Kenya Kobayashi

{{Short description|Japanese gymnast}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox gymnast |name= Kenya Kobayashi |image= |imagesize= |caption= |fullname= |altname= |nickname= |country={{GYM National Team|JPN|MAG}} |formercountry= |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|08|21}} |birth_place= |hometown= |residence= |death_date= |death_place= |height= |discipline=MAG |level= |natlteam= |club= |gym= |collegeteam= |headcoach= |assistcoach= |formercoach= |choreographer= |music= |eponymousskills= |retired= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Rotterdam|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Tokyo|Team}} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Doha|Team}} }}

{{Nihongo|'''Kenya Kobayashi'''|小林研也|Kobayashi Ken'ya|born 21 August 1983}} is a Japanese gymnast.<ref name="JapanGymnasticsAssociation_2006_KenyaKobayashi">{{cite web|url=http://www.jpn-gym.or.jp/artistic/player/natio06m/index.html |title=2006 national enhanced team members |year=2006 |publisher=Japan Gymnastic Association |language=Japanese |accessdate=9 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304133137/http://www.jpn-gym.or.jp/artistic/player/natio06m/index.html |archivedate= 4 March 2010 }}</ref> He was part of the Japanese team that won the silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games. He won a team silver medal as part of Japan's delegation at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Emmeline |date=22 October 2010 |title=China grab gymnastics world team gold |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/china-grab-gymnastics-world-team-gold-20101022-16wa7.html |website=smh.com.au |access-date=9 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 October 2011 |title=Images from the World Gymnastic Championships. October 12, 2011 |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=17469383&itype=storyID |website=archive.sltrib.com |access-date=9 December 2025}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobayashi, Kenya}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese male artistic gymnasts Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Category:Asian Games silver medalists in gymnastics Category:Gymnasts at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen Category:Medalists at the 2005 East Asian Games