92: Toni Nieminen (FIN)
* 1992–93: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
* 1993–94: Espen Bredesen (NOR)
* 1994–95: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
* 1995–96: Jens Weißflog (GER)
* 1996–97: Primož Peterka (SLO)
* 1997–98: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
* 1998–99: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
* 1999–2000: Andreas Widhölzl (AUT)
* 2000–01: Adam Małysz (POL)
* 2001–02: Sven Hannawald (GER)
* 2002–03: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
* 2003–04: Sigurd Pettersen (NOR)
* 2004–05: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
* 2005–06: Janne Ahonen (FIN) & Jakub Janda (CZE)
* 2006–07: Anders Jacobsen (NOR)
* 2007–08: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
* 2008–09: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT)
* 2009–10: Andreas Kofler (AUT)
* 2010–11: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
* 2011–12: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
* 2012–13: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
* 2013–14: Thomas Diethart (AUT)
* 2014–15: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
* 2015–16: Peter Prevc (SLO)
* 2016–17: Kamil Stoch (POL)
* 2017–18: Kamil Stoch (POL)
* 2018–19: Ryōyū Kobayashi (JPN)
* 2019–20: Dawid Kubacki (POL)
* 2020–21: Kamil Stoch (POL)
* 2021–22: Ryōyū Kobayashi (JPN)
* 2022–23: Halvor Egner Granerud (NOR)
* 2023–24: Ryōyū Kobayashi (JPN)

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*[Indiv. starts]: Individual starts
*[Indiv. podiums]: Individual podiums
*[Indiv. wins]: Individual wins
*[8]: 6 LH events + 1 FH event + 1 LH Super team event
*[4H]: Four Hills Tournament
*[SF]: Ski flying
*[RA]: Raw Air
*[W6]: Wilingen Six (Five 2018–20)
*[T5]: Titisee-Neustadt Five
*[P7]: Planica 7
*[Cnx]: Cancelled
*[LH]: large hill
*[FH]: flying hill
*[NH]: normal hill
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