Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Sochi
Competitors	136 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Ayumi Ogasawara (opening[1][2] and closing)[3]
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 8
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Japan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Japan's team consisted of 136 athletes in all 15 sports. The use of Russian alphabet placed it last before the host nation in the Parade of Nations.[4]

The 2014 Games marked the first time a Japanese Olympic team competed in Russia, as Japan and 64 western countries did not take part at the American-led boycott in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow due to the Soviet–Afghan War.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended the opening ceremony, wanting to show the Russians how important the relationship between the two countries is.[5]

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Figure skating	1	0	0	1
Snowboarding	0	2	1	3
Ski jumping	0	1	1	2
Nordic combined	0	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	0	0	1	1
Total	1	4	3	8

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Yuzuru Hanyu	Figure skating	Men's singles	14 February
Silver	Ayumu Hirano	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	11 February
Silver	Akito Watabe	Nordic combined	Normal hill/10 km	12 February
Silver	Noriaki Kasai	Ski jumping	Men's large hill individual	15 February
Silver	Tomoka Takeuchi	Snowboarding	Women's giant slalom	19 February
Bronze	Taku Hiraoka	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe	11 February
Bronze	Daiki Ito Noriaki Kasai Reruhi Shimizu Taku Takeuchi	Ski jumping	Team large hill	17 February
Bronze	Ayana Onozuka	Freestyle skiing	Women's halfpipe	20 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on January 27, 2014, Japan has achieved two quota spots in alpine skiing.[6] No one of the several female skiers regularly competing in the World Cup managed to achieve qualification.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akira Sasaki	Men's slalom	49.54	28	DNF
Naoki Yuasa		48.74	20	DNF

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships Japan qualified 1 man and 4 women.[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Hidenori Isa	Men's sprint	27:15.2	3 (1+2)	71
	Men's individual	58:56.1	6 (2+1+1+2)	84
Miki Kobayashi	Women's sprint	25:52.3	5 (1+4)	81
	Women's individual	54:01.0	4 (1+2+1+0)	68
Yuki Nakajima	Women's sprint	24:12.9	2 (1+1)	68
	Women's individual	56:00.2	6 (3+2+1+0)	75
Fuyuko Suzuki	Women's sprint	22:47.4	1 (0+1)	39
	Women's pursuit	32:49.0	1 (0+0+0+1)	32
	Women's individual	50:27.4	3 (0+1+0+2)	52
Rina Suzuki	Women's sprint	25:40.6	2 (0+2)	80
	Women's individual	DNF	2 (0+2)	DNF
Fuyuko Suzuki Yuki Nakajima Miki Kobayashi Rina Suzuki	Women's team relay	LAP	11 (0+11)	13

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Japanese two-man sled

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hisashi Miyazaki Hiroshi Suzuki*	Two-man	57.91	27	58.21	28	58.02	28	Did not advance		2:54.14	28
Toshiki Kuroiwa Hisashi Miyazaki Shintaro Sato Hiroshi Suzuki*	Four-man	56.41	26	56.42	26	56.63	28	Did not advance		2:49.46	26

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on January 27, 2014, Japan has qualified a total of 6 athletes (5 men and 1 woman) in cross-country skiing.[6]

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Akira Lenting Hiroyuki Miyazawa Nobu Naruse Keishin Yoshida	4×10 km relay	LAP

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Masako Ishida	10 km classical	—				29:55.7	+1:37.9	15
	15 km skiathlon	19:24.4	8	20:09.6	27	40:08.3	+1:34.7	10
	30 km freestyle	—				1:14:09.0	+3:03.8	23

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuichi Onda	Men's sprint	3:40.98	45	Did not advance
Hiroyuki Miyazawa Yuichi Onda	Men's team sprint	—				23:49.91	7	Did not advance

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

• Ayumi Ogasawara
• Yumie Funayama
• Kaho Onodera
• Michiko Tomabechi
• Chinami Yoshida

Final round robin standings

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
Canada	Jennifer Jones	9	9	0	72	40	43	27	12	14	86%	Playoffs
Sweden	Margaretha Sigfridsson	9	7	2	58	52	37	35	13	7	80%
Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	9	5	4	63	60	37	38	13	7	78%
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	9	5	4	74	58	39	35	9	11	80%
Japan	Ayumi Ogasawara	9	4	5	59	67	39	41	4	10	76%
Denmark	Lene Nielsen	9	4	5	57	56	34	40	12	9	78%
China	Wang Bingyu	9	4	5	58	62	36	38	10	4	81%
South Korea	Kim Ji-sun	9	3	6	60	65	35	37	10	6	79%
Russia	Anna Sidorova	9	3	6	48	56	33	35	19	6	82%
United States	Erika Brown	9	1	8	42	75	33	40	8	5	76%

Source: ^[citation needed]

Round-robin

Japan has a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.

Draw 2

Monday, February 11, 9:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	2	12
Japan (Ogasawara)	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	7

Draw 3

Tuesday, February 11, 19:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Nielsen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	3
Japan (Ogasawara)	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	X	X	8

Draw 4

Wednesday, February 12, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	8
Russia (Sidorova)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4

Draw 6

Thursday, February 13, 19:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6
United States (Brown)	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	8

Draw 7

Friday, February 14, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Muirhead)	2	0	2	1	0	2	5	X	X	X	12
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3

Draw 8

Saturday, February 15, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	8
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	6

Draw 10

Sunday, February 16, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	9
Switzerland (Ott)	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	7

Draw 11

Monday, February 17, 9:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ogasawara)	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	8
China (Wang)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 12

Monday, February 17, 19:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Sigfridsson)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	X	8
Japan (Ogasawara)	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Mao Asada

Japan's ten member team was announced on December 23, 2013.[8][9] Japan has achieved the following quota places:

Athlete	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuzuru Hanyu	Men's singles	101.45	1 Q	178.64	1	280.09
Tatsuki Machida		83.48	11 Q	169.94	4	253.42	5
Daisuke Takahashi		86.40	4 Q	164.27	6	250.67	6
Mao Asada	Ladies' singles	55.51	16 Q	142.71	3	198.22	6
Kanako Murakami		55.60	15 Q	115.38	12	170.98	12
Akiko Suzuki		60.97	8 Q	125.35	8	186.32	8
Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara	Pairs	48.45	18	Did not advance
Cathy Reed / Chris Reed	Ice dancing	52.29	21	Did not advance

Team trophy

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Yuzuru Hanyu (M) Tatsuki Machida (M) Mao Asada (L) Akiko Suzuki (L) Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara (P) Cathy Reed / Chris Reed (I)	Team trophy	97.98 10	64.07 8	46.56 3	52.00 3	24	5 Q	165.85 8	112.33 7	86.33 6	76.34 6	51	5

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Kentaro Tsuda	Men's halfpipe	53.00	23.40	53.00	22	Did not advance
Manami Mitsuboshi	Women's halfpipe	15.60	9.20	15.60	23	Did not advance
Ayana Onozuka		83.80	59.80	83.80	4 Q	79.00	83.20	83.20

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Sho Endo	Men's moguls	25.19	17.26	23.38	4 QF	Bye				25.53	15.77	21.73	15	Did not advance
Nobuyuki Nishi		24.98	14.45	20.67	13	25.96	14.65	20.41	8 Q	24.73	15.39	21.73	14	Did not advance
Junko Hoshino	Women's moguls	30.95	14.06	19.72	15	32.37	4.52	9.62	15	Did not advance
Miki Ito		DNS								Did not advance
Arisa Murata		31.33	11.81	16.69	22	32.65	14.39	19.38	5 Q	DNS				Did not advance
Aiko Uemura		30.74	15.26	21.01	7 Q	Bye				30.68	14.66	20.43	9 Q	31.19	15.58	21.15	6 Q	30.46	14.8	20.66	4

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Chiho Takao	Women's slopestyle	10.00	8.60	10.00	22	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Japan qualified a women's team by winning a qualification tournament.[10]

• Women's Tournament - 1 team of 21 athletes

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics.[11][12]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2013–14 team
1	G	Azusa Nakaoku	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	17 May 1985	Yufutsu	Toyota Cygnus (JWHL)
2	D	Shiori Koike	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)	51 kg (112 lb)	21 March 1993	Kujiramachi	Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine (JWHL)
3	D	Yoko Kondo	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	13 February 1979	Niida	Seibu Princess Rabbits (JWHL)
4	D	Ayaka Toko	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	22 August 1994	Fujimi	Daishin (JWHL)
5	D	Kanae Aoki	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	20 February 1985	Aoba	Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine (JWHL)
6	D	Sena Suzuki	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	4 August 1991	Sanko	Seibu Princess Rabbits (JWHL)
7	D	Mika Hori	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	17 February 1992	Atsuma	Toyota Cygnus (JWHL)
8	D	Tomoe Yamane	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	24 March 1986	Mihara	Daishin (JWHL)
9	D	Aina Takeuchi	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	16 August 1991	Musa	Daishin (JWHL)
10	F	Haruna Yoneyama	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	7 November 1991	Shizunai	Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine (JWHL)
11	F	Yurie Adachi	156 cm (5 ft 1 in)	51 kg (112 lb)	26 April 1985	Maruyama	Seibu Princess Rabbits (JWHL)
12	F	Chiho Osawa	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	10 February 1992	Ojimachi	Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine (JWHL)
13	F	Moeko Fujimoto	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	5 August 1992	Shinkai	Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine (JWHL)
15	F	Rui Ukita	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	6 June 1996	Masuura	Daishin (JWHL)
17	F	Yuka Hirano	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	26 January 1987	Yokkaichi	Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine (JWHL)
18	F	Tomoko Sakagami	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	18 October 1983	Sanko	Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine (JWHL)
21	F	Hanae Kubo	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	10 December 1982	Sanko	Seibu Princess Rabbits (JWHL)
22	F	Miho Shishiuchi	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	21 August 1992	Kaizuka	Kushiro Bears (JWHL)
23	F	Ami Nakamura	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	15 November 1987	Toyosakimachi	Seibu Princess Rabbits (JWHL)
29	G	Akane Konishi	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	14 August 1995	Kushiro	Kushiro Bears (JWHL)
30	G	Nana Fujimoto	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	3 March 1989	Sapporo	Vortex Sapporo (JWHL)

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	3	3	0	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Quarterfinals
Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Germany	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	−3	3	5–8th place semifinals
Japan	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: IIHF

9 February 2014 12:00

Sweden

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,928

Game reference
	Valentina Wallner	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Zuzana Svobodová
	J. Asserholt (E. Eliasson, E. Grahm) (PP) – 12:38 1–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	19

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11 February 2014 19:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Japan

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,897

Game reference
	Anna Prugova	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Denise Caughey Alicia Hanrahan
	T. Burina – 11:39 1–0 1–1 40:33 – A. Toko (H. Kubo) A. Vafina (SH) – 51:36 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	22

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13 February 2014 12:00

Japan

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Germany

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,618

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Viona Harrer	Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Carlotte Girard
	0–1 13:23 – M. Anwander (S. Kratzer, M. Becker) (PP) 0–2 20:48 – F. Busch (A. Lanzl) 0–3 58:31 – K. Spielberger (T. Eisenschmid, N. Kamenik) 0–4 59:28 – F. Busch (S. Gotz)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	25

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on the performance at the 2013–14 Luge World Cup, Japan has achieved only a single quota.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hidenari Kanayama	Men's singles	53.626	32	53.663	33	53.220	31	53.074	31	3:33.583	30

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Taihei Kato	Normal hill/10 km	100.0	124.1	4	25:45.0	39	26:15.0	31
	Large hill/10 km	126.5	87.6	45	DNS		DNF
Hideaki Nagai	Normal hill/10 km	97.0	119.6	14	24:42.1	30	25:30.1	22
	Large hill/10 km	119.0	99.3	=27	23:11.7	23	25:10.7	26
Akito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	100.5	130.0	2	23:48.4	10	23:54.4
	Large hill/10 km	134.0	120.8	4	23:06.0	19	23:39.0	6
Yoshito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	100.0	124.4	10	24:22.3	25	24:58.3	15
	Large hill/10 km	119.5	95.4	36	24:00.4	33	26:14.4	35
Yūsuke Minato Hideaki Nagai Akito Watabe Yoshito Watabe	Team large hill/4×5 km	488.0	433.3	6	47:25.6	4	48:30.6	5

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on their performance at World Cup 3 & 4 in November 2013 Japan qualified 5 women and 3 men.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Satoshi Sakashita	500 m	41.629	2 Q	59.249	3 ADV	41.661	5	Did not advance	9
	1500 m	2:18.298	6	—		Did not advance			32
Ryosuke Sakazume	1000 m	1:26.468	3	Did not advance					22
	1500 m	2:17.985	4	—		Did not advance			24
Yuzo Takamido	1000 m	1:25.905	3	Did not advance					20
	1500 m	PEN		—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ayuko Ito	500 m	44.174	3	Did not advance					19
	1000 m	1:33.188	3	Did not advance					22
	1500 m	2:30.354	3 Q	—		2:56.961	7	Did not advance	18
Yui Sakai	500 m	45.051	3	Did not advance					22
	1000 m	1:29.824	2 Q	1:29.328	4	Did not advance			13
	1500 m	2:27.198	5	—		Did not advance			27
Biba Sakurai	500 m	44.628	4	Did not advance					27
	1500 m	2:28.127	6	—		Did not advance			33
Sayuri Shimizu	1000 m	1:31.879	4	Did not advance					25
Ayuko Ito Moemi Kikuchi Yui Sakai Biba Sakurai Sayuri Shimizu	3000 m relay	—				4:11.913	3 FB	4:15.253	5

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuki Sasahara	Men's	58.22	24	58.07	21	57.91	21	Did not advance		2:54.20	22
Hiroatsu Takahashi		57.53	14	57.10	13	57.13	11	56.98	12	3:48.74	12
Nozomi Komuro	Women's	59.94	18	59.82	19	59.24	19	58.76	18	3:57.76	19

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Taku Takeuchi after his jump in the normal hill competition.

Japan has received the following start quotas:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daiki Ito	Large hill	130.5	122.0	2 Q	137.5	128.1	8 Q	124.0	124.4	14	252.5	9
Noriaki Kasai	Normal hill	BYE			101.5	131.2	8 Q	100.0	124.6	11	255.8	7
	Large hill	BYE			139.0	140.6	2 Q	133.5	136.8	3	277.4
Reruhi Shimizu	Normal hill	101.5	126.2	3 Q	99.5	122.2	25 Q	99.5	124.2	14	246.4	18
	Large hill	130.5	120.4	3 Q	130.0	122.2	15 Q	134.5	130.0	8	252.2	10
Taku Takeuchi	Normal hill	97.5	119.1	7 Q	98.0	123.1	21 Q	95.5	116.3	24	239.4	24
	Large hill	127.0	116.0	6 Q	132.5	126.7	10 Q	122.5	122.6	18	249.3	13
Yuta Watase	Normal hill	95.0	113.5	20 Q	99.5	123.0	22 Q	97.0	120.0	20	243.0	21
Daiki Ito Noriaki Kasai Reruhi Shimizu Taku Takeuchi	Team large hill	—			524.0	507.5	3 Q	527.5	517.4	4	1024.9

Women

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuki Ito	Normal hill	97.5	117.4	10	101.0	124.4	2	241.8	7
Sara Takanashi		100.0	124.1	3	98.5	118.9	9	243.0	4
Yurina Yamada		78.0	73.3	30	64.5	42.4	30	115.7	30

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Tomoka Takeuchi	Women's giant slalom	1:46.33	1 Q	Boccacini (ITA) W −1.93	Calvé (CAN) W −4.00	Meschik (AUT) W DSQ	Kummer (SUI) L +7.32
	Women's slalom	1:05.41	13 Q	Zogg (SUI) L DSQ	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Semifinal				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Ryo Aono	Men's halfpipe	37.50	13.00	37.50	19	Did not advance
Ayumu Hirano		92.25	64.75	92.25	1 QF	Bye				90.75	93.50	93.50
Taku Hiraoka		92.25	63.50	92.25	2 QF	Bye				45.50	92.25	92.25
Ayumu Nedefuji		54.50	28.75	54.50	17	Did not advance
Rana Okada	Women's halfpipe	66.00	69.75	69.75	7 QS	58.50	70.00	70.00	6 QF	47.75	85.50	85.50	5
Yuki Kadono	Men's slopestyle	31.00	16.50	31.00	13 QS	84.75	80.50	84.75	4 QF	53.00	75.75	75.75	8

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Yuka Fujimori	Women's snowboard cross	1:23.22	6	6	Did not advance		22

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Japan has earned the following start quotas:

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuji Kamijo	500 m	35.37	21	35.48	24	70.85	20
Joji Kato		34.96	5	34.77	4	69.74	5
Taro Kondo	1000 m	—				1:11.44	35
	1500 m	—				1:49.31	29
Keiichiro Nagashima	500 m	34.79	3	35.25	16	70.04	6
Yūya Oikawa		35.24	17	35.22	14	70.46	15
Shane Williamson	5000 m	—				6:42.88	26
Daichi Yamanaka	1000 m	—				1:11.93	36

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shoko Fujimura	3000 m	—				4:12.71	15
	5000 m	—				7:09.65	10
Masako Hozumi	3000 m	—				4:15.52	21
	5000 m	—				7:12.42	13
Shiho Ishizawa	3000 m	—				4:09.39	9
	5000 m	—				7:11.54	12
Ayaka Kikuchi	1500 m	—				2:01.29	31
Nao Kodaira	500 m	37.88	7	37.72	4	75.61	5
	1000 m	—				1:16.45	13
Misaki Oshigiri	1500 m	—				2:00.03	22
Miyako Sumiyoshi	500 m	38.644	13	38.62	13	77.26	14
	1000 m	—				1:17.68	22
Maki Tabata	1500 m	—				2:00.64	25
Nana Takagi		—				2:02.16	32
Maki Tsuji	500 m	38.4	10	38.44	11	76.84	9
	1000 m	—				1:18.07	27

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ayaka Kikuchi Misaki Oshigiri Maki Tabata Nana Takagi	Women's team pursuit	South Korea (KOR) W 3:03.99	Netherlands (NED) L 3:10.19	Russia (RUS) L 3:02.57	4

See also

• Japan at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
• Japan at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

References

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External links

• Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine