2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games / Participant (Japan)

JPN

9	7th	1

Japan took part in the Youth Olympic Winter Games in 2020 in the Swiss Lausanne with 70 athletes (43 girls and 27 boys) in 14 sports part.

Medals

Medal table

rank	sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Snowboard	4th	3	-	2
2	Speed ​​skating	3	1	1	2
3	ice Hockey	1	-	-	2
	figure skating	1	-	-	2
5	Curling	-	1	-	1
	Nordic combination	-	1	-	1
	Ski jumping	-	1	-	1
total		9	7th	1	17th

Medalist

Name / s	sport	competition
gold
Yudai Yamamoto	Speed ​​skating	500 m
Motonaga Arito	Speed ​​skating	1000 m
		Mass start
Yuma Kagiyama	figure skating	singles
Ruka Hirano	Snowboard	halfpipe
Ryoma Kimata	Snowboard	Big Air
Hinari Asanuma	Snowboard	Big Air
Mitsuki Ono	Snowboard	halfpipe
Yuka Chujo Yuzuyu Fujii Nao Fukuda Komomo Itō Makoto Itō Minami Kamada Kaaya Komoto Nagomi Murakami Rio Noro Riri Noro Hina Shimomukai An Shinoda Himari Suzuki Masaki Tanabe Kyoka Tsutsumi Harua Umemori Reina Sato	ice Hockey	team
silver
Manon Kaji	Snowboard	halfpipe
Kaishu Hirano	Snowboard	halfpipe
Aoto Kawakami	Snowboard	Big Air
Ayane Miyazaki	Nordic combination	Normal hill / 4 km
Yuka Takahashi	Speed ​​skating	1000 m
Takumi Maeda Momoha Tabata Asei Nakahara Mina Kobayashi	Curling	Mixed team
Ayane Miyazaki Yuto Nishikata Machiko Kubota Sota Kudo	Ski jumping	Team competition normal hill
bronze
Yukino Yoshida	Speed ​​skating	500 m

Participants by sport

biathlon

Athletes	Competitions	time	error	rank
Boys
Taiki Itō	7.5 km sprint	24: 27.9 min	5 (2 + 3)	81
	12 km individual	46: 57.6 min	13 (3 + 5 + 4 + 1)	91
Keita Momen	7.5 km sprint	25: 35.7 min	7 (3 + 4)	90
	12 km individual	43: 19.5 min	8 (3 + 3 + 1 + 1)	81
Chiharu Ueda	7.5 km sprint	22: 38.0 min	5 (1 + 4)	52
	12 km individual	42: 20.7 min	10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2)	71
girl
Kurea Masuoka	6 km sprint	23: 18.7 min	2 (1 + 1)	75
	10 km individual	43: 44.6 min	7 (3 + 1 + 2 + 1)	78
Misa Sasaki	6 km sprint	23: 32.6 min	5 (3 + 2)	78
	10 km individual	40: 58.3 min	7 (2 + 3 + 1 + 1)	66
Mixed
Misa Sasaki Chiharu Ueda	Single mixed relay	52: 38.7 min	4 + 9 6 + 11	28
Misa Sasaki Kurea Masuoka Chiharu Ueda Taiki Itō	Mixed relay	1: 33: 11.3 h	7 + 10 7 + 11	24

Curling

competition	Mixed team
Athletes	Takumi Maeda Momoha Tabata Asei Nakahara Mina Kobayashi
Preliminary round	Sweden 7: 4 Czech Republic 8: 1 United States 8: 2 Italy 6: 7 Latvia 9: 4
Quarter finals	Canada 5: 4
Semifinals	New Zealand 8: 4
final	Norway 4: 5
placement	silver

In mixed doubles, the partner always came from a different country, so only mixed teams played in this competition.

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Semifinals		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	erg	opponent	erg	opponent	erg	opponent	erg	opponent	erg	opponent	erg
Mixed
Mina Kobayashi Leo Tuaz	Mixed doubles	Zuzana Pražáková Mooin Si-woo	6: 5	Karolina Jensen Zhai Zhixin	8: 7	Klaudia Szmidt Jamie Rankin	9: 2	Laura Nagy Nathan Young	1: 8	Laura Nagy Nathan Young	2: 6	3rd place: Pei Junhang Vít Chabičovský	3: 7	4th
Gabriela Rogic Farias Asei Nakahara	Mixed doubles	Zoe Antes Kristóf Szarvas	2: 9	eliminated										25th
Momoha Tabata Romet Mäesalu	Mixed doubles	Natalie Wiksten Ross Craik	6: 8	eliminated										25th
Ērika Bitmete Takumi Maeda	Mixed doubles	Federica Ghedina Jakob Omerzel	8: 6	Katariina bracket Mikhail V Lassenko	8: 7	Maelle Vergnaud at the bottom of Buraas	8: 9	eliminated						7th

ice Hockey

competition	girl
Athletes	Yuka Chujo Yuzuyu Fujii Nao Fukuda Komomo Itō Makoto Itō Minami Kamada Kaaya Komoto Nagomi Murakami Rio Noro Riri Noro Hina Shimomukai An Shinoda Himari Suzuki Masaki Tanabe Kyoka Tsutsumi Harua Umemori Reina Sato
Preliminary round	Czech Republic 4: 1 Switzerland 5: 1
Semifinals	Slovakia 5-0
final	Sweden 4-1
placement	gold

In 3 × 3 ice hockey, the athletes played in mixed teams .

team	Athletes	Preliminary round		Semifinals		Final / game for bronze		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Boys
_ Team blue	Chen Chih-yuan Jakub Trzebunia Caleb Chapman Ziya Efe Güçlü Hong Seung-woo Daniel Assavolyuk Joris Valčiukas Riley Langille Cater Hamill Konrad Kudeviita Simone Terraneo Oliver Thestrup Hansen Issa Otsuka	_ Team gray	8: 9	eliminated				8th
		_ Team Orange	1:12
		_ Team black	8:14
		_ Team green	6:11
		_ Team yellow	8:13
		_ Team Braun	2:14
		_ Team red	11:18
_ Team gray	Thawab Al-Subaey Alejandro Resendiz Novruz Bayhanov Gosei Daikuhara Timofei Katkow Pablo Mata son Hyun Patrik Melicher Jan Billa Nino Tomov Boldizsár Szalay Lukas Svedin Alexei Baidek	_ Team blue	9: 8	eliminated				5
		_ Team yellow	11: 8
		_ Team Braun	6:16
		_ Team red	13: 9
		_ Team green	6:14
		_ Team black	8:16
		_ Team Orange	5: 2
_ Team Orange	Matthew Hamnett Jakub Michalski Diego Rodríguez Tomoyoshi Yuki Nicolò Remolato Jack Lewis Kim Sang-yeob Jonas Dobnig Roman Kechter Márk Weidemann Leni Michellod Iwan Novoschilow Yan Shostak	_ Team red	8: 6	eliminated				6th
		_ Team blue	12: 1
		_ Team yellow	4: 9
		_ Team Braun	10:14
		_ Team black	14: 8
		_ Team green	6: 8
		_ Team gray	2: 5
_ Team black	Ruben Esposito Lukas Floriantschitz Kerem Alsan Jaroslaw Labutkin Yu Jiacong Corné van Stuijvenberg Wataru Suzuki Adam Sýkora Dominik Pavlata Linas Dėdinas Danil Karpovich Kalle Varis Matthias Rindone	_ Team Braun	7: 6	_ Team green	3: 7	Bronze game: _ Team Braun	5: 6	4th
		_ Team red	5: 4
		_ Team blue	4: 8
		_ Team yellow	7: 2
		_ Team Orange	8:14
		_ Team gray	16: 8
		_ Team green	6: 4
girl
_ Team blue	Sidre Özer Valerie Christmann Anna Kot Maria Runevska Mirren Foy Zuzana Dobiašová Jana Krascheninina Maya Stöber Regina Metzler Karolina Hengelmüller Nikki Sharp Yuna Kusama Aya Juhl Petersen	_ Team gray	8: 9	_ Team yellow	5: 7	Bronze game: _ Team Braun	6: 4	bronze
		_ Team Orange	1:12
		_ Team black	8:14
		_ Team green	6:11
		_ Team yellow	8:13
		_ Team Braun	2:14
		_ Team red	11:18
_ Team Braun	Arwen Nylaander Julia Termens Nausikäa Clement Ximena González Riko Matsumoto Roos Karst Celine Mayer Alicja Sowa Barbora Bartáková Marja Linzbichler Tallulah Bryant Ivana Latková Daniella Lauritzen Pizarro	_ Team black	13:11	_ Team black	7:11	Bronze game: _ Team blue	4: 6	4th
		_ Team green	6: 8
		_ Team gray	16: 6
		_ Team Orange	14:10
		_ Team red	5:11
		_ Team blue	14: 2
		_ Team yellow	8: 6
_ Team green	Melanie Hernández Annie Sommer Huang Chun-lin Delfina Fattore Chanel Hofverberg Emma Donovalová Agata Muraro Ruka Kiyokawa Jessie Taylor Lisa Schröfl Kang Si-hyun Barbora Dalecká Fruzsina Szabó	_ Team yellow	10: 5	eliminated				5
		_ Team Braun	8: 6
		_ Team red	9: 8 a.d.
		_ Team blue	11: 6
		_ Team gray	14: 6
		_ Team Orange	8: 6
		_ Team black	4: 6
_ Team Orange	Polina Lubenets Wang Meihe Sanne Claessens Saskia Rohrgger Isabel Walberg Molly Lukowiak Yoo Seo-young Nadia Sancha Sena Hasegawa Dóra Véghelyi Emma Hofbauer Julija Wolkowa Kristina Chernova	_ Team red	8: 6	eliminated				8th
		_ Team blue	12: 1
		_ Team yellow	4: 9
		_ Team Braun	10:14
		_ Team black	14: 8
		_ Team green	6: 8
		_ Team gray	2: 5
_ Team black	Angelina Hurschler Courtney Mahoney Zhang Xinyue Chang En-ni Alicja Mota Nikola Janeková Amy Robery Darja Petrowa Kimberly Collard Luca Márton Reina Sato Emilia Kyrkkö Carlotta Regine	_ Team Braun	11:13	_ Team Braun	11: 7	_ Team yellow	1: 6	silver
		_ Team red	9:12
		_ Team blue	14: 8
		_ Team yellow	19: 7
		_ Team Orange	8:14
		_ Team gray	16: 8
		_ Team green	6: 4

figure skating

Athletes	Competitions	Short program / dance		Freestyle / freestyle dance		total
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Boys
Yuma Kagiyama	singles	72.76	3	166.41	1	239.17	gold
girl
Mana Kawabe	singles	65.84	4th	119.38	3	185.22	4th
Mixed
Utana Yoshida Shingo Nishiyama	Ice dance	56.38	6th	92.32	4th	148.70	6th

Athletes	competition	Boys singles		Girl singles		Pair skating		Ice dance		total
		Points	Team point	Points	Team point	Points	Team point	Points	Team point	Team point	rank
Mixed
Team Courage Arlet LevandiXenija SinizynaAlina Butaeva / Luka Berulava Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama	Team competition	97.63	2	127.63	8th	100.70	6th	99.31	8th	24	gold

Speed ​​skating

Athletes	Competitions	time	rank
Boys
Motonaga Arito	500 m	38.31 s	13
	1000 m	1: 52.24 min	gold
Yudai Yamamoto	500 m	36.42 s	gold
	1000 m	1: 59.36 min	10
girl
Yuka Takahashi	500 m	42.21 s	10
	1000 m	2: 10.58 min	silver
Yukino Yoshida	500 m	41.16 s	bronze
	1000 m	2: 17.054 min	9
Mixed
Team 3 Sini Siro Yukino Yoshida Ignaz GschwentnerAlexander Sergejew	Team sprint	2: 04.10 min	gold
Team 7 Varvara BandarynaMyrthe de BoerLukáš Steklý Yudai Yamamoto	Team sprint	2: 6.80 min	5
Team 10 Marta Dobrowolska Yuka Takahashi Michał KopaczPark Sang-eon	Team sprint	2: 08.62 min	10
Team 16 Laura KiviojaDaria KopaczTheo Collins Motonaga Arito	Team sprint	2: 05.92 min	silver

Athletes	Competitions	Semifinals			final			rank
		Points	time	rank	Points	time	rank
Boys
Motonaga Arito	Mass start	31	5: 53.77 min	1	30th	6: 29.72 min	1	gold
Yudai Yamamoto	Mass start	3	6: 36.80 min	5	1	6: 49.70 min	10	10
girl
Yuka Takahashi	Mass start	20th	6: 13.86 min	2	4th	6: 51.07 min	5	5
Yukino Yoshida	Mass start	4th	6: 50.83 min	4th	0	6: 57.26 min	14th	14th

Freestyle skiing

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Boys
Ruka Ito	Big Air	62.25	15th	eliminated		15th
	Slopestyle	63.33	12	75.66	8th	8th
girl
Yuna Koga	halfpipe	47.00	11	eliminated		11
	Slopestyle	43.50	12	50.25	9	9
Akane Nakata	halfpipe	38.33	14th	eliminated		14th

Nordic combination

Athletes	competition	Ski jumping			Cross-country skiing		rank
		Expanse	Points	rank	time	rank
Boys
Yuto Nishikata	Normal hill / 6 km	81.0 m	108.7	12	16:09.7 min	13	13
Taiga Onozawa	Normal hill / 6 km	85.0 m	108.4	14th	16: 49.4 min	16	16
girl
Haruka Kasai	Normal hill / 4 km	76.0 m	104.7	10	13:08.2 min	9	9
Ayane Miyazaki	Normal hill / 4 km	84.0 m	120.0	3	11: 48.8 min	2	silver

Luge

athlete	competition	Run 1		Run 2		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
girl
Yuki Ishikawa	Single seater	57.654 s	23	57.402 s	22nd	1: 55.056 min	22nd
Mixed
Yuki Ishikawa Marius Goncear Adriana Adam / Aliona Busuioc	Team relay	-				3: 05.755 min	11

Short track

athlete	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Boys
Kosei Hayashi	500 m	43.912 s	2	42.878 s	4th	eliminated				14th
	1000 m	1: 37.849 min	1	1: 31.554 min	2	1: 32.308 min	3	B final : 1: 36.969 min	4th	8th
Shogo Miyata	500 m	41.605 s	1	41.662 s	1	41.663 s	3	B-final : 42,386 s	2	6th
	1000 m	DNF		eliminated						32
girl
Haruna Nagamori	500 m	45.501 s	2	PEN		eliminated
	1000 m	1: 47.696 min	1	1: 35.182 min	3	eliminated				10
Mixed
Team B Kim Chan-seo Diede van Oorschot Shogo Miyata Jonathan So	Team relay	-				4: 11.095 min	1	4: 12.378 min	1	gold
Team C Florence Brunelle Anna Ruysschaert Kosei Hayashi Daniil Nikolajew	Team relay	-				4: 15.601 min	3	B final: 4: 16.893 min	2	6th
Team E Haruna Nagamori Petra Rusnáková Li Kongchao Julian Macaraeg	Team relay	-				4: 22.054 min	4th	PEN

skeleton

athlete	Run 1		Run 2		total
	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Boys
Taido Nagao	1: 13.13 min	17th	1: 17.35 min	19th	2: 30.48 min	19th
Takanobu Usui	1: 10.29 min	5	1: 09.67 min	5	2: 19.96 min	5

Alpine skiing

Athletes	Competitions	1st run		2nd run		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Boys
Ohra Kimishima	Giant slalom	DNF
	slalom	38.54 s	17th	40.94 s	10	1: 19.48 min	11
	Super G	-				58.52 s	42
	combination	58.52 s	42	36.02 s	23	1: 34.54 min	26th
girl
Yuka Wakatsuki	Giant slalom	1: 10.59 min	34	1: 09.44 min	27	2: 20.03 min	26th
	slalom	49.79 s	29	48.98 s	25th	1: 38.77 min	24
	Super G	-				1: 02.38 min	41
	combination	1: 02.38 min	41	41.47 s	26th	1: 43.85 min	28

Athletes	Competitions	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Mixed
Yuka Wakatsuki Ohra Kimishima	Team competition	Norway	0: 4	eliminated						16

Cross-country skiing

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
girl
Chika Honda	5 km classic	-						15: 34.3 min	19th	19th
	Sprint freestyle	2: 57.31 min	27	2: 54.69 min	6th	eliminated				28
	Cross country cross	5: 27.62 min	33	-		eliminated				33

Ski jumping

Athletes	competition	1st round			2nd round			total
		Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Points	rank
Boys
Sota Kudo	Normal hill	DSQ
girl
Yuna Kasai	Normal hill	82.5 m	109.3	5	74.0 m	86.9	8th	196.2	6th
Machiko Kubota	Normal hill	82.5 m	107.3	6th	73.0 m	95.2	4th	202.5	5
Mixed
Ayane Miyazaki Yuto Nishikata Machiko Kubota Sota Kudo	Team competition normal hill	330.5 m	471.6	2	321.5 m	466.4	2	938.0	silver

Snowboard

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Boys
Aoto Kawakami	Big Air	80.00	5	191.75	2	silver
	Slopestyle	89.33	1	63.33	4th	4th
Ryoma Kimata	Big Air	95.75	1	195.00	1	gold
	Slopestyle	35.66	15th	eliminated		15th
Kaishu Hirano	halfpipe	84.66	3	95.66	2	silver
Ruka Hirano	halfpipe	97.33	1	97.33	1	gold
girl
Hinari Asanuma	Big Air	76.00	3	172.50	1	gold
	Slopestyle	47.00	6th	75.00	4th	4th
Kanami Okuyama	Big Air	74.00	4th	99.75	6th	6th
	Slopestyle	49.50	5	64.25	5	5
Manon Kaji	halfpipe	89.33	1	85.33	2	silver
Mitsuki Ono	halfpipe	87.00	2	95.33	1	gold

Athletes	Competitions	qualification	Semifinals	final	rank
		Points	rank	rank
Boys
Seigo Sato	Snowboard cross	10	eliminated		21st