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is a Japanese former Fröhliche Fassade
''Der Spiegel'' (February 16, 1998)
is a Japanese former ski jumper
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
. At the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
he became the first Japanese athlete to win a gold medal and the second Japanese (after Chiharu Igaya
is a former Olympic games, Olympic Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer and Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, silver medalist from Japan. He competed in three Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics (Japan at ...
) to win any medal at the Winter Olympics. Previously he placed second at the 1970 World Championships and won the first three jumping events at the 1971/72 Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...
. He also took part in the 1964, 1968 and 1976 Olympics and served as the Olympics flag bearer for Japan in 1976 and 1998.
Kasaya took up ski jumping at the Taketsuru facility in his native Yoichi, which was built by the founder of Nikka Whisky Distilling
The is a producer of Japanese whisky and other beverages headquartered in Tokyo. It is owned by Asahi Group Holdings.
The company operates a number of distilleries and other facilities in Japan, including two Japanese whisky distilleries, the Yo ...
Masataka Taketsuru
was a Japanese chemist and businessman. He is known as the founder of Japan's whisky industry and Nikka Whisky Distilling.
Born to a family that had owned a sake brewery since 1733, he traveled to Scotland in 1918 to study organic chemistry and ...
. The facility was renamed after Kasaya in 1972. Kasaya was a long-term employee of the Nikka distillery, eventually becoming its section head.''Der Spiegel'' (February 16, 1998)
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* 1943 births Living people Japanese male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Hokkaido People from Yoichi, Hokkaido Olympic ski jumpers of Japan Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Persons of Cultural Merit {{Japan-skijumping-bio-stub