Japan at the Youth Olympics

Japan at the Youth Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	joc.or.jp  (in Japanese)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 46 Silver 46 Bronze 38 Total 130
Summer appearances
2010 2014 2018
Winter appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

Japan has participated at the Youth Olympic Games in every edition since the inaugural 2010 Games and has earned medals from every edition.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Youth Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2010 Singapore [1] 71 8 5 3 16 7 2014 Nanjing [2] 78 7 9 5 21 5 2018 Buenos Aires [3] 96 15 12 12 39 3 2026 Dakar [4] Future event Total 30 26 20 76 3

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2012 Innsbruck [5] 33 2 5 9 16 8 2016 Lillehammer [6] 29 2 4 0 6 11 2020 Lausanne [7] 72 9 7 1 17 3 2024 Gangwon 65 3 4 8 15 10 Total 16 20 18 54 8

Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total   Gymnastics 7 3 3 13   Wrestling 6 0 2 8   Athletics 3 7 3 13   Swimming 3 2 5 10   Judo 3 0 1 4   Boxing 2 1 1 4   Tennis 1 3 1 5   Karate 1 3 0 4   Fencing 1 1 1 3   Breaking 1 0 1 2   Futsal 0 1 0 1   Cycling 0 0 1 1   Rugby sevens 0 0 1 1   Archery 0 0 0 0   Basketball 0 0 0 0   Beach volleyball 0 0 0 0   Canoeing 0 0 0 0   Diving 0 0 0 0   Handball 0 0 0 0   Modern pentathlon 0 0 0 0   Sailing 0 0 0 0   Shooting 0 0 0 0   Taekwondo 0 0 0 0   Volleyball 0 0 0 0   Weightlifting 0 0 0 0 Totals (25 entries) 28 21 20 69

Medals by winter sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total   Snowboarding 7 4 1 12   Speed skating 3 6 7 16   Figure skating 3 1 1 5   Ice hockey 2 1 1 4   Ski jumping 1 1 1 3   Freestyle skiing 0 2 1 3   Nordic combined 0 1 1 2   Short track speed skating 0 1 1 2   Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1   Cross-country skiing 0 1 0 1   Curling 0 1 0 1 Totals (11 entries) 16 20 14 50

Takeru Kitazono is Japan's most successful athlete at the Youth Olympic Games, he won 5 gold medals at the Buenos Aires 2018.

Flag bearers

#	Games	Season	Flag bearer	Sport
1	2010 Singapore	Summer	Ayuka Tanioka	Table tennis
2	2012 Innsbruck	Winter	Sumire Kikuchi	Speed skating
3	2014 Nanjing	Summer	Akane Yamaguchi	Badminton
4	2016 Lillehammer	Winter	Masamitsu Ito	Nordic combined Ski jumping
5	2018 Buenos Aires	Summer	Yuka Kagami	Wrestling
6	2020 Lausanne	Winter	Yuma Kagiyama	Figure skating
7	2024 Gangwon	Winter	Kaito Fujii Yuzuki Sato	Curling Ski jumping

See also

• Japan at the Olympics
• Japan at the Paralympics

References

1. "1st YOG Singapore 2010". IOC. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
2. "2nd YOG Nanjing 2014". IOC. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
3. "3rd YOG Buenos Aires 2018". IOC. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
4. "4th YOG Dakar 2022". IOC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
5. "1st WYOG Innsbruck 2012". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
6. "2nd WYOG Lillehammer 2016". IOC. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
7. "3rd WYOG Lausanne 2020". IOC. Retrieved 31 July 2015.