Masakazu Kagiyama

Masakazu Kagiyama
Kagiyama in 2024
Born	(1971-04-12) April 12, 1971 (age 53) Nagoya, Japan
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Retired	1994
Medal record Representing  Japan Figure skating: Men's singles World Junior Championships 1989 Sarajevo Men's singles

Japanese name
Kanji	鍵山正和
Kana	かぎやま まさかず
Transcriptions Romanization Kagiyama Masakazu

Masakazu Kagiyama (鍵山 正和, Kagiyama Masakazu, born April 12, 1971) is a Japanese former 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, he became a coach.[2] He is the father of Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama.[3]

Competitive highlights

International
Event	87–88	88–89	89–90	90–91	91–92	92–93	93–94
Olympics					13th		12th
Worlds				10th	19th	8th	6th
Skate Canada				10th
Nations Cup				10th
Int. de Paris					8th
NHK Trophy			8th	11th	4th	6th	4th
Piruetten							4th
Prague Skate						1st
Universiade						3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds	10th	3rd
National
Japan Champ.			2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd
Japan Junior	1st	1st

References

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.