Japan at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Japan
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors65 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Kaito Tetoi & Yuzuki Sato
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Japan's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Curler Kaito Tetoi and ski jumper Yuzuki Sato were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 123
Cross-country skiing 123
Curling 336
Figure skating 224
Freestyle skiing 5510
Ice hockey 01818
Nordic combined 224
Short track speed skating 224
Ski jumping 224
Snowboarding 358
Speed skating 224
Total204060

Alpine skiing

Japan qualified three alpine skiers (one man and two women).[2]

Men
  • Neo Kamada
Women
  • Hinata Fukasawa
  • Mikoto Onishi

Cross-country skiing

Japan qualified three cross-country skiers (one man and two women).[3]

Men
  • Kosuke Fujimoto
Women
  • Yuka Fukuhara
  • Kokoro Matsuzawa

Curling

Japan qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[4][5]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Kaito Fujii
Satsuki Maruzeni
Koei Sato
Himari Ichiyama		 Mixed team  Nigeria
  China
  Sweden
  United States
  New Zealand
  Turkey
  Norway
Moka Tanaka
Shinya Kawai		 Mixed doubles  China
  Brazil
  Turkey
  New Zealand
  Latvia
 —

Figure skating

Japan qualified four figure skaters (two per gender).

Men
Women

Freestyle skiing

Japan qualified ten freestyle skiiers (five per gender).

Men
  • Jinichiro Ishinaka (Ski cross)
  • Takuto Nakamura (Dual moguls)
  • Olly Nicholls (Freeski slopestyle)
  • Kashu Sato (Freeski halfpipe)
  • Ryusei Suzuki (Ski cross)
Women
  • Koko Kawashima (Ski cross)
  • Hana Kiyota (Ski cross)
  • Hikaru Sakai (Dual moguls)
  • Kiho Sugawara (Freeski slopestyle; freeski big air)
  • Rin Taguchi (Dual moguls)

Ice hockey

Japan qualified a women's ice hockey team of eighteen athletes.[6][7]

Roster
  • Nana Akimoto
  • Suzuno Fukuda
  • Momona Fukuzawa
  • Yumin Furuhira
  • Mayu Hosogoe
  • Tsumugi Ito
  • Reina Kakuta
  • Saika Kiyokawa
  • Riko Nishiuchi
  • Azumi Numabe
  • Umeka Odaira
  • Momoka Okamura
  • Koko Ruike
  • Lily Sato
  • Rio Suzuki
  • Rino Tada
  • Kika Terauchi
  • Nanaho Yamaguchi
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Japan Women's tournament  Norway
  Sweden

Women's tournament

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 January 2024. Source: Olympics.com[8]
28 January 2024
11:00		Japan v NorwayGangneung Hockey Centre
29 January 2024
11:00		Sweden v JapanGangneung Hockey Centre

Nordic combined

Japan qualified four nordic combined athletes (two per gender).

Men
  • Kohtaro Kubota
  • Ruka Kudo
Women
  • Yuzuka Fujiwara
  • Jui Yamazaki

Short-track speed skating

Japan qualified four short-track speed skaters (two per gender).

Men
  • Yuta Fuchigami
  • Raito Kida
Women
  • Nonomi Inoue
  • Aoi Yoshizawa

Skeleton

Japan qualified one skeleton racer.

  • Mio Shinohara

Ski jumping

Japan qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).[9]

Men
  • Takuma Mikami
  • Seigo Sasaki
Women
  • Hana Sakurai
  • Yuzuki Sato

Snowboarding

Japan qualified eight snowboarders (three men and five women).

Men
  • Daisuke Muraoka (Snowboard cross)
  • Kyu Shimasaki (Halfpipe)
  • Ryusei Yamada (Halfpipe)
Women
  • Rio Ishida (Snowboard cross)
  • Rise Kudo (Halfpipe)
  • Kiara Morii (Slopestyle; big air)
  • Yura Murase (Slopestyle; big air)
  • Sara Shimizu (Halfpipe)

Speed skating

Japan qualified four speed skaters (two per gender).

Men
  • Sota Kubo
  • Takumi Murashita
Women
  • Kaede Kojina
  • Waka Sasabuchi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "第4回ユースオリンピック冬季競技大会（2024／江原道）TEAM JAPAN の認定及び旗手の決定について" [Certification of TEAM JAPAN and selection of flag bearer for the 4th Youth Olympic Winter Games (2024/Gangwon-do)]. www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "ユースオリンピック冬季競技大会(2024/江原道) 女子". Japan Ice Hockey Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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