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Japan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

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Japan at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitehttps://www.joc.or.jp
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors146 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Go Tanaka
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
27
Silver
21
Bronze
26
Total
74
Asian Winter Games appearances

Japan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] This marked the fourth time the country has played host to the Asian Winter Games.[3] Japan competed in all eleven disciplines from five sports.[4] Ice hockey player Go Tanaka was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[5]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Speed skating79723
 Cross-country skiing71311
 Alpine skiing3227
 Freestyle skiing3227
 Ski jumping3205
 Snowboarding1236
 Figure skating1102
 Biathlon1045
 Ice hockey1012
 Short track speed skating0134
 Curling0112
Totals (11 entries)27212674

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Eri Yanetani Snowboarding Women's giant slalom 19 February
 Gold Nao Kodaira Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 20 February
 Gold Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 20 February
 Gold Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre freestyle 21 February
 Gold Takuro Oda Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 21 February
 Gold Nao Kodaira Speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February
 Gold Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 21 February
 Gold Misaki Oshigiri
Nana Takagi
Miho Takagi
Speed skating Women's team pursuit 21 February
 Gold Yohei Koyama Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom

22 February

 Gold Yukiya Sato Ski jumping Normal hill individual 22 February
 Gold Emi Hasegawa Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 February
 Gold Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical 23 February
 Gold Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 23 February
 Gold Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's mass start 23 February
 Gold Mikito Tachizaki Biathlon Men's pursuit 24 February
 Gold Nobuhito Kashiwabara
Kohei Shimizu
Naoto Baba
Akira Lenting
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay 24 February
 Gold Hikari Miyazaki
Kozue Takizawa
Yuki Kobayashi
Chisa Obayashi
Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay 24 February
 Gold Ikuma Horishima Freestyle skiing Men's dual moguls 24 February
 Gold Naoki Nakamura Ski jumping Large hill individual

24 February

 Gold Emi Hasegawa Alpine skiing Women's slalom 25 February
 Gold Yurie Adachi
Yoshino Enomoto
Moeko Fujimoto
Nana Fujimoto
Mika Hori
Akane Hosoyamada
Tomomi Iwahara
Shiori Koike
Mai Kondo
Akane Konishi
Hanae Kubo
Ami Nakamura
Shoko Ono
Chiho Osawa
Sena Suzuki
Aina Takeuchi
Naho Terashima
Ayaka Toko
Haruka Toko
Rui Ukita
Haruna Yoneyama
Ice hockey Women's tournament 25 February
 Gold Yuken Iwasa
Yukiya Sato
Naoki Nakamura
Masamitsu Ito
Ski jumping Large hill team 25 February
 Gold Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre freestyle 26 February
 Gold Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 15 kilometre freestyle 26 February
 Gold Shoma Uno Figure skating Men's singles 26 February
 Gold Ikuma Horishima Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 26 February
 Gold Arisa Murata Freestyle skiing Women's moguls 26 February
 Silver Yuya Suzuki Snowboarding Men's slalom 20 February
 Silver Eri Yanetani Snowboarding Women's slalom 20 February
 Silver Tsubasa Hasegawa Speed skating Men's 500 metres 20 February
 Silver Ryosuke Tsuchiya Speed skating Men's 5000 metres

20 February

 Silver Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 20 February
 Silver Naoto Baba Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 21 February
 Silver Ayuko Ito Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February
 Silver Misaki Oshigiri Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 21 February
 Silver Yuken Iwasa Ski jumping Normal hill individual 22 February
 Silver Ryosuke Tsuchiya Speed skating Men's 10000 metres 22 February
 Silver Shota Nakamura
Shane Williamson
Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Speed skating Men's team pursuit 22 February
 Silver Asa Ando Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 February
 Silver Takuro Oda Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 23 February
 Silver Shane Williamson Speed skating Men's mass start 23 February
 Silver Ayano Sato Speed skating Women's mass start 23 February
 Silver Yusuke Morozumi
Tetsuro Shimizu
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Kosuke Morozumi
Kosuke Hirata
Curling Men's team 24 February
 Silver Chris Reed
Kana Muramoto
Figure skating Ice dancing 24 February
 Silver Daichi Hara Freestyle skiing Men's dual moguls 24 February
 Silver Arisa Murata Freestyle skiing Women's dual moguls 24 February
 Silver Yuken Iwasa Ski jumping Large hill individual 24 February
 Silver Asa Ando Alpine skiing Women's slalom 25 February
 Bronze Shinnosuke Kamino Snowboarding Men's giant slalom 19 February
 Bronze Nobuhito Kashiwabara Cross-country skiing Men's sprint classical 20 February
 Bronze Seitaro Ichinohe Speed skating Men's 5000 metres

20 February

 Bronze Ayano Sato Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 20 February
 Bronze Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 21 February
 Bronze Shunsuke Nakamura Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 21 February
 Bronze Arisa Go Speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February
 Bronze Hideyuki Narita Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom

22 February

 Bronze Keita Watanabe Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres 22 February
 Bronze Sumire Kikuchi Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 22 February
 Bronze Hiroki Yokoyama
Kazuki Yoshinaga
Keita Watanabe
Ryosuke Sakazume
Takayuki Muratake
Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metres relay 22 February
 Bronze Seitaro Ichinohe Speed skating Men's 10000 metres 22 February
 Bronze Mai Kiyama Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 22

February

 Bronze Mikito Tachizaki Biathlon Men's sprint 23 February
 Bronze Kohei Shimizu Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical 23 February
 Bronze Taro Kondo Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 23 February
 Bronze Satsuki Fujisawa
Mari Motohashi
Chinami Yoshida
Yurika Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki
Curling Women's team 24 February
 Bronze Miki Itō Freestyle skiing Women's dual moguls 24 February
 Bronze Hideyuki Narita Alpine skiing Men's slalom 25 February
 Bronze Fuyuko Tachizaki
Yurie Tanaka
Mikito Tachizaki
Tsukasa Kobonoki
Biathlon Mixed relay 25 February
 Bronze Ayumu Nedefuji Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 25 February
 Bronze Kurumi Imai Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 25 February
 Bronze Kosuke Ozaki Biathlon Men's mass start 26 February
 Bronze Fuyuko Tachizaki Biathlon Women's mass start 26 February
 Bronze Miki Itō Freestyle skiing Women's moguls 26 February
 Bronze Yutaka Fukufuji
Yuto Ito
Takuto Onoda
Yōsuke Haga
Ryo Hashiba
Ryo Hashimoto
Keigo Minoshima
Kazumasa Sasaki
Hiroto Sato
Takafumi Yamashita
Maruru Furuhashi
Yushiroh Hirano
Takuma Kawai
Shuhei Kuji
Masahito Nishiwaki
Daisuke Obara
Kenta Takagi
Seiji Takahashi
Hiromichi Terao
Yuri Terao
Go Tanaka
Hiroki Ueno
Takuro Yamashita
Ice hockey Men's tournament 26 February

Competitors

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The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 4 4 8
Biathlon 6 6 12
Cross-country skiing 4 4 8
Curling 5 5 10
Figure skating 6 6 12
Freestyle skiing 4 4 8
Ice hockey 23 21 44
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Ski jumping 4 4
Snowboarding 4 6 10
Speed skating 10 10 20
Total 75 71 146

Alpine skiing

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Japan's alpine skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men
Women

Biathlon

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Men
Women

Cross-country skiing

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Japan's cross-country skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men
Women

Curling

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Japan has entered both a men's and women's teams.[7][8]

Men's tournament

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Japan's men's curling team consists of five athletes.[8]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Skip W L
 China Liu Rui 5 0
 South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 4 1
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 3 2
 Chinese Taipei Randolph Shen 2 3
 Kazakhstan Viktor Kim 1 4
 Qatar Nabeel Alyafei 0 5
Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draw 3

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
 South Korea (Soo-hyuk) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5
Gold medal match

Friday, February 24, 1:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Rui) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 X X 11
 Japan (Morozumi) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 4

Women's tournament

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Key
Teams to playoffs
Skip W L
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 4 0
 China Wang Bingyu 3 1
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 2 2
 Kazakhstan Ramina Yunicheva 1 3
 Qatar Maryam Binali 0 4
Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draw 3

Figure skating

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Japan's figure skating team consists of twelve athletes.[9][10] On February 7, 2017, it was announced that Kaori Sakamoto would replace Satoko Miyahara, because the latter had sustained an injury to her hip.[11]

Singles
Athlete Event SP FP Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Shoma Uno Men's 92.43 2 188.84 1 281.27 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Takahito Mura 90.32 4 172.99 4 263.31 4
Kaori Sakamoto Women's WD
Rika Hongo 60.98 2 100.39 4 161.37 4
Mixed
Athlete(s) Event SP/SD FP/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Pairs WD
Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata 48.78 5 81.75 6 130.53 5
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Ice dancing 64.74 2 94.40 2 159.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki 48.84 5 75.28 5 124.12 5

Freestyle skiing

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Japan's freestyle skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men
Women

Ice hockey

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Japan as the host nation has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division.[12][13]

Men's tournament

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Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes:[14]

Legend

  • G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward
Rank Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 0 19 0 +19 9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 3 2 0 0 1 14 6 +8 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 15 11 +4 3
4  China 3 0 0 0 3 0 32 –32 0
22 February 2017
19:00
Japan 14–0
(5–0, 4–0, 5–0)
 ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,197
Game reference
8 minPenalties14 min
59Shots9

24 February 2017
19:00
Japan 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)
 South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,118
Game reference
8 minPenalties6 min
28Shots32

26 February 2017
12:30
Kazakhstan 7–0
(4–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 JapanTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,631
Game reference
6 minPenalties20 min
41Shots12

Women's tournament

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Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes:[15]

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward

Rank Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan 5 5 0 0 0 98 1 +97 15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China 5 3 0 1 1 46 12 +34 10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kazakhstan 5 3 0 0 2 31 14 +17 9
4  South Korea 5 2 1 0 2 37 6 +31 8
5  Thailand 5 1 0 0 4 5 84 –79 3
6  Hong Kong 5 0 0 0 5 4 104 –100 0
18 February 2017
12:00
Kazakhstan 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)
 JapanTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,200
Game reference
Referee:
Germany Tijana Haack
Linesmen:
Austria Julia Kainberger
South Korea Lee Tae-ri
12 minPenalties4 min
3Shots58

20 February 2017
19:00
Japan 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,221
Game reference
12 minPenalties6 min
47Shots19

21 February 2017
19:00
Japan 46–0
(17–0, 18–0, 11–0)
 Hong KongTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 513
Game reference
0 minPenalties2 min
158Shots0

23 February 2017
19:00
Thailand 0–37
(0–18, 0–13, 0–6)
 JapanTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 348
Game reference
10 minPenalties0 min
0Shots150

25 February 2017
19:00
Japan 6–1
(5–0, 0–1, 1–0)
 ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,807
Game reference
4 minPenalties8 min
70Shots3

Short track speed skating

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Japan's speed skating team consists of 10 athletes (five men and five women). The team was officially unveiled on January 9, 2017.[16]

Men
Women

Ski jumping

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Japan's ski jumping team will consist of four athletes (all men, as women's events are not scheduled to be held). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men

Snowboarding

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Japan's snowboarding team will consist of ten athletes (four men and six women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.[6]

Men
Women

Speed skating

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Japan's speed skating team consists of 20 athletes (ten men and ten women). The team was officially unveiled on January 15, 2017.[17]

Men
Women

References

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