Junshiro KOBAYASHI

Japan

Ski Jumping

Date of Birth: 11 Jun 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: HACHIMANTAI

Birth Country:

Japan

Residence: SAPPORO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Ski Jumping	Men's Normal Hill Individual	27
	Men's Large Hill Individual	24
	Men's Team JPN Japan	5

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual Trial Round for Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual Qualification Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual Trial Round for Competition	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual Final Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual Trial Round for Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual Qualification Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual Trial Round for Competition	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual 1st Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual Final Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Team Trial Round for Competition	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Team 1st Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Team Final Round	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
24	Large Hill	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
31	Normal Hill Individual	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Large Hill Team	2019	Seefeld, AUT	920.2
4	Large Hill Team	2015	Falun, SWE	831.2
5	Normal Hill Team	2019	Seefeld, AUT	928.6
13	Large Hill	2015	Falun, SWE	222.7
17	Normal Hill	2019	Seefeld, AUT	199.4
17	Large Hill	2019	Seefeld, AUT	230.0
25	Normal Hill	2015	Falun, SWE	214.3
29	Normal Hill	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	223.2
32	Large Hill	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	93.9

Four Hill Tournament
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Large Hill	2018	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	269.2
5	Large Hill	2019	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	249.4
6	Large Hill	2018	Oberstdorf, GER	257.1
6	Large Hill	2018	Innsbruck, AUT	239.4
7	Large Hill	2018	Bischofshofen, AUT	255.4
11	Large Hill	2022	Oberstdorf, GER	261.2
14	Large Hill	2022	Bischofshofen, AUT	260.4
16	Large Hill	2012	Bischofshofen, AUT	115.5
17	Large Hill	2021	Bischofshofen, AUT	261.9
17	Large Hill	2021	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	237.9
19	Large Hill	2022	Bischofshofen, AUT	249.4
22	Large Hill	2020	Innsbruck, AUT	215.4
23	Large Hill	2020	Oberstdorf, GER	264.1
26	Large Hill	2019	Innsbruck, AUT	200.5
28	Large Hill	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	243.3
29	Large Hill	2020	Bischofshofen, AUT	237.8
29	Large Hill	2019	Bischofshofen, AUT	209.3
29	Large Hill	2015	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	196.2
34	Large Hill	2021	Innsbruck, AUT	113.5
36	Large Hill	2016	Innsbruck, AUT	99.2
38	Large Hill	2012	Oberstdorf, GER	99.5
41	Large Hill	2015	Oberstdorf, GER	99.5
41	Large Hill	2015	Innsbruck, AUT	103.0
42	Large Hill	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	95.6
44	Large Hill	2022	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	105.8
45	Large Hill	2016	Oberstdorf, GER	104.2
47	Large Hill	2015	Bischofshofen, AUT	93.6
50	Large Hill	2019	Oberstdorf, GER	87.7

World Cup Rankings Overview
Season	Overall
2021/2022	30
2020/2021	33
2019/2020	30
2018/2019	19

Best Performance per Season in World Cup Events from 2018/2019
Season	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Flying Hill	Large Hill Team	Flying Hill Team
2021/2022		1 x 9th		1 x 2nd
2020/2021		1 x 15th	1 x 20th	2 x 5th	1 x 2nd
2019/2020	1 x 21st	1 x 10th	1 x 19th	1 x 3rd
2018/2019		1 x 6th	1 x 13th	1 x 2nd	1 x 4th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
2	Large Hill Team	2021/2022	Bischofshofen, AUT	1006.4
3	Large Hill Team	2021/2022	Zakopane, POL	1034.1
5	Large Hill Team	2021/2022	Wisla, POL	787.3
9	Large Hill	2021/2022	Klingenthal, GER	240.7
11	Large Hill	2021/2022	Nizhny Tagil, RUS	209.6
15	Large Hill	2021/2022	Wisla, POL	233.0
15	Large Hill	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	271.2
17	Large Hill	2021/2022	Four Hills Tournament, FIS	876.8
20	Large Hill	2021/2022	Willingen, GER	74.4
23	Large Hill	2021/2022	Engelberg, SUI	248.2

Hobbies:

Golf, playing games (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Father, Hironori Kobayashi. Mother, Tomoko Kobayashi. Brothers Ryoyu and Tatsunao. Sister Yuka.

Languages spoken:

Japanese, English

Club name:

Megmilk Snow Brand Ski Team

Coach:

Team: Hideharu Miyahira (JPN)
Personal Coach: Masahiko Harada (JPN), Takanobu Okabe (JPN), Yukio Sakano (JPN)
Ski: BWT

Sporting relatives:

Brother Ryoyu Kobayashi (Ski jumping): 2018 Olympian (three top-10 finishes), 2019 World Championships bronze medallist (team), two-time 2016 Junior World Championships bronze medallist (normal hill, team), four-time Four Hills Tournaments winner, overall World Cup winner 2018/19.

Brother Tatsunao Kobayashi (Ski jumping): Competed at the FIS level and at three Junior World Championships (2019-21).

Sister Yuka Kobayashi (Ski jumping): Competed in Summer Grand Prix 2021

Father Hironori Kobayashi is a sports teacher.

Other sports:

Nordic combined

Debut:

2011 Continental Cup in Kranj (Normal hill - 14th)
2011 World Cup in Kuusamo (Large hill - 24th)

National team:

2012

Start:

Father is sport teacher and inspired all of his children to start ski jumping (redbull.com)

Ambition:

Goal for season 201/22: top-10 World Cup ranking
Career goal: Olympic medals
(Athlete, Sep 2021)

Training:

Strechting and sprints (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Memorable:

Worl Cup victory in Wisla 2017 (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Hero:

Ski jumper Kamil Stoch (POL), three-time Olympic champion (two-time 2014, one 2018), two-time world champion, two-time winner of the overall World Cup and three-time winner of the Four Hills Tournament.
(Athlete, Sep 2021)

Influence:

Ski jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT), four-time Olympic medallist (2010 team gold, 2014 team silver, 2010 individual bronzes), 10-time world champion (two individual, eight team), record 53 individual World Cup wins. Won his first World Cup in 2006 at the age of 16 in Lillehammer, which is also where he won his last World Cup in 2014. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

General Interest

Employee of MegMilk Snow Brand.

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Made his Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018 in the individual events finishing 24th on large hill, 31st on normal hill.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Three appearances at the World Championships (2015, 2019, 2019) winning a team bronze medal in 2019. Competed at the 2011 Junior World Championships.

WORLD CUP
Six podium finishes with the team, but his only individual win in the World Cup was the large hill title in 2017 (Wisla) which also happened to be his first time ever in the top-10 individually.

FOUR HILLS TOURNAMENT
Finished fourth in the overall ranking in 2017/18 which was one of his best career performances ever.

SEASON 2021/22
Joined the Summer Grand Prix for the last two legs, but did not finish higher than 22nd.

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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