# Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Yudai Yamamoto | Speed skating | Boys' 500 metres | 12 January |
| Gold | Yuma Kagiyama | Figure skating | Boys' singles | 12 January |
| Gold | Motonaga Arito | Speed skating | Boys' 1500 metres | 13 January |
| Gold | Motonaga Arito | Speed skating | Boys' mass start | 16 January |
| Gold | Mitsuki Ono | Snowboarding | Girls' halfpipe | 20 January |
| Gold | Ruka Hirano | Snowboarding | Boys' halfpipe | 21 January |
| Gold | Yuko Chujo Yuzuyu Fujii Nao Fukuda Komomo Ito Makoto Ito Minami Kamada Kaaya Komoto Nagomi Murakami Rio Noro Riri Noro Reina Sato Hina Shimomukai An Shinoda Himari Suzuki Masaki Tanabe Kyoka Tsutsumi Harua Umemori | Ice hockey | Girls' tournament | 21 January |
| Gold | Ryoma Kimata | Snowboarding | Boys' big air | 22 January |
| Gold | Hinari Asanuma | Snowboarding | Girls' big air | 22 January |
| Silver | Yuka Takahashi | Speed skating | Girls' 1500 metres | 13 January |
| Silver | Takumi Maeda Momoha Tabata Asei Nakahara Mina Kobayashi | Curling | Mixed team | 16 January |
| Silver | Ayane Miyazaki | Nordic combined | Girls' normal hill individual/4 km | 18 January |
| Silver | Manon Kaji | Snowboarding | Girls' halfpipe | 20 January |
| Silver | Kaishu Hirano | Snowboarding | Boys' halfpipe | 21 January |
| Silver | Ayane Miyazaki Yuto Nishikata Machiko Kubota Sota Kudo | Ski jumping | Mixed team normal hill | 20 January |
| Silver | Aoto Kawakami | Snowboarding | Boys' big air | 22 January |
| Bronze | Yukino Yoshida | Speed skating | Girls' 500 metres | 12 January |

## Alpine skiing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ohra Kimishima | Super-G | — | 58.52 | 42 |
| Ohra Kimishima | Combined | 58.52 | 42 | 36.02 | 23 | 1:34.54 | 26 |
| Ohra Kimishima | Giant slalom | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Ohra Kimishima | Slalom | 38.54 | 17 | 40.94 | 10 | 1:19.48 | 11 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yuka Wakatsuki | Super-G | — | 1:02.38 | 41 |
| Yuka Wakatsuki | Combined | 1:02.38 | 41 | 41.47 | 26 | 1:43.85 | 28 |
| Yuka Wakatsuki | Giant slalom | 1:10.59 | 34 | 1:09.44 | 27 | 2:20.03 | 26 |
| Yuka Wakatsuki | Slalom | 49.79 | 29 | 48.98 | 25 | 1:38.77 | 24 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ohra Kimishima Yuka Wakatsuki | Team | Norway (NOR) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |

## Biathlon
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Taiki Ito | Sprint | 24:27.9 | 5 (2+3) | 81 |
| Taiki Ito | Individual | 46:57.6 | 13 (3+5+4+1) | 91 |
| Keita Momen | Sprint | 25:35.7 | 7 (3+4) | 90 |
| Keita Momen | Individual | 43:19.5 | 8 (3+3+1+1) | 81 |
| Chiharu Ueda | Sprint | 22:38.0 | 5 (1+4) | 52 |
| Chiharu Ueda | Individual | 42:20.7 | 10 (2+4+2+2) | 71 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Kurea Matsuoka | Sprint | 23:18.7 | 2 (1+1) | 75 |
| Kurea Matsuoka | Individual | 43:44.6 | 7 (3+1+2+1) | 78 |
| Misa Sasaki | Sprint | 23:32.6 | 5 (3+2) | 78 |
| Misa Sasaki | Individual | 40:58.3 | 7 (2+3+1+1) | 66 |

### Mixed

| Athletes | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Misa Sasaki Chiharu Ueda | Single mixed relay | 52:38.7 | 10+20 | 28 |
| Misa Sasaki Kurea Matsuoka Chiharu Ueda Taiki Ito | Mixed relay | 1:33:11.3 | 14+21 | 24 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chika Honda | 5 km classic | — | — | — | — | — | — | | |
| Chika Honda | Free sprint | | | | | | | | |
| Chika Honda | Cross-country cross | | | | | | | | |

## Curling

Japan qualified a mixed team of four athletes.

### Mixed team

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Takumi Maeda Momoha Tabata Asei Nakahara Mina Kobayashi | Mixed team | Sweden (SWE) W 7 – 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) W 8 – 1 | United States (USA) W 8 – 2 | Italy (ITA) L 6 – 7 | Latvia (LAT) W 9 – 4 | 2 Q | Canada (CAN) W 5 – 4 | New Zealand (NZL) W 8 – 4 | Norway (NOR) L 4 – 5 | |

### Mixed doubles

| Athletes | Event | Round of 48 | Round of 24 | Round of 12 | Round of 6 | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mina Kobayashi (JPN) Leo Tuaz (FRA) | Mixed doubles | Pražáková (CZE) Moon (KOR) W 6 – 5 | | | | | | |

## Figure skating

Two Japanese figure skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yuma Kagiyama | Boys' singles | 72.76 | 3 | 166.41 | 1 | 239.17 | |
| Mana Kawabe | Girls' singles | 65.84 | 4 | 119.38 | 3 | 185.22 | 4 |

### Couples

| Athlete | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Shingo Nishiyama Utana Yoshida | Ice dancing | 56.38 | 6 | 92.32 | 4 | 148.70 | 6 |

### Mixed NOC team trophy

| Athletes | Event | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance | Free skate/Free dance |
| Athletes | Event | Ice dance | Pairs | Girls | Boys | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points Team points | Points | Rank |
| Team Courage Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama (JPN) Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava (GEO) Ksenia Sinitsyna (RUS) Arlet Levandi (EST) | Team trophy | 99.21 8 | 100.70 6 | 127.63 8 | 97.63 2 | 24 | |
| Team Focus Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy (RUS) Cate Fleming / Jedidah Isbell (USA) Kate Wang (USA) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) | Team trophy | 96.39 7 | 91.34 3 | 101.84 4 | 157.62 8 | 22 | |

## Freestyle skiing
### Slopestyle & Big Air

| 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 |
| Ruka Ito | Boys' big air | | | | | | | | | |
| Ruka Ito | Boys' slopestyle | | | | | | | | | |
| Rai Kasamura | Boys' big air | | | | | | | | | |
| Rai Kasamura | Boys' slopestyle | | | | | | | | | |
| Toma Matsuura | Boys' halfpipe | | | | | | | | | |
| Yuna Koga | Girls' big air | | | | | | | | | |
| Yuna Koga | Girls' halfpipe | | | | | | | | | |
| Yuna Koga | Girls' slopestyle | | | | | | | | | |
| Akane Nakata | Girls' halfpipe | | | | | | | | | |

## Ice hockey
### Girls' tournament
#### Summary

Key:
* OT – Overtime
* GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Japan girls' | Girls' tournament | Czech Republic | Switzerland | | | | |

#### Team roster

* Yuko Chujo
* Yuzuyu Fujii
* Nao Fukuda
* Komomo Ito
* Makoto Ito
* Minami Kamada
* Kaaya Komoto
* Nagomi Murakami
* Rio Noro
* Riri Noro
* Reina Sato
* Hina Shimomukai
* An Shinoda
* Himari Suzuki
* Masaki Tanabe
* Kyoka Tsutsumi
* Harua Umemori

### Mixed NOC 3x3 tournament
#### Boys

* Gosei Daikuhara
* Issa Otsuka
* Wataru Suzuki
* Tomoyoshi Yuki

#### Girls

* Sena Hasegawa
* Ruka Kiyokawa
* Yuna Kusama
* Riko Matsumoto
* Reina Sato

## Luge
### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yuki Ishikawa | Singles | 57.654 | 23 | 57.402 | 22 | 1:55.056 | 22 |

## Nordic combined
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank |
| Yuto Nishikata | Normal hill/6 km | | | | | | |
| Taiga Onozawa | Normal hill/6 km | | | | | | |
| Haruka Kasai | Normal hill/4 km | | | | | | |
| Ayana Miyazaki | Normal hill/4 km | | | | | | |

## Short track speed skating

Three Japanese skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kosei Hayashi | 500 m | | | | | | | | |
| Kosei Hayashi | 1000 m | 1:37.849 | 1 | 1:31.554 | 2 | 1:32.308 | 3 | 1:36.969 | 8 |
| Shogo Miyata | 500 m | | | | | | | | |
| Shogo Miyata | 1000 m | DNF | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Haruna Nagamori | 500 m | | | | | | | | |
| Haruna Nagamori | 1000 m | 1:47.696 | 1 | 1:35.182 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Skeleton

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Taido Nagao | Boys' | | | | | | |
| Takanobu Usui | Boys' | | | | | | |

## Ski jumping
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sota Kudo | Normal hill | | | | | | | | |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yuna Kasai | Normal hill | | | | | | | | |
| Machiko Kubota | Normal hill | | | | | | | | |

## Snowboarding
### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Group heats | Group heats | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Position | Position |
| Seigo Sato | Boys' snowboard cross | | | | |

### Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

| 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 |
| Kaishu Hirano | Boys' halfpipe | | | | | | | | | |
| Ruka Hirano | Boys' halfpipe | | | | | | | | | |
| Aoto Kawakami | Boys' big air | | | | | | | | | |
| Aoto Kawakami | Boys' slopestyle | | | | | | | | | |
| Ryoma Kimata | Boys' big air | | | | | | | | | |
| Ryoma Kimata | Boys' slopestyle | | | | | | | | | |
| Hinari Asanuma | Girls' big air | | | | | | | | | |
| Hinari Asanuma | Girls' slopestyle | | | | | | | | | |
| Manon Kaji | Girls' halfpipe | | | | | | | | | |
| Kanami Okuyama | Girls' big air | | | | | | | | | |
| Kanami Okuyama | Girls' slopestyle | | | | | | | | | |
| Mitsuki Ono | Girls' halfpipe | | | | | | | | | |

## Speed skating

Four Japanese skaters achieved quota places for Japan based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Motonaga Arito | 500 m | 38.31 | 13 |
| Motonaga Arito | 1500 m | 1:52.24 | |
| Yudai Yamamoto | 500 m | 36.42 | |
| Yudai Yamamoto | 1500 m | 1:59.36 | 10 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Yuka Takahashi | 500 m | 42.21 | 10 |
| Yuka Takahashi | 1500 m | 2:10.58 | |
| Yukino Yoshida | 500 m | 41.16 | |
| Yukino Yoshida | 1500 m | 2:17.054 | 9 |

### Mass Start

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank |
| Motonaga Arito | Boys' mass start | 31 | 5:53.77 | 1 Q | 30 | 6:29.72 | |
| Yudai Yamamoto | Boys' mass start | 3 | 6:36.80 | 5 Q | 1 | 6:49.70 | 10 |
| Yuka Takahashi | Girls' mass start | 20 | 6:13.86 | 2 Q | 4 | 6:51.07 | 5 |
| Yukino Yoshida | Girls' mass start | 4 | 6:50.83 | 4 Q | 0 | 6:57.26 | 14 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Team 3 Sini Siro (FIN) Yukino Yoshida (JPN) Ignaz Gschwentner (AUT) Alexander Sergeev (RUS) | Mixed team sprint | 2:04.10 | |
| Team 7 Varvara Bandaryna (BLR) Myrthe de Boer (NED) Lukáš Šteklý (CZE) Yudai Yamamoto (JPN) | Mixed team sprint | 2:06.80 | 5 |
| Team 10 Marta Dobrowolska (POL) Yuka Takahashi (JPN) Michał Kopacz (POL) Park Sang-eon (KOR) | Mixed team sprint | 2:08.62 | 10 |
| Team 16 Laura Kivioja (FIN) Daria Kopacz (POL) Theo Collins (GBR) Motonaga Arito (JPN) | Mixed team sprint | 2:05.92 | |