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	Ayana 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[edit]

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ohra Kimishima	Super-G	—	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuka Wakatsuki	Super-G	—	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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ohra Kimishima Yuka Wakatsuki	Team	Norway (NOR) 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
Taiki Ito	Individual	46:57.6	13 (3+5+4+1)	91
Keita Momen	Sprint	25:35.7	7 (3+4)	90
Keita Momen	Individual	43:19.5	8 (3+3+1+1)	81
Chiharu Ueda	Sprint	22:38.0	5 (1+4)	52
Chiharu Ueda	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
Kurea Matsuoka	Individual	43:44.6	7 (3+1+2+1)	78
Misa Sasaki	Sprint	23:32.6	5 (3+2)	78
Misa Sasaki	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chika Honda	5 km classic	—
	Free sprint
	Cross-country cross

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
Team	Event	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 (SWE) W 7 – 4	Czech Republic (CZE) W 8 – 1	United States (USA) W 8 – 2	Italy (ITA) L 6 – 7	Latvia (LAT) W 9 – 4	2 Q	Canada (CAN) W 5 – 4	New Zealand (NZL) W 8 – 4	Norway (NOR) L 4 – 5

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 48	Round of 24	Round of 12	Round of 6	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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)	Team trophy	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
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Ruka Ito	Boys' big air
Ruka Ito	Boys' slopestyle
Rai Kasamura	Boys' big air
Rai Kasamura	Boys' slopestyle
Toma Matsuura	Boys' halfpipe
Yuna Koga	Girls' big air
	Girls' halfpipe
	Girls' slopestyle
Akane Nakata	Girls' halfpipe

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
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan girls'	Girls' tournament	Czech Republic	Switzerland

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Yuto Nishikata	Normal hill/6 km
Taiga Onozawa	Normal hill/6 km
Haruka Kasai	Normal hill/4 km
Ayana Miyazaki	Normal hill/4 km

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kosei Hayashi	500 m
Kosei Hayashi	1000 m	1:37.849	1	1:31.554	2	1:32.308	3	1:36.969	8
Shogo Miyata	500 m
Shogo Miyata	1000 m	DNF	4	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haruna Nagamori	500 m
Haruna Nagamori	1000 m	1:47.696	1	1:35.182	3	Did not advance

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Taido Nagao	Boys'
Takanobu Usui	Boys'

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sota Kudo	Normal hill

Girls

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuna Kasai	Normal hill
Machiko Kubota	Normal hill

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Seigo Sato	Boys' snowboard cross

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kaishu Hirano	Boys' halfpipe
Ruka Hirano	Boys' halfpipe
Aoto Kawakami	Boys' big air
Aoto Kawakami	Boys' slopestyle
Ryoma Kimata	Boys' big air
Ryoma Kimata	Boys' slopestyle
Hinari Asanuma	Girls' big air
Hinari Asanuma	Girls' slopestyle
Manon Kaji	Girls' halfpipe
Kanami Okuyama	Girls' big air
Kanami Okuyama	Girls' slopestyle
Mitsuki Ono	Girls' halfpipe

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

Girls

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

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Motonaga Arito	Boys' mass start	31	5:53.77	1 Q	30	6:29.72
Yudai Yamamoto	Boys' mass start	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	Girls' mass start	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

References

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

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