2006 Winter Olympics / Participant (Japan)

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Japan took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Italian Turin with a delegation of 113 athletes participate.

Flag bearer

The speed skater Katō Jōji carried the flag of Japan both during the opening and closing ceremonies.

Participants by sport

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Katō is the family name, Jōji the first name.

biathlon

Men

• Ebisawa Daisuke

  Biathlon, men, 10 km: 64th place; 29: 49.7 min .; +3: 38.1 min.

• Isa Hidenori

  Biathlon, men, 20 km: 64th place; 1:02:33.2 h; +8: 10.2 min.

  Biathlon, men, 10 km: 40th place; 28: 37.1 min .; +2: 25.5 min.

• Kasahara Tatsumi

  Biathlon, men, 20 km: 68th place; 1:02:44.6 h; +8: 21.6 min.

  Biathlon, men, 10 km: 49th place; 29: 07.0 min .; +2: 55.4 min.

• Saitō Shinya

  Biathlon, men, 20 km: 79th place; 1:05:29.4 h; +11: 06.4 min.

• Suga Kyōji

  Biathlon, men, 20 km: 14th place; 56: 57.7 min .; +2: 34.7 min.

  Biathlon, men, 10 km: 72nd place; 30: 10.6 min .; +3: 59.0 min.

Women

• Izumi Megumi
• Meguro Kanae

  Biathlon, women, 15 km: 37th place; 55: 28.4 min .; +6: 04.3 min.

  Biathlon, women, 7.5 km: 64th place; 26: 19.9 min .; +3: 48.5 min.

• Ōtaka Tomomi

  Biathlon, women, 15 km: 69th place; 1:00: 22.2 h; +10: 58.1 min.

  Biathlon, women, 7.5 km: 69th place; 26: 28.7 min .; +3: 57.3 min.

• Tanaka Tamami

  Biathlon, women, 15 km: 32nd place; 55: 10.5 min .; +5: 46.4 min.

  Biathlon, women, 7.5 km: 65th place; 26: 20.6 min .; +3: 49.2 min.

• Tsukidate Ikuyo

  Biathlon, women, 15 km: 55th place; 57: 20.4 min .; +7: 56.3 min.

  Biathlon, women, 7.5 km: 51st place; 25: 17.0 min .; +2: 45.6 min.

bob

Men Kiyokawa Suguru Kobayashi Ryuichi

Women Hino Manami Meguro Kanae Nagaoka Chisato

Curling

Women

• Yumie Hayashi
• Moe Meguro
• Mari Motohashi
• Ayumi Onodera
• Sakurako Terada

figure skating

Men Watanabe Nozomi (Ice Dance) Takahashi Daisuke

Women Miki Ando Arakawa Shizuka Figure skating, women: gold medal - 191.34 pts. Kido Akiyuki (ice dance) Suguri Fummy Figure skating, women: 4th place - 175.23 pts.

Speed ​​skating

Men Imai Yusuke Katō Jōji Miyazaki Kesato 5000 m: 21st place - 6: 40.03 min .; +25.35 sec. Nagashima Keiichirō Nakajima Takaharu Oikawa Yuya Shimizu Hiroyasu Teruhiro Sugimori Ushiyama Takahiro 5000 m: 27th place - 6: 51.53 min .; +36.85 sec. Yasuda Naoki

Women Ishino Eriko Nemoto Nami Okazaki Tomomi Ōsuga Sayuri Ōtsu Hiromi Seo Eriko Tabata Maki Tonoike Aki Watanabe Yukari Yoshii Sayuri

Freestyle skiing

Men Mizuno ken (jumping) Ozaki Kai (mogul slope) Tsukita Yugo (mogul slope)       Ueno Osamu

Women Hatanaka Miyuki Mogul slope: 27th place; 18.61 points in qualification Henmi Kayo (jumping) Miki Ito Mogul slope: 20th place; 17.78 points in the final Satoya Tae Mogul slope: 15th place; 22.12 points in the final Uemura Aiko Mogul slope: 5th place; 24.01 points in the final

Luge

Men Hayashibe Goro Oguchi Takahisa Toshiro Masaki Ushiyama Shigeaki

Women Harada Madoka

Short track

Men's Arino Yoshiharu 5000 m relay: disqualified in the semifinals Fujimoto Takahiro 5000 m relay: disqualified in the semifinals Nishitani Takafumi 5000 m relay: disqualified in the semifinals Sueyoshi Hayato 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run Terao Satoru 1000 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals 1500 m: B final and 9th place overall 5000 m relay: disqualified in the semifinals

Ladies Kamino Yuka Ozawa Mika Tanaka Chikage Teshigawara Ikue

skeleton

Men's Inada Masaru 18th place; 1: 59.37 min; +3.49 sec Koshi Kazuhiro 11th place; 1: 58.05 min; +2.17 sec

Ladies Nakayama Eiko 14th place; 2: 03.92 min; +4.09 sec

Alpine skiing

Men Ikuta Yasuhiro Minagawa Kentaro       Sasaki Akira Yuasa Naoki

Women Hiroi Noriyo Hoshi Mizue Sekizuka mommy

Nordic skiing

Cross-country men Katsuhito Ebisawa Shunsuke Komamura       Nobu Naruse Yūichi Onda

Cross-country women Chizuru Soneta Nobuko Fukuda Masako Ishida Madoka Natsumi Sumiko Yokoyama

Nordic combination Hatakeyama Yosuke Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 32nd place, +4: 45.2 min. Kitamura Takashi Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 43rd place, +7: 32.7 min. Kobayashi Norihito Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): 16th place, +2: 38.5 min. Takahashi Daito Individual (normal hill K106 / 15 km): No longer competed for the 15 km run Watabe Akito

Ski jumping Harada Masahiko Ichinohe Tsuyoshi Itō Daiki Itō Kenshirō Kasai Noriaki Okabe Takanobu

Snowboard

Men Chimura Itaru (boardercross) Kokubo Kazuhiro (half pipe) Murakami Fumiyuki (half pipe)       Nakai Takaharu (half pipe) Narita Domu (half pipe) Tsuruoka Kentaro (Alpine)

Women Yuka Fujimori (Boardercross) Fushimi Chikaku (half pipe) Imai Melo (half pipe) Shiho Nakashima (half pipe) Tomoka Takeuchi (Alpine) Sōko Yamaoka (halfpipe) Eri Yanetani (Alpine)