Japan participated in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from February 6 to 22, 2026.
Officially called the XXV Winter Olympic Games, and commonly known as Milano-Cortina 2026, the 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026) was an international multi-sport event taking place at multiple sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy, with competition in selected events beginning February 4, 2026.
It was Japan's 23rd appearance at the Winter Olympic Games. Speed skater Wataru Morishige and snowboarder Sena Tomita were the flag bearers of the national flag of Japan at the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, Wataru Morishige and Kaori Sakamoto were the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
On February 17, with the bronze medal won by the Japanese women's speed skating team pursuit consisted of Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato, Hana Noake, and Momoka Horikawa, Japan collected its 19th medal of the games, surpassing its previous best record of 18 medals at a single Winter Olympics.
Medalists
Shown in these charts are the Japanese athletes who won medals at the 2026 Winter Olympic games.
Medal Name Sport Event DateKira KimuraSnowboardingMen's big airKokomo MuraseSnowboardingWomen's big airYuto TotsukaSnowboardingMen's halfpipe Riku MiuraRyuichi Kihara Figure skating Pair skating Mari FukadaSnowboardingWomen's slopestyleRyoma KimataSnowboardingMen's big air Yuma KagiyamaShun SatoRiku MiuraRyuichi KiharaUtana YoshidaMasaya Morita Figure skating Team event Yuma Kagiyama Figure skating Mens singles Ren Nikaidō Ski jumping Mens individual large hill Freestyle skiing Men's dual moguls Snowboarding Men's slopestyle Figure skating Women's singles Ski jumping Women's normal hill individual Miho Takagi Speed skating Women's 1000 m Ski jumping Men's normal hill individual Nozomi MaruyamaRyōyū KobayashiSara TakanashiRen NikaidōSki jumpingMixed team Freestyle skiing Men's moguls Snowboarding Women's halfpipe Ryusei YamadaSnowboardingMen's halfpipe Shun Sato Figure skating Mens singles Miho TakagiSpeed skating Women's 500 metres Momoka HorikawaHana NoakeAyano SatoMiho TakagiSpeed skating Women's team pursuit Kokomo MuraseSnowboardingWomen's slopestyle Figure skating Women's singles
Medals by dateDayDate Total17 February111328 February010139 February1023410 February0011612 February0022713 February1124814 February0101915 February01121016 February10011117 February00111218 February11131319 February0112Total5712 24
Medals by sportSportTotalSnowboarding4239Figure skating1326Ski jumping0134Freestyle skiing0112Speed skating0033Total571224
Medals by genderGenderTotalMale25411Female21710Mixed1113Total571224
Multiple medalistsNameSportTotal Riku Miura Figure skating110 2 Ryuichi Kihara Figure skating110 2 Kokomo Murase Snowboarding101 2 Yuma Kagiyama Figure skating020 2 Kaori Sakamoto Figure skating020 2 Ren Nikaidō Ski jumping012 3 Shun Sato Figure skating011 2 Miho Takagi Speed skating003 3 Nozomi Maruyama Ski jumping002 2
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing112Cross-country skiing314Curling055Figure skating6612Freestyle skiing91120Ice hockey02323Luge101Nordic combined303Short-track speed skating459Skeleton101Ski jumping347Snowboarding91120Speed skating7714 Total4774121
Alpine skiing
Japan qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankShiro AiharaMen's slalom1:00.832258.75201:59.5820Asa AndoWomen's slalom
Cross-country skiing
Japan qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota. Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Japan qualified a further three female and two male athletes. However, Japan declined the three additional female quotas.
Distance AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankNaoto BabaMen's 10 km freestylecolspan=2 22:21.535colspan=3 Men's 20 km skiathlon24:52.83623:45.32949:09.9 +2:58.934Men's 50 km classical2:20:02.026colspan=5 Ryo HiroseMen's 10 km freestylecolspan=2 22:18.933colspan=3 Men's 20 km skiathlon24:06.01523:41.42848:14.8 +2:03.822Men's 50 km classical2:22:41.232colspan=5 Daito YamazakiMen's 10 km freestylecolspan=2 22:14.630colspan=3 Men's 20 km skiathlon25:50.64924:11.03650:30.9 +4:19.944Masae TsuchiyaWomen's 10 km freestylecolspan=2 25:00.426colspan=3 Women's 20 km skiathlon30:05.64029:13.83559:50.4 +6:05.235Women's 50 km classical2:34:23.923colspan=5
Curling
Summary TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSayaka YoshimuraKaho OnoderaYuna KotaniAnna OhmiyaMina KobayashiWomen's tournamentL 4–8L 7–10W 7–5L 4–7L 5–7L 6–9L 6–8L 3–9W 9–68Did not advance
Women's tournament
Japan qualified a women's team by winning the Olympic Qualification Event. Team Sayaka Yoshimura qualified as Japanese representatives by winning the 2025 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Team Miyu Ueno 3–2 in the best-of-five series.
Round robin Japan had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 10.
Draw 1 Thursday, 12 February, 9:05
Draw 2 Thursday, 12 February, 19:05
Draw 4 Saturday, 14 February, 9:05
Draw 5 Saturday, 14 February, 19:05
Draw 6 Sunday, 15 February, 14:05
Draw 8 Monday, 16 February, 19:05
Draw 9 Tuesday, 17 February, 14:05
Draw 11 Wednesday, 18 February, 19:05
Draw 12 Thursday, 19 February, 14:30
Figure skating
In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, Japan secured three quota in men's singles, three quota in women's singles, and one quota in pair skating. Japan earned an additional quota in pairs at the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 in Beijing, China. Furthermore, Japan qualified to the team event. As Japan had no ice dance quota, they were able to send a pair of ice dancers to compete specifically in the team event.
AthleteEvent//TotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankYuma KagiyamaMen's singles103.072 Q176.996280.06Kao Miura76.7722 Q170.1110246.8813Shun Sato88.709 Q186.203274.90Mone ChibaWomen's singles74.004 Q143.888217.884Ami Nakai78.711 Q140.459219.16Kaori Sakamoto77.232 Q147.672224.90Riku MiuraRyuichi KiharaPairs73.115 Q158.131231.24Yuna NagaokaSumitada Moriguchi59.6219Did not advance19
Team event AthleteEventShort program / Rhythm danceFree skate / Free danceTotalMen'sWomen'sPairsIce danceTotalMen'sWomen'sPairsIce dancePointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankYuma Kagiyama (M) (SP)Shun Sato (M) (FS)Kaori Sakamoto (W)Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (P)Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita (ID)Team event108.671078.881082.841068.643 33 2 Q194.869148.6210155.551098.556 68
Freestyle skiing
Aerials AthleteEventQualificationFinalJump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankHaruto IgarashiMen's aerials67.8624Did not advance24Runa IgarashiWomen's aerials54.602251.9418Did not advance24
Moguls Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2RankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalGoshin FujikiMen's23.6516.1773.681423.2916.6565.4413Did not advance23Ikuma Horishima22.6317.5485.421 Qcolspan=4 22.6117.5780.355 Q22.2318.0883.44Taketo Nishizawa23.8015.9770.412223.7716.0173.9512Did not advance22Takuya Shimakawa24.0615.6274.821323.3116.6378.272 Q23.2216.7576.5415Did not advance15
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2RankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalHina FujikiWomen's27.3115.8965.891929.2470.0670.069 Q26.9816.2873.2411Did not advance11Haruka Nakao28.7114.2474.717 Qcolspan=4 29.0313.8770.8917Did not advance17Hinako Tomitaka28.1014.9675.285 Qcolspan=4 26.9016.3779.423 Q27.0316.2278.004Rino Yanagimoto28.0115.0768.491628.1673.3573.354 Q27.2715.9472.4913Did not advance13
Dual moguls Men AthleteEvent1/16 Final1/8 FinalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGoshin FujikiMen'sL 16–19Did not advance18Ikuma HorishimaByeW 35-DNFW 26-9W 21-14L 4–31Taketo NishizawaL 13–22Did not advance22Takuya ShimakawaW 20–15W 35–DNFW 19–16L 2–33L 15–204
Women AthleteEvent1/16 Final1/8 FinalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHina FujikiWomen'sW 19–16L 15–20Did not advance9Haruka NakaoL 16–19Did not advance18Hinako TomitakaW 29–6W 23–12L DNF–35Did not advance7Rino YanagimotoL 16–19Did not advance17
Park & Pipe AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankToma MatsuuraMen's halfpipe69.2574.7574.7513Did not advance13Nanaho KiriyamaWomen's halfpipe49.7552.5052.5019Did not advance19Yuna KogaWomen's big air65.2512.50DNI77.7525Did not advance25Women's slopestyle35.6642.9042.9018Did not advance18Kokone KondoWomen's slopestyle
Ski cross AthleteEventSeeding1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRankSatoshi FurunoMen's ski cross1:07.1221 Q1 Q2 Q44Ryuto Kobayashi1:10.15314Did not advance30Ryo Sugai1:08.13193Did not advance22Makiko AraiWomen's ski cross4Did not advance31Sakurako Mukogawa1:18.88274Did not advance27Lin Nakanishi1:16.26244Did not advance26
Ice hockey
Summary Key: OT – Overtime GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout TeamEventGroup stageQualificationplayoffQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJapan women'sWomen's tournamentW 3–2L 2–5L 2–3L 0–44Did not advance9
Women's tournament
Japan women's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 23 players by winning a final qualification tournament.
Roster
Group play
Luge
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSeiya KobayashiMen's singles54.6792453.6452355.10625Did not advance2:44.43025
Nordic combined
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalDistancePointsRankTimeRankTimeRankAkito WatabeIndividual normal hill/10 km100.0122.31131:10.41031:51.411Individual large hill/10 km125.5122.51926:15.22028:05.219Sora YachiIndividual normal hill/10 km96.5120.31533:29.92734:18.923Individual large hill/10 km128.5129.31426:45.92828:08.921Ryota YamamotoIndividual normal hill/10 km102.5127.8332:37.41932:56.415Individual large hill/10 km136.5150.0127:09.42927:09.415Akito WatabeRyōta YamamotoTeam large hill / 2 × 7.5 km244.5231.0342:33.7642:54.76
Short-track speed skating
Japan qualified nine short-track speed skaters (four men and five women) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour.
Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankShōgo Miyata500 m40.8863Did not advance25Kazuki Yoshinaga1:09.9083 ADV40.8954Did not advance16Shōgo Miyata1000 m1:26.9973Did not advance23Kazuki Yoshinaga1:25.9441 Q1:24.0794Did not advance13Shōgo Miyata1500 mcolspan=2 rowspan=3 2:23.4543QPENDid not advance20Keita Watanabe2:12.8514 q2:16.3685 FB2:34.63112Kazuki Yoshinaga2:21.0444Did not advance22Dan IwasaShōgo MiyataKeita WatanabeKazuki Yoshinaga5000 m relaycolspan=4 6:53.0904 FB6:52.0837 Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; ADV A - Advanced to medal final on referee decision; FB - Qualify to consolation final * - Athlete skated in a preliminary round but not the final.
Women