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RYOYU KOBAYASHI

Ryoyu Kobayashi had jumps of 128.5 and 138.5 meters to score 262.6 points at the World Cup event on Saturday in Sapporo, finishing 0.4 behind Austria's Stefan Kraft.
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Feb 18, 2024
Kobayashi finishes second as Kasai, 51, makes World Cup return
Home favorite Ryoyu Kobayashi was runner-up for the second day in a row Sunday as he took silver behind Slovenia’s Domen Prevc in Sapporo.
Ryoyu Kobayashi competes in a World Cup event in WILLINGEN, Germany, on Sunday.
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Feb 5, 2024
Ryoyu Kobayashi finishes second at World Cup meet in Germany
The reigning Olympic normal hill champion scored 235.6 with jumps of 144.5 and 146.0 meters in the final to finish two points behind Andreas Wellinger.
Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi celebrates after winning a World Cup event in Wisla, Poland, on Sunday.
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Jan 15, 2024
Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi soars to first World Cup win of season
Ryoyu Kobayashi notched his 31st career win on the World Cup circuit and first of the season.
Ryoyu Kobayashi on Saturday in Bischofshofen, Austria, added the 2024 Four Hills title to triumphs in 2019 and 2022.
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Jan 7, 2024
Japan's Kobayashi clinches third Four Hills ski jump crown
Kobayashi added the 2024 title to triumphs in 2019 and 2022 after finishing in second place in the last of the four events at Bischofshofen in Austria.
Japan Times
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Mar 27, 2023
Ryoyu Kobayashi soars to third World Cup victory of season
Olympic ski jumping gold medalist Ryoyu Kobayashi picked up his third World Cup win of the season Sunday, stunning the crowd with a big jump in Lahti, Finland.
Japan Times
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Nov 28, 2022
Naoki Nakamura reaches World Cup podium for first time
Ski jumper Naoki Nakamura earned his first career World Cup podium finish Sunday, placing third behind joint winners Stefan Kraft of Austria and Halvor Egner Granerud of Norway.
Japan Times
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Feb 28, 2022
Ryoyu Kobayashi seizes overall World Cup lead with victory in Finland
Kobayashi and Halvor Egner Granerud shared the win in Lahti, Finland.
Japan Times
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Feb 17, 2022
Japan's Olympians connect with fans in 'video calls'
Olympic fans are being given a chance to connect virtually "one-on-one" with their favorite winter sports athletes through short simulated video calls posted on social media by the Japanese Olympic Committee.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2022
Ryoyu Kobayashi adds large hill silver medal to normal hill gold at Beijing Olympics
'It's difficult to describe my feelings,' Kobayashi said. 'I'm very happy, but a little frustrated at the same time for missing the gold.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 2022
Japan loses chance at medal as disqualifications mar ski jumping mixed event
The final placings seemed almost an afterthought after a night of mayhem that featured disqualifications, widespread fury and confusion among the sport's heavyweight nations.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2022
Japanese ski jumping legends celebrate Ryoyu Kobayashi's golden achievement
'It's a gold medal that marks the start of a new page in history, different from my generation,' said 1998 Nagano gold medalist Masahiko Harada.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 6, 2022
Ryoyu Kobayashi soars to earn Japan's first gold of Beijing Olympics
The medal was Japan's first on the normal hill since Kazuyoshi Funaki captured silver in Nagano in 1998, and the first gold since Yukio Kasaya in Sapporo 50 years ago.
Japan Times
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Feb 4, 2022
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Jan 30, 2022
Ryoyu Kobayashi captures seventh win of World Cup season
'I was lucky (with the conditions),' Kobayashi said after his 26th career World Cup win. 'I didn't jump yesterday so I was fresh mentally and fully motivated.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 26, 2022
Ski jumping: Ryoyu Kobayashi ready to take giant leap for Japan
Kobayashi is bidding to become the first Japanese jumper to win gold on foreign snow.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 10, 2022
Snowboarders set to lead Japan in Beijing while Yuzuru Hanyu chases history
The Olympic sports analytics gurus at Nielsen's Gracenote have predicted Japan will reach a record medal total, surpassing the previous high of 13 set in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Japan Times
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Jan 10, 2022
Japan takes second during World Cup team event
The podium finish was the first of the season in World Cup men's team competition for Japan, which most recently reached the top three in March last year.
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Jan 7, 2022
Ryoyu Kobayashi takes Four Hills crown despite missing out on sweep
The 25-year-old World Cup leader claimed the golden eagle trophy for the first time in three seasons.
Japan Times
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Jan 6, 2022
Ryoyu Kobayashi leaps closer to second sweep of Four Hills competition
Should he win on Thursday, the 25-year-old Japanese will be the first ski jumper in history to complete two clean sweeps of the prestigious Four Hills event.
Japan Times
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Dec 20, 2021
Ryoyu Kobayashi soars to third World Cup victory of season
Ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi won his third World Cup event of the season in Engelberg, Switzerland, on Sunday.
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Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
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Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
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A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
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'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
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