Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Japan at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Japan at the; 2022 Winter Olympics
	Flag of Japan
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp
in Beijing, China; February 4–20, 2022
Competitors	124 (49 men and 75 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Akito Watabe; Arisa Go
Flag bearer (closing)	Arisa Go
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 3 Silver 7 Bronze 8 Total 18
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.^[1]^[2]

Akito Watabe and Arisa Go were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Meanwhile Go was also the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[7]^[8]

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ryōyū Kobayashi	Ski jumping	Men's individual normal hill	6 February
Gold	Ayumu Hirano	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	11 February
Gold	Miho Takagi	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	17 February
Silver	Miho Takagi	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	7 February
Silver	Shoma Uno Yuma Kagiyama Wakaba Higuchi Kaori Sakamoto Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto	Figure skating	Team event	7 February
Silver	Yuma Kagiyama	Figure skating	Men's singles	10 February
Silver	Ryōyū Kobayashi	Ski jumping	Men's individual large hill	12 February
Silver	Miho Takagi	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	13 February
Silver	Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi	Speed skating	Women's team pursuit	15 February
Silver	Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki	Curling	Women's tournament	20 February
Bronze	Ikuma Horishima	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls	5 February
Bronze	Sena Tomita	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe	10 February
Bronze	Shoma Uno	Figure skating	Men's singles	10 February
Bronze	Wataru Morishige	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	12 February
Bronze	Kokomo Murase	Snowboarding	Women's big air	14 February
Bronze	Akito Watabe	Nordic combined	Individual large hill/10 km	15 February
Bronze	Akito Watabe Yoshito Watabe Hideaki Nagai Ryota Yamamoto	Nordic combined	Team large hill/4 × 5 km	17 February
Bronze	Kaori Sakamoto	Figure skating	Women's singles	17 February

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Speed skating	1	3	1	5
Ski jumping	1	1	0	2
Snowboarding	1	0	2	3
Figure skating	0	2	2	4
Curling	0	1	0	1
Nordic combined	0	0	2	2
Freestyle skiing	0	0	1	1
Total	3	7	8	18

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	2	3
Biathlon	2	4	6
Cross-country skiing	4	4	8
Curling	0	5	5
Figure skating	5	5	10
Freestyle skiing	6	6	12
Ice hockey	0	23	23
Luge	1	0	1
Nordic combined	5	0	5
Short track speed skating	4	3	7
Speed skating	7	8	15
Ski jumping	5	4	9
Snowboarding	9	11	20
Total	49	75	124

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yohei Koyama	Men's slalom	DNF		did not advance
Asa Ando	Women's slalom	DNF		did not advance
Asa Ando	Women's giant slalom	1:01.43	29	59.56	23	2:00.99	24
Sakurako Mukogawa	Women's slalom	56.09	36	56.64	37	1:52.73	35
Sakurako Mukogawa	Women's giant slalom	1:03.39	36	1:03.38	33	2:06.77	31

Biathlon

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kosuke Ozaki	Men's sprint	26:24.1	0 (0+0)	44
	Men's individual	58:37.9	6 (1+0+4+1)	82
	Men's pursuit	46:56.6	4 (0+2+0+2)	51
Tsukasa Kobonoki	Men's sprint	26:17.8	1 (0+1)	41
	Men's individual	54:16.6	3 (1+0+1+1)	44
	Men's pursuit	46:16.0	5 (1+1+2+1)	46
Asuka Hachisuka	Women's sprint	26:06.7	4 (4+0)	87
Asuka Hachisuka	Women's individual	51:58.0	4 (0+1+0+3)	65
Fuyuko Tachizaki	Women's sprint	23:10.8	1 (0+1)	39
	Women's pursuit	40:27.8	3 (0+1+1+1)	42
	Women's individual	48:17.5	3 (1+1+0+1)	27
Sari Furuya	Women's sprint	23:58.9	3 (1+2)	67
Sari Furuya	Women's individual	52:45.0	7 (2+1+0+4)	74
Yurie Tanaka	Women's sprint	24:21.5	1 (0+1)	74
Yurie Tanaka	Women's individual	52:26.3	4 (2+1+0+1)	71
Asuka Hachisuka Fuyuko Tachizaki Sari Furuya Yurie Tanaka	Women's team relay	LAP		17

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kosuke Ozaki Tsukasa Kobonoki Fuyuko Tachizaki Sari Furuya	Relay	LAP	14 (3+11)	18

Cross-country skiing

Japan qualified four male and four female cross-country skiers.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Ryo Hirose	Men's 15 km classical	—				41:30.5	+3:35.7	43
Hiroyuki Miyazawa	Men's 15 km classical	—				43:47.5	+5:52.7	67
Naoto Baba	30 km skiathlon	43:13.8	44	40:52.4	31	1:24:43.9	+8:34.1	35
Ryo Hirose		43:04.4	43	41:41.1	40	1:25:17.7	+9:07.9	41
Haruki Yamashita		45:06.0	57	LAP				53
Naoto Baba	50 km freestyle	—				1:14:52.7	+3:20.0	24
Ryo Hirose Hiroyuki Miyazawa Naoto Baba Haruki Yamashita	4 × 10 km relay	—				2:03:01.5	+8:10.8	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Masako Ishida	10 km classical	—	30:50.6	+2:44.3	27
Chika Kobayashi		—	32:10.0	+4:03.7	54
Masae Tsuchiya		—	31:41.5	+3:35.2	46
Masako Ishida	15 km skiathlon	24:26.3	28	23:41.1	35	48:44.7	+4:31.0	27
Chika Kobayashi		25:52.5	49	24:21.9	46	50:55.4	+6:41.7	50
Masae Tsuchiya		24:39.0	33	23:56.6	37	49:13.6	+4:59.9	35
Miki Kodama		26:17.4	52	24:45.0	53	51:48.3	+7:34.6	52
Masako Ishida	30 km freestyle	—				1:32:06.3	+7:12.3	26
Masae Tsuchiya						1:34:47.6	+9:53.6	36
Miki Kodama						1:39:53.8	+14:59.8	50
Chika Kobayashi						1:43:33.1	+18:39.1	55
Masako Ishida Masae Tsuchiya Chika Kobayashi Miki Kodama	4 × 5 km relay	—				58:40.6	+4:59.6	11

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hiroyuki Miyazawa	Men's	2:54.64	32	did not advance
Haruki Yamashita	Men's	3:02.60	57	did not advance

Curling

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki	Women's tournament	SWE L 5–8	CAN W 8–5	DEN W 8–7	ROC W 10–5	CHN W 10–2	KOR L 5–10	GBR L 4–10	USA W 10–7	SUI L 4–8	4 Q	SUI W 8–6	GBR L 3–10

Women's tournament

Japan has qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing second in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event.^[10] Team Satsuki Fujisawa qualified as Japanese representatives by winning the 2021 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Sayaka Yoshimura 3–2 in the best-of-five trial.^[11]

Final Round Robin Standings
Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%^[12]	DSC^[13]	Qualification
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	9	8	1	–	67	46	44	36	4	12	81.6%	19.14	Playoffs
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	9	7	2	–	64	49	39	35	6	12	82.0%	25.02
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	9	5	4	1–1	63	47	39	33	4	9	80.6%	35.27
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	9	5	4	1–1	64	62	40	36	2	13	82.3%	36.00
Canada	Jennifer Jones	9	5	4	1–1	71	59	42	41	1	14	80.4%	45.44
United States	Tabitha Peterson	9	4	5	2–0	60	64	40	39	2	12	79.5%	33.87
China	Han Yu	9	4	5	1–1	56	67	38	41	3	10	79.6%	30.06
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	9	4	5	0–2	62	66	40	42	3	10	80.8%	27.79
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	9	2	7	–	50	68	33	41	7	0	77.2%	23.36
ROC	Alina Kovaleva	9	1	8	–	50	79	34	45	2	7	78.9%	29.34

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round robin

Japan had a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10.^[14]

Draw 1

Thursday, 10 February, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	X	8
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	5

Draw 3

Friday, 11 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	5
Japan (Fujisawa)	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	X	8

Draw 4

Saturday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	8
Denmark (Dupont)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	7

Draw 5

Saturday, 12 February, 20:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
ROC (Kovaleva)	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	3	10

Draw 7

Monday, 14 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Han)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	1	X	X	10

Draw 8

Monday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	10

Draw 9

Tuesday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Muirhead)	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	X	X	10
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	4

Draw 11

Wednesday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	X	10
United States (Peterson)	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	X	7

Draw 12

Thursday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	X	8

Semifinal

Friday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	6
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	8

Gold medal game

Sunday, 20 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Great Britain (Muirhead)	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	X	10

Figure skating

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Japan secured three quotas in both the men's and ladies singles competitions, and one each in the pairs and ice dance competitions.^[15]

The Japan won bronze medals in the team event, which were not awarded at the Olympics due to a pending investigation into a Russian doping scandal. The investigation was still ongoing as of 2023,^[16] with the final decision announced in early 2024. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recommended the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to upgrade the Japan team to silver, which it did, bringing the country's silver medal tally to seven.

Athlete	Event	SP / SD		FS / FD		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuzuru Hanyu	Men's singles	95.15	8 Q	188.06	3	283.21	4
Shoma Uno		105.90	3 Q	187.10	5	293.00
Yuma Kagiyama		108.12	2 Q	201.93	2	310.05
Kaori Sakamoto	Ladies' singles	79.84	3 Q	153.29	3	233.13
Wakaba Higuchi		73.51	5 Q	140.93	6	214.44	5
Mana Kawabe		62.69	15 Q	104.04	23	166.73	23
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Pairs	70.85	8 Q	141.04	5	211.89	7
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	Ice dance	65.41	22	did not advance

Team trophy

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Shoma Uno (M) (SP) Yuma Kagiyama (M) (FS) Wakaba Higuchi (L) (SP) Kaori Sakamoto (L) (FS) Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (P) Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto (ID)	Team event	105.46 9	74.73 9	74.45 7	66.54 4	29	3 Q	208.94 10	148.66 9	139.60 9	98.66 6	63

Freestyle skiing

Freeskiing
Women

Kokone Kondo withdrew from the slopestyle event after sustaining an injury during practice.

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kokone Kondo	Slopestyle	DNS					did not advance
Saori Suzuki	Halfpipe	68.75	66.25	—	68.75	15	did not advance

Moguls
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Daichi Hara	Moguls	25.23	61.38	76.11	8 Q	Bye				24.27	62.59	78.59	3 Q	24.40	61.00	76.82	7	did not advance			7
Ikuma Horishima		25.38	59.87	74.40	16	25.75	61.64	76.19	5 Q	25.20	63.14	77.91	5 Q	25.47	65.17	79.58	3 Q	23.86	64.94	81.48
So Matsuda		25.71	59.25	73.35	18	26.11	55.47	73.35	13	did not advance											23
Kosuke Sugimoto		25.00	61.78	76.26	6 Q	Bye				24.41	63.20	79.01	2 Q	25.13	60.87	75.73	9	did not advance			9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Junko Hoshino	Moguls	28.53	59.53	75.38	6 Q	Bye				28.73	57.57	73.19	13	did not advance							13
Anri Kawamura		28.33	60.29	76.36	5 Q	Bye				27.90	64.16	80.72	2 Q	28.37	62.81	78.84	3 Q	28.00	60.67	77.12	5
Kisara Sumiyoshi		30.25	54.23	68.14	15	28.50	56.70	72.58	2 Q	28.71	55.87	71.52	15	did not advance							15
Hinako Tomitaka		30.01	50.90	65.08	18	29.57	57.25	71.93	4 Q	29.87	55.65	69.99	19	did not advance							19

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Satoshi Furuno	Men's ski cross	1:13.46	22	4	did not advance			26
Ryo Sugai	Men's ski cross	1:12.29	3	3	did not advance			17

Ice hockey

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Sweden W 3–1	Denmark W 6–2	China L 1–2 GWS	Czech Republic W 3–2 GWS	1 Q	—	Finland L 1–7	did not advance		6

Japan has qualified 23 female competitors to the ice hockey tournament.^[17]

Women's tournament

Japan women's national ice hockey team qualified by being 6th in the 2020 IIHF World Rankings.^[18]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 8 January 2022.^[19]

Head Coach: Yuji Iizuka

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Nana Fujimoto	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 32)	Färjestad BK
2	D	Shiori Koike	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	(1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 28)	DK Peregrine
3	D	Aoi Shiga	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	(1999-07-04)4 July 1999 (aged 22)	Toyota Cygnus
4	D	Ayaka Toko	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	(1994-08-22)22 August 1994 (aged 27)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
6	D	Sena Suzuki	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	(1991-08-04)4 August 1991 (aged 30)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
7	D	Yukiko Kawashima	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 25)	DK Peregrine
8	D	Akane Hosoyamada	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	(1992-03-09)9 March 1992 (aged 29)	DK Peregrine
10	F	Haruna Yoneyama	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 30)	DK Peregrine
11	F	Mei Miura	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 23)	Toyota Cygnus
12	F	Chiho Osawa – C	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 29)	Luleå HF
14	F	Haruka Toko	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	(1997-03-16)16 March 1997 (aged 24)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
15	F	Rui Ukita	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	(1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 25)	Daishin
16	F	Akane Shiga	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	(2001-03-03)3 March 2001 (aged 20)	Toyota Cygnus
18	F	Suzuka Taka	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	(1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 25)	DK Peregrine
19	F	Chika Otaki	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	(1998-12-14)14 December 1998 (aged 23)	DK Peregrine
20	G	Miyuu Masuhara	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)	43 kg (95 lb)	(2001-10-04)4 October 2001 (aged 20)	DK Peregrine
21	F	Hanae Kubo	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	(1982-12-10)10 December 1982 (aged 39)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
22	F	Miho Shishiuchi	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	(1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 29)	Toyota Cygnus
23	F	Hikaru Yamashita	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	(2000-09-23)23 September 2000 (aged 21)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
27	F	Remi Koyama	1.46 m (4 ft 9 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	(2000-07-17)17 July 2000 (aged 21)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
28	D	Shiori Yamashita	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	50 kg (110 lb)	(2002-04-28)28 April 2002 (aged 19)	Seibu Princess Rabbits
30	G	Akane Konishi	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	(1995-08-14)14 August 1995 (aged 26)	Seibu Princess Rabbits

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	4	2	1	1	0	13	7	+6	9	Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	4	2	0	1	1	10	8	+2	7
3	Sweden	4	2	0	0	2	7	8	−1	6
4	China (H)	4	1	1	0	2	7	7	0	5	Eliminated
5	Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	7	14	−7	3	Eliminated

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

3 February 2022
16:40
v

Sweden

1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Japan

Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 482

Game reference

Emma Söderberg

Goalies

Nana Fujimoto

Referees:

Cianna Lieffers

Elizabeth Mantha
Linesmen:

Kendall Hanley

Diana Mokhova

	0–1	19:13 – Koike (Kubo, Osawa)
Nylén Persson (Wikner-Zienkiewicz) – 20:30	1–1
	1–2	44:03 – Ukita (Ak. Shiga, Ao. Shiga)
	1–3	58:59 – Yoneyama (Koyama, Hosoyamada) (ENG)

6 min

Penalties

4 min

27

Shots

40

5 February 2022
16:40
v

Japan

6–2
(3–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Denmark

Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 476

Game reference

Nana Fujimoto
Akane Konishi

Goalies

Cassandra Repstock-Romme
Lisa Jensen

Referees:

Kelly Cooke

Maria Furberg
Linesmen:

Alex Clarke

Sara Strong

H. Yamashita (Miura, Koike) – 10:46	1–0
H. Toko (Ao. Shiga, A. Toko) – 12:08	2–0
Ukita – 13:50	3–0
A. Toko (H. Toko) – 22:53	4–0
	4–1	29:16 – Bau Hansen (N. Jensen)
Ak. Shiga (Kubo, H. Toko) (PP) – 39:54	5–1
H. Yoneyama (H. Yamashita, Koike) – 48:02	6–1
	6–2	59:55 – Jakobsen (Persson, Weis) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

42

Shots

20

6 February 2022
16:40
v

China

2–1 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Japan

Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 506

Game reference

Zhou Jiaying

Goalies

Nana Fujimoto

Referees:

Tijana Haack

Anniina Nurmi
Linesmen:

Jenni Heikkinen

Julia Kainberger

	0–1	18:02 – Hosoyamada (Koike, Osawa) (PP)
Hu (Li B.) – 41:06	1–1

Lin Q.

Lin N.

Zhang

Mi

Shootout

Kubo

Shiga

Ukita

H. Toko

A. Toko

6 min

Penalties

0 min

30

Shots

33

8 February 2022
16:40
v

Japan

3–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 638

Game reference

Nana Fujimoto

Goalies

Klára Peslarová

Referees:

Daria Abrosimova

Daria Ermak
Linesmen:

Lisa Linnek

Linnea Sainio

H. Toko (Ao. Shiga, A. Toko) (PP) – 04:00	1–0
	1–1	26:09 – Křížová (Vanišová)
H. Toko (Kubo, A. Toko) (PP) – 40:23	2–1
	2–2	45:53 – Mlýnková

Ukita

Kubo

Koyama

H. Toko

Shootout

Křížová

6 min

Penalties

10 min

25

Shots

38

Quarterfinals

12 February 2022
16:40
v

Finland

7–1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 675

Game reference

Anni Keisala

Goalies

Nana Fujimoto
Akane Konishi

Referees:

Cianna Lieffers

Anna Wiegand
Linesmen:

Lisa Linnek

Veronica Lovensnö

Nieminen (Tulus, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 02:08	1–0
Vainikka (Laitinen, Holopainen) – 04:32	2–0
	2–1	15:01 – Shiga (H. Toko)
Karvinen (Nieminen, Tapani) – 25:01	3–1
Nieminen (Karvinen, Laitinen) – 28:29	4–1
Nieminen (Tapani, Hiirikoski) – 40:18	5–1
Tapani (Karvinen, Nieminen) – 48:28	6–1
Hakala (Niskanen, Laitinen) – 52:29	7–1

8 min

Penalties

4 min

49

Shots

25

Luge

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Seiya Kobayashi	Men's singles	1:00.856	31	1:00.919	33	59.859	30	did not advance		3:01.634	32

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	98.0	114.1	9	24:24.1	4	25:40.1	7
Akito Watabe	Large hill/10 km	135.0	126.4	5	26:19.9	10	27:13.9
Hideaki Nagai	Large hill/10 km	117.0	83.7	32	27:28.9	28	31:12.9	31
Ryota Yamamoto	Normal hill/10 km	108.0	133.0	1	26:54.3	34	26:54.3	14
Ryota Yamamoto	Large hill/10 km	140.0	128.7	2	27:44.1	34	28:28.1	12
Sora Yachi	Normal hill/10 km	103.5	116.9	5	27:34.6	40	28:38.6	30
Yoshito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	97.5	110.8	13	25:25.2	23	26:54.2	13
Yoshito Watabe	Large hill/10 km	118.0	94.4	27	27:08.7	22	30:10.7	25
Akito Watabe Hideaki Nagai Ryota Yamamoto Yoshito Watabe	Team large hill/4×5 km	522.0	466.6	4	51:28.3	4	51:40.3

Short track speed skating

Japan has qualified four male and three female short track speed skaters. They will participate in the men's and mixed relays as well.^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katsunori Koike	500 m	41.199	4	did not advance					26
Kazuki Yoshinaga	1000 m	1:25.574	3 AA	DSQ		did not advance			17
Kazuki Yoshinaga	1500 m	—		2:12.450	2 Q	2:14.014	3 QB	2:18.585	16
Kota Kikuchi	500 m	42.176	3	did not advance					22
Kota Kikuchi	1500 m	—		2:15.243	4	did not advance			22
Shogo Miyata	1000 m	1:24.367	4	did not advance					23
Shogo Miyata	1500 m	—		2:13.799	5	did not advance			27
Katsunori Koike Kazuki Yoshinaga Kota Kikuchi Shogo Miyata	5000 m relay	—				6:40.446	3 QB	6:40.545	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shione Kaminaga	1000 m	1:28.465	4	did not advance					25
Shione Kaminaga	1500 m	—		2:22.261	5	did not advance			27
Sumire Kikuchi	500 m	42.829	3 q	56.092	3	did not advance			12
	1000 m	1:30.154	2 Q	1:37.170	5	did not advance			19
	1500 m	—		2:23.359	3 Q	No time	6 ADV B	2:37.915	8
Yuki Kikuchi	1000 m	1:28.764	4	did not advance					27
Yuki Kikuchi	1500 m	—		2:22.192	4	did not advance			23

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katsunori Koike Kazuki Yoshinaga Kota Kikuchi Shogo Miyata Shione Kaminaga Sumire Kikuchi Yuki Kikuchi	2000 m relay	2:39.112	4	did not advance			10

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; OR – Olympic record

Ski jumping

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Junshiro Kobayashi	Large hill	121.5	101.4	32 Q	130.0	120.4	30	134.0	131.6	18	252.0	24
Ryōyū Kobayashi		128.0	121.3	9 Q	142.0	147.0	1	138.0	145.8	2	292.8
Naoki Nakamura		122.0	107.1	37 Q	134.0	128.6	17	124.0	112.3	30	240.9	29
Yukiya Sato		126.0	111.7	23 Q	133.0	128.4	18	134.5	132.2	17	260.6	15
Junshiro Kobayashi	Normal hill	93.0	88.2	26 Q	97.5	123.0	26 Q	92.5	111.0	26	254.0	27
Ryōyū Kobayashi		99.0	111.4	4 Q	104.5	145.4	1 Q	99.5	129.6	5	275.0
Naoki Nakamura		88.5	87.0	29 Q	93.5	114.5	38	did not advance
Yukiya Sato		100.0	103.6	10 Q	95.0	118.1	32	did not advance
Junshiro Kobayashi Naoki Nakamura Ryoyu Kobayashi Yukiya Sato	Team large hill	—			513	438.5	5	498.5	444.3	6	882.8	5

Women

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kaori Iwabuchi	Normal hill	94.5	94.8	11	83.0	74.8	24	169.6	18
Sara Takanashi		98.5	108.7	5	100.0	115.4	4	224.1	4
Yuka Seto		94.5	94.6	13	83.5	81.9	19	176.5	14
Yuki Ito		94.0	95.5	10	82.0	81.2	20	176.7	13

Mixed

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ryōyū Kobayashi Yukiya Sato Sara Takanashi Yuki Ito	Mixed team	332.9	359.9	8	378.5	476.4	2	836.3	4

Snowboarding

Freestyle
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kaito Hamada	Big air	80.75	41.75	55.75	136.50	15	did not advance
Hiroaki Kunitake		83.75	61.50	74.50	158.25	4 Q	82.25	50.25	84.00	166.25	4
Takeru Otsuka		68.50	75.50	91.50	160.00	2 Q	17.25	95.00	33.75	128.75	9
Ruki Tobita		25.75	16.25	20.25	46.00	29	did not advance
Ayumu Hirano	Halfpipe	87.25	93.25	—	93.25	1 Q	33.75	91.75	96.00	96.00
Kaishu Hirano		74.75	77.25		77.25	9 Q	75.50	37.75	15.75	75.50	9
Ruka Hirano		80.75	87.00		87.00	3 Q	13.00	11.75	9.25	13.00	12
Yūto Totsuka		84.50	12.00		84.50	6 Q	62.00	69.75	26.50	69.75	10
Kaito Hamada	Slopestyle	56.06	67.45	—	67.45	12 Q	25.90	15.91	59.36	59.36	8
Hiroaki Kunitake		50.36	51.43		51.43	21	did not advance
Takeru Otsuka		32.93	74.93		74.93	6 Q	52.75	50.58	52.80	52.80	10
Ruki Tobita		29.23	56.58		56.58	19	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Reira Iwabuchi	Big air	83.00	75.50	11.75	158.50	3 Q	83.75	82.25	37.00	166.00	4
Kokomo Murase		85.00	72.75	86.00	171.00	2 Q	80.00	91.50	12.00	171.50
Miyabi Onitsuka		80.75	72.25	73.50	154.25	5 Q	9.50	54.50	10.75	65.25	11
Reira Iwabuchi	Slopestyle	48.51	67.00	—	67.00	11 Q	75.60	80.03	46.15	80.03	5
Kokomo Murase		74.95	81.45		81.45	2 Q	48.50	49.05	48.00	49.05	10
Miyabi Onitsuka		42.60	46.58		46.58	19	did not advance
Kurumi Imai	Halfpipe	54.75	49.75	—	54.75	15	did not advance
Mitsuki Ono		79.50	83.75		83.75	2 Q	71.50	25.50	29.00	71.50	9
Ruki Tomita		74.25	66.25		74.25	6 Q	16.50	19.75	80.50	80.50	5
Sena Tomita		75.75	52.00		75.75	5 Q	86.00	88.25	9.25	88.25

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Tsubaki Miki	Women's giant slalom	1:27.15	3 Q	Kotnik (SLO) L DNF	did not advance			9
Tomoka Takeuchi	Women's giant slalom	1:28.83	15 Q	Hofmeister (GER) L DNF	did not advance			15

Cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Yoshiki Takahara	Men's	1:19.16	23	1 Q	DNF	did not advance		16
Yuka Nakamura	Women's	DNS	32	DNS	did not advance

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Wataru Morishige	500 m	34.50
Yuma Murakami		34.57	8
Tatsuya Shinhama		35.12	20
Wataru Morishige	1000 m	1:09.47	16
Ryota Kojima		1:09.97	20
Tatsuya Shinhama		1:10.00	21
Seitaro Ichinohe	1500 m	1:45.53	10
Takuro Oda	1500 m	1:46.60	17
Seitaro Ichinohe	5000 m	6:19.81	12
Ryosuke Tsuchiya	10000 m	13:02.49	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arisa Go	500 m	37.983	15
Nao Kodaira		38.09	17
Miho Takagi		37.12
Nao Kodaira	1000 m	1:15.65	10
Miho Takagi	1000 m	1:13.19 OR
Ayano Sato	1500 m	1:54.92	4
Miho Takagi		1:53.72
Nana Takagi		1:55.34	8
Ayano Sato	3000 m	4:03:40	9
Miho Takagi	3000 m	4:01.77	6
Momoka Horikawa	5000 m	7:06.92	10
Misaki Oshigiri	5000 m	7:01.17	8

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Ryosuke Tsuchiya	Men's mass start	7	7:48.43	6 Q	6	7:58.82	6
Seitaro Ichinohe	Men's mass start	3	7:58.54	8 Q	3	7:58.82	8
Ayano Sato	Women's mass start	40	8:28.77	2 Q	3	8:16.94	8
Nana Takagi	Women's mass start	0	9:10.03	14	did not advance		27

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi	Women's team pursuit	2:53.61	1 Q	ROC W 2:58.93 FA	Canada (CAN) L 3:04.47

Notes

References

^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
^ "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Akito Watabe to carry flag for Japan at Beijing Games". Japan Times. 15 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Olympics: Speed skater Miho Takagi named Japan captain for Beijing Games". Kyodo News. Tokyo, Japan. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022. The JOC also named speed skater Arisa Go and Nordic combined skier Akito Watabe as flagbearers for the opening ceremony of the Feb. 4-20 games.
^ "Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 opening ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 closing ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^ Steve Seixeiro (17 December 2021). "Japan women qualify for Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "試合結果 (RESULTS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "Shot Success Percentage by Position" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
^ "Draw Shot Challenge" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
^ Céline Stucki (22 December 2021). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games playing schedules released". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ "Communication No. 2388 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "WADA appeals case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to Court of Arbitration for Sport". 21 February 2023.
^ "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ "Olympic Winter Games". IIHF. iihf.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Podnieks, Andrew (8 January 2022). "Japan names Olympians". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[1] "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[2] "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

[fl-3] "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[4] "Akito Watabe to carry flag for Japan at Beijing Games". Japan Times. 15 January 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[5] "Olympics: Speed skater Miho Takagi named Japan captain for Beijing Games". Kyodo News. Tokyo, Japan. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022. The JOC also named speed skater Arisa Go and Nordic combined skier Akito Watabe as flagbearers for the opening ceremony of the Feb. 4-20 games.

[6] "Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 opening ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[7] "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[8] "Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 closing ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[9] "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[10] Steve Seixeiro (17 December 2021). "Japan women qualify for Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[11] "試合結果 (RESULTS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[12] "Shot Success Percentage by Position" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

[13] "Draw Shot Challenge" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

[14] Céline Stucki (22 December 2021). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games playing schedules released". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[15] "Communication No. 2388 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[16] "WADA appeals case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to Court of Arbitration for Sport". 21 February 2023.

[17] "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[18] "Olympic Winter Games". IIHF. iihf.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[19] Podnieks, Andrew (8 January 2022). "Japan names Olympians". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[20] "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

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Medalists

Competitors

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Women's tournament

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Women's tournament

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

Notes

See also

References