Dio Kobayashi

Dio Kobayashi ( born August 28, 1972 in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture) is a Japanese circus performer and became the first Japanese circus performer member of the " World of Top Entertainer tour". His other stage names are " Kinosuke Otava " and "Clown Joker".

Biography

Dio Kobayashi was born in 1972 in Shika in Ishikawa Prefecture. After graduating in " Design" at the Technical Hakui High School ( Hakui Kōgyō - Koto Gakko ), he was a TV cameraman to later switch to stage performer with the production company " Event" ( ibento kaisha ) can. In March 1997, he enrolled at the " Kinjo - short high school" ( Kinjo Tanki Daigaku ) in Hakusan. During this time he also took part in the "World of Top Entertainer tour". In 1999 he moved to Columbia University.

Career

During a car exhibition Kobayashi made ​​a flying trapeze act on the vehicles for a commercial without safety nets 6 meters above the ground. Through this spectacular action, he received the name " Dio ". Dio stepped in Bolijoy circus, the Taiwanese National Circus and Cirque du Soleil in Canada as a freelance artist. In 2001, he toured in the Hakugin show and the charity Wa tour with the singer Toshi, the lead singer of the band X - Japan. 2002 Dio was part of the production of the anime series Kaleido Star as a special adviser. One of the characters of the series was named in his honor Dio. In 2003, Dio married the fashion model Yu -ko and listened to as a circus artist, when his daughter was born. In 2005, he was the first film role as an itinerant itinerant entertainers in Princess Raccoon, directed by Seijun Suzuki an operetta. This year, Dio and Yu -ko divorced, he was a single father. He is the founder and director of the SWAJ (Sports Whip Association Japan).

Performances

Movies

• Fighter in the Shadow ( shadow warrior ), Short Films, USA 2001
• Princess Raccoon 2005 Japan
• My Girlfriend is a Cyborg, 2008 Japan