KOBAYASHI Shinji (小林 信治), a garbage truck driver from Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, who has competed ten times and made it to the 3RD Stage in the 11th Competition (failing there on the Pipe Slider) as well as the 14th (where he failed the Devil Balanço). In the 15th tournament he failed the 1ST Stage's Crooked Wall, and then in the 16th he was one of 16 contestants who made the 2ND Stage, but was also one of several contestants who was eliminated by the Metal Spin. Since his debut in the 11th Tournament, he has only missed the 17th Tournament. However, much of his footage has been cut from the TBS broadcast. He was shown in Sasuke 20 and wore #1985, but failed the Jumping Spider in the 1ST Stage. In 2008, Kobayashi's height and weight was recorded as 5 feet, 5 inches and 132 pounds. He usually competes in a blue or gray garbage man's uniform.