Yuichi Kobayashi

{{short description|Japanese sprinter}}

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| name = Yuichi Kobayashi

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| nationality = Japanese

| country = Japan

| sport = Track and field

| event = 100 metres
200 metres

| club = NTN

| alma_mater = Hosei University

| retired =

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|25 August 1989}}

| birth_place = Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

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| height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jaaf.or.jp/fan/player/men097.html|title=Profile |website=JAAF|access-date=29 October 2020|language=Japanese}}

| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb =

100 m: 10.38 (2016)

200 m: 20.46 (2013)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry |{{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Pune|4×100 m relay}}

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{{nihongo|Yuichi Kobayashi|小林 雄一|Kobayashi Yūichi|extra=born 25 August 1989 in Itabashi, Tokyo}} is a Japanese track and field sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. He represented his country at two consecutive World Championships, in 2011 and 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/japan/yuichi-kobayashi-14204014|title=Profile|website=World Athletics|access-date=29 October 2020}}

His mother Sumiko Kobayashi (née Kaibara) is a gold medalist in the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1979 Asian Championships in Tokyo.{{cite web|url=https://www.jaaf.or.jp/aac19/news_400mr_110708.pdf|title=Statistical Reference Files for the 19th Asian Championships in HYOGO・KOBE 2011 − Men 4 × 100 metres relay|website=JAAF|access-date=29 October 2020|language=Japanese}} She was also the former Japanese record holder in the 200 metres with a time of 24.27 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.iuau.jp/recordroom/w200.html|title=Women's 200 metres national university record progression|website=The Inter-University Athletics Union of Japan|access-date=29 October 2020|language=Japanese}}