Japan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Japan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
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IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in Harbin, China 7 February 2025 (2025-02-07) – 14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
Competitors	151 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Haruki Watanabe & Yuka Takahashi
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 10 Silver 12 Bronze 15 Total 37
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Japan competed in the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14. ^{[1] [2]}

The Japanese team consisted of 151 athletes competing in all 11 sports. ^[3] During the opening ceremony, curler Haruki Watanabe and speed skater Yuka Takahashi were the country's flagbearers. ^[4]

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Freestyle skiing	2	1	1	4
Alpine skiing	2	0	2	4
Figure skating	1	2	3	6
Snowboarding	1	2	2	5
Cross-country skiing	1	2	1	4
Ice hockey	1	1	0	2
Curling	1	0	1	2
Biathlon	1	0	0	1
Speed skating	0	3	3	6
Short-track speed skating	0	1	2	3
Totals (10 entries)	10	12	15	37

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Chisaki Maeda	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	8 February
Gold	Tori Koana Go Aoki	Curling	Mixed doubles	8 February
Gold	Takayuki Koyama	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	9 February
Gold	Haruki Yamashita	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 km freestyle	10 February
Gold	Rai Kasamura	Freestyle skiing	Men's slopestyle	11 February
Gold	Utana Yoshida Masaya Morita	Figure skating	Ice dance	12 February
Gold	Rai Kasamura	Freestyle skiing	Men's big air	12 February
Gold	Japan	Biathlon	Men's relay	13 February
Gold	Sara Shimizu	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe	13 February
Gold	Japan	Ice hockey	Women's tournament	14 February
Silver	Kazuya Yamada	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	8 February
Silver	Japan	Short-track speed skating	Men's 5000 metre relay	9 February
Silver	Takatsugu Uda	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 km freestyle	10 February
Silver	Wataru Morishige	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	10 February
Silver	Rai Kasamura	Freestyle skiing	Men's slopestyle	11 February
Silver	Rin Kosaka Yuna Onodera Yuka Takahashi	Speed skating	Women's team pursuit	11 February
Silver	Japan	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay	12 February
Silver	Kaori Sakamoto	Figure skating	Women's singles	13 February
Silver	Yuma Kagiyama	Figure skating	Men's singles	13 February
Silver	Koyata Kikuchihara	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	13 February
Silver	Sena Tomita	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe	13 February
Silver	Japan	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	14 February
Bronze	Eren Watanabe	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	8 February
Bronze	Tsubasa Furukawa Riho Inuzuka Shun Saito Rina Shimada Yuki Ishikawa Kota Kikuchi Shuta Matsuzu Miyu Miyashita	Short-track speed skating	Mixed 2000 metre relay	8 February
Bronze	Himari Ishii	Snowboarding	Women's slopestyle	8 February
Bronze	Ryota Kojima	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	8 February
Bronze	Neo Kamada	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	9 February
Bronze	Japan	Short-track speed skating	Women's 3000 metre relay	9 February
Bronze	Japan	Freestyle skiing	Mixed team aerials	10 February
Bronze	Suzuka Ishimoto	Snowboarding	Women's big air	10 February
Bronze	Katsuhiro Kuratsubo Wataru Morishige Kazuya Yamada	Speed skating	Men's team sprint	10 February
Bronze	Motonaga Arito Kotaro Kasahara Taiyo Morino	Speed skating	Men's team pursuit	11 February
Bronze	Japan	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay	12 February
Bronze	Azusa Tanaka Shingo Nishiyama	Figure skating	Ice dance	12 February
Bronze	Yuna Nagaoka Sumitada Moriguchi	Figure skating	Pairs	12 February
Bronze	Hana Yoshida	Figure skating	Women's singles	13 February
Bronze	Yuina Miura Suzune Yasui Yuna Sakuma Ai Matsunaga Hana Ikeda	Curling	Women's tournament	14 February

Competitors

The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender. ^[5]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	4	4	8
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country skiing	5	4	9
Curling	6	6	12
Figure skating	6	6	12
Freestyle skiing	6	4	10
Ice hockey	23	21	44
Short-track speed skating	6	6	12
Ski mountaineering	3	3	6
Snowboarding	4	6	10
Speed skating	10	8	18
Total	78	73	151

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Japan entered eight alpine skiers (four per gender). ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Neo Kamada	Slalom	44.74	1	44.51	4	1:29.25
Jinro Kirikubo		DNF
Takayuki Koyama		44.83	2	43.29	1	1:28.12
Arata Yamanaka		45.20	5	DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miki Ishibashi	Slalom	DNS
Chisaki Maeda		47.29	1	46.21	1	1:33.50
Maria Sakai		49.22	6	48.91	5	1:38.13	5
Eren Watanabe		48.00	3	46.92	3	1:34.92

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Masaharu Yamamoto	Sprint	30:39.8	3 (0+3)	5
Kiyomasa Ojima		31:09.1	5 (2+3)	8
Tsukasa Kobonoki		31:27.9	5 (2+3)	9
Mikito Tachizaki		Did not start
Kiyomasa Ojima Mikito Tachizaki Masaharu Yamamoto Tsukasa Kobonoki	Relay	1:24:20.3	3+14

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Aoi Sato	Sprint	23:50.3	2 (1+1)	8
Mikoto Takeuchi		24:43.2	1 (1+0)	12
Hikaru Fukuda		26:05.8	3 (2+1)	15
Kanaha Iwasa		27:09.1	4 (2+2)	17
Aoi Sato Mikoto Takeuchi Hikaru Fukuda Misa Sasaki	Relay	1:35:06.8	3+19	4

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Total
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Haruki Yamashita	10 km freestyle	21:06.5	-
Takatsugu Uda		21:16.5	+10.0
Yuito Habuki		22:01.3	+54.8	8
Hyuga Otaki		DNS
Shota Moriguchi Takatsugu Uda Yuito Habuki Haruki Yamashita	4 × 7.5 km relay	1:12:12.8	+3.2

Women

Athlete	Event	Total
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Chika Kobayashi	5 km freestyle	12:32.1	+25.6	6
Yuka Yamazaki		13:06.2	+58.7	10
Karen Hatakeyama		13:42.6	+1:35.1	14
Mayu Yamamoto		13:48.9	+1:41.4	17
Mayu Yamamoto Chika Kobayashi Yuka Yamazaki Karen Hatakeyama	4 × 5 km relay	56:38.1	+2:38.8

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hyuga Otaki	Sprint classical	3:04.05	4 Q	3:05.68	1 Q	2:58.97	4 q	3:04.84	5
Haruki Yamashita		3:05.11	6 Q	3:06.29	1 Q	2:58.10	2 Q	Disqualified
Takatsugu Uda		3:11.05	10 Q	3:06.52	2 Q	3:02.53	5	Did not advance
Shota Moriguchi		3:18.14	16 Q	3:06.67	3 q	3:04.84	6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chika Kobayashi	Sprint classical	3:44.05	6 Q	3:43.18	2 Q	3:36.42	4	Did not advance
Yuka Yamazaki		3:53.76	10 Q	3:41.56	3 q	3:51.94	6	Did not advance
Mayu Yamamoto		4:06.72	16 Q	3:53.76	3	Did not advance

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage									Qualification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ryo Aoki Haruki Watanabe Ayumu Hemmi Osuke Miya Rin Kyotoh	Men's team	Thailand W 23–0	Qatar W 12–2	Hong Kong L 3–7	Saudi Arabia W 9–4	China L 5–8	—			3 Q	Philippines L 4–10	Did not advance		5
Yuina Miura Suzune Yasui Yuna Sakuma Ai Matsunaga Hana Ikeda	Women's team	Kazakhstan W 10–4	South Korea L 4–6	Philippines W 6–4	Qatar W 12–1	Thailand W 13–2	Hong Kong W 9–2	Chinese Taipei W 12–5	China L 2–6	3 Q	—	China L 2–5	Kazakhstan W 6–3
Tori Koana Go Aoki	Mixed doubles	Thailand W 12–2	Mongolia W 19–0	Hong Kong W 9–3	Chinese Taipei W 9–3	Kuwait W	—			1 Q	Bye	Philippines W 10–3	South Korea W 7–6

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Japan entered a men's team.

Round robin

Group B	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	DSC
China	Xu Xiaoming	5	0	–	53	10	23	8	0	13	36.46
Hong Kong	Jason Chang	4	1	–	50	16	21	9	1	14	62.23
Japan	Ryo Aoki	3	2	–	52	21	19	13	3	7	63.73
Qatar	Mubarak Al-Marri	2	3	–	21	41	14	19	0	5	138.50
Saudi Arabia	Suleiman Alaqel	1	4	–	22	55	12	21	0	3	128.47
Thailand	Pongsak Mahattanasakul	0	5	–	8	73	7	26	0	1	130.14

Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 13:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thailand (Mahattanasakul)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
Japan (Aoki)	3	5	3	4	3	5	X	X	23

Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 21:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Aoki)	2	2	0	4	0	4	X	X	12
Qatar (Al-Marri)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Draw 4

Monday, 10 February, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hong Kong (Chang)	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	7
Japan (Aoki)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3

Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 14:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Saudi Arabia (Alaqel)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4
Japan (Aoki)	0	4	0	1	0	3	1	X	9

Draw 9

Wednesday, 12 February, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Aoki)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5
China (Xu)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	8

Qualification

Thursday, 13 February, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Philippines (Pfister)	0	2	0	2	0	2	4	X	10
Japan (Aoki)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament

Japan entered a women's team.

Round robin

Team Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC   South Korea Gim Eun-ji 8 0 – 63 14 33 11 0 18 45.90   China Wang Rui 7 1 – 85 21 34 17 3 18 38.69   Japan Yuina Miura 6 2 – 68 30 32 19 2 14 58.25   Kazakhstan Angelina Ebauyer 5 3 – 55 39 28 22 1 14 54.81   Philippines Kathleen Dubberstein 4 4 – 61 36 32 21 1 16 85.56   Hong Kong Ling-Yue Hung 3 5 – 44 45 24 29 1 11 115.69   Chinese Taipei Yang Ko 2 6 – 29 75 16 34 1 4 107.27   Thailand Kanya Natchanarong 1 7 – 19 91 15 30 0 7 128.48   Qatar Sara Al-Qaet 0 8 – 11 84 8 33 1 5 180.65

Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 9:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kazakhstan (Ebauyer)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Japan (Miura)	3	0	3	0	3	0	1	X	10

Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 17:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Gim)	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	X	6
Japan (Miura)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	4

Draw 3

Monday, 10 February, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Miura)	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	X	6
Philippines (Dubberstein)	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	X	4

Draw 4

Monday, 10 February, 19:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Miura)	2	1	0	3	5	1	X	X	12
Qatar (Al-Qaet)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 5

Tuesday, 11 February, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thailand (Natchanarong)	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Japan (Miura)	4	0	2	4	0	3	X	X	13

Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 19:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hong Kong (Hung)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2
Japan (Miura)	2	1	1	2	0	1	2	X	9

Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 19:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Miura)	5	1	0	2	0	0	4	X	12
Chinese Taipei (Yang)	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	X	5

Draw 9

Thursday, 13 February, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Miura)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
China (Wang)	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	6

Semifinal

Thursday, 13 February, 19:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	X	5
Japan (Miura)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, 14 February, 13:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kazakhstan (Ebauyer)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	3
Japan (Miura)	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	X	6

Mixed doubles tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Mixed doubles

Japan entered a mixed doubles pair.

Round robin

Group A	Athletes	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	DSC
Japan	Tori Koana / Go Aoki	5	0	–	49	8	21	5	0	15	57.23
Hong Kong	Ling-Yue Hung / Martin Yan	4	1	–	46	26	19	17	0	8	56.68
Chinese Taipei	Chou Yi-hsuan / Liu Bor-kai	3	2	–	44	25	20	14	0	9	65.56
Thailand	Chanatip Sonkham / Teekawin Jearateerawit	2	3	–	29	46	14	20	0	7	142.12
Kuwait	Fatema Abdulateef / Saud Alkandari	1	4	–	14	41	12	17	0	4	197.23
Mongolia	Enkhzaya Ganbat / Bayar Bulgankhuu	0	5	–	16	52	11	24	0	2	134.74

Draw 1

Tuesday, 4 February, 10:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Koana / Aoki)	0	3	2	2	0	3	2	X	12
Thailand (Sonkham / Jearateerawit)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Draw 2

Tuesday, 4 February, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mongolia (Ganbat / Bulgankhuu)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
Japan (Koana / Aoki)	5	4	1	3	5	1	X	X	19

Draw 3

Wednesday, 5 February, 10:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Koana / Aoki)	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	X	9
Hong Kong (Hung / Yan)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	3

Draw 6

Thursday, 6 February, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chinese Taipei (Chou / Liu)	1	0	0	0	0	2	X	X	3
Japan (Koana / Aoki)	0	2	2	2	3	0	X	X	9

Draw 7

Thursday, 6 February, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Koana / Aoki)	5	5							W
Kuwait (Abdulateef / Alkandari)	0	0							L

• Kuwait forfeited the game after end 2 as a player was feeling unwell and could not continue to play. ^[6]

Semifinal

Friday, 7 February, 13:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister)	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Japan (Koana / Aoki)	2	0	4	1	0	3	X	X	10

Gold medal game

Saturday, 8 February, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Koana / Aoki)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	7
South Korea (Kim / Seong)	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Japan entered 12 figure skaters (six per gender). ^[5]

Singles

Athlete(s)	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuma Kagiyama	Men's	103.81	1	168.95	3	272.76
Shun Sato		70.02	5	162.08	4	232.10	5
Kaori Sakamoto	Women's	75.03	2	136.87	2	211.90
Hana Yoshida		68.76	3	136.44	3	205.20

Mixed

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/RD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sumitada Moriguchi Yuna Nagaoka	Pairs	58.49	2	109.86	3	168.35
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Sae Shimizu		45.69	6	89.89	6	135.58	6
Masaya Morita Utana Yoshida	Ice dance	68.88	1	104.43	2	173.31
Shingo Nishiyama Azusa Tanaka		63.21	3	100.50	3	163.71

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Aerials

Men

Athlete	Event	Final 1				Final 2
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Haruto Igarashi	Aerials	77.49	72.96	77.49	7	—		Did not advance
Haruto Igarashi Yuta Nakagawa	Synchro aerials	—				55.96	55.10	55.96	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Final 1				Final 2
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Runa Igarashi	Aerials	37.18	45.30	45.30	6 Q	—		52.00	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Best	Rank
Runa Igarashi Yuta Nakagawa Haruto Igarashi	Aerials	191.28

Half pipe, Slopestyle and Big Air

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Rai Kasamura	Big air	93.50	90.00	DNI	183.50
Ruka Ito		81.75	78.25	DNI	160.00	4
Toma Matsuura	Halfpipe	50.00	87.25	DNI	87.25	4
Kashu Sato		58.00	68.50	71.00	71.00	8
Rai Kasamura	Slopestyle	90.00	93.25	DNI	93.25
Ruka Ito		81.75	88.50	DNI	88.50

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kiho Sugawara	Big air	75.75	79.00	DNI	154.75	4
Kanon Kondo		68.00	66.75	DNI	134.75	5
Kiho Sugawara	Slopestyle	75.50	81.75	DNI	81.75	4
Kanon Kondo		70.00	72.00	DNI	72.00	5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Men's tournament

Japan qualified a men's hockey team. The Japanese team qualified after being ranked as one of the top 12 teams in Asia on the IIHF World Ranking as of May 2024. ^[7]

Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes: ^[8]

• Makuru Furuhashi (F)
• Jiei Halliday (D)
• Seiya Hayata (D)
• Shigeki Hitosato (F)
• Taiga Irikura (F)
• Riku Ishida (D)
• Sota Isogai (F)
• Toi Kobayashi (F)
• Kazuki Lawlor (D)
• Shogo Nakajima (F)
• Yuta Narisawa (G)
• Masato Okubo (F)
• Yuto Osawa (F)
• Kosuke Otsu (F)
• Yusei Otsu (D)
• Issa Otsuka (G)
• Eiki Sato (G)
• Hiroto Sato (D)
• Kento Suzuki (F)
• Kenta Takagi (F)
• Kotaro Tsutsumi (F)
• Kotaro Yamada (D)
• Koki Yoneyama (D)

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

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	41	3	+38	15	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	36	10	+26	11
3	Japan	5	3	0	0	2	28	11	+17	9
4	China	5	2	0	1	2	20	14	+6	7
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	0	4	4	52	−48	3
6	Thailand	5	0	0	0	5	2	41	−39	0

Source: OCA

4 February 12:00

Chinese Taipei

0–15 (0–4, 0–8, 0–3)

Japan

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin Attendance: 2,913

Game reference
	Lee Yi-cheng	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referees: Chae Young-jin (KOR) Timur Morev (KAZ)
	0–1 06:19 – Hitosato (K. Otsu) 0–2 08:12 – Suzuki (Irikura, Y. Otsu) 0–3 19:30 – Yoneyama (K. Otsu, Osawa) 0–4 19:53 – Hitosato 0–5 22:43 – Halliday (Hitosato, K. Otsu) 0–6 24:23 – Isogai (Y. Otsu, Irikura) 0–7 26:59 – Suzuki (Y. Otsu, Irikura) 0–8 27:37 – Isogai (Y. Otsu) 0–9 29:01 – K. Otsu (Yoneyama, Hitosato) 0–10 31:37 – Lawlor (Tsutsumi, Yoneyama) 0–11 31:57 – Furuhashi (Kobayashi) 0–12 37:08 – Yoneyama (Hitosato, Kobayashi) (PP) 0–13 50:59 – Okubo (Hitosato, Kobayashi) 0–14 55:19 – Suzuki (Isogai, Irikura) 0–15 57:26 – Irikura (Suzuki, H. Sato) (PP2)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	61

5 February 12:00

Japan

8–1 (1–0, 4–0, 3–1)

Thailand

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin Attendance: 715

Game reference
	Issa Otsuka	Goalies	Dominik Vollenweider	Referees: Shen Yen-chin (TPE) Wang Gongbo (CHN)
	Isogai (Lawlor, Irikura) – 09:21 1–0 Yoneyama (Hitosato, Isogai) (PP) – 25:29 2–0 Yamada (Osawa, Lawlor) (SH) – 27:00 3–0 Furuhashi (Kobayashi) – 39:05 4–0 Takagi (Halliday, H. Sato) – 39:43 5–0 Yamada (Isogai, Irikura) – 44:17 6–0 Suzuki (Isogai, H. Sato) – 50:06 7–0 7–1 54:15 – Aarola (PP) Okubo (K. Otsu, Halliday) – 54:33 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	76	Shots	13

7 February 12:30

South Korea

5–2 (1–1, 3–1, 1–0)

Japan

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin Attendance: 1,044

Game reference
	Lee Yeon-seung	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Konstantin Chubenko (KAZ) Liu Jiaqi (CHN)
	0–1 02:25 – Okubo (Kobayashi, H. Sato) (PP) Lee C. (Ahn, Kim S.W.) – 06:06 1–1 Kim S.W. (Ahn, Lee C.) – 20:27 2–1 2–2 21:57 – Irikura (Suzuki, Isogai) Kim S.Y. (Lee H., Lee S.) – 27:24 3–2 Kim S.W. (Lee S., Lee C.) – 36:41 4–2 Kang Y. (Oh, Lee C.) – 58:32 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	31

8 February 12:00

Japan

1–4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin Attendance: 2,709

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Andrey Shutov	Referees: Chae Young-jin (KOR) Wang Gongbo (CHN)
	Okubo (Y. Otsu, Tsutsumi) – 01:28 1–0 1–1 15:00 – Borissevich (Ospanov, Buyalskiy) 1–2 31:58 – Beketayev (Savitskiy, Kolesnikov) (PP) 1–3 35:15 – Rymarev (Beketayev, Starchenko) (PP) 1–4 45:19 – Starchenko (Rymarev, Omirbekov)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	23

10 February 20:00

Japan

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

China

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin Attendance: 3,288

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Chen Shifeng	Referees: Konstantin Chubenko (KAZ) Timur Morev (KAZ)
	0–1 01:36 – Hou (Han) Ishida (H. Sato, Kobayashi) (PP) – 34:09 1–1 Takagi (Ishida) – 51:30 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	21

Quarterfinals

11 February 20:00

Japan

15–2 (3–1, 6–1, 6–0)

Thailand

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin Attendance: 1,163

Game reference
	Eiki Sato Issa Otsuka	Goalies	Ben Kleineschay	Referees: Li Ho Ching (HKG) Liu Jiaqi (CHN)
	Kobayashi (Nakajima) – 03:36 1–0 Suzuki (Kobayashi, Yoneyama) – 14:12 2–0 Osawa (Yamada, Ishida) – 18:54 3–0 3–1 19:34 – Aarola (Lampson, Kindborn) K. Otsu (Takagi, Hayata) – 22:26 4–1 Nakajima (Hayata, Yoneyama) – 26:23 5–1 5–2 28:35 – Forstner (Lampson) Irikura (Hitosato, Yoneyama) (PP) – 32:41 6–2 Isogai (Hitosato, Yoneyama) (PP) – 33:07 7–2 Kobayashi (Suzuki, Hayata) – 35:51 8–2 Irikura (Hitosato, Hayata) – 38:32 9–2 Yamada (Isogai, Irikura) – 40:22 10–2 Takagi (K. Otsu, Osawa) – 41:56 11–2 Kobayashi (Yoneyama, Nakajima) – 43:54 12–2 Hayata (Nakajima) – 44:07 13–2 Halliday – 44:56 14–2 K. Otsu (Osawa, Yoneyama) – 50:13 15–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	79	Shots	10

Semifinals

13 February 14:00

South Korea

3–4 GWS (2–1, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Japan

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin Attendance: 2,582

Game reference
	Lee Yeon-seung	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Konstantin Chubenko (KAZ) Anton Boryayev (KAZ)
	Ahn (Kim S.W., Kim W.) – 03:12 1–0 Kim S.Y. (Kang M., Kong) (PP) – 14:25 2–0 2–1 19:21 – Kobayashi (Nakajima, Suzuki) Kim S.H. – 25:29 3–1 3–2 28:05 – Isogai (Yoneyama, Nakajima) (PP) 3–3 58:45 – Nakajima (Yoneyama, H. Sato)
	Ahn Kim S.W. Kong	Shootout	Takagi Kobayashi Irikura Suzuki
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	29

Gold medal match

14 February 14:00

Kazakhstan

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Japan

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin Attendance: 2,952

Game reference
	Andrey Shutov	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Chae Young-jin (KOR) Konstantin Chubenko (KAZ)
	Buyalskiy (Daniyar) – 17:34 1–0 Breus (Likhotnikov, Gaitamirov) – 21:02 2–0 Starchenko (Beketayev, Omirbekov) (PP) – 37:59 3–0 Panyukov (Starchenko, Rymarev) (PP) – 42:24 4–0 Panyukov – 44:23 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	13

Women's tournament

Japan qualified a women's hockey team. The Japanese team qualified after being ranked as one of the top eight teams in Asia on the IIHF World Ranking as of May 2024. ^[7]

Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes: ^[9]

• Yoshino Enomoto (F)
• Akane Hosoyamada (D)
• Makoto Ito (F)
• Riko Kawaguchi (G)
• Shiori Koike (D)
• Remi Koyama (F)
• Haruka Kuromaru (G)
• Wakana Kurosu (F)
• Suzuka Maeda (F)
• Miyuu Masuhara (G)
• Mei Miura (F)
• Rio Noro (F)
• Riri Noro (F)
• Kohane Sato (D)
• Kanami Seki (D)
• Aoi Shiga (D)
• Ai Tada (F)
• Rui Ukita (F)
• Yumeka Wajima (F)
• Hikaru Yamashita (F)
• Shiori Yamashita (D)

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

Final round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	0	18	1	+17	9
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	China	3	1	0	0	2	4	11	−7	3
4	South Korea	3	0	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: OCA

12 February 10:00

Kazakhstan

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Japan

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin Attendance: 1,031

Game reference
	Arina Chshyokolova	Goalies	Riko Kawaguchi	Referees: Lee Kyung-sun (KOR) Song Meina (CHN)
	0–1 16:26 – Enomoto (H. Yamashita, Wajima) 0–2 20:17 – Rir. Noro (Shiga, Ukita) 0–3 42:57 – Wajima (Ukita, Sato) 0–4 48:10 – Ito (Shiga, Sato)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	7	Shots	41

13 February 10:00

Japan

6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin Attendance: 979

Game reference
	Haruka Kuromaru	Goalies	Kim Yeon-ju Park Jong-ju	Referees: Liu Lu (CHN) Song Meina (CHN)
	Ukita (Sato) – 10:47 1–0 Ukita (Koyama, Ito) – 15:12 2–0 Wajima (Ito, Hosoyamada) – 18:17 3–0 Maeda (Wajima, Koike) – 24:49 4–0 Wajima (Maeda, Koike) – 32:40 5–0 Maeda (Miura, Koike) – 53:44 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	9

14 February 14:00

Japan

8–1 (3–1, 2–0, 3–0)

China

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin Attendance: 1,198

Game reference
	Miyuu Masuhara	Goalies	Lai Guimin Wang Yuqing	Referees: Liu Lu (CHN) Miyuki Nakayama (JPN)
	Koyama (Ito) – 02:51 1–0 1–1 06:59 – Kong (Yu) (PP) Shiga (Ukita, Koyama) – 08:10 2–1 Ito (Ukita) (PP) – 16:42 3–1 Maeda (Koike, Hosoyamada) – 30:01 4–1 Koyama (Koike, Hosoyamada) (PP) – 32:10 5–1 Miura (Ukita) – 40:34 6–1 Ukita (Miura, Ito) – 42:40 7–1 H. Yamashita – 46:07 8–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	13

Short-track speed skating

Main article: Short-track speed skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kota Kikuchi	500 m	42.896	2 Q	43.996	5	Did not advance
Tsubasa Furukawa		41.905	2 Q	42.601	4	Did not advance
Shuta Matsuzu		42.129	2 Q	41.615	2 Q	41.178	4 FB	PEN	9
Kota Kikuchi	1000 m	1:29.629	2 Q	1:29.621	4	Did not advance
Shuta Matsuzu		1:26.845	2 Q	1:26.540	1 Q	1:26.889	4 ADVA	1:29.959	4
Daito Ochi		1:34.998	2 Q	1:27.475	3 q	1:26.398	4 FB	1:33.681	7
Osuke Irie	1500 m	—		PEN		Did not advance
Daito Ochi		—		2:30.136	3 Q	2:26.370	4 FB	2:29.643	9
Shun Saito		—		2:16.933	3 Q	2:32.006	4 FB	2:29.744	10
Shun Saito Daito Ochi Shuta Matsuzu Tsubasa Furukawa Osuke Irie [a] Kota Kikuchi [a]	5000 m relay	—				7:14.926	2 FA	7:03.010

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rina Shimada	500 m	44.106	2 Q	44.873	2 Q	43.931	2 FA	44.223	5
Yuki Ishikawa		44.860	4 q	44.045	3 q	44.932	5 FB	44.875	7
Haruna Nagamori		45.103	3 Q	45.899	4	Did not advance
Miyu Miyashita	1000 m	1:41.331	3 Q	1:33.460	4	Did not advance
Rina Shimada		1:35.423	3 Q	1:57.083	3	Did not advance
Kurumi Shimane		1:35.345	3 Q	1:35.015	2 Q	1:31.718	3 FB	1:36.951	8
Haruna Nagamori	1500 m	—		2:31.191	2 Q	2:43.225	2 FA	2:25.772	6
Miyu Miyashita		—		2:36.513	4 q	2:34.405	4 FB	2:40.708	11
Riho Inuzuka		—		2:35.544	3 Q	PEN		Did not advance
Rina Shimada Yuki Ishikawa Haruna Nagamori Riho Inuzuka Miyu Miyashita [a] Kurumi Shimane [a]	3000 m relay	—				4:26.093	2 FA	4:13.578

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rina Shimada Riho Inuzuka Shun Saito Tsubasa Furukawa Yuki Ishikawa [a] Shuta Matsuzu [a] Miyu Miyashita [a] Kota Kikuchi [a]	2000 m relay	2:46.930	2 Q	2:44.956	2 FA	2:44.058

Qualification legend: FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final ^a Skaters who participated in the heats only.

Ski mountaineering

Main article: Ski mountaineering at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Japan entered six ski mountaineers (three per gender). ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kenta Endo	Men's sprint	3:09.51	7 Q	2:45.80	4 q	2:52.76	6
Ari Hirabayashi		2:54.72	6 Q	2:42.45	3 q	2:47.07	5
Tokutaro Shima		3:40.07	14	Did not advance
Sora Takizawa	Women's sprint	3:36.74	5 Q	3:23.83	3 q	3:28.98	6
Yurie Tanaka		3:41.19	7 Q	3:26.62	3 q	3:22.59	5
Natsumi Usui		3:39.97	6 Q	3:39.62	4	Did not advance
Kenta Endo Natsumi Usui	Mixed relay	15:34.41	6 Q	—		31:03.01	6
Ari Hirabayashi Sora Takizawa		15:03.70	5 Q	—		30:26.66	5
Tokutaro Shima Yurie Tanaka		14:08.39	1 Q	—		29:36.29	4

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Japan entered ten snowboarders (four men and six women). ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Hanato Minamiya	Big air	—				41.50	78.00	73.00	151.00	5
Koyata Kikuchihara	Halfpipe	69.75	75.00	75.00		Cancelled
Konosuke Murakami		24.50	64.75	64.75	4	Cancelled
Shuichiro Shigeno		12.50	DNS	12.50	9	Cancelled
Hanato Minamiya	Slopestyle	72.25	DNI	72.25	4 Q	13.75	70.00	DNI	70.00	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Suzuka Ishimoto	Big air	—				72.75	43.25	61.75	134.50
Kiara Morii		—				Did not start
Sara Shimizu	Halfpipe	88.50	98.00	98.00		Cancelled
Sena Tomita		90.50	93.75	93.75		Cancelled
Rise Kudo		21.75	26.25	26.25	10	Cancelled
Himari Ishii	Slopestyle	—				54.75	61.50	69.50	69.50
Suzuka Ishimoto		—				59.50	DNI	DNI	59.50	4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Japan entered 18 speed skaters (ten men and eight women). ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Katsuhiro Kuratsubo	100 m	9.82	10
Yamato Matsui		9.80 (4)	8
Wataru Morishige		9.67	5
Ryota Kojima	500 m	35.155	5
Katsuhiro Kuratsubo		35.19	6
Yamato Matsui		35.73	13
Wataru Morishige		34.97
Ryota Kojima	1000 m	1:09.70	4
Yamato Matsui		1:12.61	15
Kazuya Yamada		1:09.96	5
Masaya Yamada		1:11.16	10
Kotaro Kasahara	1500 m	1:50.29	7
Ryota Kojima		1:48.47
Kazuya Yamada		1:47.55
Masaya Yamada		1:52.65	14
Motonaga Arito	5000 m	6:42.63	8
Kotaro Kasahara		6:47.82	10
Taiyo Morino		6:42.10	7
Motonaga Arito Kotaro Kasahara Taiyo Morino	Team pursuit	3:52.93
Katsuhiro Kuratsubo Wataru Morishige Kazuya Yamada	Team sprint	1:20.72

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Iori Kitahara	100 m	10.81	11
Kako Yamane		10.80	10
Iori Kitahara	500 m	38.97	6
Anna Kubo		39.79	16
Rio Yamada		39.00	7
Kako Yamane		39.35	11
Rin Kosaka	1000 m	1:18.07	8
Anna Kubo		1:18.75	9
Rio Yamada		1:16.88	5
Kako Yamane		1:19.76	13
Rin Kosaka	1500 m	2:00.76	6
Anna Kubo		2:04.18	13
Yuna Onodera		2:01.16	9
Rio Yamada		2:00.38	4
Kyoko Nitta	3000 m	4:21.96	10
Yuna Onodera		4:21.12	9
Yuka Takahashi		4:20.73	8
Rin Kosaka Yuna Onodera Yuka Takahashi	Team pursuit	3:05.52
Kako Yamane Rio Yamada Rin Kosaka	Team sprint	1:32.81	4

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