# Japan at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sara Takanashi | Ski jumping | Girls' individual | 14 Jan |
| Gold | Hikaru Ōe | Snowboarding | Girls' halfpipe | 15 Jan |
| Silver | Shōma Uno | Figure skating | Boys' singles | 16 Jan |
| Silver | Kentarō Ishikawa | Cross-country skiing | Boys' 10km classical | 17 Jan |
| Silver | Seitarō Ichinohe | Speed skating | Boys' 3000m | 18 Jan |
| Silver | Rio Harada | Speed skating | Girls' 3000m | 18 Jan |
| Silver | Seitarō Ichinohe | Speed skating | Boys' mass start | 20 Jan |
| Bronze | Yukiya Satō | Ski jumping | Boys' individual | 14 Jan |
| Bronze | Toshihiro Kakui | Speed skating | Boys' 500m | 14 Jan |
| Bronze | Gō Yamamoto | Nordic combined | Individual | 15 Jan |
| Bronze | Taku Hiraoka | Snowboarding | Boys' halfpipe | 15 Jan |
| Bronze | Seitarō Ichinohe | Speed skating | Boys' 1500m | 16 Jan |
| Bronze | Sumire Kikuchi | Speed skating | Girls' 1500m | 16 Jan |
| Bronze | Sumire Kikuchi | Short track | Girls' 1000m | 18 Jan |
| Bronze | Seiya Furukawa | Ice hockey | Boys' individual skills challenge | 19 Jan |
| Bronze | Sumire Kikuchi | Speed skating | Girls' mass start | 20 Jan |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Ski jumping | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Speed skating | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Cross-country | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nordic combined | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Short track | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |

## Alpine Skiing

One coach.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Seiya Hiroshima (廣島 聖也) | Slalom | 47.64 | 42.68 | 1:30.32 | 25 |
| Seiya Hiroshima (廣島 聖也) | Giant slalom | 59.09 | 55.67 | 1:54.76 | 7 |
| Seiya Hiroshima (廣島 聖也) | Super-G | | | 1:06.00 | 12 |
| Seiya Hiroshima (廣島 聖也) | Combined | 1:05.54 | 37.86 | 1:43.40 | 11 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Kayo Denda (傳田 佳代) | Slalom | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Kayo Denda (傳田 佳代) | Giant slalom | 1:00.99 | 1:01.68 | 2:02.67 | 23 |
| Kayo Denda (傳田 佳代) | Super-G | | | 1:10.77 | 23 |
| Kayo Denda (傳田 佳代) | Combined | 1:09.29 | 38.95 | 1:48.24 | 18 |

## Bobsleigh
### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Maria Oshigiri (押切　麻李亜) Shizuka Uehara (上原　志津佳) | Two-girls | 57.55 | 57.60 | 1:55.15 | 8 |

## Cross-country skiing

One coach.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Kentarō Ishikawa (石川 謙太郎) | 10km classical | 29:40.2 | |
| Takuto Terabayashi (寺林 拓人) | 10km classical | 31:30.9 | 17 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Maki Ōdaira (大平 麻生) | 5km classical | 16:34.8 | 19 |
| Kozue Takizawa (滝沢 こずえ) | 5km classical | 15:45.3 | 8 |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Kentarō Ishikawa (石川 謙太郎) | Boys' sprint | 1:45.61 | 7 Q | 1:48.8 | 1 Q | 1:46.2 | 2 Q | 1:49.9 | 6 |
| Takuto Terabayashi (寺林 拓人) | Boys' sprint | 1:51.89 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maki Ōdaira (大平 麻生) | Girls' sprint | 2:13.94 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kozue Takizawa (滝沢 こずえ) | Girls' sprint | 2:10.80 | 29 Q | 2:05.6 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Curling

One team leader.

### Mixed Team
#### Boys

* Shingo Usui (臼井　槙吾) Skip
* Tsukasa Horigome (堀篭　司) Second

#### Girls

* Mizuki Kitaguchi (北口　瑞季) Third
* Mako Tamakuma (玉熊　真子) Lead

### Round-robin standings

| Red Group | Skip | W | L |
| Sweden | Rasmus Wranå | 6 | 1 |
| Canada | Thomas Scoffin | 5 | 2 |
| Japan | Shingo Usui | 4 | 3 |
| Italy | Amos Mosaner | 4 | 3 |
| Great Britain | Duncan Menzies | 3 | 4 |
| Russia | Mikhail Vaskov | 3 | 4 |
| Austria | Mathias Genner | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | Daniel Rothballer | 1 | 6 |

#### Round-robin results

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Usui) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sweden (Wranå) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Usui) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Italy (Mosaner) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Austria (Genner) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Japan (Usui) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Vaskov) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Japan (Usui) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Japan (Usui) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Great Britain (Menzies) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Usui) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Germany (Rothballer) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Scoffin) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Japan (Usui) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Usui) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Switzerland (Brunner) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

### Mixed doubles
#### Round of 32

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Scoffin (CAN) Kelsi Heath (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |
| Mizuki Kitaguchi (JPN) Thomas Muirhead (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Corryn Brown (CAN) Martin Reichel (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Shingo Usui (JPN) Cao Ying (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Robert-Kent Päll (EST) Emily Gray (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS) Tsukasa Horigome (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Frederike Manner (GER) Derek Oryniak (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR) Mako Tamakuma (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | X | 14 |

#### Round of 16

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS) Tsukasa Horigome (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Marek Černovský (CZE) Rachel Hannen (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR) Mako Tamakuma (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Amos Mosaner (ITA) Irena Brettbacher (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Martin Sesaker (NOR) Kim Eun-bi (KOR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS) Tsukasa Horigome (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Duncan Menzies (GBR) Taylor Anderson (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR) Mako Tamakuma (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

#### Semifinals

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Martin Sesaker (NOR) Kim Eun-bi (KOR) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR) Mako Tamakuma (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

#### Bronze Medal Game

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Korey Dropkin (USA) Marina Verenich (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR) Mako Tamakuma (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

## Figure skating

One team leader and two coaches.

### Boys

| Athlete(s) | Event | SP/OD | SP/OD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Shōma Uno (宇野　昌磨) | Singles | 51.52 | 6 | 115.63 | 2 | 167.15 | |
| Shū Nakamura (中村　優) | Singles | 42.34 | 10 | 111.88 | 3 | 154.22 | 6 |

### Girls

| Athlete(s) | Event | SP/OD | SP/OD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Risa Shōji (庄司　理紗) | Singles | 47.29 | 6 | 88.03 | 5 | 135.32 | 6 |

### Mixed

| Athletes | Event | Boys' | Boys' | Boys' | Girls' | Girls' | Girls' | Ice Dance | Ice Dance | Ice Dance | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | Points | Points | Rank |
| Team 4 Shoma Uno (JPN) Jordan Bauth (USA) Eugenia Tkachenka/Yuri Hulitski (BLR) | Team Trophy | 112.72 | 2 | 7 | 77.84 | 2 | 7 | 44.36 | 7 | 2 | 16 | |

## Freestyle Skiing

One coach.

### Ski Cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Yūki Nakagawa (中川　雄生) | Boys' ski cross | 1:00.27 | 16 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

### Ski Half-Pipe

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nanaho Kiriyama (桐山　菜々穂) | Girls' ski half-pipe | 49.00 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Ice Hockey

One manager.

### Boys

| Athlete(s) | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Grand final | Grand final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Seiya Furukawa (古川　誠也) | Individual skills | 30 | 2 Q | 19 | |

### Girls

| Athlete(s) | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Grand final | Grand final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Akane Deguchi (出口　茜) | Individual skills | 20 | 4 Q | 16 | 7 |

## Nordic Combined

One coach.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Deficit | Ski Time | Total Time | Rank |
| Gō Yamamoto (山元　豪) | Boys' individual | 132.5 | 2 | 0:20 | 26:19.9 | 26:39.9 | |

## Short Track

One coach.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kei Saitō (斉藤　慧) | Boys' 500 metres | 43.173 | 2 Q | 43.000 | 3 qB | 45.6000 | 1 |
| Kei Saitō (斉藤　慧) | Boys' 1000 metres | 1:30.502 | 1 Q | 1:29.689 | 2 Q | 1:30.142 | 4 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sumire Kikuchi (菊池　純礼) | Girls' 500 metres | 53.823 | 3 Q* | 46.200 | 3 qB | 48.337 | 2 |
| Sumire Kikuchi (菊池　純礼) | Girls' 1000 metres | 1:36.670 | 2 Q | 1:35.301 | 2 Q | 1:34.254 | |
* * Given advantage due to interference by anothersakter

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Team D Elisabeth Witt (GER) Thomas Insuk Hong (USA) Sumire Kikuchi (JPN) Yin-Cheng Chang (TPE) | Mixed Team Relay | 4:23.141 | 4 qB | 4:24.360 | 1 |
| Team E Sarah Warren (USA) Kei Saito (JPN) Lin Yu-Tzu (TPE) Josse Antonissen (NED) | Mixed Team Relay | 4:36.208 | 4 qB | 4:30.383 | 3 |

## Skeleton
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Dan Satō (佐藤　弾) | Boys' individual | 59.55 | 59.34 | 1:58.89 | 9 |
| Hiroki Nokura (野倉　大貴) | Boys' individual | 59.92 | 59.80 | 1:59.72 | 10 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Saki Andō (安藤 早紀) | Girls' individual | CAN | 1:02.42 | 1:02.42 | 14 |

## Ski jumping

Two coaches.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | 1st Jump | 1st Jump | 2nd Jump | 2nd Jump | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Yukiya Satō (佐藤　幸椰) | Boys' individual | 77.0m | 136.6 | 73.0m | 123.5 | 260.1 | |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | 1st Jump | 1st Jump | 2nd Jump | 2nd Jump | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Sara Takanashi (高梨 沙羅) | Girls' individual | 76.5m | 134.4 | 76.5m | 134.9 | 269.3 | |

### Team w/Nordic Combined

| Athlete | Event | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Total | Rank |
| Sara Takanashi Go Yamamoto Yukiya Satō | Mixed Team | 235.3 | 340.7 | 576.0 | 5 |

## Snowboarding

One manager.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank |
| Taku Hiraoka (平岡　卓) | Boys' halfpipe | 91.75 | 95.00 | 1 Q | | | | 55.75 | 84.25 | |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank |
| Hikaru Ōe (大江　光) | Girls' halfpipe | 82.00 | 78.00 | 2 Q | | | | 95.75 | 96.25 | |

## Speed Skating

One manager.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Rank |
| Toshihiro Kakui (角井　俊洋) | Boys' 500 m | 38.88 | 38.94 | 77.82 | |
| Toshihiro Kakui (角井　俊洋) | Boys' 1500 m | | | 2:05.02 | 12 |
| Toshihiro Kakui (角井　俊洋) | Boys' Mass Start | | | 7:13.10 | 4 |
| Seitarō Ichinohe (一戸　誠太郎) | Boys' 1500 m | | | 2:00.30 | |
| Seitarō Ichinohe (一戸　誠太郎) | Boys' 3000 m | | | 4:10.00 | |
| Seitarō Ichinohe (一戸　誠太郎) | Boys' Mass Start | | | 7:11.45 | |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank |
| Sumire Kikuchi (菊池　純礼) | Girls' 1500 m | 2:11.33 | |
| Sumire Kikuchi (菊池　純礼) | Girls' Mass Start | 6:01.24 | |
| Rio Harada (原田　梨央) | Girls' 1500 m | 2:15.15 | 7 |
| Rio Harada (原田　梨央) | Girls' 3000 m | 4:41.85 | |
| Rio Harada (原田　梨央) | Girls' Mass Start | 6:03.56 | 6 |