Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp
in Lausanne
Competitors	72 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Yuma Kagiyama
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 9 Silver 7 Bronze 1 Total 17
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2012 2016 2020 2024

Japan competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Yudai Yamamoto Speed skating Boys' 500 metres 12 January  Gold Yuma Kagiyama Figure skating Boys' singles 12 January  Gold Motonaga Arito Speed skating Boys' 1500 metres 13 January  Gold Motonaga Arito Speed skating Boys' mass start 16 January  Gold Mitsuki Ono Snowboarding Girls' halfpipe 20 January  Gold Ruka Hirano Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe 21 January  Gold Yuko Chujo Yuzuyu Fujii Nao Fukuda Komomo Ito Makoto Ito Minami Kamada Kaaya Komoto Nagomi Murakami Rio Noro Riri Noro Reina Sato Hina Shimomukai An Shinoda Himari Suzuki Masaki Tanabe Kyoka Tsutsumi Harua Umemori Ice hockey Girls' tournament 21 January  Gold Ryoma Kimata Snowboarding Boys' big air 22 January  Gold Hinari Asanuma Snowboarding Girls' big air 22 January  Silver Yuka Takahashi Speed skating Girls' 1500 metres 13 January  Silver Takumi Maeda Momoha Tabata Asei Nakahara Mina Kobayashi Curling Mixed team 16 January  Silver Ayane Miyazaki Nordic combined Girls' normal hill individual/4 km 18 January  Silver Manon Kaji Snowboarding Girls' halfpipe 20 January  Silver Kaishu Hirano Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe 21 January  Silver Ayane Miyazaki Yuto Nishikata Machiko Kubota Sota Kudo Ski jumping Mixed team normal hill 20 January  Silver Aoto Kawakami Snowboarding Boys' big air 22 January  Bronze Yukino Yoshida Speed skating Girls' 500 metres 12 January Medalists in mixed NOCs events Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Yukino Yoshida Speed skating Mixed team sprint 15 February  Gold Utana Yoshida Shingo Nishiyama Figure skating Team trophy 15 January  Silver Motonaga Arito Speed skating Mixed team sprint 15 February  Silver Yuma Kagiyama Figure skating Team trophy 15 January  Silver Reina Sato Ice hockey Girls' 3x3 mixed tournament 15 January  Bronze Yuna Kusama Ice hockey Girls' 3x3 mixed tournament 15 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ohra Kimishima	Super-G	—N/a	58.52	42
	Combined	58.52	42	36.02	23	1:34.54	26
	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	38.54	17	40.94	10	1:19.48	11

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuka Wakatsuki	Super-G	—N/a	1:02.38	41
	Combined	1:02.38	41	41.47	26	1:43.85	28
	Giant slalom	1:10.59	34	1:09.44	27	2:20.03	26
	Slalom	49.79	29	48.98	25	1:38.77	24

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ohra Kimishima Yuka Wakatsuki	Team	Norway L 0–4	Did not advance			16

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Taiki Ito	Sprint	24:27.9	5 (2+3)	81
	Individual	46:57.6	13 (3+5+4+1)	91
Keita Momen	Sprint	25:35.7	7 (3+4)	90
	Individual	43:19.5	8 (3+3+1+1)	81
Chiharu Ueda	Sprint	22:38.0	5 (1+4)	52
	Individual	42:20.7	10 (2+4+2+2)	71

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kurea Matsuoka	Sprint	23:18.7	2 (1+1)	75
	Individual	43:44.6	7 (3+1+2+1)	78
Misa Sasaki	Sprint	23:32.6	5 (3+2)	78
	Individual	40:58.3	7 (2+3+1+1)	66

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Misa Sasaki Chiharu Ueda	Single mixed relay	52:38.7	10+20	28
Misa Sasaki Kurea Matsuoka Chiharu Ueda Taiki Ito	Mixed relay	1:33:11.3	14+21	24

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chika Honda	5 km classic	—N/a						15:34.3	19
	Free sprint	2:57.31	27 Q	2:54.69	6	Did not advance			28
	Cross-country cross	5:27.62	33	Did not advance

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan qualified a mixed team of four athletes. ^[1]

Mixed team

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takumi Maeda Momoha Tabata Asei Nakahara Mina Kobayashi	Mixed team	Sweden W 7 – 4	Czech Republic W 8 – 1	United States W 8 – 2	Italy L 6 – 7	Latvia W 9 – 4	2 Q	Canada W 5 – 4	New Zealand W 8 – 4	Norway L 4 – 5

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 48	Round of 24	Round of 12	Round of 6	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mina Kobayashi  (JPN)   Leo Tuaz  (FRA)	Mixed doubles	Pražáková  (CZE)   Moon  (KOR) W 6–5	Jensen  (DEN)   Zhai  (CHN) W 8–7	Szmidt  (POL)   Rankin  (GBR) W 9–2	Nagy  (HUN)   Young  (CAN) L 1–8 LL	Nagy  (HUN)   Young  (CAN) L 2–6	Pei  (CHN)   Chabičovský  (CZE) L 3–7	4
Takumi Maeda  (JPN)   Ērika Bitmete  (LAT)		Ghedina  (ITA)   Omerzel  (SLO) W 8–6	Klammer  (EST)   Vlasenko  (RUS) W 8–7	Vergnaud  (FRA)   Burås  (NOR) L 8–9	Did not advance			7
Asei Nakahara  (JPN)   Gabi Rogic Farias  (BRA)		Antes  (GER)   Szarvas  (HUN) L 2–9	Did not advance					25
Momoha Tabata  (JPN)   Romet Mäesalu  (EST)		Wiksten  (DEN)   Craik  (GBR) L 6–8	Did not advance					25

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Two Japanese figure skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. ^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuma Kagiyama	Boys' singles	72.76	3	166.41	1	239.17
Mana Kawabe	Girls' singles	65.84	4	119.38	3	185.22	4

Couples

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shingo Nishiyama Utana Yoshida	Ice dancing	56.38	6	92.32	4	148.70	6

Mixed NOC team trophy

Athletes	Event	Free skate/Free dance
		Ice dance	Pairs	Girls	Boys	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Team Courage   Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama  (JPN)   Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava  (GEO)   Ksenia Sinitsyna  (RUS)   Arlet Levandi  (EST)	Team trophy	99.21 8	100.70 6	127.63 8	97.63 2	24
Team Focus   Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy  (RUS)   Cate Fleming / Jedidah Isbell  (USA)   Kate Wang  (USA)   Yuma Kagiyama  (JPN)		96.39 7	91.34 3	101.84 4	157.62 8	22

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Ruka Ito	Boys' big air	60.00	62.25	62.25	16	Did not advance
	Boys' slopestyle	63.33	9.33	63.33	12 Q	21.66	11.66	75.66	75.66	8
Yuna Koga	Girls' halfpipe	33.66	38.33	38.33	14	Did not advance
	Girls' slopestyle	37.25	43.50	43.50	12 Q	50.25	DNS	DNS	50.25	9
Akane Nakata	Girls' halfpipe	43.33	47.00	47.00	11	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Girls' tournament

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan girls'	Girls' tournament	Czech Republic W 4–1	Switzerland W 5–1	1 Q	Slovakia W 5–0	Sweden W 4–1

Team roster

• Yuko Chujo
• Yuzuyu Fujii
• Nao Fukuda
• Komomo Ito
• Makoto Ito
• Minami Kamada
• Kaaya Komoto
• Nagomi Murakami
• Rio Noro
• Riri Noro
• Reina Sato
• Hina Shimomukai
• An Shinoda
• Himari Suzuki
• Masaki Tanabe
• Kyoka Tsutsumi
• Harua Umemori

Mixed NOC 3x3 tournament

Boys

• Gosei Daikuhara
• Issa Otsuka
• Wataru Suzuki
• Tomoyoshi Yuki

Girls

• Sena Hasegawa
• Ruka Kiyokawa
• Yuna Kusama
• Riko Matsumoto
• Reina Sato

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuki Ishikawa	Singles	57.654	23	57.402	22	1:55.056	22

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country
		Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Yuto Nishikata	Boys' Normal hill/6 km	81.0	108.7	12	0:48	16:09.7	13
Taiga Onozawa	Boys' normal hill/6 km	85.0	108.4	14	0:49	16:49.4	16
Haruka Kasai	Girls' normal hill/4 km	76.0	104.7	10	1:06	13:08.2	9
Ayane Miyazaki	Girls' normal hill/4 km	84.0	120.0	3	0:20	11:48.8

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Three Japanese skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships. ^[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kosei Hayashi	500 m	43.912	2 Q	42.878	4	Did not advance			14
	1000 m	1:37.849	1 Q	1:31.554	2 Q	1:32.308	3 FB	1:36.969	8
Shogo Miyata	500 m	41.605	1 Q	41.662	1 Q	41.663	3 FB	42.386	6
	1000 m	DNF	4	Did not advance					32

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haruna Nagamori	500 m	45.501	2 Q	DQ		Did not advance			16
	1000 m	1:47.696	1 Q	1:35.182	3	Did not advance			10

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Taido Nagao	Boys'	1:13.13	17	1:17.35	19	2:30.48	19
Takanobu Usui		1:10.29	5	1:09.67	5	2:19.96	5

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sota Kudo	Boys' normal hill	DQ
Yuna Kasai	Girls' normal hill	82.5	109.3	5	74.0	86.9	8	196.2	6
Machiko Kubota		82.5	107.3	6	73.0	95.2	4	202.5	5
Ayane Miyazaki Yuto Nishikata Machiko Kubota Sota Kudo	Mixed team	330.5	471.6	2	321.5	466.4	2	938.0

Snowboarding

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Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Seigo Sato	Boys' snowboard cross	11	10	Did not advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kaishu Hirano	Boys' halfpipe	84.66	23.00	84.66	3 Q	91.00	95.66	37.33	95.66
Ruka Hirano	Boys' halfpipe	93.00	97.33	97.33	1 Q	94.66	97.33	30.66	97.33
Aoto Kawakami	Boys' big air	14.50	80.00	80.00	5 Q	79.25	96.00	95.75	191.75
	Boys' slopestyle	77.66	89.33	89.33	1 Q	63.33	22.00	55.00	63.33	4
Ryoma Kimata	Boys' big air	95.75	36.50	95.75	1 Q	96.50	98.50	37.00	195.00
	Boys' slopestyle	32.33	35.66	35.66	15	Did not advance
Hinari Asanuma	Girls' big air	76.00	74.33	76.00	3 Q	93.50	10.75	79.00	172.50
	Girls' slopestyle	47.00	75.00	75.00	4 Q	75.00	10.25	28.00	75.00	4
Manon Kaji	Girls' halfpipe	87.00	42.33	87.00	2 Q	85.33	41.00	31.66	85.33
Kanami Okuyama	Girls' big air	74.00	47.33	74.00	4 Q	76.25	16.00	23.50	99.75	6
	Girls' slopestyle	49.50	64.25	64.25	5 Q	64.25	25.00	17.75	64.25	5
Mitsuki Ono	Girls' halfpipe	89.33	85.66	89.33	1 Q	91.33	88.33	95.33	95.33

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Four Japanese skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships. ^[2]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Motonaga Arito	500 m	38.31	13
	1500 m	1:52.24
Yudai Yamamoto	500 m	36.42
	1500 m	1:59.36	10

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Yuka Takahashi	500 m	42.21	10
	1500 m	2:10.58
Yukino Yoshida	500 m	41.16
	1500 m	2:17.054	9

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Motonaga Arito	Boys' mass start	31	5:53.77	1 Q	30	6:29.72
Yudai Yamamoto		3	6:36.80	5 Q	1	6:49.70	10
Yuka Takahashi	Girls' mass start	20	6:13.86	2 Q	4	6:51.07	5
Yukino Yoshida		4	6:50.83	4 Q	0	6:57.26	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Team 3   Sini Siro  (FIN)   Yukino Yoshida  (JPN)   Ignaz Gschwentner  (AUT)   Alexander Sergeev  (RUS)	Mixed team sprint	2:04.10
Team 7   Varvara Bandaryna  (BLR)   Myrthe de Boer  (NED)   Lukáš Šteklý  (CZE)   Yudai Yamamoto  (JPN)	Mixed team sprint	2:06.80	5
Team 10   Marta Dobrowolska  (POL)   Yuka Takahashi  (JPN)   Michał Kopacz  (POL)   Park Sang-eon  (KOR)	Mixed team sprint	2:08.62	10
Team 16   Laura Kivioja  (FIN)   Daria Kopacz  (POL)   Theo Collins  (GBR)   Motonaga Arito  (JPN)	Mixed team sprint	2:05.92

See also

• Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
2. "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.