is a Japanese

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. He is the older brother of Yūka Kobayashi,

Ryōyū Kobayashi is a Japanese ski jumper. As a ski jumper, he has won 35 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, Four Hills Tournament three times, and is an individual Winter Olympics, Olympics gold m ...

and Tatsunao Kobayashi who are also ski jumpers.

Career

He represented Japan at the

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, where he finished 13th place on large hill and 25th place on normal hill. He won three times in Grand Prix competition in

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and

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. He finished in 3rd place overall in the 2017 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix season. On 19 November 2017, he claimed his first World Cup win in

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and became the thirteenth Japanese ski jumper with at least one World Cup win.

Major Tournament results

Olympics

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

Ski Flying World Championships

World Cup results

Standings

Individual wins

Individual starts (219)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kobayashi, Junshiro 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Iwate Prefecture Japanese male ski jumpers Winter World University Games medalists in ski jumping Olympic ski jumpers for Japan Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade