What is Nobuaki Kobayashi?
[[File:Nobuaki Kobayashi 01.jpg|thumb|Nobuaki Kobayashi]] {{Japanese name|Kobayashi}} {{nihongo|'''Nobuaki Kobayashi'''|小林 伸明|Kobayashi Nobuaki}} (March 26, 1942 &ndash; 25 November 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www009.upp.so-net.ne.jp/amateur_sport/asia_s_data/14th_busan_data/r29_billiard.htm |title=釜山アジア大会−ビリヤード<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2019-11-26 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126165850/http://www009.upp.so-net.ne.jp/amateur_sport/asia_s_data/14th_busan_data/r29_billiard.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> was a [[Japan]]ese professional [[three-cushion billiards]] player and 2-time world champion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1093664/index.htm |title=Chalking Up Another |publisher=SI Vault |date=1978-05-15 |access-date=2008-08-26 |archive-date=2008-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907015206/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1093664/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the only [[Asia]]n native ever to win a World Three-cushion Championship. He died on 25 November 2019 at the age of 77.<ref>[http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/japanese-two-times-world-champion-kobayashi-77-passed-away.html Japanese two times world champion Kobayashi (77) passed away]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kobayashi, Nobuaki}} [[Category:Japanese sportspeople]] [[Category:Cue sports players]] [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] {{Japan-sports-bio-stub}}