Japan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games explained

Noc:	JPN
Nocname:	Japanese Olympic Committee
Year:	2017
Date:	February 19–26
Games:	Asian Winter Games
Location:	Sapporo and Obihiro
Competitors:	146
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Go Tanaka
Gold:	27
Silver:	21
Bronze:	26
Rank:	1
Appearances:	auto
Website:	https://www.joc.or.jp

Japan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.^{[1] [2]} This marked the fourth time the country has played host to the Asian Winter Games.^[3] Japan competed in all eleven disciplines from five sports.^[4] Ice hockey player Go Tanaka was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.^[5]

Medal summary

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				19 February
				20 February
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				21 February
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				25 February
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				26 February
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				26 February
				20 February
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				22 February
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				25 February
				19 February
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				22 February
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				25 February
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				26 February
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Competitors

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

width=200	Sport !	width=60	Men !	width=60	Women !	width=60	Total
Alpine skiing	4	4	8
Biathlon	6	6	12
Cross-country skiing	4	4	8
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	6	6	12
Freestyle skiing	4	4	8
Ice hockey	23	21	44
Short track speed skating	5	5	10
Ski jumping	4		4
Snowboarding	4	6	10
Speed skating	10	10	20
Total	75	71	146

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan's alpine skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.^[6]

Men

• Naoki Yuasa
• Hideyuki Narita
• Yohei Koyama
• Tatsuki Matsumoto

Women

• Emi Hasegawa
• Mio Arai
• Asa Ando
• Emiko Kiyosawa

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games.

Men

• Junji Nagai
• Mikito Tachizaki
• Yuuki Nakajima
• Tsukasa Kobonoki
• Kosuke Ozaki
• Takuto Terabayashi

Women

• Fuyuko Tachizaki
• Yurie Tanaka
• Rina Mitsuhashi
• Sari Furuya
• Asuka Hachisuka
• Kirari Tanaka

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan's cross-country skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.^[6]

Men

• Akira Lenting
• Nobuhito Kashiwabara
• Naoto Baba
• Kohei Shimizu

Women

• Yuki Kobayashi
• Hikari Miyazaki
• Chisa Obayashi
• Kozue Takizawa

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan has entered both a men's and women's teams.^{[7] [8]}

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament. Japan's men's curling team consists of five athletes.^[8]

• Yusuke Morozumi – skip
• Tetsuro Shimizu – third
• Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi – second
• Kosuke Morozumi – lead
• Koshuke Hirata – alternate

Round-robinJapan has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 9:00

Draw 2Saturday, February 18, 18:00

Draw 4Monday, February 20, 13:30

Draw 5Tuesday, February 21, 9:00

Draw 6Tuesday, February 21, 18:00

SemifinalsWednesday, February 22, 1:30

Gold medal matchFriday, February 24, 1:30

Women's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament.

• Satsuki Fujisawa – Skip
• Mari Motohashi – Third
• Chinami Yoshida – Second
• Yurika Yoshida – Lead
• Yumi Suzuki – Alternate

Round-robinJapan has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 13:30

Draw 2Saturday, February 19, 9:00

Draw 4Monday, February 20, 18:00

Draw 5Tuesday, February 21, 13:30

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan's figure skating team consists of twelve athletes.^{[9] [10]} On February 7, 2017, it was announced that Kaori Sakamoto would replace Satoko Miyahara, because the latter had sustained an injury to her hip.^[11]

Singles

Athlete	Event					Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shoma Uno	Men's	92.43	2	188.84	1	281.27
Takahito Mura		90.32	4	172.99	4	263.31	4
Kaori Sakamoto	Women's	WD
Rika Hongo		60.98	2	100.39	4	161.37	4

Mixed

Athlete(s)	Event	/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara	Pairs	WD
Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata		48.78	5	81.75	6	130.53	5
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed	Ice dancing	64.74	2	94.40	2	159.14
Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki		48.84	5	75.28	5	124.12	5

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan's freestyle skiing team will consist of eight athletes (four men and four women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.^[6]

Men

• Sho Endo
• Daichi Hara
• Ikuma Horishima
• Kosuke Sugimoto

Women

• Miki Ito
• Arisa Murata
• Kisara Sumiyoshi
• Hinako Tomitaka

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan as the host nation has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division.^{[12] [13]}

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament. Japan was represented by the following 23 athletes:^[14]

• Yutaka Fukufuji (G)
• Yuto Ito (G)
• Takuto Onoda (G)
• Yosuke Haga (D)
• Ryo Hashiba (D)
• Ryo Hashimoto (D)
• Keigo Minoshima (D)
• Kazumasa Sasaki (D)
• Hiroto Sato (D)
• Takafumi Yamashita (D)
• Maruru Furuhashi (D)
• Yushiroh Hirano (F)
• Takuma Kawai (F)
• Shuhei Kuji (F)
• Masahito Nishiwaki (F)
• Daisuke Obara (F)
• Kenta Takagi (F)
• Seiji Takahashi (F)
• Hiromichi Terao (F)
• Yuri Terao (F)
• Go Tanaka (F)
• Hiroki Ueno (F)
• Takuro Yamashita (F)

Legend

• G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward

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Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament. Japan was represented by the following 21 athletes:^[15]

• Yurie Adachi
• Yoshino Enomoto (F)
• Moeko Fujimoto (F)
• Nana Fujimoto (G)
• Mika Hori (D)
• Akane Hosoyamada (D)
• Tomomi Iwahara (F)
• Shiori Koike (D)
• Mai Kondo (G)
• Akane Konishi (G)
• Hanae Kubo (F)
• Ami Nakamura (F)
• Shoko Ono (F)
• Chiho Osawa (F)
• Sena Suzuki (D)
• Aina Takeuchi (D)
• Naho Terashima (F)
• Ayaka Toko (D)
• Haruka Toko (F)
• Rui Ukita (F)
• Haruna Yoneyama (F)

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

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Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan's speed skating team consists of 10 athletes (five men and five women). The team was officially unveiled on January 9, 2017.^[16]

Men

• Keita Watanabe
• Ryosuke Sakazume
• Kazuki Yoshinaga
• Hiroki Yokoyama
• Takayuki Muratake

Women

• Moemi Kikuchi
• Hitomi Saito
• Sumire Kikuchi
• Ayuko Ito
• Aoi Watanabe

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan's ski jumping team will consist of four athletes (all men, as women's events are not scheduled to be held). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.^[6]

Men

• Yukiya Satō
• Naoki Nakamura
• Masamitsu Itō
• Yūken Iwasa

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan's snowboarding team will consist of ten athletes (four men and six women). The team was announced on January 19, 2017.^[6]

Men

• Ayumu Nedefuji - halfpipe
• Shinnosuke Kamino - slalom/giant slalom
• Yuya Suzuki - slalom/giant slalom
• Takumi Miyazawa - slalom/giant slalom

Women

• Hikaru Oe - halfpipe
• Haruna Matsumoto - halfpipe
• Kurumi Imai - halfpipe
• Sena Tomita - halfpipe
• Eri Yanetani - slalom/giant slalom
• Asa Toyoda - slalom/giant slalom

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Japan's speed skating team consists of 20 athletes (ten men and ten women). The team was officially unveiled on January 15, 2017.^[17]

Men

• Takuro Oda - 1000 m, 1500 m
• Shota Nakamura - 1500 m, 1000 m, TP MS
• Ryosuke Tsuchiya - 5000 m, 10000 m, TP MS
• Shane Williamson 1500 m, 5000 m, 10000 m, TP, MS
• Seitaro Ichinohe 5000 m, 10000 m, TP (sub)
• Taro Kondo 1500 m
• Yuto Fujino 500 m, 1000 m
• Tsubasa Hasegawa 500 m
• Shunsuke Nakamura 500 m, 1000 m
• Yuma Murakami 500 m

Women

• Nao Kodaira 500 m, 1000 m
• Miho Takagi 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, TP, MS
• Mai Kiyama 5000 m
• Misaki Oshigiri 1500 m, 3000 m, TP
• Nana Takagi 1,500 m, TP, MS
• Ayano Sato 500 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, MS
• Arisa Go 500 m, 1000 m
• Maki Tabata 5000 m
• Maki Tsuji 500 m, 1000 m
• Fuyo Matsuoka 5000 m

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sapporo 2017 . www.ocasia.org/ . . 25 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111113043/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?9QoyD9QEWPenUzDm9A5cxw. 11 November 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017 . www.ocasia.org/ . . 17 February 2017 . 17 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170819144530/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea3Kj2tgwUEW%2Fw=%3D . 19 August 2017 . dead .
3. Web site: Sapporo Asian Winter Games dates confirmed for February 2017 . Goddard . Emily. 5 August 2014 . Insidethegames.biz . Dunsar Media . 2 January 2017.
4. Web site: 2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC . 16 December 2016 . www.sapporo2017.org . 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee . 16 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185609/https://sapporo2017.org/site/news-en/12161.html . 20 December 2016 . dead .
5. News: Team Japan unites for Asian Winter Games with eye on building momentum for 2020 Olympics . . Tokyo and Osaka, Japan . 16 February 2017 . 16 February 2017 .
6. Web site: 2017 冬季アジア札幌大会派遣候補選手一覧. 2017 Winter Asia Sapporo Tournament Candidate list . Japanese . 19 January 2017 . www.ski-japan.or.jp/ . Ski Association of Japan . 19 January 2017.
7. Web site: Curling Playing Schedule for the 8th Asian Winter Games Sapporo 2017. 27 January 2017. www.sapporo2017.org/. 2017 Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 27 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170127013015/https://sapporo2017.org/uploaded/attachment/5220.pdf. 27 January 2017. dead.
8. Web site: Asian Winter Games return to Sapporo for the third time . 15 February 2017 . www.worldcurling.org/ . . 15 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061502/http://www.worldcurling.org/eighth-awg-preview . 16 February 2017 . dead .
9. Web site: 世界フィギュア選手権ほか 代表選手 . Japanese . World Figure Championships and other players . . 27 December 2016 . 19 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227132611/http://skatingjapan.or.jp/whatsnew/detail.php?id=3231&kyodo=0&sports_id=2 . 27 December 2016 . dead .
10. Web site: Wong . Jackie . 2017 ISU Championships: List of announced entrants. 25 December 2016 . www.rockerskating.com/ . 29 December 2016.
11. News: Asian Winter Games: Miyahara to miss Asian Games due to hip injury . . Tokyo, Japan . 7 February 2017 . 7 February 2017 .
12. Web site: Entry list for hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games . 3 December 2016 . www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/. National Teams of Ice hockey . 3 December 2016.
13. Web site: Sapporo 2017 confirm entrants in men's and women's ice hockey tournaments . Morgan . Liam . 4 January 2017 . www.insidethegames.biz/ . Dunsar Media Ltd. . 4 January 2017.
14. Web site: Japan. www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/. National teams of Ice hockey. 11 February 2017. 12 February 2017.
15. Web site: Team Rosters - Women's tournament. 22 February 2017. Sapporo Organizing Committee for the 2017 Asian Winter Games. 23 February 2017.
16. Web site: ショートトラック 国際競技会派遣選手団 . Japanese. Short Track International Competition Dispatch Team. 9 January 2017 . www.skatingjapan.or.jp/ . . 21 January 2017.
17. Web site: 第 8 アジア冬季競技大会派遣選手団 . Japanese. The 8th Asian Winter Games Dispatched team. 15 January 2017 . www.skatingjapan.or.jp/ . . 21 January 2017.