Japan at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan at the Youth Olympic Games

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IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.joc.or.jp

At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer

Competitors

31 in 12 sports

Medals

Gold
1

Silver
2

Bronze
0

Total
3

Youth Olympic history

Summer Games

2010
2014

Winter Games

2012
2016

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Yamamoto, SotaSota Yamamoto	Figure skating	Boys' singles	000000002016-02-15-000015 February
02 ! Silver	Sakakibara, KazukiKazuki Sakakibara	Speed skating	Boys' 500 m	000000002016-02-13-000013 February
02 ! Silver	Horikawa, DaichiDaichi Horikawa	Speed skating	Boys' 1500 m	000000002016-02-15-000015 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yohei Koyama	Slalom
	Giant slalom
	Super-G	N/A				1:12.57	17
	Combined	1:13.15	12	41.72	7	1:54.87	8

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chisaki Maeda	Slalom
	Giant slalom
	Super-G	N/A				1:16.92	21
	Combined	1:18.52	23	44.79	9	2:03.31	15

Cross-country skiing

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

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riku Kasahara	10 km freestyle	N/A
	Classical sprint
	Cross-country cross	3:16.92	23 Q	N/A		3:16.44	7	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hikari Miyazaki	5 km freestyle	N/A
	Classical sprint
	Cross-country cross	3:52.03	21 Q	N/A		3:45.82	6	Did not advance

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Mixed team

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

Team

Kosuke Aita
Kota Ito
Yako Matsuzawa
Honoka Sasaki

Mixed doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Mixed doubles

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	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	01 !
Kaori Sakamoto	Girls' singles
Yuna Shiraiwa	Girls' singles

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Eigo Higuchi	Boys' slopestyle

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roy Kanda	Boys' individual skills challenge
Sena Takenaka	Girls' individual skills challenge

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoshihiro Kimura	Normal hill/5 km

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sho Gonai	Boys
Mayu Ijichi	Girls
Madoka Oi	Girls

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Masamitsu Ito	Boys' normal hill
Shihori Oi	Girls' normal hill

Short track speed skating

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

Boys

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kiichi Shigehiro	500 m
Kiichi Shigehiro	1000 m	1:33.688	1 SA/B	1:27.288	2 FA	1:28.718	4
Kazuki Yoshinaga	500 m
Kazuki Yoshinaga	1000 m	1:33.006	2 SA/B	1:28.295	3 FB	1:41.778	6

Girls

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shione Kaminaga	500 m
Shione Kaminaga	1000 m	1:41.026	3 FC	N/A		1:35.903	11

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

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Halfpipe

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

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kaito Hamada	Boys' slopestyle

Snowboard and ski cross relay

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Position	Position	Position
Caterina Carpano (ITA) Minja Lehikoinen (FIN) Yoshiki Takahara (JPN) Tobias Knollseisen (ITA)	Team snowboard ski cross

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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daichi Horikawa	500 m	37.35	8	37.03	4	74.386	8
	1500 m	N/A				1:52.96	02 !
	Mass start	N/A
Kazuki Sakakibara	500 m	36.84	2	37.12	7	73.97	02 !
Kazuki Sakakibara	1500 m	N/A				1:57.26	16

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Moe Kumagai	500 m	40.71	6	41.00	9	81.71	8
Moe Kumagai	1500 m	N/A				2:14.34	20
Yuna Onodera	500 m	41.58	12	41.70	13	83.28	11
	1500 m	N/A				2:11.37	15
	Mass start	N/A

Mixed team sprint

Athletes	Event	Final
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank
Team 3 Viola Feichtner (AUT) Li Huawei (CHN) Li Yanzhe (CHN) Kazuki Sakakibara (JPN)	Mixed team sprint

References

Nations at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer

Africa	Kenya South Africa

Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Jamaica Mexico United States

Asia	China India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nepal South Korea Chinese Taipei Timor-Leste

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

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Related	Teams of athletes from more than one NOC

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