[2] His manga series, Hana Usagi, ran from 1999 to 2004 in Young Magazine Uppers (published by Kodansha).
Kobayashi was assigned the role of Director of the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony; however, a 1998 comedy show recording of him making an insensitive joke about the Holocaust surfaced.
[3][4] On 22 July, State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama updated his Twitter account.
"[5] The SWC released a statement and expressed the view that Kobayashi's jokes include those for people with disabilities.
[6] On 22 July 2021, the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (TOCOG) dismissed Kobayashi.