Ryōyū Kobayashi

Ryōyū Kobayashi
小林 陵侑
Kobayashi in Wisła, 2018
CountryJapan
Born (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 26)
Hachimantai, Iwate, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Ski clubTsuchiya Home Ski Team
Personal best252 m (827 ft) National record
Planica, 24 March 2019
World Cup career
Seasons2016–present
Individual wins30
Indiv. podiums51
Team podiums8
Indiv. starts163
Team starts41
Overall titles2 (2019, 2022)
Four Hills titles2 (2019, 2022)
Ski Flying titles1 (2019)
Raw Air titles1 (2019)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Individual LH
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Planica Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Updated on 3 March 2023.

Ryōyū Kobayashi (小林 陵侑, Kobayashi Ryōyū, born 8 November 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary ski jumpers, having won 30 World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title and Four Hills Tournament twice each, and an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

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 title, 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 competitions in the Four Hills Tournament.[4] He won a gold medal at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing on the normal hill[5] and the silver medal on the large hill.[6]

Major tournament results

Winter Olympics

Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Men Mixed
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang 7 10 6 N/A
2022 China Beijing 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 4

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Men Mixed
2017 Finland Lahti — — 7 —
2019 Austria Seefeld 14 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5
2021 Germany Oberstdorf 12 34 4 5
2023 Slovenia Planica 30 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 5

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Year Place Individual Team
2018 Germany Oberstdorf 16 —
2020 Slovenia Planica 19 5
2022 Norway Vikersund 13 6

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019/20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A
2020/21 4 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cnx 7 N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021/22 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A N/A 9
2022/23 5 18 14 4 N/A N/A

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018/19 24 November 2018   Finland Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 (night) LH
2 25 November 2018   Finland Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 (night) LH
3 2 December 2018   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH
4 16 December 2018   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
5 30 December 2018   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) LH
6 1 January 2019   Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze HS142 LH
7 4 January 2019   Austria Innsbruck Bergiselschanze HS130 LH
8 6 January 2019   Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 (night) LH
9 12 January 2019   Italy Val di Fiemme Trampolino dal Ben HS135 (night) LH
10 2 February 2019   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 (night) FH
11 17 February 2019   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 LH
12 14 March 2019   Norway Trondheim Granåsen HS138 (night) LH
13 24 March 2019   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
14 2019/20 15 December 2019   Germany Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 (night) LH
15 22 December 2019   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
16 29 December 2019   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) LH
17 2020/21 13 February 2021   Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 LH
18 19 February 2021   Romania Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
19 25 March 2021   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
20 2021/22 27 November 2021   Finland Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 (night) LH
21 12 December 2021   Germany Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 (night) LH
22 19 December 2021   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
23 29 December 2021   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) LH
24 1 January 2022   Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze HS142 LH
25 5 January 2022   Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 (night) LH
26 29 January 2022   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH
27 27 February 2022   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 (night) LH
28 2022/23 20 January 2023   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 (night) LH
29 22 January 2023   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
30 26 March 2023   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH

Individual starts (163)

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
2015/16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 55
– – – – – – – – – – – – 7 20 36 – – – – – – – – – – 44 – 23 –
2016/17 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 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 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 187
26 q – – 49 q DQ 12 29 31 20 28 16 – – 6 19 19 13 22 13 15
2018/19 Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Willingen Willingen Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 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 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Râșnov Râșnov Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Lillehammer 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 Wisła Ruka Ruka Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Lahti Willingen Willingen Klingenthal Klingenthal Szczyrk Szczyrk Râșnov Planica Planica Planica 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 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Ruka Ruka Wisła Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Zakopane Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Willingen Willingen Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Oslo Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Planica Planica 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 Wisła Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Sapporo Tauplitz Tauplitz Willingen Willingen Lake Placid Lake Placid Râșnov Oslo Oslo Lillehammer Lillehammer Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 1011
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

Winter Olympics

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.

Personal life

Tayama Jumping Hill

Ryōyū Kobayashi was born on 8 November 1996 in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.[7] 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.[7] He usually practiced at Tayama Ski Jumping Hill in Hachimantai and Hanawa Jumping Hill in Kazuno, Akita.[8] In 2015, he joined Japanese ski jumping team Tsuchiya Home Ski Team.[7] 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’. [9]

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 and graduated in 2015.[7]

He has his own Youtube channel where he shares vlogs from competitions, his private life, free time and training videos. [10]

References

  1. ^ "Ryoyu KOBAYASHI". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  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)
  6. ^ "Medals update: Marius Lindvik wins gold in Beijing 2022 ski jumping large hill". Olympics. 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "小林 陵侑 | チーム土屋について 【TEAM TSUCHIYA】". www.tsuchiya.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  8. ^ ""花輪育ち"小林選手に「よくやった」 秋田の選手の励みに｜秋田魁新報電子版".
  9. ^ "Skijumping.pl: "Chcę ożywić japońskie skoki" - Kobayashi zakłada własny team". www.skijumping.pl. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  10. ^ "小林陵侑 Ryoyu Kobayashi - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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