Japan at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Japan at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics

IOC code| JPN
NOC| Japanese Olympic Committee
Website| www.joc.or.jp
in Lillehammer
Competitors| 29 in 11 sports
Flag bearer| Masamitsu Ito [1]
Medals
Ranked 11th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Japan competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

## Medalists

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| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Sota Yamamoto | Figure skating | Boys' singles | 15 February
Gold | Sena Takenaka | Ice hockey | Girls' individual skills challenge | 16 February
Silver | Kazuki Sakakibara | Speed skating | Boys' 500 m | 13 February
Silver | Daichi Horikawa | Speed skating | Boys' 1500 m | 15 February
Silver | Kazuki Yoshinaga | Short track | Boys' 500 m | 16 February
Silver | Yohei Koyama | Alpine skiing | Boys' giant slalom | 17 February

### Medalists in mixed NOCs events

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Yako Matsuzawa | Curling | Mixed doubles | 21 February
Silver | Kiichi Shigehiro | Short track | Mixed team relay | 20 February
Bronze | Kazuki Yoshinaga | Short track | Mixed team relay | 20 February

| Medals by sport

Sport |  |  |  | Total
Figure skating | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Ice hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Speed skating | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Short track | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Total | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys
Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Yohei Koyama | Slalom | DNF  | did not advance
Giant slalom | 1:18.00  | 3  | 1:18.12  | 4  | 2:36.12  |
Super-G | —  | 1:12.57  | 17
Combined | 1:13.15  | 12  | 41.72  | 7  | 1:54.87  | 8

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Chisaki Maeda | Slalom | DNF  | did not advance
Giant slalom | DNF  | did not advance
Super-G | —  | 1:16.92  | 21
Combined | 1:18.52  | 23  | 44.79  | 9  | 2:03.31  | 15

Parallel mixed team
Athletes  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Chisaki Maeda
Yohei Koyama | Parallel mixed team |  Austria (AUT)
L 2 – 2+ | did not advance

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Riku Kasahara | 10 km freestyle | —  | 25:34.1  | 15
Classical sprint | 3:14.45  | 30 Q | 3:15.13  | 6  | did not advance
Cross-country cross | 3:16.92  | 23 Q | —  | 3:16.44  | 7  | did not advance

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Hikari Miyazaki | 5 km freestyle | —  | 14:07.8  | 15
Classical sprint | 3:42.71  | 21 Q | 3:38.83  | 5  | did not advance
Cross-country cross | 3:52.03  | 21 Q | —  | 3:45.82  | 6  | did not advance

## Curling

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Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

### Mixed team

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Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team

Team

* Kosuke Aita
* Kota Ito
* Yako Matsuzawa
* Honoka Sasaki

Round Robin
Group A | Skip | W | L

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United States | Luc Violette | 6 | 1
Switzerland | Selina Witschonke | 6 | 1
Russia | Nadezhda Karelina | 6 | 1
Turkey | Oğuzhan Karakurt | 3 | 4
Italy | Luca Rizzolli | 3 | 4
China | Du Hongrui | 2 | 5
New Zealand | Matthew Neilson | 1 | 6
Japan | Kota Ito | 1 | 6

Draw 1
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final

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Japan (Ito)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | X  | 1
Italy (Rizzolli)  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | X  | 7

Draw 2
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final

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Japan (Ito)  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3
Russia (Karelina) | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 5

Draw 3
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final

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Japan (Ito)  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 5
Switzerland (Witschonke)  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 6

Draw 4
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final

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Japan (Ito)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | X  | 3
Turkey (Karakurt)  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | X  | 4

Draw 5
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final

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China (Du)  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | X  | 3
Japan (Ito)  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2  | X  | 7

Draw 6
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final

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New Zealand (Neilson)  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 2  | X  | 7
Japan (Ito)  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | X  | 5

Draw 7
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final

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United States (Violette)  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 1  | X  | 9
Japan (Ito)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | X  | 3

### Mixed doubles

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Athletes  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Honoka Sasaki (JPN)
Tyler Tardi (CAN) | Mixed doubles |  Bryce (GBR)
Blahovec (CZE)
W 12 – 1  |  Laidsalu (EST)
Maksimov (RUS)
W 6 – 2  |  Ramsfjell (NOR)
Kim (KOR)
W 7 – 5  |  Han (CHN)
Whyte (GBR)
L 3 - 6  |  Zhao (CHN)
Haarstad (NOR)
L 1 - 10  | 4
Yako Matsuzawa (JPN)
Philipp Hoesli (SUI) |  Mjoen (NOR)
Mares (CZE)
W 9 – 6  |  Sillaots (EST)
Violette (USA)
W 10 – 5  |  Thompson (NZL)
Middleton (CAN)
W 11 – 1  |  Zhao (CHN)
Haarstad (NOR)
W 7 – 6  |  Han (CHN)
Whyte (GBR)
W 11 – 5  |
Nadezhda Karelina (RUS)
Kosuke Aita (JPN) |  Krupanska (CZE)
Karakurt (TUR)
W 8 – 2  |  Constantini (ITA)
Kinnear (GBR)
L 3 – 7  | did not advance
Cait Flannery (USA)
Kota Ito (JPN) |  Podrabska (CZE)
Degerfeldt (SWE)
L 7 – 8  | did not advance

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Singles
Athlete  | Event  | SP | FS | Total

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Koshiro Shimada | Boys' singles | 63.18  | 6  | 119.34  | 6  | 182.52  | 6
Sota Yamamoto | Boys' singles | 73.07  | 1  | 142.45  | 3  | 215.52  |
Kaori Sakamoto | Girls' singles | 56.25  | 5  | 98.98  | 6  | 155.23  | 6
Yuna Shiraiwa | Girls' singles | 60.87  | 1  | 105.79  | 5  | 166.66  | 4

Mixed NOC team trophy
Athletes  | Event  | Free skate/Free dance

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Ice dance  | Pairs  | Girls  | Boys  | Total
Points
Team points | Points
Team points | Points
Team points | Points
Team points | Points  | Rank
Team Focus
Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov (UKR)
Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong (CHN)
Yuna Shiraiwa (JPN)
Lauri Lankila (FIN) | Team trophy | 64.68
4 | 92.74
5 | 110.01
8 | 61.57
1 | 18  | 5

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Roy Kanda | Boys' individual skills challenge | 8  | 13  | did not advance
Sena Takenaka | Girls' individual skills challenge | 18  | 2 Q | 16  |

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual
Athlete  | Event  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country

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Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Deficit  | Time  | Rank
Yoshihiro Kimura | Normal hill/5 km | 88.5  | 109.7  | 11  | 1:28  | 14:58.5  | 11

Nordic mixed team
Athlete  | Event  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country

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Points  | Rank  | Deficit  | Time  | Rank
Shihori Oi
Yoshihiro Kimura
Masamitsu Ito
Hikari Miyazaki
Riku Kasahara | Nordic mixed team | 314.2  | 8  | 1:22  | 28:01.7  | 7

## Skeleton

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Main article: Skeleton at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Sho Gonai | Boys | 55.63  | 15  | 55.71  | 15  | 1:51.34  | 15
Mayu Ijichi | Girls | 57.20  | 13  | 56.69  | 9  | 1:53.89  | 10
Madoka Oi | Girls | 57.70  | 17  | 58.82  | 20  | 1:56.52  | 19

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual
Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Final  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Masamitsu Ito | Boys' normal hill | 95.5  | 120.6  | 4  | 91.5  | 114.1  | 4  | 234.7  | 4
Shihori Oi | Girls' normal hill | 73.0  | 72.3  | 11  | 72.5  | 71.3  | 11  | 143.6  | 11

Team
Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Final  | Total

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Shihori Oi
Yoshihiro Kimura
Masamitsu Ito | Team competition | 288.5  | 8  | 290.2  | 8  | 578.7  | 8

## Short track speed skating

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Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys
Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Kiichi Shigehiro | 500 m | 42.671  | 2 SA/B | 42.403  | 4 FB | 43.041  | 7
1000 m | 1:33.688  | 1 SA/B | 1:27.288  | 2 FA | 1:28.718  | 4
Kazuki Yoshinaga | 500 m | 43.657  | 2 SA/B | 42.416  | 2 FA | 41.969  |
1000 m | 1:33.006  | 2 SA/B | 1:28.295  | 3 FB | 1:41.778  | 6

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Shione Kaminaga | 500 m | 46.032  | 2 SA/B | 46.741  | 3 FB | 47.916  | 5
1000 m | 1:41.026  | 3 FC | —  | 1:35.903  | 11

Mixed team relay
Athlete  | Event  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Team C
Petra Jaszapati (HUN)
Julia Moore (AUS)
Tjerk De Boer (NED)
Kiichi Shigehiro (JPN) | Mixed team relay | 4:15.332  | 1 FA | 4:14.495  |
Team F
Katrin Manoilova (BUL)
Anita Nagay (KAZ)
Karlis Kruzbergs (LAT)
Kazuki Yoshinaga (JPN) | Mixed team relay | 4:15.669  | 1 FA | 4:17.181  |
Team H
Shione Kaminaga (JPN)
Gioya Lancee (NED)
Moritz Kreuseler (GER)
Ma Wei (CHN) | Mixed team relay | 4:27.607  | 3 FB | 4:22.198  | 4

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized

## Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Halfpipe
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Best  | Rank
Junna Asaya | Girls' halfpipe | 78.25  | 70.00  | 80.75  | 80.75  | 4

Snowboard cross
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Group heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Position  | Position
Yoshiki Takahara | Boys' snowboard cross | 49.39  | 10 Q | 15  | 5 Q | 3 FB | 5

Snowboard and ski cross relay
Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Position  | Position  | Position
Caterina Carpano (ITA)
Minja Lehikoinen (FIN)
Yoshiki Takahara (JPN)
Tobias Knollseisen (ITA) | Team snowboard ski cross | 3  | did not advance

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Daichi Horikawa | 500 m | 37.35  | 8  | 37.03  | 4  | 74.386  | 8
1500 m | —  | 1:52.96  |
Mass start | —  | 5:53.03  | 7
Kazuki Sakakibara | 500 m | 36.84  | 2  | 37.12  | 7  | 73.97  |
1500 m | —  | 1:57.26  | 16

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Moe Kumagai | 500 m | 40.71  | 6  | 41.00  | 9  | 81.71  | 8
1500 m | —  | 2:14.34  | 20
Yuna Onodera | 500 m | 41.58  | 12  | 41.70  | 13  | 83.28  | 11
1500 m | —  | 2:11.37  | 15
Mass start | —  | 5:56.41  | 11

Mixed team sprint
Athletes  | Event  | Final

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Time  | Rank
Team 3
Viola Feichtner (AUT)
Li Huawei (CHN)
Li Yanzhe (CHN)
Kazuki Sakakibara (JPN) | Mixed team sprint | 1:59.20  | 6
Team 8
Natalie Kerschbaummayr (CZE)
Moe Kumagai (JPN)
Dmitrii Filimonov (RUS)
Kaspar Kaljuvee (EST) | Mixed team sprint | DSQ
Team 11
Anna Nifantava (BLR)
Yuna Onodera (JPN)
Daan Baks (NED)
Francesco Betti (ITA) | Mixed team sprint | 2:00.13  | 9
Team 12
Lea Scholz (GER)
Yauheniya Varabyova (BLR)
Daichi Horikawa (JPN)
Lukas Mann (GER) | Mixed team sprint | 1:58.95  | 4

## See also

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* Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "第2回ユースオリンピック冬季競技大会（2016／リレハンメル）日本代表選手団を承認".

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Africa|

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Americas|

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Asia|

* China
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* India
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* Lebanon
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Europe|

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Oceania|

* Australia
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