Youth Olympic Winter Games 2016 / Participant (Japan)

JPN

2	4th	-

Japan participated in the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer with 29 athletes in 11 sports.

sports

Curling

Athletes	competition	Group round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		3rd place match
		Victories	Defeats	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	rank
Mixed
Kosuke Aita Kota Ito Yako Matsuzawa Honoka Sasaki	team	1	6th	not qualified

ice Hockey

Athletes	competition	qualification		final
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Boys
Roy Kanda	Skills challenge	8th	13	not qualified
girl
Sena Takenaka	Skills challenge	18th	2	16	gold

figure skating

Athletes	competition	Short program		Free skating / dance		total
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Boys
Koshiro Shimada	singles	63.18	6th	119.34	6th	182.52	6th
Sota Yamamoto	singles	73.07	1	142.45	3	215.52	gold
girl
Kaori Sakamoto	singles	56.25	5	98.98	6th	155.23	6th
Yuna Shiraiwa	singles	60.87	1	105.79	5	166.66	4th

Speed ​​skating

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Pass 2		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Boys
Daichi Horikawa	500 m	37.35 s	8th	37.03 s	4th	74.386 s	8th
	1500 m					1: 52.96 min	silver
	Mass start					5: 53.03 min	7th
Kazuki Sakakibara	500 m	36.84 s	2	37.12 s	7th	73.97 s	silver
	1500 m					1: 57.26 min	16
girl
Moe Kumagai	500 m	40.71 s	6th	41.00 s	9	81.71 s	8th
	1500 m					2: 14.34 min	20th
Yuna Onodera	500 m	41.58 s	12	41.70 s	13	83.28 s	11
	1500 m					2: 11.37 min	15th
	Mass start					5: 56.41 min	11

Nordic combination

Athletes	competition	Ski jumping				Cross-country skiing
		Expanse	Points	rank	Time lag	time	rank
Boys
Yoshihiro Kimura	Normal hill / 5 km cross-country skiing	88.5 m	109.7	11	1:28 min	14: 58.5 min	11

Athletes	competition	Ski jumping			Cross-country skiing
		Points	rank	Time lag	time	rank
Mixed
Shihori Ōi Yoshihiro Kimura Masamitsu Itō Hikari Miyazaki Riku Kasahara	Team ski jumping / Nordic combined	314.2	8th	1:22 min	28: 01.7 min	7th

Short track

Athletes	competition	Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Boys
Kiichi Shigehiro	500 m	42.671 s	2	42.403 s	4th	43.041 s	7th
	1000 m	1: 33.6884 min	1	1: 27.288 min	2	1: 28.718 min	4th
Kazuki Yoshinaga	500 m	43.657 s	2	42,416 s	2	41,969 s	silver
	1000 m	1: 33.006 min	2	1: 28.295 min	3	1: 41.778 min	6th
girl
Shione Kaminaga	500 m	46.032 s	2	46.741 s	3	47.916 s	5
	1000 m	1: 41.026 min			1: 35.903 min	11

skeleton

Athletes	Round 1		Pass 2		total
	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Boys
Sho Gonai	55.63 s	15th	55.71 s	15th	1: 51.34 min	15th
girl
Mayu Ijichi	57.20 s	13	56.69 s	9	1: 53.89 min	10
Madoka Oi	57.70 s	17th	58.82 s	20th	1: 56.52 min	19th

Alpine skiing

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Pass 2		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Boys
Yohei Koyama	Super G					1: 12.57 min	17th
	Giant slalom	1: 18.00 min	3	1: 18.12 min	4th	2: 36.12 min	silver
	slalom	DNF		not qualified
	combination	1: 13.15 min	12	41.72 s	7th	1: 54.87 min	8th
girl
Chisaki Maeda	Super G					1: 16.92 min	21st
	Giant slalom	DNF		not qualified
	slalom	DNF		not qualified
	combination	1: 18.52 min	23	44.79 s	9	2: 03.31 min	15th

Athletes	competition	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
		Result	Result	Result	Result	rank
Mixed
Chisaki Maeda Yohei Koyama	Team competition	Austria 2 - 2+	not qualified

Cross-country skiing

Athletes	competition	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Boys
Riku Kasahara	Cross	3: 16.92 min	23			3: 16.44 min	7th	not qualified
	Classic sprint	3: 14.45 min	30th	3: 15.13 min	6th	not qualified
	10 km freestyle							25: 34.1 min	15th
girl
Hikari Miyazaki	Cross	3: 52.03 min	21st			3: 45.82 min	6th	not qualified
	Classic sprint	3: 42.71 min	21st	3: 38.83 min	5	not qualified
	5 km freestyle							14: 07.8 min	15th

Ski jumping

Athletes	competition	First round			final			total
		Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Points	rank
Boys
Masamitsu Itō	Normal hill	95.5 m	120.6	4th	91.5 m	114.1	4th	234.7	4th
girl
Shihori Ōi	Normal hill	73.0 m	72.3	11	72.5 m	71.3	11	143.6	11

Athletes	competition	First round		final		total
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Mixed
Shihori Ōi Yoshihiro Kimura Masamitsu Itō	Mixed team normal hill	288.5	8th	290.2	8th	578.7	8th

Snowboard

halfpipe

Athletes	competition	final
		Round 1	Pass 2	Pass 3	Best run	rank
girl
Junna Asaya	halfpipe	78.25 points	70.00 points	80.75 points	80.75 points	4th

Snowboard cross

Athletes	competition	qualification		leader		Semifinals	final
		time	rank	Points	rank	position	position
Boys
Yoshiki Takahara	Snowboard cross	49.39 s	10	15th	5	3	5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ lillehammer2016.com: Schedule & Results (English)