Japan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

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Japan competed in the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14.

Japan at the
2025 Asian Winter Games
Flag of Japan
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Harbin, China
7 February 2025 (2025-02-07) – 14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
Competitors151 in 11 sports
Flag bearers Haruki Watanabe & Yuka Takahashi
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
10
Silver
12
Bronze
15
Total
37
Asian Winter Games appearances

The Japanese team consisted of 151 athletes competing in all 11 sports. During the opening ceremony, curler Haruki Watanabe and speed skater Yuka Takahashi were the country's flagbearers.

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Freestyle skiing2114
 Alpine skiing2024
 Figure skating1236
 Snowboarding1225
 Cross-country skiing1214
 Ice hockey1102
 Curling1012
 Biathlon1001
 Speed skating0336
 Short-track speed skating0123
Totals (10 entries)10121537

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Chisaki Maeda Alpine skiing Women's slalom 8 February
 Gold Tori Koana
Go Aoki		 Curling Mixed doubles 8 February
 Gold Takayuki Koyama Alpine skiing Men's slalom 9 February
 Gold Haruki Yamashita Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km freestyle 10 February
 Gold Rai Kasamura Freestyle skiing Men's slopestyle 11 February
 Gold Utana Yoshida
Masaya Morita		 Figure skating Ice dance 12 February
 Gold Rai Kasamura Freestyle skiing Men's big air 12 February
 Gold Japan Biathlon Men's relay 13 February
 Gold Sara Shimizu Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 13 February
 Gold Japan Ice hockey Women's tournament 14 February
 Silver Kazuya Yamada Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 8 February
 Silver Japan Short-track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay 9 February
 Silver Takatsugu Uda Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km freestyle 10 February
 Silver Wataru Morishige Speed skating Men's 500 metres 10 February
 Silver Rai Kasamura Freestyle skiing Men's slopestyle 11 February
 Silver Rin Kosaka
Yuna Onodera
Yuka Takahashi		 Speed skating Women's team pursuit 11 February
 Silver Japan Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay 12 February
 Silver Kaori Sakamoto Figure skating Women's singles 13 February
 Silver Yuma Kagiyama Figure skating Men's singles 13 February
 Silver Koyata Kikuchihara Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 13 February
 Silver Sena Tomita Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 13 February
 Silver Japan Ice hockey Men's tournament 14 February
 Bronze Eren Watanabe Alpine skiing Women's slalom 8 February
 Bronze Tsubasa Furukawa
Riho Inuzuka
Shun Saito
Rina Shimada
Yuki Ishikawa
Kota Kikuchi
Shuta Matsuzu
Miyu Miyashita		 Short-track speed skating Mixed 2000 metre relay 8 February
 Bronze Himari Ishii Snowboarding Women's slopestyle 8 February
 Bronze Ryota Kojima Speed skating Men's 1500 metres 8 February
 Bronze Neo Kamada Alpine skiing Men's slalom 9 February
 Bronze Japan Short-track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay 9 February
 Bronze Japan Freestyle skiing Mixed team aerials 10 February
 Bronze Suzuka Ishimoto Snowboarding Women's big air 10 February
 Bronze Katsuhiro Kuratsubo
Wataru Morishige
Kazuya Yamada		 Speed skating Men's team sprint 10 February
 Bronze Motonaga Arito
Kotaro Kasahara
Taiyo Morino		 Speed skating Men's team pursuit 11 February
 Bronze Japan Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay 12 February
 Bronze Azusa Tanaka
Shingo Nishiyama		 Figure skating Ice dance 12 February
 Bronze Yuna Nagaoka
Sumitada Moriguchi		 Figure skating Pairs 12 February
 Bronze Hana Yoshida Figure skating Women's singles 13 February
 Bronze Yuina Miura
Suzune Yasui
Yuna Sakuma
Ai Matsunaga
Hana Ikeda		 Curling Women's tournament 14 February

Competitors

The following table lists the Japanese delegation per sport and gender.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 4 4 8
Biathlon 5 5 10
Cross-country skiing 5 4 9
Curling 6 6 12
Figure skating 6 6 12
Freestyle skiing 6 4 10
Ice hockey 23 21 44
Short-track speed skating 6 6 12
Ski mountaineering 3 3 6
Snowboarding 4 6 10
Speed skating 10 8 18
Total 78 73 151

Alpine skiing

Japan entered eight alpine skiers (four per gender).

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Neo Kamada Slalom 44.74 1 44.51 4 1:29.25
Jinro Kirikubo DNF
Takayuki Koyama 44.83 2 43.29 1 1:28.12
Arata Yamanaka 45.20 5 DSQ
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Miki Ishibashi Slalom DNS
Chisaki Maeda 47.29 1 46.21 1 1:33.50
Maria Sakai 49.22 6 48.91 5 1:38.13 5
Eren Watanabe 48.00 3 46.92 3 1:34.92

Biathlon

Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Masaharu Yamamoto Sprint 30:39.8 3 (0+3) 5
Kiyomasa Ojima 31:09.1 5 (2+3) 8
Tsukasa Kobonoki 31:27.9 5 (2+3) 9
Mikito Tachizaki Did not start
Kiyomasa Ojima
Mikito Tachizaki
Masaharu Yamamoto
Tsukasa Kobonoki 		Relay 1:24:20.3 3+14
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Aoi Sato Sprint 23:50.3 2 (1+1) 8
Mikoto Takeuchi 24:43.2 1 (1+0) 12
Hikaru Fukuda 26:05.8 3 (2+1) 15
Kanaha Iwasa 27:09.1 4 (2+2) 17
Aoi Sato
Mikoto Takeuchi
Hikaru Fukuda
Misa Sasaki 		Relay 1:35:06.8 3+19 4

Cross-country skiing

Distance
Men
Athlete Event Total
Time Deficit Rank
Haruki Yamashita 10 km freestyle 21:06.5 -
Takatsugu Uda 21:16.5 +10.0
Yuito Habuki 22:01.3 +54.8 8
Hyuga Otaki DNS
Shota Moriguchi
Takatsugu Uda
Yuito Habuki
Haruki Yamashita 		4 × 7.5 km relay 1:12:12.8 +3.2
Women
Athlete Event Total
Time Deficit Rank
Chika Kobayashi 5 km freestyle 12:32.1 +25.6 6
Yuka Yamazaki 13:06.2 +58.7 10
Karen Hatakeyama 13:42.6 +1:35.1 14
Mayu Yamamoto 13:48.9 +1:41.4 17
Mayu Yamamoto
Chika Kobayashi
Yuka Yamazaki
Karen Hatakeyama 		4 × 5 km relay 56:38.1 +2:38.8
Sprint
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hyuga Otaki Sprint classical 3:04.05 4 Q 3:05.68 1 Q 2:58.97 4 q 3:04.84 5
Haruki Yamashita 3:05.11 6 Q 3:06.29 1 Q 2:58.10 2 Q Disqualified
Takatsugu Uda 3:11.05 10 Q 3:06.52 2 Q 3:02.53 5 Did not advance
Shota Moriguchi 3:18.14 16 Q 3:06.67 3 q 3:04.84 6 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chika Kobayashi Sprint classical 3:44.05 6 Q 3:43.18 2 Q 3:36.42 4 Did not advance
Yuka Yamazaki 3:53.76 10 Q 3:41.56 3 q 3:51.94 6 Did not advance
Mayu Yamamoto 4:06.72 16 Q 3:53.76 3 Did not advance

Curling

Summary
Team Event Group stage Qualification Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ryo Aoki
Haruki Watanabe
Ayumu Hemmi
Osuke Miya
Rin Kyotoh 		Men's team  Thailand
W 23–0 		 Qatar
W 12–2 		 Hong Kong
L 3–7 		 Saudi Arabia
W 9–4 		 China
L 5–8 		N/a 3 Q  Philippines
L 4–10 		Did not advance 5
Yuina Miura
Suzune Yasui
Yuna Sakuma
Ai Matsunaga
Hana Ikeda 		Women's team  Kazakhstan
W 10–4 		 South Korea
L 4–6 		 Philippines
W 6–4 		 Qatar
W 12–1 		 Thailand
W 13–2 		 Hong Kong
W 9–2 		 Chinese Taipei
W 12–5 		 China
L 2–6 		3 Q N/a  China
L 2–5 		 Kazakhstan
W 6–3
Tori Koana
Go Aoki 		Mixed doubles  Thailand
W 12–2 		 Mongolia
W 19–0 		 Hong Kong
W 9–3 		 Chinese Taipei
W 9–3 		 Kuwait
W 		N/a 1 Q Bye  Philippines
W 10–3 		 South Korea
W 7–6

Men's tournament

Japan entered a men's team.

Round robin
Group B Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 China Xu Xiaoming 5 0 – 53 10 23 8 0 13 36.46
 Hong Kong Jason Chang 4 1 – 50 16 21 9 1 14 62.23
 Japan Ryo Aoki 3 2 – 52 21 19 13 3 7 63.73
 Qatar Mubarak Al-Marri 2 3 – 21 41 14 19 0 5 138.50
 Saudi Arabia Suleiman Alaqel 1 4 – 22 55 12 21 0 3 128.47
 Thailand Pongsak Mahattanasakul 0 5 – 8 73 7 26 0 1 130.14
Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Thailand (Mahattanasakul) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
 Japan (Aoki) 3 5 3 4 3 5 X X 23
Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 21:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Aoki) 2 2 0 4 0 4 X X 12
 Qatar (Al-Marri) 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
Draw 4

Monday, 10 February, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Hong Kong (Chang) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 7
 Japan (Aoki) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 14:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Saudi Arabia (Alaqel) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Japan (Aoki) 0 4 0 1 0 3 1 X 9
Draw 9

Wednesday, 12 February, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Aoki) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
 China (Xu) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 8
Qualification

Thursday, 13 February, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Pfister) 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 X 10
 Japan (Aoki) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4

Women's tournament

Japan entered a women's team.

Round robin
Team Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 South Korea Gim Eun-ji 8 0 – 63 14 33 11 0 18 45.90
 China Wang Rui 7 1 – 85 21 34 17 3 18 38.69
 Japan Yuina Miura 6 2 – 68 30 32 19 2 14 58.25
 Kazakhstan Angelina Ebauyer 5 3 – 55 39 28 22 1 14 54.81
 Philippines Kathleen Dubberstein 4 4 – 61 36 32 21 1 16 85.56
 Hong Kong Ling-Yue Hung 3 5 – 44 45 24 29 1 11 115.69
 Chinese Taipei Yang Ko 2 6 – 29 75 16 34 1 4 107.27
 Thailand Kanya Natchanarong 1 7 – 19 91 15 30 0 7 128.48
 Qatar Sara Al-Qaet 0 8 – 11 84 8 33 1 5 180.65
Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 Japan (Miura) 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 10
Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 17:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Gim) 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 X 6
 Japan (Miura) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4
Draw 3

Monday, 10 February, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Miura) 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 X 6
 Philippines (Dubberstein) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Draw 4

Monday, 10 February, 19:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Miura) 2 1 0 3 5 1 X X 12
 Qatar (Al-Qaet) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Draw 5

Tuesday, 11 February, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Thailand (Natchanarong) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
 Japan (Miura) 4 0 2 4 0 3 X X 13
Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 19:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2
 Japan (Miura) 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 X 9
Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 19:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Miura) 5 1 0 2 0 0 4 X 12
 Chinese Taipei (Yang) 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 X 5
Draw 9

Thursday, 13 February, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Miura) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
 China (Wang) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 6
Semifinal

Thursday, 13 February, 19:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 X 5
 Japan (Miura) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2
Bronze Medal Game

Friday, 14 February, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 3
 Japan (Miura) 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 X 6

Mixed doubles tournament

Japan entered a mixed doubles pair.

Round robin
Group A Athletes W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 Japan Tori Koana / Go Aoki 5 0 – 49 8 21 5 0 15 57.23
 Hong Kong Ling-Yue Hung / Martin Yan 4 1 – 46 26 19 17 0 8 56.68
 Chinese Taipei Chou Yi-hsuan / Liu Bor-kai 3 2 – 44 25 20 14 0 9 65.56
 Thailand Chanatip Sonkham / Teekawin Jearateerawit 2 3 – 29 46 14 20 0 7 142.12
 Kuwait Fatema Abdulateef / Saud Alkandari 1 4 – 14 41 12 17 0 4 197.23
 Mongolia Enkhzaya Ganbat / Bayar Bulgankhuu 0 5 – 16 52 11 24 0 2 134.74
Draw 1

Tuesday, 4 February, 10:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) 0 3 2 2 0 3 2 X 12
 Thailand (Sonkham / Jearateerawit) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Draw 2

Tuesday, 4 February, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Mongolia (Ganbat / Bulgankhuu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) 5 4 1 3 5 1 X X 19
Draw 3

Wednesday, 5 February, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 X 9
 Hong Kong (Hung / Yan) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 3
Draw 6

Thursday, 6 February, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Chou / Liu) 1 0 0 0 0 2 X X 3
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) 0 2 2 2 3 0 X X 9
Draw 7

Thursday, 6 February, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) 5 5 W
 Kuwait (Abdulateef / Alkandari) 0 0 L
  • Kuwait forfeited the game after end 2 as a player was feeling unwell and could not continue to play.
Semifinal

Friday, 7 February, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) 2 0 4 1 0 3 X X 10
Gold medal game

Saturday, 8 February, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 7
 South Korea (Kim / Seong) 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 6

Figure skating

Japan entered 12 figure skaters (six per gender).

Singles
Athlete(s) Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Yuma Kagiyama Men's 103.81 1 168.95 3 272.76
Shun Sato 70.02 5 162.08 4 232.10 5
Kaori Sakamoto Women's 75.03 2 136.87 2 211.90
Hana Yoshida 68.76 3 136.44 3 205.20
Mixed
Athlete(s) Event SP/RD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sumitada Moriguchi
Yuna Nagaoka 		Pairs 58.49 2 109.86 3 168.35
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
Sae Shimizu 		45.69 6 89.89 6 135.58 6
Masaya Morita
Utana Yoshida 		Ice dance 68.88 1 104.43 2 173.31
Shingo Nishiyama
Azusa Tanaka 		63.21 3 100.50 3 163.71

Freestyle skiing

Aerials
Men
Athlete Event Final 1 Final 2
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Haruto Igarashi Aerials 77.49 72.96 77.49 7 N/a Did not advance
Haruto Igarashi
Yuta Nakagawa 		Synchro aerials N/a 55.96 55.10 55.96 5
Women
Athlete Event Final 1 Final 2
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Runa Igarashi Aerials 37.18 45.30 45.30 6 Q N/a 52.00 6
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Best Rank
Runa Igarashi
Yuta Nakagawa
Haruto Igarashi 		Aerials 191.28
Half pipe, Slopestyle and Big Air
Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Rai Kasamura Big air 93.50 90.00 DNI 183.50
Ruka Ito 81.75 78.25 DNI 160.00 4
Toma Matsuura Halfpipe 50.00 87.25 DNI 87.25 4
Kashu Sato 58.00 68.50 71.00 71.00 8
Rai Kasamura Slopestyle 90.00 93.25 DNI 93.25
Ruka Ito 81.75 88.50 DNI 88.50
Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Kiho Sugawara Big air 75.75 79.00 DNI 154.75 4
Kanon Kondo 68.00 66.75 DNI 134.75 5
Kiho Sugawara Slopestyle 75.50 81.75 DNI 81.75 4
Kanon Kondo 70.00 72.00 DNI 72.00 5

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Japan qualified a men's hockey team. The Japanese team qualified after being ranked as one of the top 12 teams in Asia on the IIHF World Ranking as of May 2024.

Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes:

  • Makuru Furuhashi (F)
  • Jiei Halliday (D)
  • Seiya Hayata (D)
  • Shigeki Hitosato (F)
  • Taiga Irikura (F)
  • Riku Ishida (D)
  • Sota Isogai (F)
  • Toi Kobayashi (F)
  • Kazuki Lawlor (D)
  • Shogo Nakajima (F)
  • Yuta Narisawa (G)
  • Masato Okubo (F)
  • Yuto Osawa (F)
  • Kosuke Otsu (F)
  • Yusei Otsu (D)
  • Issa Otsuka (G)
  • Eiki Sato (G)
  • Hiroto Sato (D)
  • Kento Suzuki (F)
  • Kenta Takagi (F)
  • Kotaro Tsutsumi (F)
  • Kotaro Yamada (D)
  • Koki Yoneyama (D)

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

Group stage
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 0 41 3 +38 15 Quarterfinals
2  South Korea 5 3 1 0 1 36 10 +26 11
3  Japan 5 3 0 0 2 28 11 +17 9
4  China 5 2 0 1 2 20 14 +6 7
5  Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 0 4 4 52 −48 3
6  Thailand 5 0 0 0 5 2 41 −39 0
Source: OCA
4 February
12:00		Chinese Taipei 0–15
(0–4, 0–8, 0–3)		 JapanHarbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 2,913
Game reference
Lee Yi-chengGoaliesEiki SatoReferees:
Chae Young-jin (KOR)
Timur Morev (KAZ)
0–106:19 – Hitosato (K. Otsu)
0–208:12 – Suzuki (Irikura, Y. Otsu)
0–319:30 – Yoneyama (K. Otsu, Osawa)
0–419:53 – Hitosato
0–522:43 – Halliday (Hitosato, K. Otsu)
0–624:23 – Isogai (Y. Otsu, Irikura)
0–726:59 – Suzuki (Y. Otsu, Irikura)
0–827:37 – Isogai (Y. Otsu)
0–929:01 – K. Otsu (Yoneyama, Hitosato)
0–1031:37 – Lawlor (Tsutsumi, Yoneyama)
0–1131:57 – Furuhashi (Kobayashi)
0–1237:08 – Yoneyama (Hitosato, Kobayashi) (PP)
0–1350:59 – Okubo (Hitosato, Kobayashi)
0–1455:19 – Suzuki (Isogai, Irikura)
0–1557:26 – Irikura (Suzuki, H. Sato) (PP2)
10 minPenalties6 min
13Shots61
5 February
12:00		Japan 8–1
(1–0, 4–0, 3–1)		 ThailandHarbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 715
Game reference
Issa OtsukaGoaliesDominik VollenweiderReferees:
Shen Yen-chin (TPE)
Wang Gongbo (CHN)
Isogai (Lawlor, Irikura) – 09:211–0
Yoneyama (Hitosato, Isogai) (PP) – 25:292–0
Yamada (Osawa, Lawlor) (SH) – 27:003–0
Furuhashi (Kobayashi) – 39:054–0
Takagi (Halliday, H. Sato) – 39:435–0
Yamada (Isogai, Irikura) – 44:176–0
Suzuki (Isogai, H. Sato) – 50:067–0
7–154:15 – Aarola (PP)
Okubo (K. Otsu, Halliday) – 54:338–1
8 minPenalties6 min
76Shots13
7 February
12:30		South Korea 5–2
(1–1, 3–1, 1–0)		 JapanHarbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 1,044
Game reference
Lee Yeon-seungGoaliesYuta NarisawaReferees:
Konstantin Chubenko (KAZ)
Liu Jiaqi (CHN)
0–102:25 – Okubo (Kobayashi, H. Sato) (PP)
Lee C. (Ahn, Kim S.W.) – 06:061–1
Kim S.W. (Ahn, Lee C.) – 20:272–1
2–221:57 – Irikura (Suzuki, Isogai)
Kim S.Y. (Lee H., Lee S.) – 27:243–2
Kim S.W. (Lee S., Lee C.) – 36:414–2
Kang Y. (Oh, Lee C.) – 58:325–2
6 minPenalties4 min
29Shots31
8 February
12:00		Japan 1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 KazakhstanHarbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 2,709
Game reference
Yuta NarisawaGoaliesAndrey ShutovReferees:
Chae Young-jin (KOR)
Wang Gongbo (CHN)
Okubo (Y. Otsu, Tsutsumi) – 01:281–0
1–115:00 – Borissevich (Ospanov, Buyalskiy)
1–231:58 – Beketayev (Savitskiy, Kolesnikov) (PP)
1–335:15 – Rymarev (Beketayev, Starchenko) (PP)
1–445:19 – Starchenko (Rymarev, Omirbekov)
8 minPenalties2 min
19Shots23
10 February
20:00		Japan 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 ChinaHarbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 3,288
Game reference
Yuta NarisawaGoaliesChen ShifengReferees:
Konstantin Chubenko (KAZ)
Timur Morev (KAZ)
0–101:36 – Hou (Han)
Ishida (H. Sato, Kobayashi) (PP) – 34:091–1
Takagi (Ishida) – 51:302–1
10 minPenalties10 min
37Shots21
Quarterfinals
11 February
20:00		Japan 15–2
(3–1, 6–1, 6–0)		 ThailandHarbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 1,163
Game reference
Eiki Sato
Issa Otsuka		GoaliesBen KleineschayReferees:
Li Ho Ching (HKG)
Liu Jiaqi (CHN)
Kobayashi (Nakajima) – 03:361–0
Suzuki (Kobayashi, Yoneyama) – 14:122–0
Osawa (Yamada, Ishida) – 18:543–0
3–119:34 – Aarola (Lampson, Kindborn)
K. Otsu (Takagi, Hayata) – 22:264–1
Nakajima (Hayata, Yoneyama) – 26:235–1
5–228:35 – Forstner (Lampson)
Irikura (Hitosato, Yoneyama) (PP) – 32:416–2
Isogai (Hitosato, Yoneyama) (PP) – 33:077–2
Kobayashi (Suzuki, Hayata) – 35:518–2
Irikura (Hitosato, Hayata) – 38:329–2
Yamada (Isogai, Irikura) – 40:2210–2
Takagi (K. Otsu, Osawa) – 41:5611–2
Kobayashi (Yoneyama, Nakajima) – 43:5412–2
Hayata (Nakajima) – 44:0713–2
Halliday – 44:5614–2
K. Otsu (Osawa, Yoneyama) – 50:1315–2
10 minPenalties12 min
79Shots10
Semifinals
13 February
14:00		South Korea 3–4 GWS
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 JapanHarbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 2,582
Game reference
Lee Yeon-seungGoaliesYuta NarisawaReferees:
Konstantin Chubenko (KAZ)
Anton Boryayev (KAZ)
Ahn (Kim S.W., Kim W.) – 03:121–0
Kim S.Y. (Kang M., Kong) (PP) – 14:252–0
2–119:21 – Kobayashi (Nakajima, Suzuki)
Kim S.H. – 25:293–1
3–228:05 – Isogai (Yoneyama, Nakajima) (PP)
3–358:45 – Nakajima (Yoneyama, H. Sato)
Ahn
Kim S.W.
Kong 		Shootout Takagi
Kobayashi
Irikura
Suzuki
8 minPenalties10 min
32Shots29
Gold medal match
14 February
14:00		Kazakhstan 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 JapanHarbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 2,952
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Andrey ShutovGoaliesYuta NarisawaReferees:
Chae Young-jin (KOR)
Konstantin Chubenko (KAZ)
Buyalskiy (Daniyar) – 17:341–0
Breus (Likhotnikov, Gaitamirov) – 21:022–0
Starchenko (Beketayev, Omirbekov) (PP) – 37:593–0
Panyukov (Starchenko, Rymarev) (PP) – 42:244–0
Panyukov – 44:235–0
4 minPenalties12 min
26Shots13

Women's tournament

Japan qualified a women's hockey team. The Japanese team qualified after being ranked as one of the top eight teams in Asia on the IIHF World Ranking as of May 2024.

Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes:

  • Yoshino Enomoto (F)
  • Akane Hosoyamada (D)
  • Makoto Ito (F)
  • Riko Kawaguchi (G)
  • Shiori Koike (D)
  • Remi Koyama (F)
  • Haruka Kuromaru (G)
  • Wakana Kurosu (F)
  • Suzuka Maeda (F)
  • Miyuu Masuhara (G)
  • Mei Miura (F)
  • Rio Noro (F)
  • Riri Noro (F)
  • Kohane Sato (D)
  • Kanami Seki (D)
  • Aoi Shiga (D)
  • Ai Tada (F)
  • Rui Ukita (F)
  • Yumeka Wajima (F)
  • Hikaru Yamashita (F)
  • Shiori Yamashita (D)

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

Final round
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 0 18 1 +17 9
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  China 3 1 0 0 2 4 11 −7 3
4  South Korea 3 0 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: OCA
12 February
10:00		Kazakhstan 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)		 JapanHarbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 1,031
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Arina ChshyokolovaGoaliesRiko KawaguchiReferees:
Lee Kyung-sun (KOR)
Song Meina (CHN)
0–116:26 – Enomoto (H. Yamashita, Wajima)
0–220:17 – Rir. Noro (Shiga, Ukita)
0–342:57 – Wajima (Ukita, Sato)
0–448:10 – Ito (Shiga, Sato)
4 minPenalties2 min
7Shots41
13 February
10:00		Japan 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 South KoreaHarbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 979
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Haruka KuromaruGoaliesKim Yeon-ju
Park Jong-ju		Referees:
Liu Lu (CHN)
Song Meina (CHN)
Ukita (Sato) – 10:471–0
Ukita (Koyama, Ito) – 15:122–0
Wajima (Ito, Hosoyamada) – 18:173–0
Maeda (Wajima, Koike) – 24:494–0
Wajima (Maeda, Koike) – 32:405–0
Maeda (Miura, Koike) – 53:446–0
4 minPenalties2 min
45Shots9
14 February
14:00		Japan 8–1
(3–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 ChinaHarbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 1,198
Game reference
Miyuu MasuharaGoaliesLai Guimin
Wang Yuqing		Referees:
Liu Lu (CHN)
Miyuki Nakayama (JPN)
Koyama (Ito) – 02:511–0
1–106:59 – Kong (Yu) (PP)
Shiga (Ukita, Koyama) – 08:102–1
Ito (Ukita) (PP) – 16:423–1
Maeda (Koike, Hosoyamada) – 30:014–1
Koyama (Koike, Hosoyamada) (PP) – 32:105–1
Miura (Ukita) – 40:346–1
Ukita (Miura, Ito) – 42:407–1
H. Yamashita – 46:078–1
6 minPenalties8 min
40Shots13

Short-track speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kota Kikuchi 500 m 42.896 2 Q 43.996 5 Did not advance
Tsubasa Furukawa 41.905 2 Q 42.601 4 Did not advance
Shuta Matsuzu 42.129 2 Q 41.615 2 Q 41.178 4 FB PEN 9
Kota Kikuchi 1000 m 1:29.629 2 Q 1:29.621 4 Did not advance
Shuta Matsuzu 1:26.845 2 Q 1:26.540 1 Q 1:26.889 4 ADVA 1:29.959 4
Daito Ochi 1:34.998 2 Q 1:27.475 3 q 1:26.398 4 FB 1:33.681 7
Osuke Irie 1500 m N/a PEN Did not advance
Daito Ochi N/a 2:30.136 3 Q 2:26.370 4 FB 2:29.643 9
Shun Saito N/a 2:16.933 3 Q 2:32.006 4 FB 2:29.744 10
Shun Saito
Daito Ochi
Shuta Matsuzu
Tsubasa Furukawa
Osuke Irie[a]
Kota Kikuchi[a] 		5000 m relay N/a 7:14.926 2 FA 7:03.010
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rina Shimada 500 m 44.106 2 Q 44.873 2 Q 43.931 2 FA 44.223 5
Yuki Ishikawa 44.860 4 q 44.045 3 q 44.932 5 FB 44.875 7
Haruna Nagamori 45.103 3 Q 45.899 4 Did not advance
Miyu Miyashita 1000 m 1:41.331 3 Q 1:33.460 4 Did not advance
Rina Shimada 1:35.423 3 Q 1:57.083 3 Did not advance
Kurumi Shimane 1:35.345 3 Q 1:35.015 2 Q 1:31.718 3 FB 1:36.951 8
Haruna Nagamori 1500 m N/a 2:31.191 2 Q 2:43.225 2 FA 2:25.772 6
Miyu Miyashita N/a 2:36.513 4 q 2:34.405 4 FB 2:40.708 11
Riho Inuzuka N/a 2:35.544 3 Q PEN Did not advance
Rina Shimada
Yuki Ishikawa
Haruna Nagamori
Riho Inuzuka
Miyu Miyashita[a]
Kurumi Shimane[a] 		3000 m relay N/a 4:26.093 2 FA 4:13.578
Mixed
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rina Shimada
Riho Inuzuka
Shun Saito
Tsubasa Furukawa
Yuki Ishikawa[a]
Shuta Matsuzu[a]
Miyu Miyashita[a]
Kota Kikuchi[a] 		2000 m relay 2:46.930 2 Q 2:44.956 2 FA 2:44.058

Qualification legend: FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final a Skaters who participated in the heats only.

Ski mountaineering

Japan entered six ski mountaineers (three per gender).

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kenta Endo Men's sprint 3:09.51 7 Q 2:45.80 4 q 2:52.76 6
Ari Hirabayashi 2:54.72 6 Q 2:42.45 3 q 2:47.07 5
Tokutaro Shima 3:40.07 14 Did not advance
Sora Takizawa Women's sprint 3:36.74 5 Q 3:23.83 3 q 3:28.98 6
Yurie Tanaka 3:41.19 7 Q 3:26.62 3 q 3:22.59 5
Natsumi Usui 3:39.97 6 Q 3:39.62 4 Did not advance
Kenta Endo
Natsumi Usui 		Mixed relay 15:34.41 6 Q N/a 31:03.01 6
Ari Hirabayashi
Sora Takizawa 		15:03.70 5 Q N/a 30:26.66 5
Tokutaro Shima
Yurie Tanaka 		14:08.39 1 Q N/a 29:36.29 4

Snowboarding

Japan entered ten snowboarders (four men and six women).

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Hanato Minamiya Big air N/a 41.50 78.00 73.00 151.00 5
Koyata Kikuchihara Halfpipe 69.75 75.00 75.00 Cancelled
Konosuke Murakami 24.50 64.75 64.75 4 Cancelled
Shuichiro Shigeno 12.50 DNS 12.50 9 Cancelled
Hanato Minamiya Slopestyle 72.25 DNI 72.25 4 Q 13.75 70.00 DNI 70.00 5
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Suzuka Ishimoto Big air N/a 72.75 43.25 61.75 134.50
Kiara Morii N/a Did not start
Sara Shimizu Halfpipe 88.50 98.00 98.00 Cancelled
Sena Tomita 90.50 93.75 93.75 Cancelled
Rise Kudo 21.75 26.25 26.25 10 Cancelled
Himari Ishii Slopestyle N/a 54.75 61.50 69.50 69.50
Suzuka Ishimoto N/a 59.50 DNI DNI 59.50 4

Speed skating

Japan entered 18 speed skaters (ten men and eight women).

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Katsuhiro Kuratsubo 100 m 9.82 10
Yamato Matsui 9.80 (4) 8
Wataru Morishige 9.67 5
Ryota Kojima 500 m 35.155 5
Katsuhiro Kuratsubo 35.19 6
Yamato Matsui 35.73 13
Wataru Morishige 34.97
Ryota Kojima 1000 m 1:09.70 4
Yamato Matsui 1:12.61 15
Kazuya Yamada 1:09.96 5
Masaya Yamada 1:11.16 10
Kotaro Kasahara 1500 m 1:50.29 7
Ryota Kojima 1:48.47
Kazuya Yamada 1:47.55
Masaya Yamada 1:52.65 14
Motonaga Arito 5000 m 6:42.63 8
Kotaro Kasahara 6:47.82 10
Taiyo Morino 6:42.10 7
Motonaga Arito
Kotaro Kasahara
Taiyo Morino 		Team pursuit 3:52.93
Katsuhiro Kuratsubo
Wataru Morishige
Kazuya Yamada 		Team sprint 1:20.72
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Iori Kitahara 100 m 10.81 11
Kako Yamane 10.80 10
Iori Kitahara 500 m 38.97 6
Anna Kubo 39.79 16
Rio Yamada 39.00 7
Kako Yamane 39.35 11
Rin Kosaka 1000 m 1:18.07 8
Anna Kubo 1:18.75 9
Rio Yamada 1:16.88 5
Kako Yamane 1:19.76 13
Rin Kosaka 1500 m 2:00.76 6
Anna Kubo 2:04.18 13
Yuna Onodera 2:01.16 9
Rio Yamada 2:00.38 4
Kyoko Nitta 3000 m 4:21.96 10
Yuna Onodera 4:21.12 9
Yuka Takahashi 4:20.73 8
Rin Kosaka
Yuna Onodera
Yuka Takahashi 		Team pursuit 3:05.52
Kako Yamane
Rio Yamada
Rin Kosaka 		Team sprint 1:32.81 4

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