Japan competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Akito Watabe and Arisa Go were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile Go was also the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
Medalists
The following Japanese competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
MedalNameSportEventDate Ski jumping Men's individual normal hill Snowboarding Men's halfpipe Speed skating Women's 1000 metres Speed skating Women's 1500 metres Figure skating Team event Figure skating Men's singles Ski jumping Men's individual large hill Speed skating Women's 500 metres Miho TakagiNana Takagi Speed skating Women's team pursuit Curling Women's tournament Freestyle skiing Men's moguls Snowboarding Women's halfpipe Figure skating Men's singles Speed skating Men's 500 metres Snowboarding Women's big air Nordic combined Individual large hill/10 km Nordic combined Team large hill/4 × 5 km Figure skating Women's singles
Medals by sportSport TotalSpeed skating1315Ski jumping1102Snowboarding1023Figure skating0224Curling0101Nordic combined0022Freestyle skiing0011Total37818
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing1 2 3Biathlon2 4 6Cross-country skiing4 4 8Curling0 5 5Figure skating5 5 10Freestyle skiing6 6 12Ice hockey0 23 23Luge1 0 1Nordic combined5 0 5Short track speed skating4 3 7Speed skating7 8 15Ski jumping5 4 9Snowboarding9 11 20 Total 49 75 124
Alpine skiing
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYohei KoyamaMen's slalomdid not advanceAsa AndoWomen's slalomdid not advanceWomen's giant slalom1:01.432959.56232:00.9924Sakurako MukogawaWomen's slalom56.093656.64371:52.7335Women's giant slalom1:03.39361:03.38332:06.7731
Biathlon
AthleteEventTimeMissesRankKosuke OzakiMen's sprint26:24.10 (0+0)44Men's individual58:37.96 (1+0+4+1)82Men's pursuit46:56.64 (0+2+0+2)51Tsukasa KobonokiMen's sprint26:17.81 (0+1)41Men's individual54:16.63 (1+0+1+1)44Men's pursuit46:16.05 (1+1+2+1)46Asuka HachisukaWomen's sprint26:06.74 (4+0)87Women's individual51:58.04 (0+1+0+3)65Fuyuko TachizakiWomen's sprint23:10.81 (0+1)39Women's pursuit40:27.83 (0+1+1+1)42Women's individual48:17.53 (1+1+0+1)27Sari FuruyaWomen's sprint23:58.93 (1+2)67Women's individual52:45.07 (2+1+0+4)74Yurie TanakaWomen's sprint24:21.51 (0+1)74Women's individual52:26.34 (2+1+0+1)71Asuka HachisukaFuyuko TachizakiSari FuruyaYurie TanakaWomen's team relay17
Mixed AthleteEventTimeMissesRankKosuke OzakiTsukasa KobonokiFuyuko TachizakiSari FuruyaRelay14 (3+11)18
Cross-country skiing
Japan qualified four male and four female cross-country skiers.
Men AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankRyo HiroseMen's 15 km classicalcolspan=4 41:30.5 +3:35.743Hiroyuki Miyazawacolspan=4 43:47.5 +5:52.767Naoto Baba30 km skiathlon43:13.84440:52.4311:24:43.9 +8:34.135Ryo Hirose43:04.44341:41.1401:25:17.7 +9:07.941Haruki Yamashita45:06.05753Naoto Baba50 km freestylecolspan=4 1:14:52.7 +3:20.024Ryo HiroseHiroyuki MiyazawaNaoto BabaHaruki Yamashita4 × 10 km relaycolspan=4 2:03:01.5 +8:10.810
Women AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleTotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankMasako Ishida10 km classicalcolspan=430:50.6 +2:44.327Chika Kobayashicolspan=432:10.0 +4:03.754Masae Tsuchiyacolspan=431:41.5 +3:35.246Masako Ishida15 km skiathlon24:26.32823:41.13548:44.7 +4:31.027Chika Kobayashi25:52.54924:21.94650:55.4 +6:41.750Masae Tsuchiya24:39.03323:56.63749:13.6 +4:59.935Miki Kodama26:17.45224:45.05351:48.3 +7:34.652Masako Ishida30 km freestylecolspan=4 rowspan=4 1:32:06.3 +7:12.326Masae Tsuchiya1:34:47.6 +9:53.636Miki Kodama1:39:53.8 +14:59.850Chika Kobayashi1:43:33.1 +18:39.155Masako IshidaMasae TsuchiyaChika KobayashiMiki Kodama4 × 5 km relaycolspan=4 58:40.6 +4:59.611
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHiroyuki MiyazawaMen's2:54.6432did not advanceHaruki Yamashita3:02.6057did not advance
Curling
Summary TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSatsuki FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaKotomi IshizakiWomen's tournamentL 5–8W 8–5W 8–7W 10–5W 10–2L 5–10L 4–10W 10–7L 4–84 QW 8–6L 3–10
Women's tournament
Japan has qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing second in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event. Team Satsuki Fujisawa qualified as Japanese representatives by winning the 2021 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Sayaka Yoshimura 3–2 in the best-of-five trial.
Round robin Japan had a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10.
Draw 1 Thursday, 10 February, 9:05
Draw 3 Friday, 11 February, 14:05
Draw 4 Saturday, 12 February, 9:05
Draw 5 Saturday, 12 February, 20:05
Draw 7 Monday, 14 February, 9:05
Draw 8 Monday, 14 February, 20:05
Draw 9 Tuesday, 15 February, 14:05
Draw 11 Wednesday, 16 February, 20:05
Draw 12 Thursday, 17 February, 14:05
Semifinal Friday, 18 February, 20:05
Gold medal game Sunday, 20 February, 9:05
Figure skating
In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Japan secured three quotas in both the men's and ladies singles competitions, and one each in the pairs and ice dance competitions.
Japan initially won bronze medals in the team event. However, they were not awarded at the Olympics due to a pending investigation into a Russian doping scandal. The investigation concluded in early 2024 and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualified the Russian athlete and the Japanese skater was moved to second place.
AthleteEvent / / Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankYuzuru HanyuMen's singles95.158 Q188.063283.214Shoma Uno105.903 Q187.105293.00Yuma Kagiyama108.122 Q201.932310.05Kaori SakamotoLadies' singles79.843 Q153.293233.13Wakaba Higuchi73.514 Q140.935214.444Mana Kawabe62.6914 Q104.0422166.7322Riku Miura / Ryuichi KiharaPairs70.858 Q141.045211.897Misato Komatsubara / Tim KoletoIce dance65.4122did not advance
Team trophy AthleteEventShort program/Short danceFree skate/Free danceMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankShoma Uno (M) (SP)Yuma Kagiyama (M) (FS)Wakaba Higuchi (L) (SP)Kaori Sakamoto (L) (FS)Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (P)Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto (ID)Team event105.46974.73974.45766.544293 Q208.9410148.669139.60998.66663
Freestyle skiing
Freeskiing Women Kokone Kondo withdrew from the slopestyle event after sustaining an injury during practice. AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankKokone KondoSlopestyledid not advanceSaori SuzukiHalfpipe68.7566.2568.7515did not advance
Moguls Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankDaichi HaraMoguls25.2361.3876.118 Qcolspan=4 24.2762.5978.593 Q24.4061.0076.827did not advance7Ikuma Horishima25.3859.8774.401625.7561.6476.195 Q25.2063.1477.915 Q25.4765.1779.583 Q23.8664.9481.48So Matsuda25.7159.2573.351826.1155.4773.3513did not advance23Kosuke Sugimoto25.0061.7876.266 Qcolspan=4 24.4163.2079.012 Q25.1360.8775.739did not advance9
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankJunko HoshinoMoguls28.5359.5375.386 Qcolspan=4 28.7357.5773.1913did not advance13Anri Kawamura28.3360.2976.365 Qcolspan=4 27.9064.1680.722 Q28.3762.8178.843 Q28.0060.6777.125Kisara Sumiyoshi30.2554.2368.141528.5056.7072.582 Q28.7155.8771.5215did not advance15Hinako Tomitaka30.0150.9065.081829.5757.2571.934 Q29.8755.6569.9919did not advance19
Ski cross AthleteEventSeeding1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankSatoshi FurunoMen's ski cross1:13.46224did not advance26Ryo Sugai1:12.2933did not advance17
Ice hockey
Summary Key: OT – Overtime GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout TeamEventGroup stageQualificationplayoffQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJapan women'sWomen's tournamentW 3–1W 6–2L 1–2 GWSW 3–2 GWS1 QL 1–7did not advance6 Japan has qualified 23 female competitors to the ice hockey tournament.
Women's tournament
Japan women's national ice hockey team qualified by being 6th in the 2020 IIHF World Rankings.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinals
Luge
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSeiya KobayashiMen's singles1:00.856311:00.9193359.85930did not advance3:01.63432
Nordic combined
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalDistancePointsRankTimeRankTimeRankAkito WatabeNormal hill/10 km98.0114.1924:24.1425:40.17Large hill/10 km135.0126.4526:19.91027:13.9Hideaki NagaiLarge hill/10 km117.083.73227:28.92831:12.931Ryota YamamotoNormal hill/10 km108.0133.0126:54.33426:54.314Large hill/10 km140.0128.7227:44.13428:28.112Sora YachiNormal hill/10 km103.5116.9527:34.64028:38.630Yoshito WatabeNormal hill/10 km97.5110.81325:25.22326:54.213Large hill/10 km118.094.42727:08.72230:10.725Akito WatabeHideaki NagaiRyota YamamotoYoshito WatabeTeam large hill/4×5 km522.0466.6451:28.3451:40.3
Short track speed skating
Japan has qualified four male and three female short track speed skaters. They will participate in the men's and mixed relays as well.
Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKatsunori Koike500 m41.1994did not advance26Kazuki Yoshinaga1000 m1:25.5743 AADSQdid not advance171500 mcolspan=2 2:12.4502 Q2:14.0143 QB2:18.58516Kota Kikuchi500 m42.1763did not advance221500 mcolspan=2 2:15.2434did not advance22Shogo Miyata1000 m1:24.3674did not advance231500 mcolspan=2 2:13.7995did not advance27Katsunori KoikeKazuki YoshinagaKota KikuchiShogo Miyata5000 m relaycolspan=4 6:40.4463 QB6:40.5458
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankShione Kaminaga1000 m1:28.4654did not advance251500 mcolspan=2 2:22.2615did not advance27Sumire Kikuchi500 m42.8293 q56.0923did not advance121000 m1:30.1542 Q1:37.1705did not advance191500 mcolspan=2 2:23.3593 QNo time6 ADV B2:37.9158Yuki Kikuchi1000 m1:28.7644did not advance271500 mcolspan=2 2:22.1924did not advance23
Mixed AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKatsunori KoikeKazuki YoshinagaKota KikuchiShogo MiyataShione KaminagaSumire KikuchiYuki Kikuchi2000 m relay2:39.1124did not advance10 Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; OR – Olympic record
Ski jumping
Men AthleteEventQualificationFirst roundFinalTotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankJunshiro KobayashiLarge hill121.5101.432 Q130.0120.430134.0131.618252.024Ryōyū Kobayashi128.0121.39 Q142.0147.01138.0145.82292.8Naoki Nakamura122.0107.137 Q134.0128.617124.0112.330240.929Yukiya Sato126.0111.723 Q133.0128.418134.5132.217260.615Junshiro KobayashiNormal hill93.088.226 Q97.5123.026 Q92.5111.026254.027Ryōyū Kobayashi99.0111.44 Q104.5145.41 Q99.5129.65275.0Naoki Nakamura88.587.029 Q93.5114.538did not advanceYukiya Sato100.0103.610 Q95.0118.132did not advanceJunshiro KobayashiNaoki NakamuraRyoyu KobayashiYukiya SatoTeam large hillcolspan=3 513438.55498.5444.36882.85
Women AthleteEventFirst roundFinalTotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankKaori IwabuchiNormal hill94.594.81183.074.824169.618Sara Takanashi98.5108.75100.0115.44224.14Yuka Seto94.594.61383.581.919176.514Yuki Ito94.095.51082.081.220176.713
Mixed