Japan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. This marked the fourth time the country has played host to the Asian Winter Games. Japan competed in all eleven disciplines from five sports. Ice hockey player Go Tanaka was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.

Medal summary Medal table

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Eri Yanetani Snowboarding Women's giant slalom 19 February Nao Kodaira Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 20 February Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 20 February Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre freestyle 21 February Takuro Oda Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 21 February Nao Kodaira Speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 21 February Misaki OshigiriNana TakagiMiho Takagi Speed skating Women's team pursuit 21 February Yohei Koyama Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom 22 February Yukiya Sato Ski jumping Normal hill individual 22 February Emi Hasegawa Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 February Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical 23 February Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 23 February Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's mass start 23 February Mikito Tachizaki Biathlon Men's pursuit 24 February Nobuhito KashiwabaraKohei ShimizuNaoto BabaAkira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay 24 February Hikari MiyazakiKozue TakizawaYuki KobayashiChisa Obayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay 24 February Ikuma Horishima Freestyle skiing Men's dual moguls 24 February Naoki Nakamura Ski jumping Large hill individual 24 February Emi Hasegawa Alpine skiing Women's slalom 25 February Yurie AdachiYoshino EnomotoMoeko FujimotoNana FujimotoMika HoriAkane HosoyamadaTomomi IwaharaShiori KoikeMai KondoAkane KonishiHanae KuboAmi NakamuraShoko OnoChiho OsawaSena SuzukiAina TakeuchiNaho TerashimaAyaka TokoHaruka TokoRui UkitaHaruna Yoneyama Ice hockey Women's tournament 25 February Yuken IwasaYukiya SatoNaoki NakamuraMasamitsu Ito Ski jumping Large hill team 25 February Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre freestyle 26 February Yuki Kobayashi Cross-country skiing Women's 15 kilometre freestyle 26 February Shoma Uno Figure skating Men's singles 26 February Ikuma Horishima Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 26 February Arisa Murata Freestyle skiing Women's moguls 26 February Yuya Suzuki Snowboarding Men's slalom 20 February Eri Yanetani Snowboarding Women's slalom 20 February Tsubasa Hasegawa Speed skating Men's 500 metres 20 February Ryosuke Tsuchiya Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 20 February Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1000 metres 20 February Naoto Baba Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 21 February Ayuko Ito Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February Misaki Oshigiri Speed skating Women's 1500 metres 21 February Yuken Iwasa Ski jumping Normal hill individual 22 February Ryosuke Tsuchiya Speed skating Men's 10000 metres 22 February Shota NakamuraShane WilliamsonRyosuke Tsuchiya Speed skating Men's team pursuit 22 February Asa Ando Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 February Takuro Oda Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 23 February Shane Williamson Speed skating Men's mass start 23 February Ayano Sato Speed skating Women's mass start 23 February Yusuke MorozumiTetsuro ShimizuTsuyoshi YamaguchiKosuke MorozumiKosuke Hirata Curling Men's team 24 February Chris ReedKana Muramoto Figure skating Ice dancing 24 February Daichi Hara Freestyle skiing Men's dual moguls 24 February Arisa Murata Freestyle skiing Women's dual moguls 24 February Yuken Iwasa Ski jumping Large hill individual 24 February Asa Ando Alpine skiing Women's slalom 25 February Shinnosuke Kamino Snowboarding Men's giant slalom 19 February Nobuhito Kashiwabara Cross-country skiing Men's sprint classical 20 February Seitaro Ichinohe Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 20 February Ayano Sato Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 20 February Akira Lenting Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 21 February Shunsuke Nakamura Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 21 February Arisa Go Speed skating Women's 500 metres 21 February Hideyuki Narita Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom 22 February Keita Watanabe Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres 22 February Sumire Kikuchi Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 22 February Hiroki YokoyamaKazuki YoshinagaKeita WatanabeRyosuke SakazumeTakayuki Muratake Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metres relay 22 February Seitaro Ichinohe Speed skating Men's 10000 metres 22 February Mai Kiyama Speed skating Women's 5000 metres 22 February Mikito Tachizaki Biathlon Men's sprint 23 February Kohei Shimizu Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical 23 February Taro Kondo Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 23 February Satsuki FujisawaMari MotohashiChinami YoshidaYurika YoshidaYumi Suzuki Curling Women's team 24 February Miki Itō Freestyle skiing Women's dual moguls 24 February Hideyuki Narita Alpine skiing Men's slalom 25 February Fuyuko TachizakiYurie TanakaMikito TachizakiTsukasa Kobonoki Biathlon Mixed relay 25 February Ayumu Nedefuji Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 25 February Kurumi Imai Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 25 February Kosuke Ozaki Biathlon Men's mass start 26 February Fuyuko Tachizaki Biathlon Women's mass start 26 February Miki Itō Freestyle skiing Women's moguls 26 February Yutaka FukufujiYuto ItoTakuto OnodaYōsuke HagaRyo HashibaRyo HashimotoKeigo MinoshimaKazumasa SasakiHiroto SatoTakafumi YamashitaMaruru FuruhashiYushiroh HiranoTakuma KawaiShuhei KujiMasahito NishiwakiDaisuke ObaraKenta TakagiSeiji TakahashiHiromichi TeraoYuri TeraoGo TanakaHiroki UenoTakuro Yamashita Ice hockey Men's tournament 26 February

Competitors The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalAlpine skiing 4 4 8Biathlon 6 612Cross-country skiing 4 4 8Curling 5 5 10Figure skating 6 6 12Freestyle skiing 4 4 8Ice hockey 23 21 44Short track speed skating 5 5 10Ski jumping 4 4Snowboarding 4 6 10Speed skating 10 10 20 Total 75 71 146

Alpine skiing

Japan's alpine skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.

Men Naoki Yuasa Hideyuki Narita Yohei Koyama Tatsuki Matsumoto

Women Emi Hasegawa Mio Arai Asa Ando Emiko Kiyosawa

Biathlon

Men Junji Nagai Mikito Tachizaki Yuuki Nakajima Tsukasa Kobonoki Kosuke Ozaki Takuto Terabayashi

Women Fuyuko Tachizaki Yurie Tanaka Rina Mitsuhashi Sari Furuya Asuka Hachisuka Kirari Tanaka

Cross-country skiing

Japan's cross-country skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.

Men Akira Lenting Nobuhito Kashiwabara Naoto Baba Kohei Shimizu

Women Yuki Kobayashi Hikari Miyazaki Chisa Obayashi Kozue Takizawa

Curling

Japan has entered both a men's and women's teams.

Men's tournament

Japan's men's curling team consists of five athletes.

Yusuke Morozumi – skip Tetsuro Shimizu – third Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi – second Kosuke Morozumi – lead Koshuke Hirata – alternate

Round-robin Japan has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 9:00

Draw 2 Saturday, February 18, 18:00

Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 13:30

Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 9:00

Draw 6 Tuesday, February 21, 18:00

Semifinals Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Gold medal match Friday, February 24, 1:30

Women's tournament

Satsuki Fujisawa – Skip Mari Motohashi – Third Chinami Yoshida – Second Yurika Yoshida – Lead Yumi Suzuki – Alternate

Round-robin Japan has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 13:30

Draw 2 Saturday, February 19, 9:00

Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 18:00

Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 13:30

Figure skating

Japan's figure skating team consists of twelve athletes. On February 7, 2017, it was announced that Kaori Sakamoto would replace Satoko Miyahara, because the latter had sustained an injury to her hip.

Singles AthleteEventTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankShoma UnoMen's 92.432188.841 281.27Takahito Mura 90.324172.994 263.314Kaori SakamotoWomen'sWDRika Hongo 60.982 100.394 161.374

Mixed Athlete(s)Event//TotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankMiu Suzaki / Ryuichi KiharaPairsWDNarumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata 48.78581.756 130.535Kana Muramoto / Chris ReedIce dancing 64.74294.402 159.14Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki 48.845 75.285 124.125

Freestyle skiing

Japan's freestyle skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.

Men Sho Endo Daichi Hara Ikuma Horishima Kosuke Sugimoto

Women Miki Ito Arisa Murata Kisara Sumiyoshi Hinako Tomitaka

Ice hockey

Japan as the host nation has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division.

Men's tournament

Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes:

Yutaka Fukufuji (G) Yuto Ito (G) Takuto Onoda (G) Yosuke Haga (D) Ryo Hashiba (D) Ryo Hashimoto (D) Keigo Minoshima (D) Kazumasa Sasaki (D) Hiroto Sato (D) Takafumi Yamashita (D) Maruru Furuhashi (D) Yushiroh Hirano (F) Takuma Kawai (F) Shuhei Kuji (F) Masahito Nishiwaki (F) Daisuke Obara (F) Kenta Takagi (F) Seiji Takahashi (F) Hiromichi Terao (F) Yuri Terao (F) Go Tanaka (F) Hiroki Ueno (F) Takuro Yamashita (F)

Legend G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward

Women's tournament

Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes:

Yurie Adachi Yoshino Enomoto (F) Moeko Fujimoto (F) Nana Fujimoto (G) Mika Hori (D) Akane Hosoyamada (D) Tomomi Iwahara (F) Shiori Koike (D) Mai Kondo (G) Akane Konishi (G) Hanae Kubo (F) Ami Nakamura (F) Shoko Ono (F) Chiho Osawa (F) Sena Suzuki (D) Aina Takeuchi (D) Naho Terashima (F) Ayaka Toko (D) Haruka Toko (F) Rui Ukita (F) Haruna Yoneyama (F)

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward

Short track speed skating

Japan's speed skating team consists of 10 athletes (five men and five women). The team was officially unveiled on January 9, 2017.

Men Keita Watanabe Ryosuke Sakazume Kazuki Yoshinaga Hiroki Yokoyama Takayuki Muratake

Women Moemi Kikuchi Hitomi Saito Sumire Kikuchi Ayuko Ito Aoi Watanabe

Ski jumping

Japan's ski jumping team will consist of four athletes (all men, as women's events are not scheduled to be held). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.

Men Yukiya Satō Naoki Nakamura Masamitsu Itō Yūken Iwasa

Snowboarding

Japan's snowboarding team will consist of ten athletes (four men and six women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.

Men Ayumu Nedefuji - halfpipe Shinnosuke Kamino - slalom/giant slalom Yuya Suzuki - slalom/giant slalom Takumi Miyazawa - slalom/giant slalom

Women Hikaru Oe - halfpipe Haruna Matsumoto - halfpipe Kurumi Imai - halfpipe Sena Tomita - halfpipe Eri Yanetani - slalom/giant slalom Asa Toyoda - slalom/giant slalom

Speed skating

Japan's speed skating team consists of 20 athletes (ten men and ten women). The team was officially unveiled on January 15, 2017.

Men Takuro Oda - 1000 m, 1500 m Shota Nakamura - 1500 m, 1000 m, TP MS Ryosuke Tsuchiya - 5000 m, 10000 m, TP MS Shane Williamson 1500 m, 5000 m, 10000 m, TP, MS Seitaro Ichinohe 5000 m, 10000 m, TP (sub) Taro Kondo 1500 m Yuto Fujino 500 m, 1000 m Tsubasa Hasegawa 500 m Shunsuke Nakamura 500 m, 1000 m Yuma Murakami 500 m

Women Nao Kodaira 500 m, 1000 m Miho Takagi 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, TP, MS Mai Kiyama 5000 m Misaki Oshigiri 1500 m, 3000 m, TP Nana Takagi 1,500 m, TP, MS Ayano Sato 500 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, MS Arisa Go 500 m, 1000 m Maki Tabata 5000 m Maki Tsuji 500 m, 1000 m Fuyo Matsuoka 5000 m

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