Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Participant (Japan)

JPN

4th	5	4th

Japan participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics with 124 athletes in 13 disciplines, including 52 men and 72 women. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was Noriaki Kasai .

With four gold, five silver and four bronze medals, Japan was the eleventh most successful nation at the Games. Six of the 13 medals, including three of the four gold medals, were won by Japan in speed skating . The short tracker Kei Saito was tested positive for the prohibited substance acetazolamide during a doping control outside of the competition and was subsequently excluded from the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Medals

Medal table

rank	sport	G	S.	B.	total
1	Speed ​​skating	3	2	1	6th
2	figure skating	1	1	-	2
3	Nordic combination	-	1	-	1
	Snowboard	-	1	-	1
5	Curling	-	-	1	1
	Freestyle skiing	-	-	1	1
	Ski jumping	-	-	1	1
total		4th	5	4th	13

Medalist

Athletes	sport	competition
gold
Yuzuru Hanyu	figure skating	singles
Nao Kodaira	Speed ​​skating	500 m
Ayano Satō Miho Takagi Nana Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi	Speed ​​skating	Team tracking
Nana Takagi	Speed ​​skating	Mass start
silver
Miho Takagi	Speed ​​skating	1500 m
Ayumu Hirano	Snowboard	halfpipe
Akito Watabe	Nordic combination	Single race
Nao Kodaira	Speed ​​skating	1000 m
Shoma Uno	figure skating	singles
bronze
Daichi Hara	Freestyle skiing	Mogul slope
Sara Takanashi	Ski jumping	Single normal hill
Miho Takagi	Speed ​​skating	1000 m
Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yūmi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Mari Motohashi	Curling	Women

Participants by sport

biathlon

Athletes	Competitions	time	error	rank
Men
Mikito Tachizaki	10 km sprint	27: 27.1 min	3 (0 + 3)	84
	20 km individual	54: 11.5 min	3 (0 + 1 + 2 + 0)	64
Women
Sari Furuya	7.5 km sprint	23: 21.5 min	2 (1 + 1)	49
	10 km pursuit	37: 02.1 min	5 (2 + 1 + 1 + 1)	54
	15 km individual	53: 11.0 min	9 (2 + 2 + 3 + 2)	85
Asuka Hachisuka	15 km individual	50: 30.2 min	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	81
Rina Mitsuhashi	7.5 km sprint	25: 53.1 min	5 (3 + 2)	85
Fuyuko Tachizaki	7.5 km sprint	23: 19.7 min	1 (0 + 1)	42
	10 km pursuit	37: 07.9 min	7 (2 + 0 + 2 + 3)	56
	15 km individual	50: 06.9 min	7 (3 + 1 + 2 + 1)	76
Yurie Tanaka	7.5 km sprint	24: 21.6 min	2 (1 + 1)	68
	15 km individual	50: 28.0 min	5 (2 + 2 + 0 + 1)	80
Fuyuko Tachizaki Sari Furuya Rina Mitsuhashi Yurie Tanaka	4 × 6 km relay	1: 15: 47.7 h	2 + 9 (0 + 2 2 + 7)	17th

Curling

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yūmi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Mari Motohashi	Yūsuke Morozumi Tetsurō Shimizu Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Kōsuke Morozumi Kohsuke Hirata
Preliminary round	United States 10: 5 Denmark 8: 5 South Korea 7: 5 China 6: 7 Olympic athletes from Russia 10: 5 Canada 3: 8 Sweden 5: 4 Great Britain 6: 8 Switzerland 4: 8	Norway 6: 4 Great Britain 5: 6 Switzerland 5: 6 Italy 6: 5 United States 8: 2 Sweden 4:11 Canada 4: 8 Denmark 6: 4 South Korea 4:10
Semifinals	South Korea 7: 8	eliminated
final	eliminated
Bronze game	Great Britain 5: 3
placement	bronze	8th place

ice Hockey

See also : Japan Women's National Team Squad for the 2018 Winter Olympics

competition	Women
Athletes	Yurie Adachi Moeko Fujimoto Nana Fujimoto Mika Hori Akane Hosoyamada Tomomi Iwahara Shiori Koike May Kondō Akane Konishi Hanae Kubo Ami Nakamura Shoko Ono Chiho Osawa Aoi Shiga Miho Shishiuchi Sena Suzuki Suzuka Taka Aina Takeuchi Naho Terashima Ayaka Toko Haruka Toko Rui Ukida Haruna Yoneyama
Preliminary round	Sweden 1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) Switzerland 1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 1) Korea 4: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0 )
Placement round	Sweden 2: 1 a.d. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Play for 5th place	Switzerland 0: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0)
placement	6th place

figure skating

Athletes	Competitions	Short program / dance		Freestyle / freestyle dance		total
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Yuzuru Hanyu	singles	111.68	1	206.17	2	317.85	gold
Keiji Tanaka	singles	80.05	20th	164.78	15th	244.83	18th
Shoma Uno	singles	104.17	3	202.73	3	306.90	silver
Women
Satoko Miyahara	singles	75.94	4th	146.44	4th	222.38	4th
Kaori Sakamoto	singles	73.18	5	136.53	6th	209.71	6th
Mixed
Miu Suzaki Ryuichi Kihara	Pair skating	57.74	21st	eliminated		57.74	21st
Kana Muramoto Chris Reed	Ice dance	63.41	15th	97.22	13	160.63	15th
Shōma Uno Keiji Tanaka Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto Miu Suzaki & Ryūichi Kihara Kana Muramoto & Chris Reed	team	26th	5	24	5	50	5

Speed ​​skating

Athletes	Competitions	time	rank
Men
Jōji Katō	500 m	34,831 s	6th
Tsubasa Hasegawa	500 m	35.80 s	14th
	1000 m	1: 09.83 min	20th
Daichi Yamanaka	500 m	34.78 s	5
	1000 m	1: 10.027 min	24
Takuro Oda	1000 m	1: 08.568 min	5
	1500 m	1: 45.44 min	5
Seitaro Ichinohe	5000 m	6: 16.55 min	9
Shota Nakamura	1500 m	1: 47.38 min	24
Shane Williamson	1500 m	1: 46.21 min	10
Ryousuke Tsuchiya	5000 m	6: 22.45 min	16
	10,000 m	13: 10.31 min	10
Women
Erina Kamiya	500 m	38.255 s	13
Arisa Go	500 m	37.67 s	8th
	1000 m	1: 15.84 min	13
Nao Kodaira	500 m	36.94 s ( OR )	gold
	1000 m	1: 13.82 min	silver
	1500 m	1: 56.11 min	6th
Ayaka Kikuchi	1500 m	1: 58.92 min	16
	3000 m	4: 13.25 min	19th
Miho Takagi	1000 m	1: 13.98 min	bronze
	1500 m	1: 54.55 min	silver
	3000 m	4: 01.35 min	5
Misaki Oshigiri	5000 m	7: 07.71 min	9
Ayano Sato	3000 m	4: 04.35 min	8th
Nana Takagi	5000 m	7: 17.45 min	12

Athletes	Competitions	Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Ryousuke Tsuchiya	Mass start	0	11	eliminated		21st
Shane Williamson	Mass start	20th	3	0	11	11
Women
Ayano Sato	Mass start	0	12	eliminated		24
Nana Takagi	Mass start	5	5	60	1	gold

Athletes	Competitions	Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	time	opponent	time	opponent	time
Men
Seitaro Ichinohe Shota Nakamura Ryosuke Tsuchiya Shane Williamson	Team tracking	Canada	3: 41.62 min	eliminated		Italy	3: 41.62 min	5
Women
Miho Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi Ayano Satō Nana Takagi	Team tracking	China	2: 56.09 min	Canada	2: 58.94 min	Netherlands	2: 53.89 min ( OR )	gold

Freestyle skiing

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Naoya Tabara	Aerials	103.98	13	eliminated		19th
Shō Endō	Mogul slope	75.73	7th	DNF		10
Daichi Hara	Mogul slope	80.01	6th	82.19	3	bronze
Ikuma Horishima	Mogul slope	80.35	5	DNF		11
Nobuyuki Nishi	Mogul slope	75.17	9	46.04	19th	19th
Taisei Yamamoto	Slopestyle	70.40	20th	eliminated		20th
Women
Arisa Murata	Mogul slope	74.13	9	70.77	18th	18th
Ayana Onozuka	halfpipe	84.80	5	82.20	5	5
Saori Suzuki	halfpipe	71.80	14th	eliminated		14th
Yurie Watabe	halfpipe	56.60	21st	eliminated		22nd

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final		rank
		time	rank	rank	rank	rank	position	rank
Women
Reina Umehara	Ski cross	1: 17.81 min	21st	3	eliminated				22nd

Nordic combination

Takehiro Watanabe was nominated as a substitute athlete, he was not used.

Athletes	competition	Ski jumping			Cross-country skiing		rank
		Expanse	Points	rank	time	rank
Men
Hideaki Nagai	Gundersen competition normal hill	101.0 m	104.2	14th	26: 30.5 min	14th	14th
	Gundersen competition large hill	134.0 m	121.0	13	25: 20.2 min	12	12
Akito Watabe	Gundersen competition normal hill	105.5 m	123.7	3	24: 56.2 min	2	silver
	Gundersen competition large hill	134.0 m	138.9	1	24: 05.0 min	5	5
Yoshito Watabe	Gundersen competition normal hill	104.0 m	114.3	8th	26: 16.2 min	12	12
	Gundersen competition large hill	121.0 m	100.6	20th	26: 07.9 min	20th	20th
Go Yamamoto	Gundersen competition normal hill	97.5 m	104.0	15th	27: 57.1 min	33	33
	Gundersen competition large hill	127.5 m	124.5	8th	25: 32.2 min	16	16
Hideaki Nagai Go Yamamoto Yoshito Watabe Akito Watabe	Team competition	525.0 m	455.3	3	47: 59.6 min	7th	4th

Short track

athlete	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Final A / B		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Kei Saito	500 m	disqualified for doping
Ryosuke Sakazume	500 m	40.658 s	2	40,563 s	2	40.434 s	4th	B-final 40.985 s	4th	8th
	1000 m	DNF	3	1: 24.099 min	2	1: 24.317 min	3	B final 1: 27.522 min	1	5
Keita Watanabe	500 m	41.678 s	2	41.354 s	4th	eliminated
	1000 m	1: 24.078 min	3	eliminated						21st
	1500 m	2: 19.205 min	4th	-		eliminated				26th
Hiroki Yokoyama	1500 m	2: 13.323 min	4th	-		eliminated				23
Kazuki Yoshinaga	1000 m	1: 24.030 min	2	1: 24649 min	4th	eliminated				13
	1500 m	DSQ		-		eliminated
Ryōsuke Sakazume Keita Watanabe Hiroki Yokoyama Kazuki Yoshinaga	5000 m relay	-				6: 42.655 min	4th	B-final 7: 02.554 min	3	7th
Women
Shione Kaminaga	1500 m	2: 28.719 min	6th	-		eliminated				30th
Sumire Kikuchi	500 m	44.838 s	4th	eliminated						29
	1000 m	1: 30.970 min	3	eliminated
	1500 m	2: 29.665 min	3	-		2: 34.526 min	3	B-final 2: 54.450 min	4th	11
Yuki Kikuchi	1500 m	DSQ		-		eliminated
Hitomi Saito	1000 m	1: 32.457 min	2	1: 30.804 min	4th	eliminated
Ayuko Itō Sumire Kikuchi Yuki Kikuchi Hitomi Saito Shione Kaminaga	3000 m relay	-				4: 12.664 min	4th	B final 4: 13.072 min	4th	6th

skeleton

athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Katsuyuki Miyajima	51.63 s	20th	52.15 s	27	51.80 s	24	eliminated		2: 35.58 min	26th
Hiroatsu Takahashi	52.00 s	27	51.50 s	21st	51.19 s	16	eliminated		2: 34.69 min	22nd
Women
Takako Oguchi	53.82 s	19th	53.41 s	18th	53.62 s	19th	53.11 s	18th	3: 33.96 min	19th

Alpine skiing

Athletes	Competitions	1st run	2nd run	total
		time	time	time	rank
Women
Asa Andō	slalom	DNF	eliminated
Haruna Ishikawa	Giant slalom	1: 16.49 min	1: 12.50 min	2: 28.99 min	33
Men
Tomoya Ishii	Giant slalom	1: 12.43 min	1: 12.35 min	2: 24.78 min	30th
Naoki Yuasa	slalom	52.89 s	DNF	eliminated

Cross-country skiing

Athletes	Competitions	time	rank
Men
Keishin Yoshida	15 km freestyle	34: 59.1 min	13
	30 km skiathlon	1: 18: 23.0 h	25th
	50 km classic	2: 17: 21.9 h	23
Women
Masako Ishida	10 km freestyle	27: 03.5 min	18th
	15 km skiathlon	42: 04.1 min	14th
	30 km classic	1: 26: 38.4 h	10

Ski jumping

Athletes	Competitions	qualification			1st round			2nd round			total
		Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Yūki Itō	Normal hill	-			94.0 m	105.1	9	93.0 m	98.8	10	203.9	9
Kaori Iwabuchi	Normal hill	-			93.5 m	98.2	11	89.0 m	90.1	13	188.3	12
Yūka Setō	Normal hill	-			93.0 m	90.3	15th	89.0 m	81.7	24	172.0	17th
Sara Takanashi	Normal hill	-			103.5 m	120.3	3	103.5 m	123.5	3	243.8	bronze
Men
Daiki Itō	Normal hill	93.5 m	106.0	31	103.0 m	110.3	19th	102.0 m	104.4	20th	214.7	20th
Noriaki Kasai	Normal hill	98.0 m	117.7	20th	104.5 m	113.9	16	99.0 m	99.4	26th	213.3	21st
	Large hill	122.5 m	104.2	22nd	121.0 m	107.9	33	eliminated			107.9	33
Junshirō Kobayashi	Normal hill	101.0 m	118.4	18th	93.0 m	98.8	31	eliminated			98.0	31
	Large hill	115.0 m	89.5	37	122.0 m	114.8	26th	122.0 m	110.0	24	224.8	24
Ryoyu Kobayashi	Normal hill	98.0 m	115.3	21st	108.0 m	120.2	9	108.0 m	120.6	7th	240.8	7th
	Large hill	143.5 m	127.6	3	135.5 m	134.0	7th	128.0 m	124.0	15th	258.0	10
Taku Takeuchi	Large hill	120.5 m	98.5	27	124.0 m	114.1	27	125.5 m	120.1	19th	234.2	22nd
Taku Takeuchi Daiki Itō Noriaki Kasai Ryōyū Kobayashi	Large hill team	-			506.5 m	475.5	6th	501.0 m	465.0	6th	940.5	6th

Snowboard

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Hiroaki Kunitake	Big Air	37.25	17th	eliminated		33
	Slopestyle	43.16	14th	eliminated		26th
Yuri Okubo	Big Air	84.25	9	eliminated		18th
	Slopestyle	75.05	8th	eliminated		14th
Taku Hiraoka	halfpipe	75.75	13	eliminated		13
Ayumu Hirano	halfpipe	95.25	3	95.25	2	silver
Raibu Katayama	halfpipe	90.75	5	87.00	7th	7th
Yūto Totsuka	halfpipe	80.00	10	39.25	11	11
Women
Yuka Fujimori	Big Air	94.25	2	122.75	7th	7th
	Slopestyle	failed		63.73	9	9
Asami Hirono	Big Air	37.75	24	eliminated		24
	Slopestyle	failed		49.80	12	12
Reira Iwabuchi	Big Air	92.75	3	147.50	4th	4th
	Slopestyle	failed		48.33	14th	14th
Miyabi Onitsuka	Big Air	86.50	7th	119.00	8th	8th
	Slopestyle	failed		39.55	19th	19th
Kurumi Imai	halfpipe	54.75	17th	eliminated		15th
Haruna Matsumoto	halfpipe	84.25	3	70.00	6th	6th
Hikaru Ōe	halfpipe	51.00	17th	eliminated		17th
Sena Tomita	halfpipe	66.75	7th	65.25	8th	8th

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	time	opponent	time	opponent	time	opponent	time	opponent	time
Men
Masaki Shiba	Parallel giant slalom	1: 26.91 min	27	eliminated								27
Women
Tomoka Takeuchi	Parallel giant slalom	1: 32.86 min	6th	Dujmovits	−0.17 s	Jörg	+0.62 s	eliminated				12

Web links

• Japan on the official site of the games

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Short track at the 2018 Olympics: First doping case Kei Saito from Japan tested positive. Retrieved February 14, 2018 .