Noriaki Kasai

Noriaki Kasai
Personal information
Full name	Noriaki Kasai
Born	6 June 1972 (1972-06-06) (age 39) Shimokawa, Hokkaido Japan
Height	1,76 m
Professional information
Club	Tsuchiya Home Ski Team
Skis	Fischer
Personal best	224 m (Planica 2010)
World Cup
Seasons	1990-94, 1996-
Wins	15
Additional podiums	29
Total podiums	44
Medal record Men's ski jumping Competitor for  Japan Olympic Games Silver 1994 Lillehammer Team large hill World Championships Silver 1999 Ramsau Team large hill Silver 2003 Val di Fiemme Team large hill Bronze 2003 Val di Fiemme Ind. normal hill Bronze 2003 Val di Fiemme Ind. large hill Bronze 2007 Sapporo Team large hill Bronze 2009 Liberec Team large hill Men's ski flying World Championships Gold 1992 Harrachov Individual
Updated on October 7, 2011.

Noriaki "Kamikaze" Kasai (葛西 紀明, Kasai Noriaki^?), born June 6, 1972 in Shimokawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese ski jumper.

Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of March 23, 2011 he performed record 435 times in World Cup (396 individual & 39 team performances). He also holds a record for most seasons (22) with debut World Cup performance on December 3, 1989 in Thunder Bay.

He won his first major championship at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1992 in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia. At that time he was among the world's top jumpers, known for his extraordinary style, holding his body between his skis. In 1994, he was in the Japan team that won a silver medal in the team large hill at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he has a total of six medals in his collection. This includes two silvers (Team large hill: 1999, 2003) and four bronzes (Individual normal hill: 2003, Individual large hill: 2003, and Team large hill: 2007, 2009).

Kasai also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1999.

Kasai has competed in six Olympics during his career - a record for a ski jumper - and earned his best individual finish of 5th in the individual large hill at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. In the 2010 Winter Olympics, at age thirty eight, he finished 8th on the large hill, having won the qualification with the second best jump overall,^[1] and 17th on the normal hill.

He has fifteen additional individual victories at various jumping levels from 1993 to 2004.

World Cup

Victories

Season	Date	Location
1991-92	March 22, 1992	Harrachov* (SF)
1992-93	January 1, 1993	Ga-Pa
	January 23, 1993	Predazzo
	March 6, 1993	Lahti
1993-94	January 9, 1994	Murau
1997-98	March 22, 1998	Planica
1998-99	January 3, 1999	Innsbruck
	January 29, 1999	Willingen
	January 31, 1999	Willingen
	March 9, 1999	Trondheim
	March 14, 1999	Oslo
	March 21, 1999	Planica (SF)
2000-01	January 1, 2001	Ga-Pa
	January 21, 2001	Park City
2002-03	February 9, 2003	Willingen
2003-04	Febraury 28, 2004	Park City

• 1992 Harracov victory count both as Ski Flying World Championship title as well as World Cup victory; (SF - Ski Flying)

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

• Noriaki Kasai at the International Ski Federation
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

1. ^ for Kasai Noriaki, FIS website

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Name	Kasai, Noriaki
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Date of birth	1972
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