Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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

Silver

Bronze

Total

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

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| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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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 | Ayane 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

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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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

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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

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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

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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

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Ohra Kimishima
Yuka Wakatsuki | Team |  Norway (NOR)
L 0–4  | Did not advance  | 16

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Misses  | Rank

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Taiki Ito | Sprint | 24:27.9  | 5 (2+3)  | 81
Individual | 46:57.6  | 13 (3+5+4+1)  | 91
Keita Momen | Sprint | 25:35.7  | 7 (3+4)  | 90
Individual | 43:19.5  | 8 (3+3+1+1)  | 81
Chiharu Ueda | Sprint | 22:38.0  | 5 (1+4)  | 52
Individual | 42:20.7  | 10 (2+4+2+2)  | 71

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Misses  | Rank

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Kurea Matsuoka | Sprint | 23:18.7  | 2 (1+1)  | 75
Individual | 43:44.6  | 7 (3+1+2+1)  | 78
Misa Sasaki | Sprint | 23:32.6  | 5 (3+2)  | 78
Individual | 40:58.3  | 7 (2+3+1+1)  | 66

Mixed
Athletes  | Event  | Time  | Misses  | Rank

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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

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Chika Honda | 5 km classic | —  |  |
Free sprint |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cross-country cross |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Curling

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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

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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

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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  |  |  |  |  |  |
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## Figure skating

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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

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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

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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

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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 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) | 96.39
7 | 91.34
3 | 101.84
4 | 157.62
8 | 22  |

## Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Slopestyle & Big Air
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Run 1  | Run 2  | Best  | Rank  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Best  | Rank
Ruka Ito | Boys' big air |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Boys' slopestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rai Kasamura | Boys' big air |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Boys' slopestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Toma Matsuura | Boys' halfpipe |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Yuna Koga | Girls' big air |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Girls' halfpipe |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Girls' slopestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Akane Nakata | Girls' halfpipe |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

### Girls' tournament

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Summary

Key:

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

Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Semifinal  | Final

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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

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Boys

* Gosei Daikuhara
* Issa Otsuka
* Wataru Suzuki
* Tomoyoshi Yuki

Girls

* Sena Hasegawa
* Ruka Kiyokawa
* Yuna Kusama
* Riko Matsumoto
* Reina Sato

## Luge

[edit]

Main article: Luge at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Yuki Ishikawa | Singles | 57.654  | 23  | 57.402  | 22  | 1:55.056  | 22

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Individual
Athlete  | Event  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country

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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

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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

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

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Haruna Nagamori | 500 m |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1000 m | 1:47.696  | 1  | 1:35.182  | 3  | Did not advance

## Skeleton

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Main article: Skeleton at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Taido Nagao | Boys' |  |  |  |  |  |
Takanobu Usui |  |  |  |  |  |

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys
Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Final  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Sota Kudo | Normal hill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Final  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Distance  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Yuna Kasai | Normal hill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Machiko Kubota |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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

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Points  | Rank  | Position  | Position
Seigo Sato | Boys' snowboard cross |  |  |  |

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Boys' slopestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ryoma Kimata | Boys' big air |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Boys' slopestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hinari Asanuma | Girls' big air |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Girls' slopestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Manon Kaji | Girls' halfpipe |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kanami Okuyama | Girls' big air |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Girls' slopestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mitsuki Ono | Girls' halfpipe |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Speed skating

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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

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

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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

Mass Start
Athlete  | Event  | Semifinal  | Final

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Points  | Time  | Rank  | Points  | Time  | Rank
Motonaga Arito | Boys' mass start | 31  | 5:53.77  | 1 Q | 30  | 6:29.72  |
Yudai Yamamoto | 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 | 4  | 6:50.83  | 4 Q | 0  | 6:57.26  | 14

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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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  |

## See also

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* Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
2. ^ 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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Nations at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne

Africa|

South Africa

Americas|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Haiti
* Mexico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

Asia|

* China
* Hong Kong
* Iran
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Chinese Taipei
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* Uzbekistan

Europe|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

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