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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

We are pleased to announce that snowboarders Taiga Hasegawa and Hiroto Ogiwara have signed an affiliation contract with IFING Co., Ltd. (Head office: Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Eisho Fuyuhiro; Brand name: TOKIO Inkarami) effective April 1, 2025.

Hasegawa won the overall 2025 World Cup event championship (big air event) and the overall overall championship.

Ogiwara players are,2025年X GamesBackside in big air for the first time in contest history2340（6(rotation and a half) successfully.The first victory was achieved by having the team win the first place in the first round of the competition.​

I am pleased to report to you all.
(A press conference announcing the affiliation was recently held on Friday, June 13, 2025)

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■HASEGAWA Taiga
Date of birth:2005年10月23日
From:Iwakura City, Aichi Prefecture

He started snowboarding at the age of 4 and made his competitive debut at the age of 8.

He emerged as a hot young athlete from his junior years and won the big air event at the 2021 Junior World Championships. He also won the first Japanese gold medal in the big air event at the 2023 World Championships. At the same year's Junior World Championships, he won both the big air and slopestyle events, proving his ability on the international stage.

He won the X Games Big Air event in 2024 with a dominating performance, and has shown consistent strength as the overall World Cup Champion (Big Air) and overall champion in 2025.

Hasegawa's most notable achievement is that in September 2023, he became the first person in the world to successfully complete five and a half turns in all four directions (backside, frontside, cab, and switched backside), a feat that sent shock waves through the snowboarding world.

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OGIWARA Hiroto
Date of birth: July 19, 2005
Birthplace: Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture

Influenced by his parents, he started snowboarding at the age of 3, and his talent blossomed from an early age.
At the age of 9, his video of a successful backside 1080 (triple rotation) became the talk of the town. Later, at the young age of 12, he obtained his professional certification and studied at national and international competitions.

After winning the 2023 World Cup Big Air for the first time, he took a big leap forward in the 2024-25 season, winning his second World Cup in 2024 and his first X Games Big Air in 2025 with a backside 2340 (6 1/2 RPM), the first in contest history.