Japan at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

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

Japan at the
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp
in Lillehammer
Competitors29 in 11 sports
Flag bearerIto Masamitsu [1]
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
0
Total
6
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Boys
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yohei Koyama Slalom DNF did not advance
Giant slalom 1:18.00 3 1:18.12 4 2:36.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Super-G 1:12.57 17
Combined 1:13.15 12 41.72 7 1:54.87 8
Girls
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chisaki Maeda Slalom DNF did not advance
Giant slalom DNF did not advance
Super-G 1:16.92 21
Combined 1:18.52 23 44.79 9 2:03.31 15
Parallel mixed team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Chisaki Maeda
Yohei Koyama
Parallel mixed team  Austria (AUT)
L 2 – 2+
did not advance

Cross-country skiing

Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Riku Kasahara 10 km freestyle 25:34.1 15
Classical sprint 3:14.45 30 Q 3:15.13 6 did not advance
Cross-country cross 3:16.92 23 Q 3:16.44 7 did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hikari Miyazaki 5 km freestyle 14:07.8 15
Classical sprint 3:42.71 21 Q 3:38.83 5 did not advance
Cross-country cross 3:52.03 21 Q 3:45.82 6 did not advance

Curling

Mixed team

Team
Round Robin
Group ASkipWL
 United StatesLuc Violette61
 SwitzerlandSelina Witschonke61
 RussiaNadezhda Karelina61
 TurkeyOğuzhan Karakurt34
 ItalyLuca Rizzolli34
 ChinaDu Hongrui25
 New ZealandMatthew Neilson16
 JapanKota Ito16

Mixed doubles

Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
 Honoka Sasaki (JPN)
 Tyler Tardi (CAN)
Mixed doubles  Bryce (GBR)
 Blahovec (CZE)
W 12 – 1
 Laidsalu (EST)
 Maksimov (RUS)
W 6 – 2
 Ramsfjell (NOR)
 Kim (KOR)
W 7 – 5
 Han (CHN)
 Whyte (GBR)
L 3 - 6
 Zhao (CHN)
 Haarstad (NOR)
L 1 - 10
4
 Yako Matsuzawa (JPN)
 Philipp Hoesli (SUI)
 Mjoen (NOR)
 Mares (CZE)
W 9 – 6
 Sillaots (EST)
 Violette (USA)
W 10 – 5
 Thompson (NZL)
 Middleton (CAN)
W 11 – 1
 Zhao (CHN)
 Haarstad (NOR)
W 7 – 6
 Han (CHN)
 Whyte (GBR)
W 11 – 5
1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Nadezhda Karelina (RUS)
 Kosuke Aita (JPN)
 Krupanska (CZE)
 Karakurt (TUR)
W 8 – 2
 Constantini (ITA)
 Kinnear (GBR)
L 3 – 7
did not advance
 Cait Flannery (USA)
 Kota Ito (JPN)
 Podrabska (CZE)
 Degerfeldt (SWE)
L 7 – 8
did not advance

Figure skating

Singles
Athlete Event SP FS Total
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kaori Sakamoto Girls' singles 56.25 5 98.98 6 155.23 6
Yuna Shiraiwa Girls' singles 60.87 1 105.79 5 166.66 4
Mixed NOC team trophy
Athletes Event Free skate/Free dance
Ice dance Pairs Girls Boys Total
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points Rank
Team Focus
 Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov (UKR)
 Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong (CHN)
 Yuna Shiraiwa (JPN)
 Lauri Lankila (FIN)
Team trophy 64.68
4
92.74
5
110.01
8
61.57
1
18 5

Ice hockey

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Roy Kanda Boys' individual skills challenge 8 13 did not advance
Sena Takenaka Girls' individual skills challenge 18 2 Q 16 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Nordic combined

Individual
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Distance Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Yoshihiro Kimura Normal hill/5 km 88.5 109.7 11 1:28 14:58.5 11
Nordic mixed team
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Shihori Oi
Yoshihiro Kimura
Masamitsu Ito
Hikari Miyazaki
Riku Kasahara
Nordic mixed team 314.2 8 1:22 28:01.7 7

Skeleton

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sho Gonai Boys 55.63 15 55.71 15 1:51.34 15
Mayu Ijichi Girls 57.20 13 56.69 9 1:53.89 10
Madoka Oi Girls 57.70 17 58.82 20 1:56.52 19

Ski jumping

Individual
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Masamitsu Ito Boys' normal hill 95.5 120.6 4 91.5 114.1 4 234.7 4
Shihori Oi Girls' normal hill 73.0 72.3 11 72.5 71.3 11 143.6 11
Team
Athlete Event First round Final Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Shihori Oi
Yoshihiro Kimura
Masamitsu Ito
Team competition 288.5 8 290.2 8 578.7 8

Short track speed skating

Boys
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kiichi Shigehiro 500 m 42.671 2 SA/B 42.403 4 FB 43.041 7
1000 m 1:33.688 1 SA/B 1:27.288 2 FA 1:28.718 4
Kazuki Yoshinaga 500 m 43.657 2 SA/B 42.416 2 FA 41.969 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1000 m 1:33.006 2 SA/B 1:28.295 3 FB 1:41.778 6
Girls
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shione Kaminaga 500 m 46.032 2 SA/B 46.741 3 FB 47.916 5
1000 m 1:41.026 3 FC 1:35.903 11
Mixed team relay
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Team C
 Petra Jaszapati (HUN)
 Julia Moore (AUS)
 Tjerk De Boer (NED)
 Kiichi Shigehiro (JPN)
Mixed team relay 4:15.332 1 FA 4:14.495 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Team F
 Katrin Manoilova (BUL)
 Anita Nagay (KAZ)
 Karlis Kruzbergs (LAT)
 Kazuki Yoshinaga (JPN)
Mixed team relay 4:15.669 1 FA 4:17.181 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Team H
 Shione Kaminaga (JPN)
 Gioya Lancee (NED)
 Moritz Kreuseler (GER)
 Ma Wei (CHN)
Mixed team relay 4:27.607 3 FB 4:22.198 4

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

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Final
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
Time Rank Points Rank Position Position
Yoshiki Takahara Boys' snowboard cross 49.39 10 Q 15 5 Q 3 FB 5
Snowboard and ski cross relay
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Position Position Position
 Caterina Carpano (ITA)
 Minja Lehikoinen (FIN)
 Yoshiki Takahara (JPN)
 Tobias Knollseisen (ITA)
Team snowboard ski cross 3 did not advance

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

Speed skating

Boys
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daichi Horikawa 500 m 37.35 8 37.03 4 74.386 8
1500 m 1:52.96 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mass start 5:53.03 7
Kazuki Sakakibara 500 m 36.84 2 37.12 7 73.97 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1500 m 1:57.26 16
Girls
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Moe Kumagai 500 m 40.71 6 41.00 9 81.71 8
1500 m 2:14.34 20
Yuna Onodera 500 m 41.58 12 41.70 13 83.28 11
1500 m 2:11.37 15
Mass start 5:56.41 11
Mixed team sprint
Athletes Event Final
Time Rank
Team 3
 Viola Feichtner (AUT)
 Li Huawei (CHN)
 Li Yanzhe (CHN)
 Kazuki Sakakibara (JPN)
Mixed team sprint 1:59.20 6
Team 8
 Natalie Kerschbaummayr (CZE)
 Moe Kumagai (JPN)
 Dmitrii Filimonov (RUS)
 Kaspar Kaljuvee (EST)
Mixed team sprint DSQ
Team 11
 Anna Nifantava (BLR)
 Yuna Onodera (JPN)
 Daan Baks (NED)
 Francesco Betti (ITA)
Mixed team sprint 2:00.13 9
Team 12
 Lea Scholz (GER)
 Yauheniya Varabyova (BLR)
 Daichi Horikawa (JPN)
 Lukas Mann (GER)
Mixed team sprint 1:58.95 4

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References

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