Masaru Inada

Masaru Inada (Japanese稲 田 胜, Masaru Inada, born November 2, 1978 in Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese skeleton bob.

Inada studied at the University Sendai, operates since 1997 Skeleton and belongs since 1999 to the Japanese national team. He lives in Hokkaido and trained in Sapporo. His coach is Courtney Yamada. In November 1999, Inada made ​​his debut as a 22 in Calgary in skeleton World Cup. In 2000 he participated in Igls first time at a Skeleton World Cup in part, finishing in 22nd place. In 2002 he started in the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, finishing in 18th place. In December 2003, he appeared in several races as part of the America's Cup and finished second in Park City, two second places, one behind Zach Lund. In January 2005, he reached in St. Moritz in tenth place for the first time a top ten placement. In Turin Inada joined again in 2006 at the Olympic Winter Games and finished 18th Inada was one of the few athletes who could participate twice in the Olympic skeleton competitions. In January 2007, he reached the third place in Nagano his best-ever placing in a World Cup race. 2001, 2005 and 2008, he was Japanese runner-up. In the years 2000, 2004 and 2007 he finished third.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010, he was the coach of the Japanese skeleton and bobsleigh team of Shinsuke Tayama, Kazuhiro Koshi and Nozomi Komuro - Hitoshi Matsumoto was coach.