Japan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Japan at the
2018 Winter Paralympics

IPC code| JPN
NPC| Japan Paralympic Committee
Website| www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Pyeongchang
Competitors| 38 in 5 sports
Flag bearer | Momoka Muraoka (opening)
Medals
Ranked 9th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

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* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Japan sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The group from Japan competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and sledge hockey.

## Medalists

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Further information: 2018 Winter Paralympics medal table and List of 2018 Winter Paralympics medal winners

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Momoka Muraoka | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom, sitting | 14 March
Gold | Gurimu Narita | Snowboarding | Men's banked slalom, SB-LL2 | 16 March
Gold | Yoshihiro Nitta | Cross country skiing | Men's 10 kilometre classical, standing | 17 March
Silver | Momoka Muraoka | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill, sitting | 10 March
Silver | Taiki Morii | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill, sitting | 10 March
Silver | Yoshihiro Nitta | Cross country skiing | Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing | 14 March
Silver | Momoka Muraoka | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom, sitting | 18 March
Bronze | Momoka Muraoka | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G, sitting | 11 March
Bronze | Gurimu Narita | Snowboarding | Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL2 | 12 March
Bronze | Momoka Muraoka | Alpine skiing | Women's super combined, sitting | 13 March

## Team

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There were three announcements with who would go to the 2018 Winter Games representing Japan. The second announcement was made on 8 February 2018. The last announcement was made on 18 February 2018.[1][2][3] The last announcement said two male para-alpine skiers would be going to South Korea.[4] The country has the third largest team among all nations. It has 38 people.[5]

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Japan") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Team Japan  Name  | Sport  | Classification  | Events  | ref

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Gurimu Narita | para-snowboarding  | SB-LL2  |  | [6]
Keiichi Sato | para-Nordic skiing  |  | biathlon, cross country skiing  | [7]
Atsushi Yamamoto | para-snowboarding  |  |  | [7]

## Para-Nordic skiing

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### Skiers

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Keiichi Sato competes in two sports: para-triathlon and para-Nordic skiing. The first sport he did was para-Nordic skiing. As a member of Team Japan, he went to the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics. After para-triathlon became a Paralympic sport, Sato decided to try it. He then was part of Team Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He then went to the 2017 Triathlon World Championships. After that, he stopped competing in para-triathlon. He wanted to try to medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He thought he needed to focus on para-Nordic skiing to do that.[7]

### Schedule and results

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On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals. The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.[8]

## Para-snowboarding

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### Snowboarders

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Atsushi Yamamoto is a track and field competitor. He won a silver medal in the men's T42 long jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. In November 2017, he went to the World Para Snowboard World Cup in Landgraaf, Netherlands. The World Cup was his first para-snowboarding competition. Also there was Daniel Wagner of Denmark. Wagner won gold in the event which Yamamoto won silver. Both men had decided to compete internationally in snowboarding during the same year.[7]

### Schedule and results

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The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March. It goesfrom 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women.[9] The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.[8]

## Para ice hockey

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Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Summary

Key:

* OT – Overtime
* GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team  | Group stage  | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl.

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Japan men's |  South Korea
L 1–4  |  United States
L 0–10  |  Czech Republic
L 0–3  | 4  |  Norway
L 1–6  |  Sweden
L 1–5  | 8

Mixed Tournament

### Roster

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Japan's team has 17 men. Their coach is Kojin Nakakita.[10]

Team Japan  Name  | Position  | Role  | Past Games  | ref

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Mikio Annaka  | forward |  | 2014  | [10]
Shinobu Fukushima  | goaltender |  | 2014  | [10]
Susumu Hirose  | forward |  |  | [10]
Wataru Horie  | forward |  |  | [10]
Hideaki Ishii  | defenseman |  |  | [10]
Nao Kodama  | forward |  |  | [10]
Masaharu Kumagai  | forward | alternate captain  |  | [10]
Eiji Misawa  | defenseman |  | 2014  | [10]
Kazuya Mochizuki  | goaltender |  |  | [10]
Keisuke Nagumo  | forward |  |  | [10]
Toshiyuki Nakamura  | defenseman |  |  | [10]
Taimei Shiba  | forward |  | 2014  | [10]
Yoshihiro Shioya  | forward |  |  | [10]
Satoru Sudo  | defenseman | captain  | 2014  | [10]
Kazuhiro Takahashi  | forward | alternate captain  | 2014  | [10]
Daisuke Uehara  | defenseman |  | 2014  | [10]
Mamoru Yoshikawa  | forward |  | 2014  | [10]

### Qualification

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Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic were the last 3 teams that were able to go to the 2018 Games. They could go because of how they finished at the Qualification Tournament in October in Ostersund, Sweden in October 2017.[11][12][13]

Preliminary round
Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  United States | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 28  | 0  | +28  | 9  | Semifinals
2  |  South Korea (H) | 3  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 11  | −4  | 5
3  |  Czech Republic | 3  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 13  | −8  | 4  | 5–8th place semifinals
4  |  Japan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 17  | −16  | 0

Source: PyeongChang 2018
(H) Host

10 March 2018
15:30| South Korea | 4–1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)|  Japan| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,022

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Game reference

| Yu Man-gyun| Goalies| Shinobu Fukushima| Referee:
Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
Matt Clark
Leon Wesley
| Jang D. (Kim Y., Jang J.) (PP) – 21:08| 1–0|

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Jung – 30:51| 2–0|
Cho Y. (Cho B., Jung) – 35:56| 3–0|
Lee H. (Jang D., Lee Ji.) (PP) – 40:31| 4–0|
| 4–1| 42:53 – Takahashi (Uehara, Kumagai) (PP)
12 min| Penalties| 14 min
24| Shots| 7
11 March 2018
12:00| United States | 10–0
(3–0, 6–0, 1–0)|  Japan| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,435

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Game reference

| Jen Lee| Goalies| Shinobu Fukushima
Kazuya Mochizuki| Referee:
Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:
Matt Clark
Han Youl
| McKee (Landeros) – 01:01| 1–0|

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Roybal (Misiewicz) – 04:34| 2–0|
Grove (Farmer, DeQuebec) – 12:26| 3–0|
Landeros (Roybal, Farmer) (PP) – 20:25| 4–0|
Farmer – 20:55| 5–0|
McDermott (Page, DeQuebec) – 23:20| 6–0|
Roman (Page, Pauls) – 23:54| 7–0|
Roybal (Misiewicz) – 24:02| 8–0|
Roybal (McKee, Misiewicz) – 24:49| 9–0|
Wallace (Farmer, Pauls) – 38:25| 10–0|
2 min| Penalties| 4 min
24| Shots| 2
13 March 2018
19:00| Czech Republic | 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)|  Japan| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,569

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Game reference

| Michal Vápenka| Goalies| Shinobu Fukushima| Referee:
Jonathan Morrison
Linesmen:
Han Youl
Andreas Lundén
| Kubeš (Hábl) – 27:26| 1–0|

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Šafránek (Hrbek, Krupička) – 33:11| 2–0|
Kubeš (ENG) – 44:42| 3–0|
4 min| Penalties| 4 min
11| Shots| 5

5–8th place semifinal
14 March 2018
20:00| Norway | 6–1
(2–0, 3–1, 1–0)|  Japan| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 3,919

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Game reference

| Kjell Christian Hamar| Goalies| Shinobu Fukushima
Kazuya Mochizuki| Referee:
Johnathan Morrison
Linesmen:
Jan Vaněk
Leon Wesley
| Bakke (Øiseth) (PP) – 02:25| 1–0|

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Pedersen (Bøgle, Nordstoga) – 09:37| 2–0|
| 2–1| 18:20 – Takahashi (Horie) (SH)
Bøgle – 18:34| 3–1|
Pedersen (Hamre) – 18:55| 4–1|
Bakke (Værnes, Bøgle) – 20:02| 5–1|
Pedersen (Bøgle, Nordstoga) – 35:28| 6–1|
0 min| Penalties| 4 min
14| Shots| 6

Seventh place game
16 March 2018
16:00| Japan | 1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)|  Sweden| Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,979

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Game reference

| Shinobu Fukushima| Goalies| Ulf Nilsson| Referee:
Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
Jan Vaněk
Leon Wesley
| | 0–1| 00:52 – Gyllsten (Kasperi, Meng)

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Takahashi (Uehara) – 16:25| 1–1|
| 1–2| 19:19 – Ingvarsson (Meng, Kasperi) (PP)
| 1–3| 27:33 – Kasperi (Hedberg) (SH)
| 1–4| 37:24 – Holm (Rakos, Kasperi)
| 1–5| 44:17 – Ingvarsson (Gyllsten, P. Nilsson)
4 min| Penalties| 4 min
10| Shots| 14

## Media and television

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For the first time, the Paralympic Games will be live on television. The 2018 Games will be on NHK.[14] People can watch on NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV channels.[14] Some will be televised with a resolution of 8K.[14] There are going to be 62 hours of live coverage.[14]

## References

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1. ^ パラリンピック委員会. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
2. ^ パラリンピック委員会｜ニュース. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
3. ^ パラリンピック委員会｜ニュース. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
4. ^ 平昌2018パラリンピック冬季競技大会 日本代表選手団 [Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Games Japan national team] (PDF). Japanese Paralympic Committee (in Japanese). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
5. ^ "PyeongChang to host largest Winter Paralympics next month". Yonhap News Agency. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
6. ^ "PyeongChang 2018 Sport Week: Snowboard Ones to Watch". International Paralympic Committee. 6 February 2018.
7. ^ a b c d "PyeongChang 2018: 6 dual-sport athletes". International Paralympic Committee. 9 February 2018.
8. ^ a b "Programm". Austrian Paralympic Committee (in German). 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
9. ^ "Programm". Austrian Paralympic Committee (in German). 2 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "PyeongChang 2018: Japan name Para ice hockey team". International Paralympic Committee.
11. ^ "PyeongChang 2018: 10 things to know". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
12. ^ "PyeongChang 2018: Para ice hockey seedings and groups revealed". International Paralympic Committee.
13. ^ "Ostersund 2017: Sweet Victory for Sweden". International Paralympic Committee.
14. ^ a b c d "NHK: Zimowe igrzyska paraolimpijskie w 8K | 8K - SATKurier.pl". SATKurier.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea

America|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Mexico
* United States

Asia|

* China
* Iran
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Mongolia
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Tajikistan
* Uzbekistan

Europe|

* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Others|

* Neutral Paralympic Athletes

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*[BM]: Bronze medal match
*[Pos]: Position
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*[W]: Won
*[OTW]: Overtime win
*[OTL]: Overtime loss
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points