# Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Japan participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Ninety-four athletes participated in all sports except ice hockey. Japanese athletes earned five medals at the games, including three silver and two bronze, short of the 10-medal goal set by the Japanese Olympic team prior to the event. One-hundred eleven Japanese sports officials and coaches accompanied the 94 athletes to the games, a far higher ratio of staff-to-athlete than most other participating nations.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Keiichiro Nagashima | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres |
| Silver | Mao Asada | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
| Silver | Masako Hozumi, Nao Kodaira, Maki Tabata | Speed skating | Women's team pursuit |
| Bronze | Joji Kato | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres |
| Bronze | Daisuke Takahashi | Figure skating | Men's singles |

## Alpine skiing

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Kentaro Minagawa | Men's slalom | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Akira Sasaki | Men's slalom | 49.41 | 52.35 | 1:41.76 | 18 |

## Biathlon

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Hidenori Isa | Men's individual | 58:06.2 | 3+0+3+3 | 83 |
| Hidenori Isa | Men's sprint | 27:42.2 | 1+2 | 68 |
| Fuyuko Suzuki | Women's individual | 46:30.3 | 1+1+0+1 | 53 |
| Fuyuko Suzuki | Women's sprint | 21:58.0 | 1+0 | 44 |
| Fuyuko Suzuki | Women's pursuit | 36:41.9 | 0+0+0+1 | 54 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hiroshi Suzuki Ryuichi Kobayashi | Two-man | 53.24 | 23 | 52.30 | 23 | 53.13 | 21 | - | - | 2:39.67 | 21 |
| Manami Hino Konomi Asazu | Two-woman | 54.64 | 18 | 54.78 | 19 | 54.65 | 16 | 54.31 | 15 | 3:38.38 | 16 |
| Hiroshi Suzuki Shinji Doigawa Masaru Miyauchi Ryuichi Kobayashi | Four-man | 52.09 | 19 | 54.16 | 21 | 52.53 | 18 | - | - | 2:38.78 | 21 |

## Cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank |
| Nobu Naruse | Men's 15 kilometre free | | | | | | | 36:01.6 | 2:25.3 | 49 |
| Nobu Naruse | Men's 30 kilometre pursuit | | | | | | | 1:22:11.1 | 6:59.7 | 39 |
| Yuichi Onda | Men's sprint | 3:38.49 | 11 Q | 3:37.9 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nobuko Fukuda | Women's 10 kilometre free | | | | | | | 27:47.7 | 2:49.3 | 52 |
| Masako Ishida | Women's 15 kilometre pursuit | | | | | | | 42.24.3 | 2:26.2 | 20 |
| Michiko Kashiwabara | Women's 10 kilometre free | | | | | | | 28:32.0 | 3:33.6 | 61 |
| Madoka Natsumi | Women's sprint | 3:48.48 | 22 Q | 3:42.6 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Curling
### Women's tournament
#### Standings

Final round robin standings :
| Teamvte | Skip | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | S% | Qualification |
| Canada | Cheryl Bernard | 9 | 8 | 1 | 56 | 37 | 40 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 81% | Playoffs |
| Sweden | Anette Norberg | 9 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 52 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 79% | Playoffs |
| China | Wang Bingyu | 9 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 47 | 39 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 74% | Playoffs |
| Switzerland | Mirjam Ott | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67 | 48 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 12 | 76% | Playoffs |
| Denmark | Angelina Jensen | 9 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 61 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 74% | |
| Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 9 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 56 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 75% | |
| Great Britain | Eve Muirhead | 9 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 59 | 36 | 41 | 11 | 10 | 75% | |
| Japan | Moe Meguro | 9 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 70 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 73% | |
| Russia | Liudmila Privivkova | 9 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 60 | 36 | 40 | 14 | 13 | 77% | |
| United States | Debbie McCormick | 9 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 65 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 77% | |

#### Team

| Name | Position |
| Moe Meguro | Skip |
| Anna Ohmiya | Third |
| Mari Motohashi | Second |
| Kotomi Ishizaki | Lead |
| Mayo Yamaura | Alternate |

#### Draw 1

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| United States (McCormick) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Japan (Meguro) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |

#### Draw 2

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Japan (Meguro) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Canada (Bernard) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |

#### Draw 4

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Japan (Meguro) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

#### Draw 6

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Great Britain (Muirhead) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 4 |
| Japan (Meguro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | x | 11 |

#### Draw 8

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Russia (Privivkova) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Japan (Meguro) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |

#### Draw 9

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Japan (Meguro) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Germany (Schöpp) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

#### Draw 10

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Japan (Meguro) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | x | 4 |
| Switzerland (Ott) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | x | x | 10 |

#### Draw 11

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Japan (Meguro) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 6 |
| Sweden (Norberg) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | x | 10 |

#### Draw 12

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Japan (Meguro) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 |
| Denmark (Jensen) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | 7 |

## Figure skating

| Athlete(s) | Event | CD | CD | SP/OD | SP/OD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nobunari Oda | Men's | | | 84.85 | 4 | 153.69 | 7 | 238.54 | 7 |
| Daisuke Takahashi | Men's | | | 90.25 | 3 | 156.98 | 5 | 247.23 | |
| Takahiko Kozuka | Men's | | | 79.59 | 8 | 151.60 | 8 | 231.19 | 8 |
| Miki Ando | Ladies' | | | 64.76 | 4 | 124.10 | 6 | 188.86 | 5 |
| Mao Asada | Ladies' | | | 73.78 | 2 | 131.72 | 2 | 205.50 | |
| Akiko Suzuki | Ladies' | | | 61.02 | 11 | 120.42 | 7 | 181.44 | 8 |
| Cathy Reed, Chris Reed | Ice dancing | 29.49 | 18 | 50.81 | 14 | 79.30 | 16 | 159.60 | 17 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Moguls

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sho Endo | Men's moguls | 24.36 | 8 Q | 25.38 | 7 |
| Nobuyuki Nishi | Men's moguls | 23.52 | 15 Q | 25.11 | 9 |
| Kai Ozaki | Men's moguls | 22.07 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yugo Tsukita | Men's moguls | 23.80 | 11 Q | 22.74 | 17 |
| Miki Ito | Women's moguls | 21.81 | 15 Q | 21.63 | 12 |
| Arisa Murata | Women's moguls | 22.99 | 11 Q | 23.22 | 8 |
| Tae Satoya | Women's moguls | 22.15 | 13 Q | 12.85 | 19 |
| Aiko Uemura | Women's moguls | 24.31 | 5 Q | 24.68 | 4 |

### Ski cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank |
| Hiroomi Takizawa | Men's ski cross | 1:15.03 | 26 Q | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 29 |
| Noriko Fukushima | Women's ski cross | 1:20.56 | 21 Q | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 22 |

## Luge

| Athlete(s) | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Takahisa Oguchi | Men's | 49.542 | 49.780 | 49.818 | 49.903 | 3:19.043 | 30 |
| Madoka Harada | Women's | 42.608 | 42.112 | 42.572 | 43.188 | 2:50.480 | 26 |
| Aya Yasuda | Women's | DSQ* | DSQ* | DSQ* | DSQ* | DSQ* | DSQ* |
*= Disqualified for being over the allowed weight

## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Jump distance | Jump score | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Taihei Kato | Normal hill/10 km | 96.5 | 114.0 | 28 | 25:43.9 | 25 | 27:09.9 | 24 |
| Taihei Kato | Large hill/10 km | 112.5 | 90.2 | 31 | 26:11.0 | 28 | 28:38.0 | 30 |
| Norihito Kobayashi | Normal hill/10 km | 99.0 | 121.0 | 12 | 25:11.0 | 9 | 26:09.0 | 7 |
| Norihito Kobayashi | Large hill/10 km | 112.0 | 90.5 | 30 | 26:00.1 | 23 | 28:26.1 | 27 |
| Yūsuke Minato | Normal hill/10 km | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Yūsuke Minato | Large hill/10 km | 110.0 | 87.0 | 34 | 25:30.0 | 13 | 28:10.0 | 26 |
| Daito Takahashi | Normal hill/10 km | 98.0 | 199.5 | 13 | 26:21.0 | 33 | 27:25.0 | 27 |
| Daito Takahashi | Large hill/10 km | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Akito Watabe | Normal hill/10 km | 96.5 | 114.5 | 27 | 25:41.0 | 23 | 27.15.0 | 21 |
| Akito Watabe | Large hill/10 km | 125.0 | 112.5 | 9 | 25:23.7 | 11 | 26:21.7 | 9 |
| Daito Takahashi Akito Watabe Norihito Kobayashi Taihei Kato | Team | 518 | 475.9 | 4 | 50:04.8 | 6 | 50:45.8 | 6 |

## Short track speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Takahiro Fujimoto | 500 m | 42.366 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Takahiro Fujimoto | 1000 m | 1:26.359 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Takahiro Fujimoto | 1500 m | 2:16.155 | 3 Q | | | 2:15.984 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuzo Takamido | 1000 m | 1:26.074 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuzo Takamido | 1500 m | 2:15.402 | 5 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Junpei Yoshizawa | 500 m | 42.158 | 2 Q | 41.906 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Junpei Yoshizawa | 1500 m | 2:30.701 | 5 ADV | | | 2:15.129 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ayuko Ito | 1000 m | 1:31.137 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mika Ozawa | 1000 m | 1:32.577 | 2 Q | 1:32.183 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mika Ozawa | 1500 m | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Hiroko Sadakane | 1500 m | 2:28.046 | 2 Q | | | 2:24.901 | 4 QB | 2:24.135 | 12 |
| Yui Sakai | 500 m | 44.341 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Biba Sakurai | 500 m | 45.146 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Biba Sakurai | 1000 m | 1:36.416 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Biba Sakurai | 1500 m | 2:30.458 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ayuko Ito Mika Ozawa Yui Sakai Biba Sakurai | 3000 m relay | | | | | 4:13.752 | 3 QB | 4:28.745 | 7 |

## Skeleton

| Athlete(s) | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Time | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Kazuhiro Koshi | Men's | 54.02 | 54.10 | 53.74 | 53.42 | 3:35.28 | 20 |
| Shinsuke Tayama | Men's | 53.94 | 53.84 | 54.03 | 53.36 | 3:35.17 | 19 |
| Nozomi Komuro | Women's | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | First Round | First Round | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank |
| Daiki Ito | Large hill | 142.6 | 2 Q | 95.6 | 30 Q | 121.3 | 216.9 | 20 |
| Daiki Ito | Normal hill | 134.5 | 5 Q | 125.0 | 10 Q | 124.5 | 249.5 | 15 |
| Noriaki Kasai | Large hill | 143.5 | 1 Q | 105.7 | 21 Q | 133.5 | 239.2 | 8 |
| Noriaki Kasai | Normal hill | 133.5 | 6 Q | 120.5 | 19 Q | 124.0 | 244.5 | 17 |
| Takanobu Okabe | Large hill | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Takanobu Okabe | Normal hill | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Taku Takeuchi | Large hill | 121.6 | 22 Q | 83.9 | 37 | DNQ | DNQ | 37 |
| Taku Takeuchi | Normal hill | 113.5 | 33 Q | 110.5 | 34 | DNQ | DNQ | 34 |
| Shōhei Tochimoto | Large hill | 123.4 | 19 Q | 73.4 | 45 | DNQ | DNQ | 45 |
| Shōhei Tochimoto | Normal hill | 111.0 | 39 Q | 108.5 | 37 | DNQ | DNQ | 37 |
| Daiki Ito Taku Takeuchi Shōhei Tochimoto Noriaki Kasai | Team | | | 484.7 | 5 Q | 523.0 | 1007.7 | 5 |

## Snowboarding
### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Ryo Aono | Men's | 43.1 | 2 QF | Bye | Bye | 32.9 | 9 |
| Kazuhiro Kokubo | Men's | 42.5 | 2 QF | Bye | Bye | 35.7 | 8 |
| Kohei Kudo | Men's | 37.1 | 7 QS | 33.5 | 8 | DNQ | DNQ |
| Daisuke Murakami | Men's | 23.5 | 15 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Shiho Nakashima | Women's | 31.4 | 14 QS | 34.9 | 7 | DNQ | DNQ |
| Rana Okada | Women's | 7.2 | 29 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Soko Yamaoka | Women's | 37.0 | 9 QS | 30.6 | 10 | DNQ | DNQ |

### Parallel Giant Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Opposition time | Rank |
| Yuki Nofuji | Men's | 1:23.88 | 27 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Tomoka Takeuchi | Women's | 1:24.42 | 10 Q | Claudia Riegler L +12.68 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Eri Yanetani | Women's | 1:26.39 | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |

### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Natsuko Doi | Women's | 1:31.23 | 14 Q | 3 | DNQ | DNQ |
| Yuka Fujimori | Women's | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Shigeyuki Dejima | 5000 m | | | | | 6:43.82 | 27 |
| Shingo Doi | 1500 m | | | | | 1:49.77 | 30 |
| Ryohei Haga | 1000 m | | | | | 1:11.46 | 29 |
| Hiroki Hirako | 5000 m | | | | | 6:33.90 | 19 |
| Hiroki Hirako | 10000 m | | | | | 13:37.56 | 11 |
| Joji Kato | 500 m | 34.937 | 3 | 35.076 | 5 | 70.01 | |
| Keiichiro Nagashima | 500 m | 35.108 | 6 | 34.876 | 1 | 69.98 | |
| Keiichiro Nagashima | 1000 m | | | | | 1:12.71 | 37 |
| Tadashi Obara | 1000 m | | | | | 1:10.51 | 17 |
| Akio Ohta | 500 m | 35.315 | 15 | 35.347 | 17 | 70.66 | 17 |
| Yuya Oikawa | 500 m | 35.174 | 13 | 35.254 | 14 | 70.42 | 13 |
| Teruhiro Sugimori | 1000 m | | | | | 1:11.13 | 26 |
| Teruhiro Sugimori | 1500 m | | | | | 1:49.19 | 26 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Masako Hozumi | 3000 m | | | | | 4:07.36 | 6 |
| Masako Hozumi | 5000 m | | | | | 7:04.97 | 7 |
| Shiho Ishizawa | 3000 m | | | | | 4:15.62 | 15 |
| Shiho Ishizawa | 5000 m | | | | | 7:12.23 | 9 |
| Nao Kodaira | 500 m | 38.835 | 12 | 38.797 | 12 | 77.63 | 12 |
| Nao Kodaira | 1000 m | | | | | 1:16.80 | 5 |
| Nao Kodaira | 1500 m | | | | | 1:58.20 | 5 |
| Eri Natori | 3000 m | | | | | 4:18:18 | 21 |
| Tomomi Okazaki | 500 m | 38.971 | 17 | 39.060 | 20 | 78.03 | 16 |
| Tomomi Okazaki | 1000 m | | | | | 1:19.41 | 34 |
| Shihomi Shinya | 500 m | 38.964 | 16 | 38.765 | 10 | 77.72 | 14 |
| Maki Tabata | 1500 m | | | | | 2:00.12 | 19 |
| Miho Takagi | 1000 m | | | | | 1:19.53 | 35 |
| Miho Takagi | 1500 m | | | | | 2:01.86 | 23 |
| Sayuri Yoshii | 500 m | 38.566 | 6 | 38.432 | 5 | 76.99 | 5 |
| Sayuri Yoshii | 1000 m | | | | | 1:17.81 | 15 |
| Sayuri Yoshii | 1500 m | | | | | 2:02.26 | 26 |