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Kamui Kobayashi

1986 - Today

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Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林可夢偉, Hepburn: Kobayashi Kamui; born 13 September 1986) is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Super Formula for KCMG. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2014. In endurance racing, Kobayashi has won two FIA World Endurance Championship titles, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2021, all with Toyota; he is also a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019 and 2020 with WTR. Since 2022, Kobayashi has served as team principal of Toyota in WEC, winning three consecutive World Manufacturers' Championship titles from 2022 to 2024. He also serves as team principal for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe for their FIA World Endurance Championship team. Kobayashi previously competed in Formula One, Formula E, the GP2 Series, and the GP2 Asia Series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kamui Kobayashi is the 506th most popular racing driver (up from 554th in 2019), the 1,559th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,514th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Kamui Kobayashi ranks 506 out of 1,080. Before him are Michael Bleekemolen, Dale Earnhardt, Christian Danner, Luis Pérez-Sala, Fritz Riess, and Carlo Facetti. After him are Fred Agabashian, Daniil Kvyat, Alex Caffi, Patrick Gaillard, Theo Helfrich, and Brian Shawe-Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Kamui Kobayashi ranks 109. Before him are Gemma Arterton, Francis Ngannou, Choi Jin-hyuk, Kat Dennings, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Nolito. After him are Ki Hong Lee, Marcus Berg, Katerina Tikhonova, Agnez Mo, Daniel Sharman, and Ignazio Abate.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kamui Kobayashi ranks 1,559 out of 6,245. Before him are Sachiko Hidari (1930), Kentaro Uramoto (1982), Naoki Makino (1976), Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (1926), Tsutomu Nihei (1971), and Miyavi (1981). After him are Anri (1961), Sakai Toshihiko (1871), Kazushi Kimura (1958), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953), and Akihiro Nishimura (1958).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Japan

Among racing drivers born in Japan, Kamui Kobayashi ranks 11. Before him are Takuma Sato (1977), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Toshio Suzuki (1955), Kazuyoshi Hoshino (1947), and Hiroshi Fushida (1946). After him are Noritake Takahara (1951), Yuji Ide (1975), Daijiro Kato (1976), Yuki Tsunoda (2000), Kazuki Nakajima (1985), and Norifumi Abe (1975).

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