Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Japan participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Ninety-four athletes participated in all sports except ice hockey. Japanese athletes earned five medals at the games, including three silver and two bronze, short of the 10-medal goal set by the Japanese Olympic team prior to the event. One-hundred eleven Japanese sports officials and coaches accompanied the 94 athletes to the games, a far higher ratio of staff-to-athlete than most other participating nations.[1]

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Vancouver
Competitors	94 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Tomomi Okazaki (opening) Mao Asada (closing)
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Keiichiro Nagashima	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
Silver	Mao Asada	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
Silver	Masako Hozumi, Nao Kodaira, Maki Tabata	Speed skating	Women's team pursuit
Bronze	Joji Kato	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
Bronze	Daisuke Takahashi	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Kentaro Minagawa	Men's slalom	DNF
Akira Sasaki	Men's slalom	49.41	52.35	1:41.76	18

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Hidenori Isa	Men's individual	58:06.2	3+0+3+3	83
	Men's sprint	27:42.2	1+2	68
Fuyuko Suzuki	Women's individual	46:30.3	1+1+0+1	53
	Women's sprint	21:58.0	1+0	44
	Women's pursuit	36:41.9	0+0+0+1	54

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hiroshi Suzuki Ryuichi Kobayashi	Two-man	53.24	23	52.30	23	53.13	21	-	-	2:39.67	21
Manami Hino Konomi Asazu	Two-woman	54.64	18	54.78	19	54.65	16	54.31	15	3:38.38	16
Hiroshi Suzuki Shinji Doigawa Masaru Miyauchi Ryuichi Kobayashi	Four-man	52.09	19	54.16	21	52.53	18	-	-	2:38.78	21

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Nobu Naruse	Men's 15 kilometre free							36:01.6	2:25.3	49
	Men's 30 kilometre pursuit							1:22:11.1	6:59.7	39
Yuichi Onda	Men's sprint	3:38.49	11 Q	3:37.9	4	Did not advance
Nobuko Fukuda	Women's 10 kilometre free							27:47.7	2:49.3	52
Masako Ishida	Women's 15 kilometre pursuit							42.24.3	2:26.2	20
Michiko Kashiwabara	Women's 10 kilometre free							28:32.0	3:33.6	61
Madoka Natsumi	Women's sprint	3:48.48	22 Q	3:42.6	6	Did not advance

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Standings Final round robin standings Key Teams to playoffs Country Skip W L PF PA Ends won Ends lost Blank ends Stolen ends Shot %  Canada Cheryl Bernard 8 1 56 37 40 29 20 13 81%  Sweden Anette Norberg 7 2 56 52 36 36 13 5 79%  China Wang Bingyu 6 3 61 47 39 37 12 7 74%  Switzerland Mirjam Ott 6 3 67 48 40 36 7 12 76%  Denmark Angelina Jensen 4 5 49 61 31 40 15 5 74%  Germany Andrea Schöpp 3 6 52 56 35 40 15 4 75%  Great Britain Eve Muirhead 3 6 54 59 36 41 11 10 75%  Japan Moe Meguro 3 6 64 70 36 37 13 5 73%  Russia Liudmila Privivkova 3 6 53 60 36 40 14 13 77%  United States Debbie McCormick 2 7 43 65 36 36 12 12 77%

Name Position Moe Meguro Skip Anna Ohmiya Third Mari Motohashi Second Kotomi Ishizaki Lead Mayo Yamaura Alternate

Round-robin

Draw 1 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (McCormick) 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 7  Japan (Meguro) 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 9 Draw 2 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Meguro) 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6  Canada (Bernard) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 7 Draw 4 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  China (Wang) 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 9  Japan (Meguro) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 Draw 6 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 x 4  Japan (Meguro) 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 5 x 11 Draw 8 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final  Russia (Privivkova) 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 9  Japan (Meguro) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 12

Draw 9 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Meguro) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 6  Germany (Schöpp) 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 Draw 10 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Meguro) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 x x 4  Switzerland (Ott) 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 x x 10 Draw 11 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Meguro) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 x 6  Sweden (Norberg) 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 x 10 Draw 12 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Meguro) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 x 5  Denmark (Jensen) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 x 7

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nobunari Oda	Men's			84.85	4	153.69	7	238.54	7
Daisuke Takahashi	Men's			90.25	3	156.98	5	247.23
Takahiko Kozuka	Men's			79.59	8	151.60	8	231.19	8
Miki Ando	Ladies'			64.76	4	124.10	6	188.86	5
Mao Asada	Ladies'			73.78	2	131.72	2	205.50
Akiko Suzuki	Ladies'			61.02	11	120.42	7	181.44	8
Cathy Reed, Chris Reed	Ice dancing	29.49	18	50.81	14	79.30	16	159.60	17

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sho Endo	Men's moguls	24.36	8 Q	25.38	7
Nobuyuki Nishi	Men's moguls	23.52	15 Q	25.11	9
Kai Ozaki	Men's moguls	22.07	24	Did not advance
Yugo Tsukita	Men's moguls	23.80	11 Q	22.74	17
Miki Ito	Women's moguls	21.81	15 Q	21.63	12
Arisa Murata	Women's moguls	22.99	11 Q	23.22	8
Tae Satoya	Women's moguls	22.15	13 Q	12.85	19
Aiko Uemura	Women's moguls	24.31	5 Q	24.68	4

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Hiroomi Takizawa	Men's ski cross	1:15.03	26 Q	3	Did not advance			29
Noriko Fukushima	Women's ski cross	1:20.56	21 Q	3	Did not advance			22

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Takahisa Oguchi	Men's	49.542	49.780	49.818	49.903	3:19.043	30
Madoka Harada	Women's	42.608	42.112	42.572	43.188	2:50.480	26
Aya Yasuda	Women's	DSQ*

*= Disqualified for being over the allowed weight

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Jump distance	Jump score	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Taihei Kato	Normal hill/10 km	96.5	114.0	28	25:43.9	25	27:09.9	24
	Large hill/10 km	112.5	90.2	31	26:11.0	28	28:38.0	30
Norihito Kobayashi	Normal hill/10 km	99.0	121.0	12	25:11.0	9	26:09.0	7
	Large hill/10 km	112.0	90.5	30	26:00.1	23	28:26.1	27
Yūsuke Minato	Normal hill/10 km	DNS
	Large hill/10 km	110.0	87.0	34	25:30.0	13	28:10.0	26
Daito Takahashi	Normal hill/10 km	98.0	199.5	13	26:21.0	33	27:25.0	27
	Large hill/10 km	DNS
Akito Watabe	Normal hill/10 km	96.5	114.5	27	25:41.0	23	27.15.0	21
	Large hill/10 km	125.0	112.5	9	25:23.7	11	26:21.7	9
Daito Takahashi Akito Watabe Norihito Kobayashi Taihei Kato	Team	518	475.9	4	50:04.8	6	50:45.8	6

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takahiro Fujimoto	500 m	42.366	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:26.359	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:16.155	3 Q			2:15.984	6	Did not advance
Yuzo Takamido	1000 m	1:26.074	3	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:15.402	5			Did not advance
Junpei Yoshizawa	500 m	42.158	2 Q	41.906	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:30.701	5 ADV			2:15.129	6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ayuko Ito	1000 m	1:31.137	3	Did not advance
Mika Ozawa	1000 m	1:32.577	2 Q	1:32.183	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	DSQ
Hiroko Sadakane	1500 m	2:28.046	2 Q			2:24.901	4 QB	2:24.135	12
Yui Sakai	500 m	44.341	3	Did not advance
Biba Sakurai	500 m	45.146	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:36.416	3	Did not advance
	1500 m	2:30.458	5	Did not advance
Ayuko Ito Mika Ozawa Yui Sakai Biba Sakurai	3000 m relay					4:13.752	3 QB	4:28.745	7

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kazuhiro Koshi	Men's	54.02	54.10	53.74	53.42	3:35.28	20
Shinsuke Tayama	Men's	53.94	53.84	54.03	53.36	3:35.17	19
Nozomi Komuro	Women's	DSQ

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Daiki Ito	Large hill	142.6	2 Q	95.6	30 Q	121.3	216.9	20
	Normal hill	134.5	5 Q	125.0	10 Q	124.5	249.5	15
Noriaki Kasai	Large hill	143.5	1 Q	105.7	21 Q	133.5	239.2	8
	Normal hill	133.5	6 Q	120.5	19 Q	124.0	244.5	17
Takanobu Okabe	Large hill	DNS
	Normal hill	DNS
Taku Takeuchi	Large hill	121.6	22 Q	83.9	37	DNQ		37
	Normal hill	113.5	33 Q	110.5	34	DNQ		34
Shōhei Tochimoto	Large hill	123.4	19 Q	73.4	45	DNQ		45
	Normal hill	111.0	39 Q	108.5	37	DNQ		37
Daiki Ito Taku Takeuchi Shōhei Tochimoto Noriaki Kasai	Team			484.7	5 Q	523.0	1007.7	5

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ryo Aono	Men's	43.1	2 QF	Bye		32.9	9
Kazuhiro Kokubo	Men's	42.5	2 QF	Bye		35.7	8
Kohei Kudo	Men's	37.1	7 QS	33.5	8	DNQ
Daisuke Murakami	Men's	23.5	15	DNQ
Shiho Nakashima	Women's	31.4	14 QS	34.9	7	DNQ
Rana Okada	Women's	7.2	29	DNQ
Soko Yamaoka	Women's	37.0	9 QS	30.6	10	DNQ

Parallel Giant Slalom

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Yuki Nofuji	Men's	1:23.88	27	DNQ
Tomoka Takeuchi	Women's	1:24.42	10 Q	Claudia Riegler L +12.68	DNQ
Eri Yanetani	Women's	1:26.39	21	DNQ

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Natsuko Doi	Women's	1:31.23	14 Q	3	DNQ
Yuka Fujimori	Women's	DNS

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shigeyuki Dejima	5000 m					6:43.82	27
Shingo Doi	1500 m					1:49.77	30
Ryohei Haga	1000 m					1:11.46	29
Hiroki Hirako	5000 m					6:33.90	19
	10000 m					13:37.56	11
Joji Kato	500 m	34.937	3	35.076	5	70.01
Keiichiro Nagashima	500 m	35.108	6	34.876	1	69.98
	1000 m					1:12.71	37
Tadashi Obara	1000 m					1:10.51	17
Akio Ohta	500 m	35.315	15	35.347	17	70.66	17
Yuya Oikawa	500 m	35.174	13	35.254	14	70.42	13
Teruhiro Sugimori	1000 m					1:11.13	26
	1500 m					1:49.19	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Masako Hozumi	3000 m					4:07.36	6
Shiho Ishizawa	3000 m					4:15.62	15
Nao Kodaira	500 m	38.835	12	38.797	12	77.63	12
	1000 m					1:16.80	5
	1500 m					1:58.20	5
Eri Natori	3000 m					4:18:18	21
Tomomi Okazaki	500 m	38.971	17	39.060	20	78.03	16
	1000 m					1:19.41	34
Shihomi Shinya	500 m	38.964	16	38.765	10	77.72	14
Maki Tabata	1500 m					2:00.12	19
Miho Takagi	1000 m					1:19.53	35
	1500 m					2:01.86	23
Sayuri Yoshii	500 m	38.566	6	38.432	5	76.99	5
	1000 m					1:17.81	15
	1500 m					2:02.26	26

See also

• Japan at the Olympics
• Japan at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

References

1. Nagatsuka, Kaz, "Japan picks over bones of Vancouver medal tally", Japan Times, March 9, 2010, p. 16.