After placing 2nd to Belgium's Raymond Ceulemans three times (1970, 1972 and 1973) in the UMB World Three-cushion Championship, Kobayashi turned things around and defeated Ceulemans for the world title in 1974.
Kobayashi Issa | Kenta Kobayashi | Takeru Kobayashi | Kobayashi Maru | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi | Yumiko Kobayashi | Takao Kobayashi | Satoru Kobayashi | Hiroshi Kobayashi | Abdullah Kobayashi | Yutaka Kobayashi (businessman) | Yutaka Kobayashi (announcer) | Yutaka Kobayashi | Shinji Kobayashi | Sachiko Kobayashi | Royal Kobayashi | Nobuaki Anzai | Mao Kobayashi | Kuniaki Kobayashi | Kaoru Kobayashi (actor) | Kaoru Kobayashi | Hideo Kobayashi |