# Japan at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sota Yamamoto | Figure skating | Boys' singles | 15 February |
| Gold | Sena Takenaka | Ice hockey | Girls' individual skills challenge | 16 February |
| Silver | Kazuki Sakakibara | Speed skating | Boys' 500 m | 13 February |
| Silver | Daichi Horikawa | Speed skating | Boys' 1500 m | 15 February |
| Silver | Kazuki Yoshinaga | Short track | Boys' 500 m | 16 February |
| Silver | Yohei Koyama | Alpine skiing | Boys' giant slalom | 17 February |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Figure skating | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ice hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Speed skating | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Short track | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |

## Alpine skiing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yohei Koyama | Slalom | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yohei Koyama | Giant slalom | 1:18.00 | 3 | 1:18.12 | 4 | 2:36.12 | |
| Yohei Koyama | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:12.57 | 17 |
| Yohei Koyama | Combined | 1:13.15 | 12 | 41.72 | 7 | 1:54.87 | 8 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chisaki Maeda | Slalom | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chisaki Maeda | Giant slalom | DNF | DNF | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chisaki Maeda | Super-G | — | — | — | — | 1:16.92 | 21 |
| Chisaki Maeda | Combined | 1:18.52 | 23 | 44.79 | 9 | 2:03.31 | 15 |

### Parallel mixed team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Chisaki Maeda Yohei Koyama | Parallel mixed team | Austria (AUT) L 2 – 2$^+$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cross-country skiing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Riku Kasahara | 10 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25:34.1 | 15 |
| Riku Kasahara | Classical sprint | 3:14.45 | 30 Q | 3:15.13 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Riku Kasahara | Cross-country cross | 3:16.92 | 23 Q | — | — | 3:16.44 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hikari Miyazaki | 5 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14:07.8 | 15 |
| Hikari Miyazaki | Classical sprint | 3:42.71 | 21 Q | 3:38.83 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hikari Miyazaki | Cross-country cross | 3:52.03 | 21 Q | — | — | 3:45.82 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Curling
### Mixed team
#### Team

* Kosuke Aita
* Kota Ito
* Yako Matsuzawa
* Honoka Sasaki

#### Round Robin

| Group A | Skip | W | L |
| United States | Luc Violette | 6 | 1 |
| Switzerland | Selina Witschonke | 6 | 1 |
| Russia | Nadezhda Karelina | 6 | 1 |
| Turkey | Oğuzhan Karakurt | 3 | 4 |
| Italy | Luca Rizzolli | 3 | 4 |
| China | Du Hongrui | 2 | 5 |
| New Zealand | Matthew Neilson | 1 | 6 |
| Japan | Kota Ito | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Italy (Rizzolli) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Ito) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Russia (Karelina) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Switzerland (Witschonke) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Turkey (Karakurt) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Du) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Neilson) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Violette) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Japan (Ito) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Mixed doubles

| Athletes | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Honoka Sasaki (JPN) Tyler Tardi (CAN) | Mixed doubles | Bryce (GBR) Blahovec (CZE) W 12 – 1 | Laidsalu (EST) Maksimov (RUS) W 6 – 2 | Ramsfjell (NOR) Kim (KOR) W 7 – 5 | Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) L 3 - 6 | Zhao (CHN) Haarstad (NOR) L 1 - 10 | 4 |
| Yako Matsuzawa (JPN) Philipp Hoesli (SUI) | Mixed doubles | Mjoen (NOR) Mares (CZE) W 9 – 6 | Sillaots (EST) Violette (USA) W 10 – 5 | Thompson (NZL) Middleton (CAN) W 11 – 1 | Zhao (CHN) Haarstad (NOR) W 7 – 6 | Han (CHN) Whyte (GBR) W 11 – 5 | |
| Nadezhda Karelina (RUS) Kosuke Aita (JPN) | Mixed doubles | Krupanska (CZE) Karakurt (TUR) W 8 – 2 | Constantini (ITA) Kinnear (GBR) L 3 – 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cait Flannery (USA) Kota Ito (JPN) | Mixed doubles | Podrabska (CZE) Degerfeldt (SWE) L 7 – 8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Figure skating
### Singles

| Athlete | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Koshiro Shimada | Boys' singles | 63.18 | 6 | 119.34 | 6 | 182.52 | 6 |
| Sota Yamamoto | Boys' singles | 73.07 | 1 | 142.45 | 3 | 215.52 | |
| Kaori Sakamoto | Girls' singles | 56.25 | 5 | 98.98 | 6 | 155.23 | 6 |
| Yuna Shiraiwa | Girls' singles | 60.87 | 1 | 105.79 | 5 | 166.66 | 4 |

### 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 Focus Maria Golubtsova / Kirill Belobrov (UKR) Zhao Ying / Xie Zhong (CHN) Yuna Shiraiwa (JPN) Lauri Lankila (FIN) | Team trophy | 64.68 4 | 92.74 5 | 110.01 8 | 61.57 1 | 18 | 5 |

## Ice hockey

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Roy Kanda | Boys' individual skills challenge | 8 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sena Takenaka | Girls' individual skills challenge | 18 | 2 Q | 16 | |

## 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 |
| Yoshihiro Kimura | Normal hill/5 km | 88.5 | 109.7 | 11 | 1:28 | 14:58.5 | 11 |

### Nordic mixed team

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank |
| Shihori Oi Yoshihiro Kimura Masamitsu Ito Hikari Miyazaki Riku Kasahara | Nordic mixed team | 314.2 | 8 | 1:22 | 28:01.7 | 7 |

## Skeleton

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sho Gonai | Boys | 55.63 | 15 | 55.71 | 15 | 1:51.34 | 15 |
| Mayu Ijichi | Girls | 57.20 | 13 | 56.69 | 9 | 1:53.89 | 10 |
| Madoka Oi | Girls | 57.70 | 17 | 58.82 | 20 | 1:56.52 | 19 |

## Ski jumping
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Masamitsu Ito | Boys' normal hill | 95.5 | 120.6 | 4 | 91.5 | 114.1 | 4 | 234.7 | 4 |
| Shihori Oi | Girls' normal hill | 73.0 | 72.3 | 11 | 72.5 | 71.3 | 11 | 143.6 | 11 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Shihori Oi Yoshihiro Kimura Masamitsu Ito | Team competition | 288.5 | 8 | 290.2 | 8 | 578.7 | 8 |

## Short track speed skating
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kiichi Shigehiro | 500 m | 42.671 | 2 SA/B | 42.403 | 4 FB | 43.041 | 7 |
| Kiichi Shigehiro | 1000 m | 1:33.688 | 1 SA/B | 1:27.288 | 2 FA | 1:28.718 | 4 |
| Kazuki Yoshinaga | 500 m | 43.657 | 2 SA/B | 42.416 | 2 FA | 41.969 | |
| Kazuki Yoshinaga | 1000 m | 1:33.006 | 2 SA/B | 1:28.295 | 3 FB | 1:41.778 | 6 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Shione Kaminaga | 500 m | 46.032 | 2 SA/B | 46.741 | 3 FB | 47.916 | 5 |
| Shione Kaminaga | 1000 m | 1:41.026 | 3 FC | — | — | 1:35.903 | 11 |

### Mixed team relay

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Team C Petra Jaszapati (HUN) Julia Moore (AUS) Tjerk De Boer (NED) Kiichi Shigehiro (JPN) | Mixed team relay | 4:15.332 | 1 FA | 4:14.495 | |
| Team F Katrin Manoilova (BUL) Anita Nagay (KAZ) Karlis Kruzbergs (LAT) Kazuki Yoshinaga (JPN) | Mixed team relay | 4:15.669 | 1 FA | 4:17.181 | |
| Team H Shione Kaminaga (JPN) Gioya Lancee (NED) Moritz Kreuseler (GER) Ma Wei (CHN) | Mixed team relay | 4:27.607 | 3 FB | 4:22.198 | 4 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized

## Snowboarding
### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank |
| Junna Asaya | Girls' halfpipe | 78.25 | 70.00 | 80.75 | 80.75 | 4 |

### Snowboard cross

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Group heats | Group heats | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Position | Position |
| Yoshiki Takahara | Boys' snowboard cross | 49.39 | 10 Q | 15 | 5 Q | 3 FB | 5 |

### Snowboard and ski cross relay

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Position | Position | Position |
| Caterina Carpano (ITA) Minja Lehikoinen (FIN) Yoshiki Takahara (JPN) Tobias Knollseisen (ITA) | Team snowboard ski cross | 3 | did not advance | did not advance |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

## Speed skating
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Daichi Horikawa | 500 m | 37.35 | 8 | 37.03 | 4 | 74.386 | 8 |
| Daichi Horikawa | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 1:52.96 | |
| Daichi Horikawa | Mass start | — | — | — | — | 5:53.03 | 7 |
| Kazuki Sakakibara | 500 m | 36.84 | 2 | 37.12 | 7 | 73.97 | |
| Kazuki Sakakibara | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 1:57.26 | 16 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Moe Kumagai | 500 m | 40.71 | 6 | 41.00 | 9 | 81.71 | 8 |
| Moe Kumagai | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 2:14.34 | 20 |
| Yuna Onodera | 500 m | 41.58 | 12 | 41.70 | 13 | 83.28 | 11 |
| Yuna Onodera | 1500 m | — | — | — | — | 2:11.37 | 15 |
| Yuna Onodera | Mass start | — | — | — | — | 5:56.41 | 11 |

### Mixed team sprint

| Athletes | Event | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Rank |
| Team 3 Viola Feichtner (AUT) Li Huawei (CHN) Li Yanzhe (CHN) Kazuki Sakakibara (JPN) | Mixed team sprint | 1:59.20 | 6 |
| Team 8 Natalie Kerschbaummayr (CZE) Moe Kumagai (JPN) Dmitrii Filimonov (RUS) Kaspar Kaljuvee (EST) | Mixed team sprint | DSQ | DSQ |
| Team 11 Anna Nifantava (BLR) Yuna Onodera (JPN) Daan Baks (NED) Francesco Betti (ITA) | Mixed team sprint | 2:00.13 | 9 |
| Team 12 Lea Scholz (GER) Yauheniya Varabyova (BLR) Daichi Horikawa (JPN) Lukas Mann (GER) | Mixed team sprint | 1:58.95 | 4 |