Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Japan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 124 competitors in 13 sports. They won 13 medals in total, four gold, five silver and four bronze, ranking 11th in the medal table. Six medals of those were won in the speed skating events.

Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Japan
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp
in Pyeongchang, South Korea February 9–25, 2018
Competitors	124 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Noriaki Kasai (opening)[1]
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 4 Total 13
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai was chosen to be the flag bearer during the opening ceremony. On 9 February 2018, on the opening day of the Games, he became the first athlete in history to participate in 8 different Winter Olympics.^[2] The previous record was from the Russian luger Albert Demchenko, with 7 participations.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Yuzuru Hanyu Figure skating Men's singles 17 February  Gold Nao Kodaira Speed skating Women's 500 metres 18 February  Gold Miho Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi Ayano Sato Nana Takagi Speed skating Women's team pursuit 21 February  Gold Nana Takagi Speed skating Women's mass start 24 February  Silver Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 12 February  Silver Akito Watabe Nordic combined Individual normal hill/10 km 14 February  Silver Ayumu Hirano Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 14 February  Silver Nao Kodaira Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 14 February  Silver Shoma Uno Figure skating Men's singles 17 February  Bronze Daichi Hara Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 12 February  Bronze Sara Takanashi Ski jumping Women's normal hill individual 12 February  Bronze Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 14 February  Bronze Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Mari Motohashi Curling Women's curling 24 February

Medals by sport Sport Total Speed skating 3 2 1 6 Figure skating 1 1 0 2 Nordic combined 0 1 0 1 Snowboarding 0 1 0 1 Curling 0 0 1 1 Freestyle skiing 0 0 1 1 Ski jumping 0 0 1 1 Total 4 5 4 13

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	2	4
Biathlon	1	5	6
Cross-country skiing	1	1	2
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	5	4	9
Freestyle skiing	6	5	11
Ice hockey	0	23	23
Nordic combined	5	0	5
Short track speed skating	5	5	10
Skeleton	2	1	3
Ski jumping	5	4	9
Snowboarding	7	9	16
Speed skating	8	8	16
Total	52	72	124

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tomoya Ishii	Men's giant slalom	1:12.43	35	1:12.35	29	2:24.78	30
Naoki Yuasa	Men's slalom	52.89	36	DNF
Asa Ando	Women's slalom	DNF
Haruna Ishikawa	Women's giant slalom	1:16.49	33	1:12.50	31	2:28.99	33

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Japan has qualified 1 man and 5 women.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Mikito Tachizaki	Men's sprint	27:27.1	3 (0+3)	84
	Men's individual	54:11.5	3 (0+1+2+0)	64
Sari Furuya	Women's sprint	23:21.5	2 (1+1)	49
	Women's pursuit	37:02.1	5 (2+1+1+1)	54
	Women's individual	53:11.0	9 (2+2+3+2)	85
Asuka Hachisuka	Women's individual	50:30.2	4 (1+1+1+1)	81
Rina Mitsuhashi	Women's sprint	25:53.1	5 (3+2)	85
Fuyuko Tachizaki	Women's sprint	23:19.7	1 (0+1)	42
	Women's pursuit	37:07.9	7 (2+0+2+3)	56
	Women's individual	50:06.9	7 (3+1+2+1)	76
Yurie Tanaka	Women's sprint	24:21.6	2 (1+1)	68
	Women's individual	50:28.0	5 (2+2+0+1)	80
Sari Furuya Rina Mitsuhashi Fuyuko Tachizaki Yurie Tanaka	Women's team relay	1:15:47.7	11 (2+9)	17

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Keishin Yoshida	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				34:59.1	+1:15.2	13
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	41:11.9	23	36:37.5	27	1:18:23.0	+2:03.0	25
	Men's 50 km classical	—				2:17:21.9	+8:59.8	23
Masako Ishida	Women's 10 km freestyle	—				27:03.5	+2:03.0	18
	Women's 15 km skiathlon	21:39.2	15	19:54.4	17	42:04.1	+1:19.2	14
	Women's 30 km classical	—				1:26:38.4	+4:20.8	10

Curling

Main articles: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Japan has qualified their men's and women's team (five athletes per gender), by finishing in the top seven teams in Olympic Qualification points.^[4]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage										Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yusuke Morozumi Tetsuro Shimizu Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Kosuke Morozumi Kohsuke Hirata	Men's tournament	NOR W 6–4	GBR L 5–6	SUI L 5–6	ITA W 6–5	USA W 8–2	SWE L 4–11	CAN L 4–8	DEN W 6–4	KOR L 4–10	8	Did not advance
Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Mari Motohashi	Women's tournament	USA W 10-5	DEN W 8–5	KOR W 7–5	CHN L 6–7	OAR W 10–5	CAN L 3–8	SWE W 5–4	GBR L 6–8	SUI L 4–8	4 Q	BYE	KOR L 7–8	GBR W 5–3

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Final round robin standings

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
Sweden	Niklas Edin	9	7	2	62	43	34	28	13	8	87%	Playoffs
Canada	Kevin Koe	9	6	3	56	46	36	34	14	8	87%
United States	John Shuster	9	5	4	67	63	37	39	4	6	80%
Great Britain	Kyle Smith	9	5	4	55	60	40	37	8	7	82%	Tiebreaker
Switzerland	Peter de Cruz	9	5	4	60	55	39	37	10	6	83%
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	9	4	5	52	56	34	39	7	8	82%
South Korea	Kim Chang-min	9	4	5	65	63	39	39	8	8	82%
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	9	4	5	48	56	33	35	13	5	81%
Italy	Joël Retornaz	9	3	6	50	56	37	38	15	7	81%
Denmark	Rasmus Stjerne	9	2	7	53	70	36	39	12	5	83%

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draws 1, 4 and 9.

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	4
Japan (Morozumi)	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Smith)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Japan (Morozumi)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5
Switzerland (de Cruz)	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	5

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

Draw 2

Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 14:05

Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 09:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	X	X	11
Japan (Morozumi)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	4

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Denmark (Stjerne)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4

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

Draw 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

Draw 11

Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05

Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Final round robin standings

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	9	8	1	75	44	41	34	5	15	79%	Playoffs
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	9	7	2	64	48	42	34	14	13	83%
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	9	6	3	61	56	39	38	12	6	79%
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	9	5	4	59	55	38	36	10	13	75%
China	Wang Bingyu	9	4	5	57	65	35	38	12	5	78%
Canada	Rachel Homan	9	4	5	68	59	40	36	10	12	81%
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	9	4	5	60	55	34	37	12	7	78%
United States	Nina Roth	9	4	5	56	65	38	39	7	6	78%
Olympic Athletes from Russia	Victoria Moiseeva	9	2	7	45	76	34	40	8	6	76%
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	9	1	8	50	72	32	41	10	6	73%

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11.

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

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6
China (Wang)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Moiseeva)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	0	2	X	10

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 14:05

Draw 2

Thursday, 15 February, 09:05

Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 20:05

Draw 5

Saturday, 17 February, 09:05

Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 20:05

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

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

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

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

Draw 8

Monday, 19 February, 09:05

Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 20:05

Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05

Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 20:05

Semifinal

Friday, 23 February, 20:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
South Korea (Kim)	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	8
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	7

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, 24 February, 20:05

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

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuzuru Hanyu	Men's singles	111.68	1 Q	206.17	2	317.85
Keiji Tanaka		80.05	20 Q	164.78	15	244.83	18
Shoma Uno		104.17	3 Q	202.73	3	306.90
Satoko Miyahara	Ladies' singles	75.94	4 Q	146.44	4	222.38	4
Kaori Sakamoto		73.18	5 Q	136.53	6	209.71	6
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara	Pairs	57.74	21	Did not advance
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed	Ice dancing	63.41	15 Q	97.22	13	160.63	15

Team event

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) Keiji Tanaka (M) (FS) Satoko Miyahara (L) (SP) Kaori Sakamoto (L) (FS) Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara (P) Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed (ID)	Team event	103.25 10	68.95 7	57.42 3	62.15 6	26	4	148.36 6	131.91 6	97.67 6	87.88 6	50	5

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Aerials

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 3
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Naoya Tabara	Men's aerials	103.98	17	78.73	13	Did not advance

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Ayana Onozuka	Women's halfpipe	74.60	84.80	84.80	5 Q	50.80	77.20	82.20	82.20	5
Saori Suzuki		69.20	71.80	71.80	14	Did not advance
Yurie Watabe		21.20	56.60	56.60	22	Did not advance

Moguls

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
Sho Endo	Men's moguls	24.92	60.59	75.73	13	25.19	60.60	75.38	7 Q	24.42	66.92	82.72	1 Q	DNF				Did not advance
Daichi Hara		25.06	65.06	80.01	6 QF	Bye				24.75	65.93	81.29	3 Q	24.41	66.49	82.30	1 Q	24.90	67.03	82.19
Ikuma Horishima		23.95	63.93	80.35	5 QF	Bye				24.09	63.41	79.64	7 Q	DNF				Did not advance
Nobuyuki Nishi		24.74	59.79	75.17	16	25.35	60.58	75.15	9 Q	25.14	31.19	46.04	19	Did not advance
Arisa Murata	Women's moguls	29.90	59.83	74.13	9 QF	Bye				30.51	67.15	70.77	18	Did not advance

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Reina Umehara	Women's ski cross	1:17.81	21	3	Did not advance

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

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Taisei Yamamoto	Men's slopestyle	56.00	70.40	70.40	20	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Sweden L 1–2	Switzerland L 1–3	Korea W 4–1	3	—	Sweden W 2–1 OT	Switzerland L 0–1	6

Women's tournament

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Japan women's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament in Tomakomai, Japan.

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 23 players

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	11	3	+8	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	6	6	0	3	Classification
4	Korea (H)	3	0	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

10 February 2018 16:40

Japan

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,762

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referees: Katie Guay Melissa Szkola Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 02:21 – Rask (Küller, Carlsson) Ukita (Kubo) – 36:52 1–1 1–2 41:53 – Hjalmarsson (Grahm)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	26

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12 February 2018 16:40

Switzerland

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,033

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabriella Gran Aina Hove Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Natasa Pagon
	S. Benz (Rüegg, L. Benz) (PP) – 30:19 1–0 S. Benz (Meier) (PP) – 33:10 2–0 Müller – 44:27 3–0 3–1 47:33 – Kubo (Hori, H. Toko)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	38

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14 February 2018 16:40

Korea

1–4 (0–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,110

Game reference
	Shin So-jung	Goalies	Akane Konishi	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 01:07 – Kubo (H. Toko, Ukita) 0–2 03:58 – Ono (Koike, Yoneyama) (PP) Griffin (Park Yo.) – 29:31 1–2 1–3 51:42 – Koike (Hosoyamada, Yoneyama) (PP) 1–4 58:33 – Ukita (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	44

5–8th place semifinal

18 February 2018 16:40

Sweden

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,554

Game reference
	Sara Grahn	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Dina Allen Aina Hove Linesmen: Jessica Leclerc Justine Todd
	0–1 21:43 – Koike (Yoneyama, Ono) Johansson (SH) – 26:25 1–1 1–2 63:16 – A. Toko (Osawa)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	37

Fifth place game

20 February 2018 16:40

Switzerland

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,958

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Gabriella Gran Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Charlotte Girard-Fabre Veronica Johansson
	Raselli – 03:19 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	20

Nordic combined

Main articles: Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hideaki Nagai	Normal hill/10 km	101.0	104.2	14	24:44.5	16	26:30.5	14
	Large hill/10 km	134.0	121.0	13	24:08.2	22	25:20.2	12
Akito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	105.5	123.7	3	24:28.2	2	24:56.2
	Large hill/10 km	134.0	138.9	1	24:05.0	20	24:05.0	5
Yoshito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	104.0	114.3	8	25:11.2	29	26:16.2	12
	Large hill/10 km	121.0	110.6	20	24:14.9	26	26:07.9	20
Go Yamamoto	Normal hill/10 km	97.5	104.0	15	26:11.1	42	27:57.1	33
	Large hill/10 km	127.5	124.5	8	24:34.2	32	25:32.2	16
Hideaki Nagai Akito Watabe Yoshito Watabe Takehiro Watanabe Go Yamamoto	Team large hill/4×5 km	525.0	455.3	3	47:59.6	7	48:18.6	4

Short track speed skating

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Japan has qualified 5 men and 5 women.^[5]

On 13 February 2018, Japanese short-track speedskater Kei Saito, a reserve on the 5,000-meter relay team, has tested positive for a banned diuretic acetazolamide, and has been suspended from Winter Olympics for doping.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryosuke Sakazume	500 m	40.658	2 Q	40.563	2 Q	40.434	4 FB	40.985	8
	1000 m	DNF	3 ADV	1:24.099	2 Q	1:24.317	3 FB	1:27.522	5
Keita Watanabe	500 m	41.678	2 Q	41.354	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:24.078	3	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:19.205	4	—		Did not advance
Hiroki Yokoyama	1500 m	2:13.323	4	—		Did not advance
Kazuki Yoshinaga	1000 m	1:24.030	2 Q	1:24.649	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	PEN		—		Did not advance
Ryosuke Sakazume Keita Watanabe Hiroki Yokoyama Kazuki Yoshinaga	5000 m relay	—				6:42.655	4 FB	7:02.554	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shione Kaminaga	1500 m	2:28.719	6	—		Did not advance
Sumire Kikuchi	500 m	44.838	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:30.970	3	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:29.665	3 Q	—		2:34.526	3 FB	2:54.450	11
Yuki Kikuchi	1500 m	PEN		—		Did not advance
Hitomi Saito	1000 m	1:32.457	2 Q	1:30.804	4	Did not advance
Ayuko Ito Shione Kaminaga Sumire Kikuchi Yuki Kikuchi Hitomi Saito	3000 m relay	—				4:12.664	4 FB	4:13.072	6

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

Skeleton

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on the world rankings, Japan qualified 3 sleds.^[7][8]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katsuyuki Miyajima	Men's	51.63	20	52.15	27	51.80	24	Eliminated		2:35.58	26
Hiroatsu Takahashi		52.00	27	51.50	21	51.19	16	Eliminated		2:34.69	22
Takako Oguchi	Women's	53.82	19	53.41	18	53.62	19	53.11	18	3:33.96	19

Ski jumping

Main articles: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daiki Ito	Normal hill	93.5	106.0	31 Q	103.0	110.3	19 Q	102.0	104.4	20	214.7	20
Noriaki Kasai	Normal hill	98.0	117.7	20 Q	104.5	113.9	16 Q	99.0	99.4	26	213.3	21
	Large hill	122.5	104.2	22 Q	121.0	107.9	33	Did not advance
Junshirō Kobayashi	Normal hill	101.0	118.4	18 Q	93.0	98.0	31	Did not advance
	Large hill	115.0	89.5	37 Q	122.0	114.8	26	122.0	110.0	24	224.8	24
Ryoyu Kobayashi	Normal hill	98.0	115.3	21 Q	108.0	120.2	9 Q	108.0	120.6	7	240.8	7
	Large hill	143.5	127.6	3 Q	135.5	134.0	7 Q	128.0	124.0	15	258.0	12
Taku Takeuchi	Large hill	120.5	98.5	27 Q	124.0	114.1	27 Q	125.5	120.1	19	234.2	22
Daiki Ito Noriaki Kasai Ryoyu Kobayashi Taku Takeuchi	Team large hill	—			506.5	475.5	6 Q	501.0	465.0	6	940.5	6

Women

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuki Ito	Normal hill	94.0	105.1	9	93.0	98.8	10	203.9	9
Kaori Iwabuchi		93.5	98.2	11	89.0	90.1	13	188.3	12
Yuka Seto		93.0	90.3	15	89.0	81.7	24	172.0	17
Sara Takanashi		103.5	120.3	3	103.5	123.5	3	243.8

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Freestyle

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Hiroaki Kunitake	Big air	37.25	36.75	37.25	17	Did not advance
	Slopestyle	39.45	43.16	43.16	14	Did not advance
Yuri Okubo	Big air	84.25	44.25	84.25	9	Did not advance
	Slopestyle	24.45	75.05	75.05	8	Did not advance
Ayumu Hirano	Halfpipe	87.50	95.25	95.25	3 Q	35.25	95.25	43.25	95.25
Taku Hiraoka		26.00	75.75	75.75	13	Did not advance
Raibu Katayama		85.50	90.75	90.75	5 Q	85.75	25.00	87.00	87.00	7
Yuto Totsuka		80.00	65.25	80.00	10 Q	39.25	7.00	DNS	39.25	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Yuka Fujimori	Big air	82.00	94.25	94.25	2 Q	82.25	40.50	JNS	122.75	7
	Slopestyle	Canceled				63.73	48.51	CAN	63.73	9
Asami Hirono	Big air	27.50	37.75	37.75	24	Did not advance
	Slopestyle	Canceled				49.80	27.26	CAN	49.80	12
Reira Iwabuchi	Big air	80.00	92.75	92.75	3 Q	79.75	67.75	JNS	147.50	4
	Slopestyle	Canceled				48.33	31.06	CAN	48.33	14
Miyabi Onitsuka	Big air	81.75	86.50	86.50	7 Q	78.75	JNS	40.25	119.00	8
	Slopestyle	Canceled				33.25	39.55	CAN	39.55	19
Kurumi Imai	Halfpipe	54.75	50.00	54.75	15	Did not advance
Haruna Matsumoto		80.75	84.25	84.25	3 Q	70.00	46.25	65.75	70.00	6
Hikaru Oe		10.00	51.00	51.00	17	Did not advance
Sena Tomita		59.50	66.75	66.75	7 Q	65.25	34.50	60.50	65.25	8

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Masaki Shiba	Men's giant slalom	1:26.91	27	Did not advance
Tomoka Takeuchi	Women's giant slalom	1:32.86	6 Q	Dujmovits (AUT) W –0.17	Jörg (GER) L +0.62	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Tsubasa Hasegawa	500 m	35.08	14
	1000 m	1:09.83	20
Seitaro Ichinohe	5000 m	6:16.55	9
Joji Kato	500 m	34.831	6
Shota Nakamura	1500 m	1:47.38	24
Takuro Oda	1000 m	1:08.568	5
	1500 m	1:45.44	5
Ryousuke Tsuchiya	5000 m	6:22.45	16
	10000 m	13:10.31	10
Shane Williamson	1500 m	1:46.21	10
Daichi Yamanaka	500 m	34.78	5
	1000 m	1:10.027	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Arisa Go	500 m	37.67	8
	1000 m	1:15.84	13
Erina Kamiya	500 m	38.255	13
Ayaka Kikuchi	1500 m	1:58.92	16
	3000 m	4:13.25	19
Nao Kodaira	500 m	36.94 OR
	1000 m	1:13:82
	1500 m	1:56.11	6
Misaki Oshigiri	5000 m	7:07.71	9
Ayano Sato	3000 m	4:04.35	8
Miho Takagi	1000 m	1:13:98
	1500 m	1:54.55
	3000 m	4:01.35	5
Nana Takagi	5000 m	7:17.45	12

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Ryousuke Tsuchiya	Men's mass start	0	7:55.77	11	Did not advance
Shane Williamson		20	8:25.44	3 Q	0	7:46.19	11
Ayano Sato	Women's mass start	0	4:49.19	12	Did not advance
Nana Takagi		5	8:55.14	5 Q	60	8:32.87

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Seitaro Ichinohe Shota Nakamura Ryosuke Tsuchiya Shane Williamson	Men's team pursuit	Canada (CAN) W 3:41.62	5 FC	Did not advance		Final C  Italy (ITA) W 3:41.62	5
Miho Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi Ayano Sato Nana Takagi	Women's team pursuit	China (CHN) W 2:56.09	2 Q	Canada (CAN) W 2:58.94	1 FA	Netherlands (NED) W 2:53.89 OR

See also

• Japan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

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