Takizawa later switched to skicross, and made his World Cup debut in January 2005 with a twelfth place in Pozza di Fassa.
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He followed up with a fourteenth and sixteenth place in Deer Valley, and a 28th and sixth place in Le Relais.
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The 2008–09 season was opened with an abysmal 60th place in St. Johann in January, but he returned five days later to record a thirteenth place in Les Contamines.