# Japan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Japan competed in the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14.
The Japanese team consisted of 151 athletes competing in all 11 sports. During the opening ceremony, curler Haruki Watanabe and speed skater Yuka Takahashi were the country's flagbearers.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Freestyle skiing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Alpine skiing | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Figure skating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ice hockey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Curling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Biathlon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Speed skating | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Short-track speed skating | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 12 | 15 | 37 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Chisaki Maeda | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | 8 February |
| Gold | Tori Koana Go Aoki | Curling | Mixed doubles | 8 February |
| Gold | Takayuki Koyama | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | 9 February |
| Gold | Haruki Yamashita | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 km freestyle | 10 February |
| Gold | Rai Kasamura | Freestyle skiing | Men's slopestyle | 11 February |
| Gold | Utana Yoshida Masaya Morita | Figure skating | Ice dance | 12 February |
| Gold | Rai Kasamura | Freestyle skiing | Men's big air | 12 February |
| Gold | Japan | Biathlon | Men's relay | 13 February |
| Gold | Sara Shimizu | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | 13 February |
| Gold | Japan | Ice hockey | Women's tournament | 14 February |
| Silver | Kazuya Yamada | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 8 February |
| Silver | Japan | Short-track speed skating | Men's 5000 metre relay | 9 February |
| Silver | Takatsugu Uda | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 km freestyle | 10 February |
| Silver | Wataru Morishige | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 10 February |
| Silver | Rai Kasamura | Freestyle skiing | Men's slopestyle | 11 February |
| Silver | Rin Kosaka Yuna Onodera Yuka Takahashi | Speed skating | Women's team pursuit | 11 February |
| Silver | Japan | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay | 12 February |
| Silver | Kaori Sakamoto | Figure skating | Women's singles | 13 February |
| Silver | Yuma Kagiyama | Figure skating | Men's singles | 13 February |
| Silver | Koyata Kikuchihara | Snowboarding | Men's halfpipe | 13 February |
| Silver | Sena Tomita | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | 13 February |
| Silver | Japan | Ice hockey | Men's tournament | 14 February |
| Bronze | Eren Watanabe | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | 8 February |
| Bronze | Tsubasa Furukawa Riho Inuzuka Shun Saito Rina Shimada Yuki Ishikawa Kota Kikuchi Shuta Matsuzu Miyu Miyashita | Short-track speed skating | Mixed 2000 metre relay | 8 February |
| Bronze | Himari Ishii | Snowboarding | Women's slopestyle | 8 February |
| Bronze | Ryota Kojima | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 8 February |
| Bronze | Neo Kamada | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | 9 February |
| Bronze | Japan | Short-track speed skating | Women's 3000 metre relay | 9 February |
| Bronze | Japan | Freestyle skiing | Mixed team aerials | 10 February |
| Bronze | Suzuka Ishimoto | Snowboarding | Women's big air | 10 February |
| Bronze | Katsuhiro Kuratsubo Wataru Morishige Kazuya Yamada | Speed skating | Men's team sprint | 10 February |
| Bronze | Motonaga Arito Kotaro Kasahara Taiyo Morino | Speed skating | Men's team pursuit | 11 February |
| Bronze | Japan | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 km relay | 12 February |
| Bronze | Azusa Tanaka Shingo Nishiyama | Figure skating | Ice dance | 12 February |
| Bronze | Yuna Nagaoka Sumitada Moriguchi | Figure skating | Pairs | 12 February |
| Bronze | Hana Yoshida | Figure skating | Women's singles | 13 February |
| Bronze | Yuina Miura Suzune Yasui Yuna Sakuma Ai Matsunaga Hana Ikeda | Curling | Women's tournament | 14 February |

## Competitors

The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Cross-country skiing | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Curling | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Figure skating | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Freestyle skiing | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Ice hockey | 23 | 21 | 44 |
| Short-track speed skating | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Ski mountaineering | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Snowboarding | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Speed skating | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Total | 78 | 73 | 151 |

## Alpine skiing

Japan entered eight alpine skiers (four per gender).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Neo Kamada | Slalom | 44.74 | 1 | 44.51 | 4 | 1:29.25 | |
| Jinro Kirikubo | Slalom | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Takayuki Koyama | Slalom | 44.83 | 2 | 43.29 | 1 | 1:28.12 | |
| Arata Yamanaka | Slalom | 45.20 | 5 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Miki Ishibashi | Slalom | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Chisaki Maeda | Slalom | 47.29 | 1 | 46.21 | 1 | 1:33.50 | |
| Maria Sakai | Slalom | 49.22 | 6 | 48.91 | 5 | 1:38.13 | 5 |
| Eren Watanabe | Slalom | 48.00 | 3 | 46.92 | 3 | 1:34.92 | |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Masaharu Yamamoto | Sprint | 30:39.8 | 3 (0+3) | 5 |
| Kiyomasa Ojima | Sprint | 31:09.1 | 5 (2+3) | 8 |
| Tsukasa Kobonoki | Sprint | 31:27.9 | 5 (2+3) | 9 |
| Mikito Tachizaki | Sprint | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| Kiyomasa Ojima Mikito Tachizaki Masaharu Yamamoto Tsukasa Kobonoki | Relay | 1:24:20.3 | 3+14 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Aoi Sato | Sprint | 23:50.3 | 2 (1+1) | 8 |
| Mikoto Takeuchi | Sprint | 24:43.2 | 1 (1+0) | 12 |
| Hikaru Fukuda | Sprint | 26:05.8 | 3 (2+1) | 15 |
| Kanaha Iwasa | Sprint | 27:09.1 | 4 (2+2) | 17 |
| Aoi Sato Mikoto Takeuchi Hikaru Fukuda Misa Sasaki | Relay | 1:35:06.8 | 3+19 | 4 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Deficit | Rank |
| Haruki Yamashita | 10 km freestyle | 21:06.5 | - | |
| Takatsugu Uda | 10 km freestyle | 21:16.5 | +10.0 | |
| Yuito Habuki | 10 km freestyle | 22:01.3 | +54.8 | 8 |
| Hyuga Otaki | 10 km freestyle | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Shota Moriguchi Takatsugu Uda Yuito Habuki Haruki Yamashita | 4 × 7.5 km relay | 1:12:12.8 | +3.2 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Deficit | Rank |
| Chika Kobayashi | 5 km freestyle | 12:32.1 | +25.6 | 6 |
| Yuka Yamazaki | 5 km freestyle | 13:06.2 | +58.7 | 10 |
| Karen Hatakeyama | 5 km freestyle | 13:42.6 | +1:35.1 | 14 |
| Mayu Yamamoto | 5 km freestyle | 13:48.9 | +1:41.4 | 17 |
| Mayu Yamamoto Chika Kobayashi Yuka Yamazaki Karen Hatakeyama | 4 × 5 km relay | 56:38.1 | +2:38.8 | |

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hyuga Otaki | Sprint classical | 3:04.05 | 4 Q | 3:05.68 | 1 Q | 2:58.97 | 4 q | 3:04.84 | 5 |
| Haruki Yamashita | Sprint classical | 3:05.11 | 6 Q | 3:06.29 | 1 Q | 2:58.10 | 2 Q | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Takatsugu Uda | Sprint classical | 3:11.05 | 10 Q | 3:06.52 | 2 Q | 3:02.53 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shota Moriguchi | Sprint classical | 3:18.14 | 16 Q | 3:06.67 | 3 q | 3:04.84 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chika Kobayashi | Sprint classical | 3:44.05 | 6 Q | 3:43.18 | 2 Q | 3:36.42 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yuka Yamazaki | Sprint classical | 3:53.76 | 10 Q | 3:41.56 | 3 q | 3:51.94 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mayu Yamamoto | Sprint classical | 4:06.72 | 16 Q | 3:53.76 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Curling
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Qualification | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ryo Aoki Haruki Watanabe Ayumu Hemmi Osuke Miya Rin Kyotoh | Men's team | Thailand W 23–0 | Qatar W 12–2 | Hong Kong L 3–7 | Saudi Arabia W 9–4 | China L 5–8 | — | — | — | 3 Q | Philippines L 4–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Yuina Miura Suzune Yasui Yuna Sakuma Ai Matsunaga Hana Ikeda | Women's team | Kazakhstan W 10–4 | South Korea L 4–6 | Philippines W 6–4 | Qatar W 12–1 | Thailand W 13–2 | Hong Kong W 9–2 | Chinese Taipei W 12–5 | China L 2–6 | 3 Q | — | China L 2–5 | Kazakhstan W 6–3 | |
| Tori Koana Go Aoki | Mixed doubles | Thailand W 12–2 | Mongolia W 19–0 | Hong Kong W 9–3 | Chinese Taipei W 9–3 | Kuwait W | — | — | — | 1 Q | Bye | Philippines W 10–3 | South Korea W 7–6 | |

### Men's tournament

Japan entered a men's team.

#### Round robin

| Group B | Skip | W | L | W–L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | DSC |
| China | Xu Xiaoming | 5 | 0 | – | 53 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 36.46 |
| Hong Kong | Jason Chang | 4 | 1 | – | 50 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 62.23 |
| Japan | Ryo Aoki | 3 | 2 | – | 52 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 63.73 |
| Qatar | Mubarak Al-Marri | 2 | 3 | – | 21 | 41 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 138.50 |
| Saudi Arabia | Suleiman Alaqel | 1 | 4 | – | 22 | 55 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 128.47 |
| Thailand | Pongsak Mahattanasakul | 0 | 5 | – | 8 | 73 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 130.14 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Philippines (Pfister) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Japan (Aoki) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |