Masakazu Kagiyama

I have a soft spot for the quiet workhorses of figure skating, and Masakazu Kagiyama is exactly that. Born in Nagoya in 1971, he skated for Japan as a steady, no-drama competitor in an era well before the country became a jumping superpower, then did the thing I respect most: he turned around and started teaching. Nagoya churns out elite skaters like nowhere else, and people like him are a big reason why, grinding away rinkside while the spotlights chase the kids he trains. There's something genuinely moving about pouring everything you learned on the ice straight into the next generation, including, famously, his own son. He may never make flashy headlines himself, but the legacy he's quietly building on that ice is the kind that actually lasts.

Masakazu Kagiyama is a Japanese figure skater and coach born on April 12, 1971, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. He graduated from Aichi Institute of Technology and competed as a figure skater before transitioning to a coaching career. Based in Nagoya, he has dedicated himself to developing the next generation of figure skaters as a coach.

Name (English)

Masakazu Kagiyama

Name (Japanese)

鍵山正和

Reading

かぎやま まさかず

Born

April 12, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Pig (亥)

Origin

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Figure skater / Figure skating coach

University

Aichi Institute of Technology

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8D%B5%E5%B1%B1%E6%AD%A3%E5%92%8C

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Figure skater
• Figure skating coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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