Japan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

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Japan at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
Flag of Japan.svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors146 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Go Tanaka
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
27
Silver
21
Bronze
26
Total
74
Asian Winter Games appearances

Japan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. [1] [2] This marked the fourth time the country has played host to the Asian Winter Games. [3]

Contents

Japan competed in all five sports (eleven disciplines). [4]

Ice hockey player Go Tanaka was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. [5]

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Speed skating pictogram.svg Speed skating 79723
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing 71311
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing 3227
Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg Freestyle skiing 3227
Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping 3205
Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboarding 1236
Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating 1102
Biathlon pictogram.svg Biathlon 1045
Ice hockey pictogram.svg Ice hockey 1012
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short track speed skating 0134
Curling pictogram.svg Curling 0112
Totals (11 sports)27212674

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Eri Yanetani Snowboarding Women's giant slalom 19 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nao Kodaira Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 20 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 20 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre freestyle 21 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Takuro Oda Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 21 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nao Kodaira Speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 21 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Misaki Oshigiri
Nana Takagi
Miho Takagi
Speed skating Women's team pursuit 21 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yohei Koyama Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom

22 February

Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yukiya Sato Ski jumping Normal hill individual 22 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Emi Hasegawa Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical 23 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 23 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's mass start 23 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mikito Tachizaki Biathlon Men's pursuit 24 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Nobuhito Kashiwabara
Kohei Shimizu
Naoto Baba
Akira Lenting
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay 24 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hikari Miyazaki
Kozue Takizawa
Yuki Kobayashi
Chisa Obayashi
Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay 24 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ikuma Horishima Freestyle skiing Men's dual moguls 24 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Naoki Nakamura Ski jumping Large hill individual

24 February

Gold medal icon.svg Gold Emi Hasegawa Alpine skiing Women's slalom 25 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ice hockey Women's tournament 25 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yuken Iwasa
Yukiya Sato
Naoki Nakamura
Masamitsu Ito
Ski jumping Large hill team 25 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre freestyle 26 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 15 kilometre freestyle 26 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shoma Uno Figure skating Men's singles 26 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ikuma Horishima Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 26 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Arisa Murata Freestyle skiing Women's moguls 26 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yuya Suzuki Snowboarding Men's slalom 20 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Eri Yanetani Snowboarding Women's slalom 20 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tsubasa Hasegawa Speed skating Men's 500 metres 20 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ryosuke Tsuchiya Speed skating Men's 5000 metres

20 February

Silver medal icon.svg Silver Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 20 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Naoto Baba Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 21 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ayuko Ito Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Misaki Oshigiri Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 21 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yuken Iwasa Ski jumping Normal hill individual 22 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ryosuke Tsuchiya Speed skating Men's 10000 metres 22 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shota Nakamura
Shane Williamson
Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Speed skating Men's team pursuit 22 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Asa Ando Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Takuro Oda Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 23 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shane Williamson Speed skating Men's mass start 23 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ayano Sato Speed skating Women's mass start 23 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yusuke Morozumi
Tetsuro Shimizu
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Kosuke Morozumi
Kosuke Hirata
Curling Men's team 24 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chris Reed
Kana Muramoto
Figure skating Ice dancing 24 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Daichi Hara Freestyle skiing Men's dual moguls 24 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Arisa Murata Freestyle skiing Women's dual moguls 24 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yuken Iwasa Ski jumping Large hill individual 24 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Asa Ando Alpine skiing Women's slalom 25 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shinnosuke Kamino Snowboarding Men's giant slalom 19 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nobuhito Kashiwabara Cross-country skiing Men's sprint classical 20 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Seitaro Ichinohe Speed skating Men's 5000 metres

20 February

Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ayano Sato Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 20 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 21 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shunsuke Nakamura Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 21 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Arisa Go Speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hideyuki Narita Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom

22 February

Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Keita Watanabe Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres 22 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sumire Kikuchi Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 22 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hiroki Yokoyama
Kazuki Yoshinaga
Keita Watanabe
Ryosuke Sakazume
Takayuki Muratake
Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metres relay 22 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Seitaro Ichinohe Speed skating Men's 10000 metres 22 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mai Kiyama Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 22

February

Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mikito Tachizaki Biathlon Men's sprint 23 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kohei Shimizu Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical 23 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Taro Kondo Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 23 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Satsuki Fujisawa
Mari Motohashi
Chinami Yoshida
Yurika Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki
Curling Women's team 24 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Miki Itō Freestyle skiing Women's dual moguls 24 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hideyuki Narita Alpine skiing Men's slalom 25 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fuyuko Tachizaki
Yurie Tanaka
Mikito Tachizaki
Tsukasa Kobonoki
Biathlon Mixed relay 25 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ayumu Nedefuji Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 25 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kurumi Imai Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 25 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kosuke Ozaki Biathlon Men's mass start 26 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fuyuko Tachizaki Biathlon Women's mass start 26 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Miki Itō Freestyle skiing Women's moguls 26 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ice hockey Men's tournament 26 February

Competitors

The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 448
Biathlon 6612
Cross-country skiing 448
Curling 5510
Figure skating 6612
Freestyle skiing 448
Ice hockey 232144
Short track speed skating 5510
Ski jumping 4N/A4
Snowboarding 4610
Speed skating 101020
Total7571146

Alpine skiing

Japan's alpine skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017. [6]

Men
Women

Biathlon

Men
Women

Cross-country skiing

Japan's cross-country skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017. [6]

Men
Women

Curling

Japan has entered both a men's and women's teams. [7] [8]

Men's tournament

Japan's men's curling team consists of five athletes. [8]

Key
Teams to playoffs
SkipWL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Liu Rui 50
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 41
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yusuke Morozumi 32
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Randolph Shen 23
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Viktor Kim 14
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Nabeel Alyafei 05
Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draw 3

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet A 12345678910Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Morozumi)11010200016
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Soo-hyuk)00102020005
Gold medal match

Friday, February 24, 1:30

Sheet C 12345678910Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Rui) Gold medal icon.svg01033202XX11
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Morozumi) Silver medal icon.svg10100020XX4

Women's tournament

Key
Teams to playoffs
SkipWL
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Eun-jung 30
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Bingyu 21
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Ramina Yunicheva 12
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Maryam Binali 04
Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draw 3

Figure skating

Japan's figure skating team consists of twelve athletes. [9] [10] On February 7, 2017, it was announced that Kaori Sakamoto would replace Satoko Miyahara, because the latter had sustained an injury to her hip. [11]

Singles
AthleteEventSPFPTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Shoma Uno Men's 92.432188.841281.27Gold medal icon.svg
Takahito Mura 90.324172.994263.314
Kaori Sakamoto Women's WD
Rika Hongo 60.982100.394161.374
Mixed
Athlete(s)EventSP/SDFP/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Pairs WD
Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata 48.78581.756130.535
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Ice dancing 64.74294.402159.14Silver medal icon.svg
Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki 48.84575.285124.125

Freestyle skiing

Japan's freestyle skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017. [6]

Men
Women

Ice hockey

Japan as the host nation has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division. [12] [13]

Men's tournament

Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes: [14]

Legend

RankPldWOWOLLGFGAGDPts
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 33000190+199
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 32001146+86
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 310021511+43
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30003032–320
22 February 2017
19:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg14–0
(5–0, 4–0, 5–0)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,197

24 February 2017
19:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,118

26 February 2017
12:30
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg7–0
(4–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,631

Women's tournament

Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes: [15]

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward

RankPldWOWOLLGFGAGDPts
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 55000981+9715
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 530114612+3410
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 530023114+179
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 52102376+318
5Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 51004584–793
6Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 500054104–1000
18 February 2017
12:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,200

20 February 2017
19:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,221

21 February 2017
19:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg46–0
(17–0, 18–0, 11–0)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 513

23 February 2017
19:00
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–37
(0–18, 0–13, 0–6)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 348

25 February 2017
19:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6–1
(5–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,807

Short track speed skating

Japan's speed skating team consists of 10 athletes (five men and five women). The team was officially unveiled on January 9, 2017. [16]

Men
Women

Ski jumping

Japan's ski jumping team will consist of four athletes (all men, as women's events are not scheduled to be held). The team was announced on January 19, 2017. [6]

Men

Snowboarding

Japan's snowboarding team will consist of ten athletes (four men and six women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017. [6]

Men
Women

Speed skating

Japan's speed skating team consists of 20 athletes (ten men and ten women). The team was officially unveiled on January 15, 2017. [17]

Men
Women

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