Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Japan
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp
in Beijing, China February 4–20, 2022
Competitors	124 (49 men and 75 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Akito Watabe Arisa Go
Flag bearer (closing)	Arisa Go
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 3 Silver 7 Bronze 8 Total 18
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

Akito Watabe and Arisa Go were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} Meanwhile Go was also the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. ^{[7] [8]}

Medalists

Further information: 2022 Winter Olympics medal table and List of 2022 Winter Olympics medal winners

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Ryōyū Kobayashi Ski jumping Men's individual normal hill 6 February  Gold Ayumu Hirano Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 11 February  Gold Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 17 February  Silver Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 7 February  Silver Shoma Uno Yuma Kagiyama Wakaba Higuchi Kaori Sakamoto Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto Figure skating Team event 7 February  Silver Yuma Kagiyama Figure skating Men's singles 10 February  Silver Ryōyū Kobayashi Ski jumping Men's individual large hill 12 February  Silver Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 500 metres 13 February  Silver Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi Speed skating Women's team pursuit 15 February  Silver Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki Curling Women's tournament 20 February  Bronze Ikuma Horishima Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 5 February  Bronze Sena Tomita Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 10 February  Bronze Shoma Uno Figure skating Men's singles 10 February  Bronze Wataru Morishige Speed skating Men's 500 metres 12 February  Bronze Kokomo Murase Snowboarding Women's big air 14 February  Bronze Akito Watabe Nordic combined Individual large hill/10 km 15 February  Bronze Akito Watabe Yoshito Watabe Hideaki Nagai Ryota Yamamoto Nordic combined Team large hill/4 × 5 km 17 February  Bronze Kaori Sakamoto Figure skating Women's singles 17 February

Medals by sport Sport Total Speed skating 1 3 1 5 Ski jumping 1 1 0 2 Snowboarding 1 0 2 3 Figure skating 0 2 2 4 Curling 0 1 0 1 Nordic combined 0 0 2 2 Freestyle skiing 0 0 1 1 Total 3 7 8 18

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	2	3
Biathlon	2	4	6
Cross-country skiing	4	4	8
Curling	0	5	5
Figure skating	5	5	10
Freestyle skiing	6	6	12
Ice hockey	0	23	23
Luge	1	0	1
Nordic combined	5	0	5
Short track speed skating	4	3	7
Speed skating	7	8	15
Ski jumping	5	4	9
Snowboarding	9	11	20
Total	49	75	124

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yohei Koyama	Men's slalom	DNF		did not advance
Asa Ando	Women's slalom	DNF		did not advance
	Women's giant slalom	1:01.43	29	59.56	23	2:00.99	24
Sakurako Mukogawa	Women's slalom	56.09	36	56.64	37	1:52.73	35
	Women's giant slalom	1:03.39	36	1:03.38	33	2:06.77	31

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kosuke Ozaki	Men's sprint	26:24.1	0 (0+0)	44
	Men's individual	58:37.9	6 (1+0+4+1)	82
	Men's pursuit	46:56.6	4 (0+2+0+2)	51
Tsukasa Kobonoki	Men's sprint	26:17.8	1 (0+1)	41
	Men's individual	54:16.6	3 (1+0+1+1)	44
	Men's pursuit	46:16.0	5 (1+1+2+1)	46
Asuka Hachisuka	Women's sprint	26:06.7	4 (4+0)	87
	Women's individual	51:58.0	4 (0+1+0+3)	65
Fuyuko Tachizaki	Women's sprint	23:10.8	1 (0+1)	39
	Women's pursuit	40:27.8	3 (0+1+1+1)	42
	Women's individual	48:17.5	3 (1+1+0+1)	27
Sari Furuya	Women's sprint	23:58.9	3 (1+2)	67
	Women's individual	52:45.0	7 (2+1+0+4)	74
Yurie Tanaka	Women's sprint	24:21.5	1 (0+1)	74
	Women's individual	52:26.3	4 (2+1+0+1)	71
Asuka Hachisuka Fuyuko Tachizaki Sari Furuya Yurie Tanaka	Women's team relay	LAP		17

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kosuke Ozaki Tsukasa Kobonoki Fuyuko Tachizaki Sari Furuya	Relay	LAP	14 (3+11)	18

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Japan qualified four male and four female cross-country skiers. ^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Ryo Hirose	Men's 15 km classical	—				41:30.5	+3:35.7	43
Hiroyuki Miyazawa		—				43:47.5	+5:52.7	67
Naoto Baba	30 km skiathlon	43:13.8	44	40:52.4	31	1:24:43.9	+8:34.1	35
Ryo Hirose		43:04.4	43	41:41.1	40	1:25:17.7	+9:07.9	41
Haruki Yamashita		45:06.0	57	LAP				53
Naoto Baba	50 km freestyle	—				1:14:52.7	+3:20.0	24
Ryo Hirose Hiroyuki Miyazawa Naoto Baba Haruki Yamashita	4 × 10 km relay	—				2:03:01.5	+8:10.8	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Masako Ishida	10 km classical	—	30:50.6	+2:44.3	27
Chika Kobayashi		—	32:10.0	+4:03.7	54
Masae Tsuchiya		—	31:41.5	+3:35.2	46
Masako Ishida	15 km skiathlon	24:26.3	28	23:41.1	35	48:44.7	+4:31.0	27
Chika Kobayashi		25:52.5	49	24:21.9	46	50:55.4	+6:41.7	50
Masae Tsuchiya		24:39.0	33	23:56.6	37	49:13.6	+4:59.9	35
Miki Kodama		26:17.4	52	24:45.0	53	51:48.3	+7:34.6	52
Masako Ishida	30 km freestyle	—				1:32:06.3	+7:12.3	26
Masae Tsuchiya						1:34:47.6	+9:53.6	36
Miki Kodama						1:39:53.8	+14:59.8	50
Chika Kobayashi						1:43:33.1	+18:39.1	55
Masako Ishida Masae Tsuchiya Chika Kobayashi Miki Kodama	4 × 5 km relay	—				58:40.6	+4:59.6	11

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hiroyuki Miyazawa	Men's	2:54.64	32	did not advance
Haruki Yamashita		3:02.60	57	did not advance

Curling

Main articles: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki	Women's tournament	SWE L 5–8	CAN W 8–5	DEN W 8–7	ROC W 10–5	CHN W 10–2	KOR L 5–10	GBR L 4–10	USA W 10–7	SUI L 4–8	4 Q	SUI W 8–6	GBR L 3–10

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan has qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing second in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event. ^[10] Team Satsuki Fujisawa qualified as Japanese representatives by winning the 2021 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Sayaka Yoshimura 3–2 in the best-of-five trial. ^[11]

Final Round Robin Standings

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S% [12]	DSC [13]	Qualification
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	9	8	1	–	67	46	44	36	4	12	81.6%	19.14	Playoffs
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	9	7	2	–	64	49	39	35	6	12	82.0%	25.02
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	9	5	4	1–1	63	47	39	33	4	9	80.6%	35.27
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	9	5	4	1–1	64	62	40	36	2	13	82.3%	36.00
Canada	Jennifer Jones	9	5	4	1–1	71	59	42	41	1	14	80.4%	45.44
United States	Tabitha Peterson	9	4	5	2–0	60	64	40	39	2	12	79.5%	33.87
China	Han Yu	9	4	5	1–1	56	67	38	41	3	10	79.6%	30.06
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	9	4	5	0–2	62	66	40	42	3	10	80.8%	27.79
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	9	2	7	–	50	68	33	41	7	0	77.2%	23.36
ROC	Alina Kovaleva	9	1	8	–	50	79	34	45	2	7	78.9%	29.34

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Round robin

Japan had a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10. ^[14]

Draw 1

Thursday, 10 February, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	X	8
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	5

Draw 3

Friday, 11 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	5
Japan (Fujisawa)	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	X	8

Draw 4

Saturday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	8
Denmark (Dupont)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	7

Draw 5

Saturday, 12 February, 20:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
ROC (Kovaleva)	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	3	10

Draw 7

Monday, 14 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Han)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	1	X	X	10

Draw 8

Monday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	10

Draw 9

Tuesday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Muirhead)	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	X	X	10
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	4

Draw 11

Wednesday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	X	10
United States (Peterson)	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	X	7

Draw 12

Thursday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	X	8

Semifinal

Friday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	6
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	8

Gold medal game

Sunday, 20 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Great Britain (Muirhead)	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	X	10

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Japan secured three quotas in both the men's and ladies singles competitions, and one each in the pairs and ice dance competitions. ^[15]

The Japan won bronze medals in the team event, which were not awarded at the Olympics due to pending investigation into a Russian doping scandal. The investigation was still ongoing as of 2023, ^[16] with the final decision announced in early 2024. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recommended the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to upgrade the Japan team to silver, which it did, bringing the country's silver medal tally to seven.

Athlete	Event	SP / SD		FS / FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuzuru Hanyu	Men's singles	95.15	8 Q	188.06	3	283.21	4
Shoma Uno		105.90	3 Q	187.10	5	293.00
Yuma Kagiyama		108.12	2 Q	201.93	2	310.05
Kaori Sakamoto	Ladies' singles	79.84	3 Q	153.29	3	233.13
Wakaba Higuchi		73.51	5 Q	140.93	6	214.44	5
Mana Kawabe		62.69	15 Q	104.04	23	166.73	23
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Pairs	70.85	8 Q	141.04	5	211.89	7
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	Ice dance	65.41	22	did not advance

Team trophy

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Shoma Uno (M) (SP) Yuma Kagiyama (M) (FS) Wakaba Higuchi (L) (SP) Kaori Sakamoto (L) (FS) Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (P) Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto (ID)	Team event	105.46 9	74.73 9	74.45 7	66.54 4	29	3 Q	208.94 10	148.66 9	139.60 9	98.66 6	63

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Freeskiing

Women

Kokone Kondo withdrew from the slopestyle event after sustaining an injury during practice.

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kokone Kondo	Slopestyle	DNS					did not advance
Saori Suzuki	Halfpipe	68.75	66.25	—	68.75	15	did not advance

Moguls
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Daichi Hara	Moguls	25.23	61.38	76.11	8 Q	Bye				24.27	62.59	78.59	3 Q	24.40	61.00	76.82	7	did not advance			7
Ikuma Horishima		25.38	59.87	74.40	16	25.75	61.64	76.19	5 Q	25.20	63.14	77.91	5 Q	25.47	65.17	79.58	3 Q	23.86	64.94	81.48
So Matsuda		25.71	59.25	73.35	18	26.11	55.47	73.35	13	did not advance											23
Kosuke Sugimoto		25.00	61.78	76.26	6 Q	Bye				24.41	63.20	79.01	2 Q	25.13	60.87	75.73	9	did not advance			9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Junko Hoshino	Moguls	28.53	59.53	75.38	6 Q	Bye				28.73	57.57	73.19	13	did not advance							13
Anri Kawamura		28.33	60.29	76.36	5 Q	Bye				27.90	64.16	80.72	2 Q	28.37	62.81	78.84	3 Q	28.00	60.67	77.12	5
Kisara Sumiyoshi		30.25	54.23	68.14	15	28.50	56.70	72.58	2 Q	28.71	55.87	71.52	15	did not advance							15
Hinako Tomitaka		30.01	50.90	65.08	18	29.57	57.25	71.93	4 Q	29.87	55.65	69.99	19	did not advance							19

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Satoshi Furuno	Men's ski cross	1:13.46	22	4	did not advance			26
Ryo Sugai		1:12.29	3	3	did not advance			17

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Sweden W 3–1	Denmark W 6–2	China L 1–2 GWS	Czech Republic W 3–2 GWS	1 Q	—	Finland L 1–7	did not advance		6

Japan has qualified 23 female competitors to the ice hockey tournament. ^[17]

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's national ice hockey team qualified by being 6th in the 2020 IIHF World Rankings. ^[18]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 8 January 2022. ^[19]

Head Coach: Yuji Iizuka

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Nana Fujimoto	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 32)	Färjestad BK
2	D	Shiori Koike	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	(1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 28)	DK Peregrine
3	D	Aoi Shiga	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	(1999-07-04)4 July 1999 (aged 22)	Toyota Cygnus
4	D	Ayaka Toko	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	(1994-08-22)22 August 1994 (aged 27)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
6	D	Sena Suzuki	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	(1991-08-04)4 August 1991 (aged 30)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
7	D	Yukiko Kawashima	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 25)	DK Peregrine
8	D	Akane Hosoyamada	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	(1992-03-09)9 March 1992 (aged 29)	DK Peregrine
10	F	Haruna Yoneyama	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 30)	DK Peregrine
11	F	Mei Miura	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 23)	Toyota Cygnus
12	F	Chiho Osawa – C	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 29)	Luleå HF
14	F	Haruka Toko	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	(1997-03-16)16 March 1997 (aged 24)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
15	F	Rui Ukita	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	(1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 25)	Daishin
16	F	Akane Shiga	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	(2001-03-03)3 March 2001 (aged 20)	Toyota Cygnus
18	F	Suzuka Taka	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	(1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 25)	DK Peregrine
19	F	Chika Otaki	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	(1998-12-14)14 December 1998 (aged 23)	DK Peregrine
20	G	Miyuu Masuhara	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)	43 kg (95 lb)	(2001-10-04)4 October 2001 (aged 20)	DK Peregrine
21	F	Hanae Kubo	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	(1982-12-10)10 December 1982 (aged 39)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
22	F	Miho Shishiuchi	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	(1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 29)	Toyota Cygnus
23	F	Hikaru Yamashita	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	(2000-09-23)23 September 2000 (aged 21)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
27	F	Remi Koyama	1.46 m (4 ft 9 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	(2000-07-17)17 July 2000 (aged 21)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
28	D	Shiori Yamashita	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	50 kg (110 lb)	(2002-04-28)28 April 2002 (aged 19)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
30	G	Akane Konishi	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	(1995-08-14)14 August 1995 (aged 26)	Seibu Princess Rabbits

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	4	2	1	1	0	13	7	+6	9	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	4	2	0	1	1	10	8	+2	7
3	Sweden	4	2	0	0	2	7	8	−1	6
4	China (H)	4	1	1	0	2	7	7	0	5	Eliminated
5	Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	7	14	−7	3

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

3 February 2022 (2022-02-03) 16:40 v

Sweden

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Japan

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 482

Game reference
	Emma Söderberg	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Cianna Lieffers Elizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Kendall Hanley Diana Mokhova
	0–1 19:13 – Koike (Kubo, Osawa) Nylén Persson (Wikner-Zienkiewicz) – 20:30 1–1 1–2 44:03 – Ukita (Ak. Shiga, Ao. Shiga) 1–3 58:59 – Yoneyama (Koyama, Hosoyamada) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	40

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5 February 2022 (2022-02-05) 16:40 v

Japan

6–2 (3–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Denmark

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 476

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto Akane Konishi	Goalies	Cassandra Repstock-Romme Lisa Jensen	Referees: Kelly Cooke Maria Furberg Linesmen: Alex Clarke Sara Strong
	H. Yamashita (Miura, Koike) – 10:46 1–0 H. Toko (Ao. Shiga, A. Toko) – 12:08 2–0 Ukita – 13:50 3–0 A. Toko (H. Toko) – 22:53 4–0 4–1 29:16 – Bau Hansen (N. Jensen) Ak. Shiga (Kubo, H. Toko) (PP) – 39:54 5–1 H. Yoneyama (H. Yamashita, Koike) – 48:02 6–1 6–2 59:55 – Jakobsen (Persson, Weis) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	20

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6 February 2022 (2022-02-06) 16:40 v

China

2–1 GWS (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Japan

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 506

Game reference
	Zhou Jiaying	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Tijana Haack Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Julia Kainberger
	0–1 18:02 – Hosoyamada (Koike, Osawa) (PP) Hu (Li B.) – 41:06 1–1
	Lin Q. Lin N. Zhang Mi	Shootout	Kubo Shiga Ukita H. Toko A. Toko
	6 min	Penalties	0 min
	30	Shots	33

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8 February 2022 (2022-02-08) 16:40 v

Japan

3–2 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 638

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Daria Abrosimova Daria Ermak Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Linnea Sainio
	H. Toko (Ao. Shiga, A. Toko) (PP) – 04:00 1–0 1–1 26:09 – Křížová (Vanišová) H. Toko (Kubo, A. Toko) (PP) – 40:23 2–1 2–2 45:53 – Mlýnková
	Ukita Kubo Koyama H. Toko Ak. Shiga	Shootout	Pátková Křížová Pejzlová Mrázová Mills
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	38

Quarterfinals

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) 16:40 v

Finland

7–1 (2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 675

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto Akane Konishi	Referees: Cianna Lieffers Anna Wiegand Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Veronica Lovensnö
	Nieminen (Tulus, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 02:08 1–0 Vainikka (Laitinen, Holopainen) – 04:32 2–0 2–1 15:01 – Shiga (H. Toko) Karvinen (Nieminen, Tapani) – 25:01 3–1 Nieminen (Karvinen, Laitinen) – 28:29 4–1 Nieminen (Tapani, Hiirikoski) – 40:18 5–1 Tapani (Karvinen, Nieminen) – 48:28 6–1 Hakala (Niskanen, Laitinen) – 52:29 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	49	Shots	25

Luge

Main articles: Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Seiya Kobayashi	Men's singles	1:00.856	31	1:00.919	33	59.859	30	did not advance		3:01.634	32

Nordic combined

Main articles: Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	98.0	114.1	9	24:24.1	4	25:40.1	7
	Large hill/10 km	135.0	126.4	5	26:19.9	10	27:13.9
Hideaki Nagai	Large hill/10 km	117.0	83.7	32	27:28.9	28	31:12.9	31
Ryota Yamamoto	Normal hill/10 km	108.0	133.0	1	26:54.3	34	26:54.3	14
	Large hill/10 km	140.0	128.7	2	27:44.1	34	28:28.1	12
Sora Yachi	Normal hill/10 km	103.5	116.9	5	27:34.6	40	28:38.6	30
Yoshito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	97.5	110.8	13	25:25.2	23	26:54.2	13
	Large hill/10 km	118.0	94.4	27	27:08.7	22	30:10.7	25
Akito Watabe Hideaki Nagai Ryota Yamamoto Yoshito Watabe	Team large hill/4×5 km	522.0	466.6	4	51:28.3	4	51:40.3

Short track speed skating

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Japan has qualified four male and three female short track speed skaters. They will participate in the men's and mixed relays as well. ^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katsunori Koike	500 m	41.199	4	did not advance					26
Kazuki Yoshinaga	1000 m	1:25.574	3 AA	DSQ		did not advance			17
	1500 m	—		2:12.450	2 Q	2:14.014	3 QB	2:18.585	16
Kota Kikuchi	500 m	42.176	3	did not advance					22
	1500 m	—		2:15.243	4	did not advance			22
Shogo Miyata	1000 m	1:24.367	4	did not advance					23
	1500 m	—		2:13.799	5	did not advance			27
Katsunori Koike Kazuki Yoshinaga Kota Kikuchi Shogo Miyata	5000 m relay	—				6:40.446	3 QB	6:40.545	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shione Kaminaga	1000 m	1:28.465	4	did not advance					25
	1500 m	—		2:22.261	5	did not advance			27
Sumire Kikuchi	500 m	42.829	3 q	56.092	3	did not advance			12
	1000 m	1:30.154	2 Q	1:37.170	5	did not advance			19
	1500 m	—		2:23.359	3 Q	No time	6 ADV B	2:37.915	8
Yuki Kikuchi	1000 m	1:28.764	4	did not advance					27
	1500 m	—		2:22.192	4	did not advance			23

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katsunori Koike Kazuki Yoshinaga Kota Kikuchi Shogo Miyata Shione Kaminaga Sumire Kikuchi Yuki Kikuchi	2000 m relay	2:39.112	4	did not advance			10

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; OR – Olympic record

Ski jumping

Main articles: Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Junshiro Kobayashi	Large hill	121.5	101.4	32 Q	130.0	120.4	30	134.0	131.6	18	252.0	24
Ryōyū Kobayashi		128.0	121.3	9 Q	142.0	147.0	1	138.0	145.8	2	292.8
Naoki Nakamura		122.0	107.1	37 Q	134.0	128.6	17	124.0	112.3	30	240.9	29
Yukiya Sato		126.0	111.7	23 Q	133.0	128.4	18	134.5	132.2	17	260.6	15
Junshiro Kobayashi	Normal hill	93.0	88.2	26 Q	97.5	123.0	26 Q	92.5	111.0	26	254.0	27
Ryōyū Kobayashi		99.0	111.4	4 Q	104.5	145.4	1 Q	99.5	129.6	5	275.0
Naoki Nakamura		88.5	87.0	29 Q	93.5	114.5	38	did not advance
Yukiya Sato		100.0	103.6	10 Q	95.0	118.1	32	did not advance
Junshiro Kobayashi Naoki Nakamura Ryoyu Kobayashi Yukiya Sato	Team large hill	—			513	438.5	5	498.5	444.3	6	882.8	5

Women

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kaori Iwabuchi	Normal hill	94.5	94.8	11	83.0	74.8	24	169.6	18
Sara Takanashi		98.5	108.7	5	100.0	115.4	4	224.1	4
Yuka Seto		94.5	94.6	13	83.5	81.9	19	176.5	14
Yuki Ito		94.0	95.5	10	82.0	81.2	20	176.7	13

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ryōyū Kobayashi Yukiya Sato Sara Takanashi Yuki Ito	Mixed team	332.9	359.9	8	378.5	476.4	2	836.3	4

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Freestyle

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kaito Hamada	Big air	80.75	41.75	55.75	136.50	15	did not advance
Hiroaki Kunitake		83.75	61.50	74.50	158.25	4 Q	82.25	50.25	84.00	166.25	4
Takeru Otsuka		68.50	75.50	91.50	160.00	2 Q	17.25	95.00	33.75	128.75	9
Ruki Tobita		25.75	16.25	20.25	46.00	29	did not advance
Ayumu Hirano	Halfpipe	87.25	93.25	—	93.25	1 Q	33.75	91.75	96.00	96.00
Kaishu Hirano		74.75	77.25		77.25	9 Q	75.50	37.75	15.75	75.50	9
Ruka Hirano		80.75	87.00		87.00	3 Q	13.00	11.75	9.25	13.00	12
Yūto Totsuka		84.50	12.00		84.50	6 Q	62.00	69.75	26.50	69.75	10
Kaito Hamada	Slopestyle	56.06	67.45	—	67.45	12 Q	25.90	15.91	59.36	59.36	8
Hiroaki Kunitake		50.36	51.43		51.43	21	did not advance
Takeru Otsuka		32.93	74.93		74.93	6 Q	52.75	50.58	52.80	52.80	10
Ruki Tobita		29.23	56.58		56.58	19	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Reira Iwabuchi	Big air	83.00	75.50	11.75	158.50	3 Q	83.75	82.25	37.00	166.00	4
Kokomo Murase		85.00	72.75	86.00	171.00	2 Q	80.00	91.50	12.00	171.50
Miyabi Onitsuka		80.75	72.25	73.50	154.25	5 Q	9.50	54.50	10.75	65.25	11
Reira Iwabuchi	Slopestyle	48.51	67.00	—	67.00	11 Q	75.60	80.03	46.15	80.03	5
Kokomo Murase		74.95	81.45		81.45	2 Q	48.50	49.05	48.00	49.05	10
Miyabi Onitsuka		42.60	46.58		46.58	19	did not advance
Kurumi Imai	Halfpipe	54.75	49.75	—	54.75	15	did not advance
Mitsuki Ono		79.50	83.75		83.75	2 Q	71.50	25.50	29.00	71.50	9
Ruki Tomita		74.25	66.25		74.25	6 Q	16.50	19.75	80.50	80.50	5
Sena Tomita		75.75	52.00		75.75	5 Q	86.00	88.25	9.25	88.25

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Tsubaki Miki	Women's giant slalom	1:27.15	3 Q	Kotnik  (SLO) LDNF	did not advance			9
Tomoka Takeuchi		1:28.83	15 Q	Hofmeister  (GER) LDNF	did not advance			15

Cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Yoshiki Takahara	Men's	1:19.16	23	1 Q	DNF	did not advance		16
Yuka Nakamura	Women's	DNS	32	DNS	did not advance

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Wataru Morishige	500 m	34.50
Yuma Murakami		34.57	8
Tatsuya Shinhama		35.12	20
Wataru Morishige	1000 m	1:09.47	16
Ryota Kojima		1:09.97	20
Tatsuya Shinhama		1:10.00	21
Seitaro Ichinohe	1500 m	1:45.53	10
Takuro Oda		1:46.60	17
Seitaro Ichinohe	5000 m	6:19.81	12
Ryosuke Tsuchiya	10000 m	13:02.49	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Arisa Go	500 m	37.983	15
Nao Kodaira		38.09	17
Miho Takagi		37.12
Nao Kodaira	1000 m	1:15.65	10
Miho Takagi		1:13.19 OR
Ayano Sato	1500 m	1:54.92	4
Miho Takagi		1:53.72
Nana Takagi		1:55.34	8
Ayano Sato	3000 m	4:03:40	9
Miho Takagi		4:01.77	6
Momoka Horikawa	5000 m	7:06.92	10
Misaki Oshigiri		7:01.17	8

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Ryosuke Tsuchiya	Men's mass start	7	7:48.43	6 Q	6	7:58.82	6
Seitaro Ichinohe		3	7:58.54	8 Q	3	7:58.82	8
Ayano Sato	Women's mass start	40	8:28.77	2 Q	3	8:16.94	8
Nana Takagi		0	9:10.03	14	did not advance		27

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi	Women's team pursuit	2:53.61	1 Q	ROC W 2:58.93 FA	Canada  (CAN) L 3:04.47

See also

• Japan at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

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