Junshiro Kobayashi

Honestly, ski jumpers live in a completely different category of human being for me. You're telling me this guy from Hachimantai — deep in the snowy mountains of Iwate — strapped on a pair of skis, pointed himself off a ramp the size of a small building, and just… went? Repeatedly? On purpose? I have trouble walking down an icy parking lot. Junshirō Kobayashi doesn't make a lot of noise in the headlines, and honestly that makes me like him more — there's something deeply respectable about an athlete who just quietly shows up, competes at a high level in both ski jumping and Nordic combined, and lets the distance markers do the talking. Growing up in that kind of landscape probably wires you differently; you're not scared of cold or height or silence. Tokai University sharpened the craft, but I think Iwate made the person. I'd cheer for him every winter without hesitation.

Junshiro Kobayashi is a Japanese ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete born on June 11, 1991, in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture. He studied at Tokai University, where he developed his athletic career. A native of the snowy Iwate region of northern Japan, he competes in both ski jumping and Nordic combined disciplines.

Name (English)

Junshiro Kobayashi

Name (Japanese)

小林潤志郎

Reading

こばやし じゅんしろう

Born

June 11, 1991 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat (未)

Origin

Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Ski Jumper / Nordic Combined Athlete

University

Tokai University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E6%BD%A4%E5%BF%97%E9%83%8E

Tags

• From Iwate Prefecture
• Ski Jumper
• Nordic Combined Athlete

Last updated

2026-06-02

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