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Masakazu Kagiyama

Masakazu Kagiyama (鍵山 正和, Kagiyama Masakazu; born April 12, 1971) is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitive figure skater. He is the 1989 World Junior bronze medalist and a three-time Japanese national champion. He placed 13th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 12th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.[1] After retiring from competition, Kagiyama became a coach.[2]

Masakazu Kagiyama
Kagiyama in 2024
Personal information
Born (1971-04-12) April 12, 1971 (age 55)
Nagoya, Japan
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
Retired1994
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Men's singles
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place1989 SarajevoMen's singles
Japan Championships
Gold medal – first place1991 YokohamaMens singles
Gold medal – first place1992 KobeMens singles
Gold medal – first place1993 NagoyaMens singles
Silver medal – second place1990 KitakyushuMens singles
Silver medal – second place1994 YokohamaMens singles
Japanese name
Kanji鍵山正和
Kanaかぎやま まさかず
Transcriptions
RomanizationKagiyama Masakazu

He is the father and coach of Japanese figure skater, Yuma Kagiyama.[3]

Competitive highlights

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International
Event 87–88 88–89 89–90 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94
Olympics13th12th
Worlds10th19th8th6th
Skate Canada10th
Nations Cup10th
Int. de Paris8th
NHK Trophy8th11th4th6th4th
Piruetten4th
Prague Skate1st
Universiade3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds10th3rd
National
Japan Champ.2nd1st1st1st2nd
Japan Junior1st1st

References

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  1. ↑ "Masakazu Kagiyama". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ "鍵山正和インストラクターの経歴". toyama-skate.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
  3. ↑ Gallagher, Jack (August 15, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama looks to continue father's legacy". The Japan Times.


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