Kentaro Minagawa

[2][3] Since the 1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup he has been participating regularly in World Cup races, nine times ranking in the top ten.

[4] Shortly before the 2006 Winter Olympics he ranked 4th in Wengen, Switzerland.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he also ranked 4th, the best result of a Japanese skier since Chiharu Igaya's silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

[5] In June 2009, he married Japanese popular freestyle skier, Aiko Uemura.

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