Junshirō Kobayashi

Junshirō Kobayashi
Kobayashi in 2014
Country Japan
Born (1991-06-11) 11 June 1991 (age 33)
Hachimantai, Iwate, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Ski clubMegmilk Snow Brand
Ski Team
Personal best239.5 m (786 ft)
Planica, 25 March 2018
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Indiv. starts219
Indiv. podiums1
Indiv. wins1
Team starts30
Team podiums6
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Updated on 24 March 2024.

Junshirō Kobayashi (小林 潤志郎, Kobayashi Junshirō, born 11 June 1991) is a Japanese ski jumper. He is the older brother of Yūka Kobayashi, Ryōyū Kobayashi and Tatsunao Kobayashi who are also ski jumpers.

Career

He represented Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, where he finished 13th place on large hill and 25th place on normal hill.

He won three times in Grand Prix competition in Almaty and Hakuba. He finished in 3rd place overall in the 2017 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix season.[1][2][3]

On 19 November 2017, he claimed his first World Cup win in Wisła and became the thirteenth Japanese ski jumper with at least one World Cup win.[4]

Major Tournament results

Olympics

Year Place NH LH Team LH
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang 31 24 —

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

Year Place NH LH Team LH Mixed NH
2015 Sweden Falun 25 13 4 —
2017 Not qualified
2019 Austria Seefeld 17 17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) —
2021 Germany Oberstdorf 29 32 — —

Ski Flying World Championships

Year Place Individual Team
2018 Germany Oberstdorf 29 —

World Cup results

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2011/12 52 64 — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2012/13 60 — — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2013/14 — — — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014/15 44 38 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 61 54 — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 54 — — 54 N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 11 4 14 16 — N/A 7
2018/19 19 25 23 19 16 N/A 13
2019/20 30 29 20 20 16 22 N/A
2020/21 33 18 30 N/A — N/A 31
2021/22 32 17 43 30 N/A N/A 42
2022/23 63 55 — 39 N/A N/A 37
2023/24 34 29 32 22 N/A N/A 20

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2017/18 19 November 2017   Poland Wisła Malinka HS134 LH

Individual starts (219)

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
2011/12 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Harrachov Harrachov Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Predazzo Predazzo Willingen Oberstdorf Lahti Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 40
24 q 29 27 28 22 48 38 DQ 42 16 – – – – 41 32 49 q q 34 – – – – –
2012/13 Lillehammer Lillehammer Kuusamo Krasnaja Polana Krasnaja Polana Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Vikersund Vikersund Harrachov Harrachov Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 17
45 – 27 q – 39 – – – – – – – 25 35 – – – – 46 31 31 33 28 30 q –
2013/14 Klingenthal Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Falun Lahti Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 0
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 34 64 – – – – – – – – – –
2014/15 Klingenthal Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Oslo Planica Planica 95
q 38 36 28 21 – – – – 41 29 41 47 18 q 33 – – – – 23 17 q 24 31 32 13 19 39 25 –
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 13
q 40 45 – – 44 48 45 q 36 q – – 28 21 – – – – – – – – – – – –
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 20
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – q 39 33 25 17 33 41 45 39 q q –
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 568
1 10 – – 4 7 8 6 4 6 7 31 11 – – 7 34 17 17 23 7 10
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 335
19 17 18 30 19 22 20 50 5 26 29 21 28 37 19 22 21 27 24 21 12 18 11 6 20 33 13 15
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 Oslo Lillehammer 162
10 17 26 29 36 – – 23 DQ 22 29 35 21 28 23 46 42 20 12 21 19 – – DQ 22 27 24
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 113
15 17 27 36 28 19 37 28 17 34 17 33 23 18 31 – – – – – – – 20 30 –
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 179
11 42 44 15 15 33 9 31 23 11 44 19 14 37 45 32 34 20 27 22 33 25 38 34 q 34 q 29
2022/23 Wisła Wisła Ruka Ruka Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Sapporo Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Willingen Willingen Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid, New York Râșnov Oslo Oslo Lillehammer Lillehammer Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 14
19 q 39 36 q 48 32 38 50 q 34 q – q 40 29 – – – – – – – 47 45 38 47 q 38 32 q –
2023/24 Ruka Ruka Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid, New York Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Lahti Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 143
47 45 21 48 25 20 25 28 29 42 30 37 26 24 42 q 40 17 10 32 – – 26 32 21 40 30 23 35 20 22 23

References

  1. ^ "SJunshiro Kobayashi takes his first Grand Prix win". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Surprising home win for Junshiro Kobayashi". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ^ "SGP in Hakuba: Junshiro Kobayashi with the second victory". winterszus.pl. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Junshiro Kobayashi claims first World Cup win". eurosport.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.