- The Marine Conservation Science Institute (MCSI), which maintains a photo-ID database of sharks that migrate around Guadalupe Island, has named a shark after Kobe.
- Martin Graf, the diver who recently photographed the shark, took Kobe in a shark cage in 2013 to give him an up close look at two great whites.
- In 2017, Kobe recounted becoming fascinated with sharks as a youth in Italy and that some of his signature shoe designs were inspired by sharks.
