Nobuaki Kobayashi
Male, Person
1942 –
Who is Nobuaki Kobayashi?
Nobuaki Kobayashi is a Japanese professional three-cushion billiards player and 2-time world champion.
After placing 2nd to Belgium's Raymond Ceulemans three times in the UMB World Three-cushion Championship, Kobayashi turned things around and defeated Ceulemans for the world title in 1974. With this win, he ended Ceulemans' 10-year reign as champion. Kobayashi later admitted that he had been taping on camera Ceulemans' performances in a 1969 tournament in Tokyo in order to study the Belgian's playing style.
A decade later, he won it again at the expense of Ludo Dielis. He defended it unsuccessfully the following year, losing to Ceulemans again.
For more than three decades, he has been the only Asian native ever to win a World Three-cushion Championship. Two other players from Japan were close to achieving a world title but both were not very fortunate. This was until Ryuuji Umeda, another Japanese, won the title in 2007.
Kobayashi is a 9-time Japanese Champion. His son, Hideaki Kobayashi, is also a three-cushion billiards player.
His highest run documented is 15.
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