Hip hop and jump.
Mr. Kobayashi has great ambition to make ski jumping take root as a culture in Japan, but he is not overambitious. In his private life, he is a young man of his age who loves to listen to hip-hop.
. fashion is also influenced by music. . I often listen to national and international hip-hop. I often listen to it when I create a rhythm before a game, and recently I've been listening to Chris Brown and Drake a lot. As for Japanese artists, I listen to AK-69, JP THE WAVY, LEX, etc. . Their lyrics are deep and make me think a lot.
He says he is also influenced by rapper KOHH. . Perhaps rap music, with its self-inspiring lyrics, and sports go hand in hand. And Kobayashi's attitude of sticking to what he wants to do may be surprisingly compatible with hip-hop.
. already from a very young age, I hated schoolwork , and I wanted to study as little as possible. . I loved ski jumping, and I wanted to fly all the time. I would go on expeditions, and I hoped this would go on forever."
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To get away from what we don't want to do, we master what we do want to do. And vice versa. Having fed on his desires in a positive sense, what is Mr. Kobayashi's next goal?
There is a possibility that Sapporo will host the "Olympics" in 2030. If it happens, I will be a little over 30 years old at that time. I am flying well now, but I will probably experience peaks and valleys in the future. And the rules will probably change in some details. But I know that will happen, so I am not in a hurry. I have been through slumps before. Eventually, I would like to break the record for most wins, and I aim to become a player who will be remembered in both memories and records.
Even the good and bad of the future to come are only to be expected. A calm, unaffected perspective is not a bad thing for an athlete. The ideal that seems so far away and the reality that confronts us. The only way to bridge the gap is to keep winning. And there are things that can only be accomplished by winning.
I was once criticized for not wearing Japan's national team uniform on an official occasion," he said. But I like clothes, so I only want to wear what I want to wear, and although it may not be appropriate for TPO, I want to make it so that no matter what I wear, people will say, "Well, it can't be helped if it's Kobayashi. But in order to do that, I think I have to show my results in ski jumping.
. it is not the easy way out, nor is it childish selfishness. To fly high and far without being swallowed up by adult circumstances or common sense, one must be the reason for one's own flight. Kobayashi Ryoyu will continue to fly, using his "love" as the driving force.
