Japan at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Competitors65 in 11 sports
FlagbearersKaito Fujii & Yuzuki Sato
Japan at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Japan
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors65 in 11 sports
Flag bearersKaito Fujii & Yuzuki Sato
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
8
Total
15
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Japan's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

The Japanese team consisted of 65 athletes.[1] Curler Kaito Fujii and ski jumper Yuzuki Sato were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2][3]

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 123
Cross-country skiing 123
Curling 336
Figure skating 224
Freestyle skiing 5510
Ice hockey 01818
Nordic combined 224
Short track speed skating 224
Ski jumping 224
Snowboarding 358
Speed skating 224
Total204060

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldYura MuraseSnowboardingWomen's big air28 January
 GoldMao ShimadaFigure skatingWomen's singles29 January
 GoldRise KudoSnowboardingWomen's halfpipe1 February
 SilverOlly NichollsFreestyle skiingMen's slopestyle25 January
 SilverOlly NichollsFreestyle skiingMen's big air28 January
 SilverSuzuno Fukuda
Yumin Furuhira
Rio Suzuki
Mayu Hosogoe
Riko Nishiuchi
Lily Sato
Rino Tada (A)
Kika Terauchi (C)
Nana Akimoto
Momona Fukuzawa
Tsumugi Ito
Reina Kakuta
Saika Kiyokawa
Azumi Numabe
Umeka Odaira
Momoka Okamura
Koko Ruike
Nanaho Yamaguchi		Ice hockeyWomen's tournament31 January
 SilverSara ShimizuSnowboardingWomen's halfpipe1 February
 BronzeNonomi InoueShort track speed skatingWomen's 1500 metres20 January
 BronzeRaito KidaShort track speed skatingMen's 1000 metres21 January
 BronzeWaka SasabuchiSpeed skatingWomen's 500 metres22 January
 BronzeSota KuboSpeed skatingMen's 1500 metres23 January
 BronzeNonomi Inoue
Aoi Yoshizawa
Yuta Fuchigami
Raito Kida		Short track speed skatingMixed relay24 January
 BronzeTakuto NakamuraFreestyle skiingMen's dual moguls27 January
 BronzeYo TakagiFigure skatingWomen's singles29 January
 BronzeRyusei YamadaSnowboardingMen's halfpipe1 February

Alpine skiing

Japan qualified three alpine skiers (one man and two women).[4]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Neo Kamada Super-G — 56.20 27
Giant slalom 51.31 24 46.42 10 1:37.73 17
Slalom 48.15 9 51.94 2 1:40.09 4
Combined 57.36 36 55.39 8 1:52.75 21
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hinata Fukasawa Super-G — 56.42 26
Giant slalom DNF
Slalom DNF
Combined 59.25 32 54.74 21 1:53.99 22
Mikoto Onishi Super-G — 56.08 21
Giant slalom 50.14 13 DNF
Slalom DNF
Combined 57.49 12 53.05 11 1:50.54 11
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Mikoto Onishi
Neo Kamada		 Parallel mixed team  Austria
L 1–3		 Did not advance

Cross-country skiing

Japan qualified three cross-country skiers (one man and two women).[5]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kosuke Fujimoto 7.5 km classical — 21:15.0 29
Sprint freestyle 3:14.41 32 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yuka Fukuhara 7.5 km classical — 24:29.2 30
Sprint freestyle 3:56.78 42 Did not advance
Kokoro Matsuzawa 7.5 km classical — 24:02.6 23
Sprint freestyle 3:42.32 22 Q 3:38.06 4 Did not advance

Curling

Japan qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[6][7]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Kaito Fujii
Satsuki Maruzeni
Koei Sato
Himari Ichiyama		 Mixed team  Nigeria
W 20–1		  China
L 6–7		  Sweden
W 10–2		  United States
L 6–8		  New Zealand
W 6–2		  Turkey
W 8–2		  Norway
W 8–4		 3 Q  Denmark
L 3–8		 Did not advance 6
Moka Tanaka
Shinya Kawai		 Mixed doubles  China
L 5–7		  Brazil
W 11–1		  Turkey
W 9–5		  New Zealand
W 11–2		  Latvia
W 5–4		 — 2 Q  Denmark
L 7–9		 Did not advance 7

Mixed team

Group A Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 ChinaLi Zetai611–06525281701259.04
 United StatesKenna Ponzio610–16826311611551.38
 JapanKaito Fujii521–06426271721139.53
 SwedenVilmer Nygren520–15542271951058.05
 NorwayAlexander Johansen34–4939251921165.33
 TurkeyMuhammed Taha Zenit25–414016265582.17
 New ZealandJed Nevill16–274418233686.52
 NigeriaGoodnews Charles07–613343910199.60
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujii) (has hammer) 5 0 4 5 3 3 X X 20
 Nigeria (Charles) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Draw 2

Saturday, January 20, 18:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujii) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 6
 China (Li) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 7
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujii) (has hammer) 6 2 1 1 0 0 X X 10
 Sweden (Nygren) 0 0 0 0 1 1 X X 2
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Ponzio) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 8
 Japan (Fujii) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
Draw 5

Monday, January 22, 18:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Fujii) 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 X 6
 New Zealand (Nevill) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Turkey (Zenit) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2
 Japan (Fujii) (has hammer) 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 X 8
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Johansen) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
 Japan (Fujii) 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 X 8
Qualification Game

Wednesday, January 24, 19:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt) (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 X 8
 Japan (Fujii) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3

Mixed doubles

Group C W L W–L DSC
 China50–56.80
 Japan41–38.84
 Latvia32–77.39
 Turkey23–89.37
 New Zealand14–94.80
 Brazil05–112.92
Round robin
Draw 4

Saturday, January 27, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Gong / Xu) 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 X 7
 Japan (Tanaka / Kawai) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 5
Draw 5

Sunday, January 28, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gentile / Melo) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
 Japan (Tanaka / Kawai) (has hammer) 3 2 0 2 3 1 X X 11
Draw 8

Monday, January 29, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Turkey (Ekmekçi / Aybar) 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 X 5
 Japan (Tanaka / Kawai) (has hammer) 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 X 9
Draw 12

Tuesday, January 30, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Tanaka / Kawai) (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 0 4 2 X 11
 New Zealand (Russell / Nevill) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Draw 15

Wednesday, January 31, 12:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Tanaka / Kawai) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5
 Latvia (Regža / Zass) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Quarterfinal

Wednesday, January 31, 19:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt / Schmidt) 0 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 9
 Japan (Tanaka / Kawai) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 7

Figure skating

Japan qualified four figure skaters (two per gender).

Athlete Event SP/SD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Haru Kakiuchi Men's singles 61.11 8 124.77 5 185.88 7
Rio Nakata 55.59 13 142.70 2 198.29 5
Mao Shimada Women's singles 71.05 1 125.94 1 196.99 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yo Takagi 67.23 2 115.97 5 183.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Freestyle skiing

Japan qualified ten freestyle skiers (five per gender).

Dual moguls
Individual
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Points Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Takuto Nakamura Men's dual moguls  Hill (AUS)
W 3–2		  Kim (KOR)
W 3–2		  Koehler (CAN)
L 2–3		  Dooley (IRL)
W 3–2		 11 1 Q  Huff (USA)
L 3–32		  Cohen (USA)
W 19–16		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hikaru Sakai Women's dual moguls  Kisil (UKR)
W 3–2		  Joly (FRA)
W 3–2		  Lodge (AUS)
L 2–3		  Feklistova (KAZ)
W 3–2		 11 2 Did not advance
Rin Taguchi DNS
Team
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Hikaru Sakai
Takuto Nakamura		 Mixed team  Nilsson /
Gravenfors (SWE)
W 42–28		  Lodge /
Hill (AUS)
W 50–20		  Lemley /
Huff (USA)
L 32–38		  McLarnon /
Cohen (USA)
L 26–44		 4
Ski cross
Individual
Athlete Event Group heats Semifinal Final
Points Rank Position Position
Jinichiro Ishinaka Men's ski cross 16 4 Q 4 SF 8
Ryusei Suzuki 10 13 Did not advance
Koko Kawashima Women's ski cross 14 7 Did not advance
Hana Kiyota 11 10 Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Pre-heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Position Position Position Position
Jinichiro Ishinaka
Koko Kawashima		 Team ski cross 1 Q 4 Did not advance
Ryusei Suzuki
Hana Kiyora		 3 Did not advance
Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Olly Nicholls Men's big air 91.00 42.00 91.00 3 Q 86.00 88.50 28.25 174.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's slopestyle 10.50 73.50 73.50 9 Q 71.00 36.50 85.75 85.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kashu Sato Men's halfpipe 59.75 56.25 59.75 9 Q 55.00 47.75 53.50 55.00 9
Kiho Sugawara Women's big air 63.50 67.00 67.00 8 Q 45.00 44.75 42.00 87.00 10
Women's slopestyle 53.50 50.50 53.50 12 Did not advance

Ice hockey

Japan qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament.[8][9]

Roster

Haruna Yoneyama served as head coach and Moeko Fujimoto was assistant coach.[10][11]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opponent
Score		 Opponent
Score		 Rank Opponent
Score		 Opponent
Score		 Rank
Japan Women's tournament  Norway
W 5–1		  Sweden
L 1–2 GWS		 Q  Switzerland
W 2–1		  Sweden
L 0–4		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's tournament

Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 2 1 1 0 0 7 2 +5 5 Semifinals
2  Japan 2 1 0 1 0 6 3 +3 4
3  Norway 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 −8 0
Source: IOC[12][13]
28 January 2024
11:00		Japan 5–1
(1–0, 0–0, 4–1)		 NorwayGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,837
Game reference
Suzuno FukudaGoaliesShiva NobariReferees:
China Ding Siwen
Canada Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:
United States Laura Schmidlein
Finland Ilona Silander
Terauchi (Odaira, Numabe) (PP) – 10:471–0
Numabe (Odaira, Terauchi) – 30:412–0
2–133:25 – Helle, (Klomstad, Bax-Kristiansen) (PP)
Odaira (Numabe, Terauchi) – 36:173–1
Numabe (Terauchi, Odaira) – 40:124–1
Odaira (Numabe) – 43:045–1
6 minPenalties6 min
41Shots13
29 January 2024
11:00		Sweden 2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(SO: 1–0)		 JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,503
Game reference
Tilde WyckmanGoaliesRio SuzukiReferees:
Mexico María Chávez
United States Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:
Germany Lara Fischer
Finland Ilona Silander
0–135:07 – Odaira (Yamaguchi, Numabe)
Svanefjord (Österman) – 37:181–1
Österman GOAL
Westerlind GOAL		ShootoutMISS Odaira
MISS Numabe
3 minPenalties1.5 min
21Shots18
Semifinals
30 January 2024
17:00		Switzerland 1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,083
Game reference
Valentina CamenzindGoaliesSuzuno FukudaReferees:
Mexico María Chávez
Canada Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:
Ukraine Anhelina Maifeld
Switzerland Domenica Maurer
Müller – 10:061–0
1–110:38 – Fukuzawa (Ruike)
1–224:26 – Numabe (Odaira, Tada) (PP)
7.5 minPenalties1.5 min
12Shots20
Finals
31 January 2024
16:00		Sweden 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,880
Game reference
Tilde WyckmanGoaliesSuzuno FukudaReferees:
Canada Beatrice Fortin
United States Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:
Ukraine Anhelina Maifeld
United States Laura Schmidlein
Grillfors – 09:021–0
Westerlind – 11:062–0
Norén (Carlsson, Melin) – 31:003–0
Österman (ENG) – 44:264–0
6 minPenalties0 min
14Shots27

Nordic combined

Japan qualified four nordic combined athletes (two per gender).

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kohtaro Kubota Men's normal hill/6 km 93.0 109.1 13 13:31.0 15 15:39.0 13
Ruka Kudo 80.0 78.7 26 14:13.8 24 18:22.8 25
Yuzuka Fujiwara Women's normal hill/4 km 88.0 89.8 15 9:41.7 1 12:35.7 9
Jui Yamazaki 96.5 106.6 8 10:34.3 10 12:21.3 7
Yuzuka Fujiwara
Kohtaro Kubota
Ruka Kudo
Jui Yamazaki		 Mixed team 351.0 354.1 8 34:12.1 3 35:46.1 7

Short track speed skating

Japan qualified four short-track speed skaters (two per gender).

Men
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yuta Fuchigami 500 m 42.738 1 Q 42.078 3 q 57.216 5 FB 42.930 9
1000 m 1:29.377 1 Q 1:54.976 5 Did not advance
1500 m — 2:16.364 2 Q 2:57.832 7 Did not advance
Raito Kida 500 m 42.479 1 Q 42.490 3 Did not advance
1000 m 1:32.515 2 Q 1:29.852 2 Q 1:26.061 2 FA 1:26.478 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m — 2:31.283 3 Q 2:22.103 3 FA 2:23.299 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nonomi Inoue 500 m 46.250 3 q 45.557 5 Did not advance
1000 m 1:36.646 1 Q 1:33.523 5 Did not advance
1500 m — 2:38.688 1 Q 2:26.311 2 FA 2:42.293 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Aoi Yoshizawa 500 m 45.320 2 Q 44.554 3 q 44.935 4 FB 46.137 9
1000 m 1:37.171 2 Q 1:33.904 4 Did not advance
1500 m — 2:28.337 1 Q 2:27.287 4 FB 2:44.661 10
Mixed
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Yuta Fuchigami
Nonomi Inoue
Raito Kida
Aoi Yoshizawa		 Mixed relay 2:46.957 1 FA 2:47.412 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Skeleton

Japan qualified one skeleton racer.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mio Shinohara Women's 57.36 13 57.67 14 1:55.03 13

Ski jumping

Japan qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).[14]

Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Takuma Mikami Men's normal hill 82.5 65.0 27 85.0 67.9 24 132.9 26
Seigo Sasaki 88.5 76.8 21 82.5 60.9 27 137.7 24
Hana Sakurai Women's normal hill 78.5 53.3 19 77.0 50.0 21 103.3 20
Yuzuki Sato 92.5 83.1 8 101.5 103.1 3 186.2 6
Hana Sakurai
Takuma Mikami
Yuzuki Sato
Seigo Sasaki		 Mixed team 346.5 304.8 9 341.0 307.0 9 611.8 9

Snowboarding

Japan qualified eight snowboarders (three men and five women).

Snowboard cross
Individual
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Points Rank Position Position
Daisuke Muraoka Men's snowboard cross 17 4 Q 4 SF 7
Rio Ishida Women's snowboard cross 15 7 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Pre-heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Position Position Position Position
Daisuke Muraoka
Rio Ishida		 Team snowboard cross — 2 Q 4 SF 7
Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Kyu Shimasaki Men's halfpipe 69.75 64.25 69.75 7 Q 13.00 43.50 57.25 57.25 9
Ryusei Yamada Men's halfpipe 81.75 85.75 85.75 2 Q 42.00 83.00 14.00 83.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rise Kudo Women's halfpipe 92.25 91.25 92.25 1 Q 90.75 73.25 68.25 90.75 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kiara Morii Women's big air 84.25 25.50 84.25 4 Q 78.75 72.50 21.50 151.25 4
Women's slopestyle 25.75 20.50 25.75 17 Did not advance
Yura Murase Women's big air 82.00 33.25 82.00 6 Q 66.00 79.50 74.75 154.25 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's slopestyle 49.50 93.00 93.00 1 Q 24.00 10.00 79.25 79.25 5
Sara Shimizu Women's halfpipe 83.75 89.00 89.00 2 Q 84.50 19.50 63.00 84.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Speed skating

See also

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI