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Japan at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

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Japan was represented at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which took place between 6–15 March 2026.[1] In total, 44 athletes competed.[2]

IPC codeJPN
NPCJapan Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.parasports.or.jp (in Japanese)
Competitors44 (34 men and 10 women) in 6 sports
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Japan at the
2026 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Japan
IPC codeJPN
NPCJapan Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.parasports.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Milan & Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
6 March 2026 (2026-03-06) – 15 March 2026 (2026-03-15)
Competitors44 (34 men and 10 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Aki Ogawa & Junta Kosuda
Flag bearers (closing)Aki Ogawa & Junta Kosuda
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
4
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medallists

Main article: 2026 Winter Paralympics medal table

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[3]

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Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 325
Biathlon 7*5*12*
Cross-country skiing 7*5*12*
Curling 112
Ice hockey 17118
Snowboarding 617
Total341044
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Para alpine skiing

Main article: Para alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
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Athlete Class Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gakuta Koike LW6/8–1 Men's downhill, standing N/a 1:23.13 15
Men's super-G, standing N/a 1:17.76 16
Men's giant slalom, standing
Men's slalom, standing
Men's super combined, standing 1:21.95 12 48.95 9 2:10.90 10
Taiki Morii LW11 Men's downhill, sitting N/a DNF
Men's super-G, sitting N/a 1:18.34 11
Men's giant slalom, sitting
Men's slalom, sitting
Men's super combined, sitting 1:17.94 7 43.64 3 2:01.58 5
Takeshi Suzuki LW12–2 Men's downhill, sitting N/a 1:21.27 6
Men's super-G, sitting N/a 1:15.45 7
Men's giant slalom, sitting
Men's slalom, sitting
Men's super combined, sitting 1:18.27 8 44.20 9 2:02.47 6
Ammi Hondo LW6/8–2 Women's downhill, standing N/a DNF
Women's super-G, standing N/a 1:16.40 8
Women's giant slalom, standing 1:19.03 12 1:22.32 11 2:41.35 10
Women's slalom, standing
Super combined, sitting 1:24.62 10 50.42 9 2:15.04 9
Momoka Muraoka LW10–2 Women's super-G, sitting N/a 1:24.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's giant slalom, sitting 1:15.66 2 1:16.26 2 2:31.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's slalom, sitting
Women's super combined, sitting 1:29.44 4 53.22 5 2:22.66 5
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Para biathlon

Main article: Para biathlon at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
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Athlete Class Event Qualification Final
Missed shots Time Rank Missed shots Time Rank
Ryohei Ariyasu
Guide: Yuhei Fujita		 NS3 Men's individual, visually impaired N/a 3 (1+0+1+1) 42:11.5 11
Men's sprint, visually impaired N/a 1 (1+0) 22:47.7 15
Takaharu Minamoto LW12 Men's individual, sitting N/a 5 (3+1+0+1) 43:59.5 19
Men's sprint, sitting N/a 6 (5+1) 25:27.3 24
Men's sprint pursuit, sitting
Keiichi Sato LW8 Men's individual, standing N/a 10 (2+3+4+1) 44:28.2 18
Men's sprint, standing N/a 4 (2+2) 21:55.3 18
Men's sprint pursuit, standing
Yurika Abe LW6 Women's sprint, standing N/a 7 (4+3) 26:40.1 11
Women's sprint pursuit, standing
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Para cross-country skiing

Main article: Para cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Men
More information Athlete, Class ...
Athlete Class Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ryohei Ariyasu
Guide: Yuhei Fujita		 NS3 Sprint classical, visually impaired
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a
20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a
Keigo Iwamoto LW3 Sprint classical, standing
10 km classical, standing N/a
20 km freestyle, standing N/a
Taiki Kawayoke LW5/7 Sprint classical, standing
10 km classical, standing N/a
20 km freestyle, standing N/a
Takaharu Minamoto LW12 Sprint, sitting
10 km, sitting N/a
20 km, sitting N/a
Hiroaki Mori LW12 Sprint, sitting
10 km, sitting N/a
Yoshihiro Nitta LW8 Sprint classical, standing
10 km classical, standing N/a
20 km freestyle, standing N/a
Keiichi Sato LW8 Sprint classical, standing
10 km classical, standing N/a
20 km freestyle, standing N/a
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Women
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Athlete Class Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yurika Abe LW6 Sprint classical, standing
10 km classical, standing N/a
Momoko Dekijima [ja] LW6 10 km classical, standing N/a
20 km freestyle, standing N/a
Mika Iwamoto LW8 Sprint classical, standing
10 km classical, standing N/a
20 km freestyle, standing N/a
Kotoha Matsudo
Guide: Yuji Shimada		 NS3 Sprint classical, visually impaired
10 km classical, visually impaired N/a
20 km freestyle, visually impaired N/a
Nana Sato LW10.5 Sprint, sitting
10 km, sitting N/a
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Relay
More information Athletes, Event ...
Athletes Event Time Rank
4 × 2.5km mixed relay
4 × 2.5km open relay
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Para ice hockey

Main article: Para ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Summary

Key:

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Team Event Group stage Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Japan Mixed tournament  Czech Republic
L 2–3		  Canada
L 0–14		  Slovakia
L 1–5		 4  Italy
L 0–5		  Slovakia
L 0–1		 8
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Roster

Head coach: Kojin Nakakita

Group play
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 26 1 +25 9 Semifinals
2  Czechia 3 2 0 0 1 12 7 +5 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 6 17 −11 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 3 22 −19 0
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Source: Milano Cortina 2026
7 March 2026
10:05		Czechia 3–2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,083
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Patrik SedláčekGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Canada Dylan Dauphinee
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
0–106:14 – Niitsu (Ukai, Ito)
Zelinka (Hábl) – 08:541–1
Geier (Zelinka, Veselý) – 11:042–1
2–220:09 – Ito (Matsushita)
Kapko (Geier) (PP) – 23:373–2
8 minPenalties10 min
30Shots4
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9 March 2026
20:35		Japan 0–14
(0–6, 0–3, 0–5)		 CanadaPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,040
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Wataru HorieGoaliesAdam KingsmillReferee:
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
United States Brendan Lewis
0–100:39 – McGregor (Jacobs-Webb, Halbert)
0–203:45 – McGregor (Jacobs-Webb, Lavin)
0–307:25 – Cozzolino (Armstrong)
0–411:46 – Cozzolino (Boily)
0–512:21 – Halbert (Jacobs-Webb, McGregor)
0–613:53 – Dixon (Hickey, McGregor) (PP)
0–723:44 – Boily (Halbert, Armstrong) (PP)
0–824:30 – Halbert (Lelièvre)
0–929:53 – Cozzolino (Hickey)
0–1035:44 – Dunn (Boily, Cozzolino)
0–1137:12 – Hickey (McGregor, Halbert)
0–1239:44 – Halbert (Jacobs-Webb)
0–1340:57 – Dunn (Boily, Armstrong)
0–1442:45 – Halbert (Lelièvre)
12 minPenalties2 min
2Shots56
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10 March 2026
20:35		Slovakia 5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,223
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Eduard LepáčekGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
Canada Matthew Fergenbaum
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekas
Finland Lari Niittylä
0–105:21 – Ito (Niitsu, Ukai)
Joppa (Ligda) – 24:041–1
Korman (Joppa, Ferenčík) – 29:192–1
Joppa (Korman) – 40:453–1
Hlinka (Joppa, Korman) – 41:194–1
Večerek (Turic) – 44:415–1
2 minPenalties0 min
29Shots10
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5–8th place semifinal
12 March 2026
19:05		Italy 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 3,634
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Santino StillitanoGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Finland Lari Niittylä
Landeros (Larch, Rosa) (PP) – 06:321–0
Landeros (Macri, Larch) – 19:372–0
Radice (Rosa) – 26:283–0
Kalegaris (Depaoli) – 28:014–0
Landeros (Torella) – 44:335–0
6 minPenalties10 min
29Shots13
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Seventh place game
14 March 2026
12:05		Slovakia 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 JapanPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 2,916
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Eduard LepáčekGoaliesWataru HorieReferee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Pavel Blažek
Finland Lari Niittylä
Joppa – 43:291–0
6 minPenalties6 min
19Shots8
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Para snowboard

Main article: Para snowboard at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Banked slalom
Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Takahito Ichikawa Men's banked slalom, SB-LL2
Junta Kosuda Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1
Daichi Oguri Men's banked slalom, SB-LL1
Masataka Oiwane Men's banked slalom, SB-UL
Keiji Okamoto [ja] Men's banked slalom, SB-LL2
Fubuki Ushiroda Men's banked slalom, SB-LL2
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Women
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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Eri Sakashita Women's banked slalom, SB-LL2
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Snowboard cross
Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Seeding Pre-heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Takahito Ichikawa Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL2 51.71 5 N/a 4 Did not advance
Junta Kosuda Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1 53.36 3 N/a 1 Q 1 Q RAL 4
Daichi Oguri Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL1 53.85 6 N/a 2 Q 3 SF 3 7
Masataka Oiwane Men's snowboard cross, SB-UL 53.51 9 Bye 4 Did not advance
Keiji Okamoto Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL2 53.26 11 N/a 3 Did not advance
Fubuki Ushiroda Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL2 56.24 15 N/a 4 Did not advance
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Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Seeding Pre-heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Rank
Eri Sakashita Women's snowboard cross, SB-LL2 1:01.48 7 1 Q DSQ SF 4 8
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Wheelchair curling

Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Summary
More information Team, Event ...
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Aki Ogawa
Yoji Nakajima		 Mixed doubles  CHN
L 3–10		  USA
W 7–5		  KOR
L 0–9		  ITA
W 6–5		  GBR
L 2–11		  EST
W 8–3		  LAT
L 4–10		 6 Did not advance
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Mixed doubles

More information Athletes, Pld ...
Final Round Robin Standings
Team
 Athletes Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC Qualification
 China Wang Meng / Yang Jinqiao 7 6 1 – 66 32 32 21 0 14 64.9% 106.033 Playoffs
 United States Laura Dwyer / Stephen Emt 7 4 3 1–1 43 43 25 27 0 9 53.4% 89.717
 South Korea Baek Hye-jin / Lee Yong-suk 7 4 3 1–1 58 26 30 19 0 17 59.9% 142.058
 Latvia Poļina Rožkova / Agris Lasmans 7 4 3 1–1 46 45 28 25 0 12 48.5% 150.675
 Great Britain Jo Butterfield / Jason Kean 7 3 4 1–0 47 56 25 29 0 8 51.5% 95.075
 Japan Aki Ogawa / Yoji Nakajima 7 3 4 0–1 30 53 19 30 0 8 49.0% 88.067
 Estonia Katlin Riidebach / Ain Villau 7 2 5 1–0 31 58 22 28 0 9 47.6% 98.233
 Italy Orietta Bertò / Paolo Ioriatti 7 2 5 0–1 43 51 28 30 0 11 55.6% 73.700
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Source: Official website

Round robin

Draw 1
Wednesday, March 4, 19:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 🔨 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
 China (Wang / Yang) 0 0 4 0 2 3 1 X 10

Draw 2
Thursday, March 5, 10:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 🔨 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 X 7
 United States (Dwyer / Emt) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 X 5

Draw 3
Thursday, March 5, 19:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Baek / Lee) 1 1 2 2 2 1 X X 9
 Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 🔨 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Draw 4
Friday, March 6, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 🔨 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
 Italy (Bertò / Ioriatti) 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5

Draw 5
Saturday, March 7, 14:35

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
 Great Britain (Butterfield / Kean) 🔨 2 2 1 1 2 0 3 X 11

Draw 6
Sunday, March 8, 14:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Riidebach / Villau) 🔨 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
 Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 X 8

Draw 7
Monday, March 9, 14:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Rožkova / Lasmans) 2 1 2 0 4 0 1 X 10
 Japan (Ogawa / Nakajima) 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 4

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