Kazuhiro Kokubo

• Sport: Olympic Snowboarding
• Nation: Japan
• DOB: August 16, 1988
• Career Highlights: A 21-year-old from Hokkaido, Japan. ... Finished third at Winter X Games, and had a pair of podiums at the start of the season, including a first place at a World Cup event in Switzerland. ... Stands only 5-foot-2, but is known for his "big air" package, reaching heights of 20 feet on straight air jumps. ... Along with Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland, expected to be a medal threat and possibly break into what many saw as a potential American sweep on halfpipe. ... Burst onto the scene in 2003 with a surprise second-place finish at the U.S. Open.
• Olympic History: 2006