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Kazuya Yamada

flagJPN
  • Date of birth27 Sep 2001
  • HeightN/A
  • ProfessionAthlete, Wellnet employee
  • HometownObihiro
  • Place of birthN/A
  • Start skatingHe began skating at age three in Obihiro, Japan.
  • Club Wellnet Corporation, Sapporo
  • HobbiesPlaying the Pokemon card game.
  • LanguagesJapanese
  • Other nameKazu (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
  • CoachToshihiko Itokawa
  • Former CoachN/A
  • General Interest
  • Sport Specific Information
Three-time Olympic speed skating champion Kjeld Nuis. (Athlete, December 2025)
Japanese speed skater [and his brother] Masaya Yamada. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
To become an Olympic champion. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023)
- Competed in the past three ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships and has a best individual result so far of 14th, recorded in the men's 1500m in both 2023 and 2025.

- Finished 6th in the men's 1500m at the 2025/25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup #1 in Salt Lake City, USA.

(isu-skating.com/speed-skating, 30 December 2025)