Thursday, September 1, 2022

We are pleased to announce that starting September 1, 2022, snowboarder Kaiju Hirano(Head office: Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Eisho Fuyuhiro; Brand name: TOKIO Inkarami).

With this change, a new team will start with Ayumu Hirano (older brother) and Kaisyu Hirano (younger brother).

I am pleased to report to you all.
*A press conference announcing the new organization was recently held on Friday, September 2, 2022.

*At the time of the press conference

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HIRANO Kaishu

Affiliation: TOKIO Inkarami
Date of birth: October 14, 2002
Birthplace: Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture
Social networking site (Instagram):@4kaishu

In 2014, after watching his second brother Ayumu's performance at the Sochi Olympics, he decided to pursue the same career at the age of 12. 2022, he won a bronze medal at the X-games, an action sports festival, in his first appearance, and also made his first appearance at the Beijing Olympics. 7.4 meters of air recorded in his first attempt was "a historic jump that defies the law of gravity, and a new world record height. (He set a new world record height in the halfpipe).

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Achievements / Career

Main competition results
2018 3rd place at the World Junior Championships
2017Silver medal, Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland
2018 Asian Games individual silver medal (first in Japanese history)
2021 World Championships Representative
Year 2021All Japan Junior 1st place
Year 20213rd place at All-Japan Championships
Bronze medal, Winter X Games 2022
Year 20229th in men's halfpipe at Beijing Olympics