| Noc: | JPN |
| Nocname: | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Cortina d'Ampezzo |
| Competitors: | 10 (men) |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer: | Hiroshi Yoshizawa |
| Rank: | 11 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1928 |
Japan competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Chiharu Igaya won the nation's first ever medal and the first Asian medalist at the Winter Olympic Games.
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Chiharu Igaya | Downhill | DSQ | - | ||||
| Susumu Sugiyama | 3:39.1 | 28 | |||||
| Susumu Sugiyama | Giant Slalom | 3:40.8 | 45 | ||||
| Chiharu Igaya | 3:15.6 | 11 | |||||
| Susumu Sugiyama | Slalom | 1:51.0 | 38 | 2:26.0 | 37 | 4:17.0 | 33 |
| Chiharu Igaya | 1:30.2 | 6 | 1:48.5 | 2 | 3:18.7 | ||
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |||
| 15 km | Tatsuo Miyao | 56:59 | 48 | |
| 30 km | Tatsuo Miyao | 1'55:40 | 28 | |
| 50 km | Tatsuo Miyao | 3'25:47 | 25 | |
See main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
Events:
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Hiroshi Yoshizawa | Individual | 69.5 | 76.5 | 210.5 | 5 | DNF | - | - | DNF | - |
| Koichi Sato | 68.0 | 65.5 | 191.5 | 23 | 1'08:21 | 193.400 | 35 | 384.900 | 33 | |
See main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Koichi Sato | Normal hill | 68.0 | 91.0 | 36 | 66.0 | 87.5 | 41 | 178.5 | 39 |
| Hiroshi Yoshizawa | 80.5 | 106.5 | 9 | 74.0 | 98.5 | 18 | 205.0 | 13 | |
See main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Kiyotaka Takabayashi | 43.6 | 30 |
| Taketsugu Asazaka | 43.1 | 22 | |
| Yoshitaki Hori | 42.8 | 17 | |
| Shinkichi Takemura | 42.4 | 11 | |
| 1500 m | Yoshiyasu Gomi | 2:19.2 | 39 |
| Shinkichi Takemura | 2:18.3 | 36 | |
| Yoshitaki Hori | 2:15.9 | 23 | |
| Taketsugu Asazaka | 2:15.4 | 21 | |
| 5000 m | Yoshitaki Hori | 8:53.5 | 46 |
| Taketsugu Asazaka | 8:23.6 | 28 | |
| Yoshiyasu Gomi | 8:22.2 | 27 | |
| 10,000 m | Yoshiyasu Gomi | 17:35.9 | 23 |
| Taketsugu Asazaka | 17:35.3 | 22 | |