Masaki Toshiro

Masaki Toshiro (Japanese戸 城 正 贵, Toshiro Masaki, born April 13, 1980 in Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese luger.

Toshiro is an employee and has lived in Hokkaidō. He toboggan since 2000 and since then also belongs to the Japanese national team. Since the season 2002/ 03 he appears to both single-seaters and the doubles in the Luge World Cup. His first doubles partner was Goro Hayashibe, with whom he initially but not achieve any success. Things went better in the recliner, where he won more World Cup points. Nevertheless, he was thereafter used mostly in doubles. In the season 2004/ 05 he was able to ride with Hayashibe start of the season in Altenberg and Sigulda twice to twelfth place. In the end they were 20 the overall World Cup. Since 2006, Toshiro goes with Takahisa Oguchi. Her best result was a 13th place on their home track in Sigulda at the beginning of 2007.

In the Luge World Cup in 2003 in Sigulda Toshiro could be with the Japanese team in tenth. This placement he could repeat in Nagano in 2004. In addition, he was on his home track and his partner Hayashibe 15 in the doubles. In Park City, he was able to improve both the Team ( 8 ) and with the double ( 14 ) again in 2005. Best result at a major international event was the twelfth place in the doubles competition at the 2006 Olympics in Turin.