Japan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Sporting event delegation

Japan at the
2017 Asian Winter Games

IOC code| JPN
NOC| Japanese Olympic Committee
Website| https://www.joc.or.jp
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors| 146 in 5 sports
Flag bearer | Go Tanaka
Medals
Ranked 1st|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Asian Winter Games appearances

* 1986
* 1990
* 1996
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2017

Japan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] This marked the fourth time the country has played host to the Asian Winter Games.[3] Japan competed in all eleven disciplines from five sports.[4] Ice hockey player Go Tanaka was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[5]

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Speed skating| 7| 9| 7| 23
Cross-country skiing| 7| 1| 3| 11
Alpine skiing| 3| 2| 2| 7
Freestyle skiing| 3| 2| 2| 7
Ski jumping| 3| 2| 0| 5
Snowboarding| 1| 2| 3| 6
Figure skating| 1| 1| 0| 2
Biathlon| 1| 0| 4| 5
Ice hockey| 1| 0| 1| 2
Short track speed skating| 0| 1| 3| 4
Curling| 0| 1| 1| 2
Totals (11 entries)| 27| 21| 26| 74

### Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Eri Yanetani | Snowboarding | Women's giant slalom | 19 February
Gold | Nao Kodaira | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 20 February
Gold | Miho Takagi | Speed skating | Women's 3000 metres | 20 February
Gold | Yuki Kobayashi | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 kilometre freestyle | 21 February
Gold | Takuro Oda | Speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 21 February
Gold | Nao Kodaira | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 21 February
Gold | Miho Takagi | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 21 February
Gold | Misaki Oshigiri
Nana Takagi
Miho Takagi | Speed skating | Women's team pursuit | 21 February
Gold | Yohei Koyama | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |

22 February

Gold | Yukiya Sato | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 22 February
Gold | Emi Hasegawa | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | 23 February
Gold | Akira Lenting | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 kilometre classical | 23 February
Gold | Yuki Kobayashi | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 kilometre classical | 23 February
Gold | Miho Takagi | Speed skating | Women's mass start | 23 February
Gold | Mikito Tachizaki | Biathlon | Men's pursuit | 24 February
Gold | Nobuhito Kashiwabara
Kohei Shimizu
Naoto Baba
Akira Lenting | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay | 24 February
Gold | Hikari Miyazaki
Kozue Takizawa
Yuki Kobayashi
Chisa Obayashi | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay | 24 February
Gold | Ikuma Horishima | Freestyle skiing | Men's dual moguls | 24 February
Gold | Naoki Nakamura | Ski jumping | Large hill individual |

24 February

Gold | Emi Hasegawa | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | 25 February
Gold | Yurie Adachi
Yoshino Enomoto
Moeko Fujimoto
Nana Fujimoto
Mika Hori
Akane Hosoyamada
Tomomi Iwahara
Shiori Koike
Mai Kondo
Akane Konishi
Hanae Kubo
Ami Nakamura
Shoko Ono
Chiho Osawa
Sena Suzuki
Aina Takeuchi
Naho Terashima
Ayaka Toko
Haruka Toko
Rui Ukita
Haruna Yoneyama | Ice hockey | Women's tournament | 25 February
Gold | Yuken Iwasa
Yukiya Sato
Naoki Nakamura
Masamitsu Ito | Ski jumping | Large hill team | 25 February
Gold | Akira Lenting | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 kilometre freestyle | 26 February
Gold | Yuki Kobayashi | Cross-country skiing | Women's 15 kilometre freestyle | 26 February
Gold | Shoma Uno | Figure skating | Men's singles | 26 February
Gold | Ikuma Horishima | Freestyle skiing | Men's moguls | 26 February
Gold | Arisa Murata | Freestyle skiing | Women's moguls | 26 February
Silver | Yuya Suzuki | Snowboarding | Men's slalom | 20 February
Silver | Eri Yanetani | Snowboarding | Women's slalom | 20 February
Silver | Tsubasa Hasegawa | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 20 February
Silver | Ryosuke Tsuchiya | Speed skating | Men's 5000 metres |

20 February

Silver | Miho Takagi | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 20 February
Silver | Naoto Baba | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 kilometre freestyle | 21 February
Silver | Ayuko Ito | Short track speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 21 February
Silver | Misaki Oshigiri | Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 21 February
Silver | Yuken Iwasa | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 22 February
Silver | Ryosuke Tsuchiya | Speed skating | Men's 10000 metres | 22 February
Silver | Shota Nakamura
Shane Williamson
Ryosuke Tsuchiya | Speed skating | Men's team pursuit | 22 February
Silver | Asa Ando | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | 23 February
Silver | Takuro Oda | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 23 February
Silver | Shane Williamson | Speed skating | Men's mass start | 23 February
Silver | Ayano Sato | Speed skating | Women's mass start | 23 February
Silver | Yusuke Morozumi
Tetsuro Shimizu
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Kosuke Morozumi
Kosuke Hirata | Curling | Men's team | 24 February
Silver | Chris Reed
Kana Muramoto | Figure skating | Ice dancing | 24 February
Silver | Daichi Hara | Freestyle skiing | Men's dual moguls | 24 February
Silver | Arisa Murata | Freestyle skiing | Women's dual moguls | 24 February
Silver | Yuken Iwasa | Ski jumping | Large hill individual | 24 February
Silver | Asa Ando | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | 25 February
Bronze | Shinnosuke Kamino | Snowboarding | Men's giant slalom | 19 February
Bronze | Nobuhito Kashiwabara | Cross-country skiing | Men's sprint classical | 20 February
Bronze | Seitaro Ichinohe | Speed skating | Men's 5000 metres |

20 February

Bronze | Ayano Sato | Speed skating | Women's 3000 metres | 20 February
Bronze | Akira Lenting | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 kilometre freestyle | 21 February
Bronze | Shunsuke Nakamura | Speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 21 February
Bronze | Arisa Go | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 21 February
Bronze | Hideyuki Narita | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |

22 February

Bronze | Keita Watanabe | Short track speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 22 February
Bronze | Sumire Kikuchi | Short track speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 22 February
Bronze | Hiroki Yokoyama
Kazuki Yoshinaga
Keita Watanabe
Ryosuke Sakazume
Takayuki Muratake | Short track speed skating | Men's 5000 metres relay | 22 February
Bronze | Seitaro Ichinohe | Speed skating | Men's 10000 metres | 22 February
Bronze | Mai Kiyama | Speed skating | Women's 5000 metres | 22

February

Bronze | Mikito Tachizaki | Biathlon | Men's sprint | 23 February
Bronze | Kohei Shimizu | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 kilometre classical | 23 February
Bronze | Taro Kondo | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 23 February
Bronze | Satsuki Fujisawa
Mari Motohashi
Chinami Yoshida
Yurika Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki | Curling | Women's team | 24 February
Bronze | Miki Itō | Freestyle skiing | Women's dual moguls | 24 February
Bronze | Hideyuki Narita | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | 25 February
Bronze | Fuyuko Tachizaki
Yurie Tanaka
Mikito Tachizaki
Tsukasa Kobonoki | Biathlon | Mixed relay | 25 February
Bronze | Ayumu Nedefuji | Snowboarding | Men's halfpipe | 25 February
Bronze | Kurumi Imai | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | 25 February
Bronze | Kosuke Ozaki | Biathlon | Men's mass start | 26 February
Bronze | Fuyuko Tachizaki | Biathlon | Women's mass start | 26 February
Bronze | Miki Itō | Freestyle skiing | Women's moguls | 26 February
Bronze | Yutaka Fukufuji
Yuto Ito
Takuto Onoda
Yōsuke Haga
Ryo Hashiba
Ryo Hashimoto
Keigo Minoshima
Kazumasa Sasaki
Hiroto Sato
Takafumi Yamashita
Maruru Furuhashi
Yushiroh Hirano
Takuma Kawai
Shuhei Kuji
Masahito Nishiwaki
Daisuke Obara
Kenta Takagi
Seiji Takahashi
Hiromichi Terao
Yuri Terao
Go Tanaka
Hiroki Ueno
Takuro Yamashita | Ice hockey | Men's tournament | 26 February

## Competitors

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The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender.

Sport | Men | Women | Total

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Alpine skiing | 4 | 4 | 8
Biathlon | 6 | 6 | 12
Cross-country skiing | 4 | 4 | 8
Curling | 5 | 5 | 10
Figure skating | 6 | 6 | 12
Freestyle skiing | 4 | 4 | 8
Ice hockey | 23 | 21 | 44
Short track speed skating | 5 | 5 | 10
Ski jumping | 4 | — | 4
Snowboarding | 4 | 6 | 10
Speed skating | 10 | 10 | 20
Total | 75 | 71 | 146

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan's alpine skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men

* Naoki Yuasa
* Hideyuki Narita
* Yohei Koyama
* Tatsuki Matsumoto

Women

* Emi Hasegawa
* Mio Arai
* Asa Ando
* Emiko Kiyosawa

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Men

* Junji Nagai
* Mikito Tachizaki
* Yuuki Nakajima
* Tsukasa Kobonoki
* Kosuke Ozaki
* Takuto Terabayashi

Women

* Fuyuko Tachizaki
* Yurie Tanaka
* Rina Mitsuhashi
* Sari Furuya
* Asuka Hachisuka
* Kirari Tanaka

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan's cross-country skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men

* Akira Lenting
* Nobuhito Kashiwabara
* Naoto Baba
* Kohei Shimizu

Women

* Yuki Kobayashi
* Hikari Miyazaki
* Chisa Obayashi
* Kozue Takizawa

## Curling

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Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan has entered both a men's and women's teams.[7][8]

### Men's tournament

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Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Japan's men's curling team consists of five athletes.[8]

* Yusuke Morozumi – skip
* Tetsuro Shimizu – third
* Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi – second
* Kosuke Morozumi – lead
* Koshuke Hirata – alternate

Key

| Teams to playoffs

Country

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China | Liu Rui | 5 | 0
South Korea | Kim Soo-hyuk | 4 | 1
Japan | Yusuke Morozumi | 3 | 2
Chinese Taipei | Randolph Shen | 2 | 3
Kazakhstan | Viktor Kim | 1 | 4
Qatar | Nabeel Alyafei | 0 | 5

Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1

Saturday, February 18, 9:00

| Sheet A

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| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Japan (Morozumi) | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 0  | 3  | X  | X  | X  | 11
Chinese Taipei (Shen)  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | X  | X  | X  | 3

Draw 2

Saturday, February 18, 18:00

Sheet B

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Japan (Morozumi) | 1  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 0  | X  | X  | X  | 19
Qatar (Alyafei)  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | X  | X  | X  | 1

Draw 4

Monday, February 20, 13:30

Sheet A

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China (Rui) | 2  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 9
Japan (Morozumi)  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 6

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 21, 9:00

| Sheet C

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Kazakhstan (Kim)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | X  | X  | 4
Japan (Morozumi) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | X  | X  | 13

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 21, 18:00

Sheet C

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| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Japan (Morozumi)  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | X  | X  | 4
South Korea (Soo-hyuk) | 2  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | X  | X  | 8

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet A

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Japan (Morozumi) | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 6
South Korea (Soo-hyuk)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 5

Gold medal match

Friday, February 24, 1:30

Sheet C

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China (Rui)  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 2  | X  | X  | 11
Japan (Morozumi)  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | X  | X  | 4

### Women's tournament

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Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament

* Satsuki Fujisawa – Skip
* Mari Motohashi – Third
* Chinami Yoshida – Second
* Yurika Yoshida – Lead
* Yumi Suzuki – Alternate

Key

| Teams to playoffs

Country

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South Korea | Kim Eun-jung | 4 | 0
China | Wang Bingyu | 3 | 1
Japan | Satsuki Fujisawa | 2 | 2
Kazakhstan | Ramina Yunicheva | 1 | 3
Qatar | Maryam Binali | 0 | 4

Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1

Saturday, February 18, 13:30

| Sheet A

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| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Japan (Fujisawa) | 2  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 2  | X  | X  | 17
Qatar (Binali)  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | X  | X  | 1

Draw 2

Saturday, February 19, 9:00

Sheet B

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Kazakhstan (Yunicheva)  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | X  | 3
Japan (Fujisawa) | 0  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 5  | X  | 17

Draw 4

Monday, February 20, 18:00

| Sheet C

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Japan (Fujisawa)  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 5
South Korea (Eun-jung) | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 7

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 21, 13:30

Sheet C

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China (Wang)  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Japan (Fujisawa)  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan's figure skating team consists of twelve athletes.[9][10] On February 7, 2017, it was announced that Kaori Sakamoto would replace Satoko Miyahara, because the latter had sustained an injury to her hip.[11]

Singles
Athlete  | Event  | SP | FP | Total

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Shoma Uno | Men's | 92.43  | 2  | 188.84  | 1  | 281.27  |
Takahito Mura | 90.32  | 4  | 172.99  | 4  | 263.31  | 4
Kaori Sakamoto | Women's | WD
Rika Hongo | 60.98  | 2  | 100.39  | 4  | 161.37  | 4

Mixed
Athlete(s)  | Event  | SP/SD | FP/FD | Total

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Pairs | WD
Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata | 48.78  | 5  | 81.75  | 6  | 130.53  | 5
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Ice dancing | 64.74  | 2  | 94.40  | 2  | 159.14  |
Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki | 48.84  | 5  | 75.28  | 5  | 124.12  | 5

## Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan's freestyle skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men

* Sho Endo
* Daichi Hara
* Ikuma Horishima
* Kosuke Sugimoto

Women

* Miki Ito
* Arisa Murata
* Kisara Sumiyoshi
* Hinako Tomitaka

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan as the host nation has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division.[12][13]

### Men's tournament

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes:[14]

* Yutaka Fukufuji (G)
* Yuto Ito (G)
* Takuto Onoda (G)
* Yosuke Haga (D)
* Ryo Hashiba (D)
* Ryo Hashimoto (D)
* Keigo Minoshima (D)
* Kazumasa Sasaki (D)
* Hiroto Sato (D)
* Takafumi Yamashita (D)
* Maruru Furuhashi (D)
* Yushiroh Hirano (F)
* Takuma Kawai (F)
* Shuhei Kuji (F)
* Masahito Nishiwaki (F)
* Daisuke Obara (F)
* Kenta Takagi (F)
* Seiji Takahashi (F)
* Hiromichi Terao (F)
* Yuri Terao (F)
* Go Tanaka (F)
* Hiroki Ueno (F)
* Takuro Yamashita (F)

Legend

* G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward

Rank  |

Team

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| Pld  | W  | OW | OL | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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|  Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9
|  South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 6
|  Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 3
4  |  China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | –32 | 0
22 February 2017
19:00

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| Japan | 14–0
(5–0, 4–0, 5–0)|  China| Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,197

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Game reference

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8 min| Penalties| 14 min
59| Shots| 9

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24 February 2017
19:00

* v

| Japan | 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)|  South Korea| Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,118

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Game reference

| | | |
8 min| Penalties| 6 min
28| Shots| 32

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26 February 2017
12:30

* v

| Kazakhstan | 7–0
(4–0, 2–0, 1–0)|  Japan| Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,631

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Game reference

| | | |
6 min| Penalties| 20 min
41| Shots| 12

### Women's tournament

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament

Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes:[15]

* Yurie Adachi
* Yoshino Enomoto (F)
* Moeko Fujimoto (F)
* Nana Fujimoto (G)
* Mika Hori (D)
* Akane Hosoyamada (D)
* Tomomi Iwahara (F)
* Shiori Koike (D)
* Mai Kondo (G)
* Akane Konishi (G)
* Hanae Kubo (F)
* Ami Nakamura (F)
* Shoko Ono (F)
* Chiho Osawa (F)
* Sena Suzuki (D)
* Aina Takeuchi (D)
* Naho Terashima (F)
* Ayaka Toko (D)
* Haruka Toko (F)
* Rui Ukita (F)
* Haruna Yoneyama (F)

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

Rank  |

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| Pld  | W  | OW | OL | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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|  Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 1 | +97 | 15
|  China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 10
|  Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 9
4  |  South Korea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 6 | +31 | 8
5  |  Thailand | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 84 | –79 | 3
6  |  Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 104 | –100 | 0
18 February 2017
12:00

* v

| Kazakhstan | 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)|  Japan| Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,200

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Game reference

| | | | Referee:
Tijana Haack
Linesmen:
Julia Kainberger
Lee Tae-ri
12 min| Penalties| 4 min
3| Shots| 58

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20 February 2017
19:00

* v

| Japan | 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)|  South Korea| Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,221

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Game reference

| | | |
12 min| Penalties| 6 min
47| Shots| 19

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21 February 2017
19:00

* v

| Japan | 46–0
(17–0, 18–0, 11–0)|  Hong Kong| Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 513

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Game reference

| | | |
0 min| Penalties| 2 min
158| Shots| 0

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23 February 2017
19:00

* v

| Thailand | 0–37
(0–18, 0–13, 0–6)|  Japan| Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 348

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Game reference

| | | |
10 min| Penalties| 0 min
0| Shots| 150

* * *

25 February 2017
19:00

* v

| Japan | 6–1
(5–0, 0–1, 1–0)|  China| Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,807

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Game reference

| | | |
4 min| Penalties| 8 min
70| Shots| 3

## Short track speed skating

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Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan's speed skating team consists of 10 athletes (five men and five women). The team was officially unveiled on January 9, 2017.[16]

Men

* Keita Watanabe
* Ryosuke Sakazume
* Kazuki Yoshinaga
* Hiroki Yokoyama
* Takayuki Muratake

Women

* Moemi Kikuchi
* Hitomi Saito
* Sumire Kikuchi
* Ayuko Ito
* Aoi Watanabe

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan's ski jumping team will consist of four athletes (all men, as women's events are not scheduled to be held). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men

* Yukiya Satō
* Naoki Nakamura
* Masamitsu Itō
* Yūken Iwasa

## Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan's snowboarding team will consist of ten athletes (four men and six women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men

* Ayumu Nedefuji \- halfpipe
* Shinnosuke Kamino \- slalom/giant slalom
* Yuya Suzuki \- slalom/giant slalom
* Takumi Miyazawa \- slalom/giant slalom

Women

* Hikaru Oe \- halfpipe
* Haruna Matsumoto \- halfpipe
* Kurumi Imai \- halfpipe
* Sena Tomita \- halfpipe
* Eri Yanetani \- slalom/giant slalom
* Asa Toyoda \- slalom/giant slalom

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Japan's speed skating team consists of 20 athletes (ten men and ten women). The team was officially unveiled on January 15, 2017.[17]

Men

* Takuro Oda \- 1000 m, 1500 m
* Shota Nakamura \- 1500 m, 1000 m, TP MS
* Ryosuke Tsuchiya \- 5000 m, 10000 m, TP MS
* Shane Williamson 1500 m, 5000 m, 10000 m, TP, MS
* Seitaro Ichinohe 5000 m, 10000 m, TP (sub)
* Taro Kondo 1500 m
* Yuto Fujino 500 m, 1000 m
* Tsubasa Hasegawa 500 m
* Shunsuke Nakamura 500 m, 1000 m
* Yuma Murakami 500 m

Women

* Nao Kodaira 500 m, 1000 m
* Miho Takagi 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, TP, MS
* Mai Kiyama 5000 m
* Misaki Oshigiri 1500 m, 3000 m, TP
* Nana Takagi 1,500 m, TP, MS
* Ayano Sato 500 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, MS
* Arisa Go 500 m, 1000 m
* Maki Tabata 5000 m
* Maki Tsuji 500 m, 1000 m
* Fuyo Matsuoka 5000 m

## References

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3. ^ Goddard, Emily (5 August 2014). "Sapporo Asian Winter Games dates confirmed for February 2017". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
4. ^ "2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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7. ^ "Curling Playing Schedule for the 8th Asian Winter Games Sapporo 2017" (PDF). www.sapporo2017.org/. 2017 Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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11. ^ "Asian Winter Games: Miyahara to miss Asian Games due to hip injury". Kyodo News. Tokyo, Japan. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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17. ^ "第 8 アジア冬季競技大会派遣選手団" [The 8th Asian Winter Games Dispatched team] (PDF). www.skatingjapan.or.jp/ (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

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