Toshikazu Katayama attended the private Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya and dominated the men’s figure skating in Japan in the 1930s. After claiming the juniors’ title at the All Japan Figure Skating Championships in 1931, he entered the senior division in the following year placing second. Starting in 1933, Hasegawa was on the top of the podium at the Japanese championships five times in the following six years, with the only exception when he missed the championship due to his trip to the 1936 Winter Olympics. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Hasegawa was 15th as the top-ranked Japanese skater. During his trip to Europe, he also competed in the European and World Championships, placing 13th and 7th, respectively. At home, Hasegawa took the title at the student championships twice, in 1933 and 1934. Hasegawa skated together with Etsuko Inada as a pair at exhibition events. After World War II, he skated professionally in the first Japanese ice show. Hasegawa also worked as a coach and was one of the founders of the Japan Figure Skating Instructor Association in 1963.
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