# 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.
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. 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

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Asa Ando | Women's slalom | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Haruna Ishikawa | Women's giant slalom | 1:16.49 | 33 | 1:12.50 | 31 | 2:28.99 | 33 |

## Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Japan has qualified 1 man and 5 women.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Mikito Tachizaki | Men's sprint | 27:27.1 | 3 (0+3) | 84 |
| Mikito Tachizaki | Men's individual | 54:11.5 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 64 |
| Sari Furuya | Women's sprint | 23:21.5 | 2 (1+1) | 49 |
| Sari Furuya | Women's pursuit | 37:02.1 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | 54 |
| Sari Furuya | 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 |
| Fuyuko Tachizaki | Women's pursuit | 37:07.9 | 7 (2+0+2+3) | 56 |
| Fuyuko Tachizaki | Women's individual | 50:06.9 | 7 (3+1+2+1) | 76 |
| Yurie Tanaka | Women's sprint | 24:21.6 | 2 (1+1) | 68 |
| Yurie Tanaka | 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

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

## Curling

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.

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Tiebreaker | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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

Final round robin standings :
| Teamvte | 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% | Playoffs |
| United States | John Shuster | 9 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 63 | 37 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 80% | Playoffs |
| 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% | Tiebreaker |
| 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% | |

#### Round-robin

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

#### Draw 2

Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 14:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 14:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 09:05
| 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 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 11

Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05
| 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 |

### Women's tournament

Final round robin standings :
| Teamvte | 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% | Playoffs |
| Great Britain | Eve Muirhead | 9 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 56 | 39 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 79% | Playoffs |
| Japan | Satsuki Fujisawa | 9 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 55 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 13 | 75% | Playoffs |
| 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% | |

#### Round-robin

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

#### Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 14:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 2

Thursday, 15 February, 09:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 20:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 5

Saturday, 17 February, 09:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 20:05
| 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 8

Monday, 19 February, 09:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 20:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05
| 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 |

#### Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 20:05
| 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 |

#### 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

| Athlete | Event | SP/OD | SP/OD | FS/FD | FS/FD | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yuzuru Hanyu | Men's singles | 111.68 | 1 Q | 206.17 | 2 | 317.85 | |
| Keiji Tanaka | Men's singles | 80.05 | 20 Q | 164.78 | 15 | 244.83 | 18 |
| Shoma Uno | Men's singles | 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 | Ladies' singles | 73.18 | 5 Q | 136.53 | 6 | 209.71 | 6 |
| Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Pairs | 57.74 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Short program/Short dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance |
| Athlete | Event | Men's | Ladies' | Pairs | Ice dance | Total | Total | Men's | Ladies' | Pairs | Ice dance | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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
### Aerials

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

### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Women's halfpipe | 69.20 | 71.80 | 71.80 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yurie Watabe | Women's halfpipe | 21.20 | 56.60 | 56.60 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Moguls

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 3 |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | DNF | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daichi Hara | Men's moguls | 25.06 | 65.06 | 80.01 | 6 QF | Bye | Bye | Bye | 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 | Men's moguls | 23.95 | 63.93 | 80.35 | 5 QF | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 24.09 | 63.41 | 79.64 | 7 Q | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nobuyuki Nishi | Men's moguls | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arisa Murata | Women's moguls | 29.90 | 59.83 | 74.13 | 9 QF | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 30.51 | 67.15 | 70.77 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Ski cross

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank |
| Reina Umehara | Women's ski cross | 1:17.81 | 21 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

### Slopestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Ice hockey
### Summary

Key:
* OT – Overtime
* GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. | Final / BM / Pl. |
| Team | Event | 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

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 | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Classification |
| 4 | Korea (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | Classification |

#### Fifth place game
## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Hideaki Nagai | 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 | |
| Akito Watabe | 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 |
| Yoshito Watabe | 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 |
| Go Yamamoto | 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

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Ryosuke Sakazume | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Keita Watanabe | 1000 m | 1:24.078 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Keita Watanabe | 1500 m | 2:19.205 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hiroki Yokoyama | 1500 m | 2:13.323 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kazuki Yoshinaga | 1000 m | 1:24.030 | 2 Q | 1:24.649 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kazuki Yoshinaga | 1500 m | PEN | PEN | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Shione Kaminaga | 1500 m | 2:28.719 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sumire Kikuchi | 500 m | 44.838 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sumire Kikuchi | 1000 m | 1:30.970 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sumire Kikuchi | 1500 m | 2:29.665 | 3 Q | — | — | 2:34.526 | 3 FB | 2:54.450 | 11 |
| Yuki Kikuchi | 1500 m | PEN | PEN | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hitomi Saito | 1000 m | 1:32.457 | 2 Q | 1:30.804 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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

Based on the world rankings, Japan qualified 3 sleds.
| 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 |
| Katsuyuki Miyajima | Men's | 51.63 | 20 | 52.15 | 27 | 51.80 | 24 | Eliminated | Eliminated | 2:35.58 | 26 |
| Hiroatsu Takahashi | Men's | 52.00 | 27 | 51.50 | 21 | 51.19 | 16 | Eliminated | 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
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Noriaki Kasai | Large hill | 122.5 | 104.2 | 22 Q | 121.0 | 107.9 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Junshirō Kobayashi | Normal hill | 101.0 | 118.4 | 18 Q | 93.0 | 98.0 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Junshirō Kobayashi | 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 |
| Ryoyu Kobayashi | 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 | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Normal hill | 93.5 | 98.2 | 11 | 89.0 | 90.1 | 13 | 188.3 | 12 |
| Yuka Seto | Normal hill | 93.0 | 90.3 | 15 | 89.0 | 81.7 | 24 | 172.0 | 17 |
| Sara Takanashi | Normal hill | 103.5 | 120.3 | 3 | 103.5 | 123.5 | 3 | 243.8 | |

## Snowboarding
### Men

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

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Yuka Fujimori | Slopestyle | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | 63.73 | 48.51 | CAN | 63.73 | 9 |
| Asami Hirono | Big air | 27.50 | 37.75 | 37.75 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Asami Hirono | Slopestyle | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | 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 |
| Reira Iwabuchi | Slopestyle | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | 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 |
| Miyabi Onitsuka | Slopestyle | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | Canceled | 33.25 | 39.55 | CAN | 39.55 | 19 |
| Kurumi Imai | Halfpipe | 54.75 | 50.00 | 54.75 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Haruna Matsumoto | Halfpipe | 80.75 | 84.25 | 84.25 | 3 Q | 70.00 | 46.25 | 65.75 | 70.00 | 6 |
| Hikaru Oe | Halfpipe | 10.00 | 51.00 | 51.00 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sena Tomita | Halfpipe | 59.50 | 66.75 | 66.75 | 7 Q | 65.25 | 34.50 | 60.50 | 65.25 | 8 |

### Parallel

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Masaki Shiba | Men's giant slalom | 1:26.91 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Tsubasa Hasegawa | 500 m | 35.08 | 14 |
| Tsubasa Hasegawa | 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 |
| Takuro Oda | 1500 m | 1:45.44 | 5 |
| Ryousuke Tsuchiya | 5000 m | 6:22.45 | 16 |
| Ryousuke Tsuchiya | 10000 m | 13:10.31 | 10 |
| Shane Williamson | 1500 m | 1:46.21 | 10 |
| Daichi Yamanaka | 500 m | 34.78 | 5 |
| Daichi Yamanaka | 1000 m | 1:10.027 | 24 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Arisa Go | 500 m | 37.67 | 8 |
| Arisa Go | 1000 m | 1:15.84 | 13 |
| Erina Kamiya | 500 m | 38.255 | 13 |
| Ayaka Kikuchi | 1500 m | 1:58.92 | 16 |
| Ayaka Kikuchi | 3000 m | 4:13.25 | 19 |
| Nao Kodaira | 500 m | 36.94 OR | |
| Nao Kodaira | 1000 m | 1:13:82 | |
| Nao Kodaira | 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 | |
| Miho Takagi | 1500 m | 1:54.55 | |
| Miho Takagi | 3000 m | 4:01.35 | 5 |
| Nana Takagi | 5000 m | 7:17.45 | 12 |

### Mass start

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank |
| Ryousuke Tsuchiya | Men's mass start | 0 | 7:55.77 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shane Williamson | Men's mass start | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nana Takagi | Women's mass start | 5 | 8:55.14 | 5 Q | 60 | 8:32.87 | |

### Team pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | 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 | |