Japan at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Japan at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp
in Innsbruck
Competitors	33 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Sumire Kikuchi[1]
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 9 Total 16
Winter Youth Olympics appearances
2012 2016 2020

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Sara Takanashi Ski jumping Girls' Individual 14 Jan  Gold Hikaru Ōe Snowboarding Girls' halfpipe 15 Jan  Silver Shōma Uno Figure skating Boys' Singles 16 Jan  Silver Kentarō Ishikawa Cross-country skiing Boys' 10km Classical 17 Jan  Silver Seitarō Ichinohe Speed Skating Boys' 3000m 18 Jan  Silver Rio Harada Speed Skating Girls' 3000m 18 Jan  Silver Seitarō Ichinohe Speed Skating Boys' Mass Start 20 Jan  Bronze Yukiya Satō Ski jumping Boys' Individual 14 Jan  Bronze Toshihiro Kakui Speed skating Boys' 500m 14 Jan  Bronze Gō Yamamoto Nordic combined Individual 15 Jan  Bronze Taku Hiraoka Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe 15 Jan  Bronze Seitarō Ichinohe Speed Skating Boys' 1500m 16 Jan  Bronze Sumire Kikuchi Speed Skating Girls' 1500m 16 Jan  Bronze Sumire Kikuchi Short Track Girls' 1000m 18 Jan  Bronze Seiya Furukawa Ice Hockey Boys' Individual Skills Challenge 19 Jan  Bronze Sumire Kikuchi Speed Skating Girls' Mass Start 20 Jan

Medals by sport Sport Total Ski jumping 1 0 1 2 Snowboarding 1 0 1 2 Speed skating 0 3 4 7 Cross-country 0 1 0 1 Figure skating 0 1 0 1 Ice hockey 0 0 1 1 Nordic combined 0 0 1 1 Short track 0 0 1 1 Total 2 5 9 16

Alpine Skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One coach.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Seiya Hiroshima (廣島 聖也)	Slalom	47.64	42.68	1:30.32	25
	Giant slalom	59.09	55.67	1:54.76	7
	Super-G			1:06.00	12
	Combined	1:05.54	37.86	1:43.40	11

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Kayo Denda (傳田 佳代)	Slalom	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:00.99	1:01.68	2:02.67	23
	Super-G			1:10.77	23
	Combined	1:09.29	38.95	1:48.24	18

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Maria Oshigiri (押切　麻李亜) Shizuka Uehara (上原　志津佳)	Two-Girls	57.55	57.60	1:55.15	8

Cross-country skiing

One coach.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Kentarō Ishikawa (石川 謙太郎)	10km classical	29:40.2
Takuto Terabayashi (寺林 拓人)	10km classical	31:30.9	17

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Maki Ōdaira (大平 麻生)	5km classical	16:34.8	19
Kozue Takizawa (滝沢 こずえ)	5km classical	15:45.3	8

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Kentarō Ishikawa (石川 謙太郎)	Boys' sprint	1:45.61	7 Q	1:48.8	1 Q	1:46.2	2 Q	1:49.9	6
Takuto Terabayashi (寺林 拓人)	Boys' sprint	1:51.89	32	Did not advance
Maki Ōdaira (大平 麻生)	Girls' sprint	2:13.94	34	Did not advance
Kozue Takizawa (滝沢 こずえ)	Girls' sprint	2:10.80	29 Q	2:05.6	6	Did not advance

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One team leader.

Mixed Team

Boys

• Shingo Usui (臼井　槙吾) Skip
• Tsukasa Horigome (堀篭　司) Second

Girls

• Mizuki Kitaguchi (北口　瑞季) Third
• Mako Tamakuma (玉熊　真子) Lead

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings Red Group Skip W L  Sweden Rasmus Wranå 6 1  Canada Thomas Scoffin 5 2  Japan Shingo Usui 4 3  Italy Amos Mosaner 4 3  Great Britain Duncan Menzies 3 4  Russia Mikhail Vaskov 3 4  Austria Mathias Genner 2 5  Germany Daniel Rothballer 1 6

Round Robin Results

Draw 1 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Japan (Usui) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4  Sweden (Wranå) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 Draw 2 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Japan (Usui) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X 5  Italy (Mosaner) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 3 Draw 3 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final  Austria (Genner) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5  Japan (Usui) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 7 Draw 4 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Russia (Vaskov) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 6  Japan (Usui) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5

Draw 5 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final  Japan (Usui) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 7  Great Britain (Menzies) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 Draw 6 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Japan (Usui) 0 0 3 3 2 1 X X 9  Germany (Rothballer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2 Draw 7 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Canada (Scoffin) 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 X 9  Japan (Usui) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4

Quarterfinals

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Usui)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
Switzerland (Brunner)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4

Mixed Doubles

Round of 32

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Thomas Scoffin (CAN)  Kelsi Heath (NZL) 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 X 9  Mizuki Kitaguchi (JPN)  Thomas Muirhead (GBR) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Corryn Brown (CAN)  Martin Reichel (AUT) 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 6  Shingo Usui (JPN)  Cao Ying (CHN) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Robert-Kent Päll (EST)  Emily Gray (CAN) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2  Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS)  Tsukasa Horigome (JPN) 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 X 8 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Frederike Manner (GER)  Derek Oryniak (CAN) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1  Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 3 2 3 0 5 1 X X 14

Round of 16

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS)  Tsukasa Horigome (JPN) 1 0 2 2 1 1 X X 7  Marek Černovský (CZE)  Rachel Hannen (GBR) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 X 9  Amos Mosaner (ITA)  Irena Brettbacher (AUT) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 4

Quarterfinals

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final  Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7  Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS)  Tsukasa Horigome (JPN) 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 6

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Duncan Menzies (GBR)  Taylor Anderson (USA) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4  Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 7

Semifinals

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Martin Sesaker (NOR)  Kim Eun-bi (KOR)	0	5	0	2	0	2	1	3	13
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6

Bronze Medal Game

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Korey Dropkin (USA)  Marina Verenich (RUS)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)  Mako Tamakuma (JPN)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One team leader and two coaches.

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shōma Uno (宇野　昌磨)	Singles	51.52	6	115.63	2	167.15
Shū Nakamura (中村　優)	Singles	42.34	10	111.88	3	154.22	6

Girls

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Risa Shōji (庄司　理紗)	Singles	47.29	6	88.03	5	135.32	6

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Boys'			Girls'			Ice Dance			Total
		Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Team 4  Shoma Uno (JPN)  Jordan Bauth (USA)  Eugenia Tkachenka/Yuri Hulitski (BLR)	Team Trophy	112.72	2	7	77.84	2	7	44.36	7	2	16

Freestyle Skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One coach.

Ski Cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/4 finals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Yūki Nakagawa (中川　雄生)	Boys' ski cross	1:00.27	16	Cancelled

Ski Half-Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nanaho Kiriyama (桐山　菜々穂)	Girls' ski half-pipe	49.00	8	Did not advance

Ice Hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One manager.

Boys

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Grand final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Seiya Furukawa (古川　誠也)	Individual skills	30	2 Q	19

Girls

Athlete(s)	Event	Qualification		Grand final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Akane Deguchi (出口　茜)	Individual skills	20	4 Q	16	7

Nordic Combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One coach.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Final
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Ski Time	Total Time	Rank
Gō Yamamoto (山元　豪)	Boys' Individual	132.5	2	0:20	26:19.9	26:39.9

Short Track

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One coach.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kei Saitō (斉藤　慧)	Boys' 500 metres	43.173	2 Q	43.000	3 qB	45.6000	1
	Boys' 1000 metres	1:30.502	1 Q	1:29.689	2 Q	1:30.142	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sumire Kikuchi (菊池　純礼)	Girls' 500 metres	53.823	3 Q*	46.200	3 qB	48.337	2
	Girls' 1000 metres	1:36.670	2 Q	1:35.301	2 Q	1:34.254

• * Given advantage due to interference by anothersakter

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team D  Elisabeth Witt (GER)  Thomas Insuk Hong (USA)  Sumire Kikuchi (JPN)  Yin-Cheng Chang (TPE)	Mixed Team Relay	4:23.141	4 qB	4:24.360	1
Team E  Sarah Warren (USA)  Kei Saito (JPN)  Lin Yu-Tzu (TPE)  Josse Antonissen (NED)	Mixed Team Relay	4:36.208	4 qB	4:30.383	3

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Dan Satō (佐藤　弾)	Boys' individual	59.55	59.34	1:58.89	9
Hiroki Nokura (野倉　大貴)	Boys' individual	59.92	59.80	1:59.72	10

Girls

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Saki Andō (安藤 早紀)	Girls' individual	CAN	1:02.42	1:02.42	14

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Two coaches.

Boys

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Yukiya Satō (佐藤　幸椰)	Boys' individual	77.0m	136.6	73.0m	123.5	260.1

Girls

Athlete	Event	1st Jump		2nd Jump		Overall
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Sara Takanashi (高梨 沙羅)	Girls' individual	76.5m	134.4	76.5m	134.9	269.3

Team w/Nordic Combined

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	Total	Rank
Sara Takanashi Go Yamamoto Yukiya Satō	Mixed Team	235.3	340.7	576.0	5

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One manager.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Taku Hiraoka (平岡　卓)	Boys' halfpipe	91.75	95.00	1 Q				55.75	84.25

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Hikaru Ōe (大江　光)	Girls' halfpipe	82.00	78.00	2 Q				95.75	96.25

Speed Skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

One manager.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Toshihiro Kakui (角井　俊洋)	Boys' 500 m	38.88	38.94	77.82
	Boys' 1500 m			2:05.02	12
	Boys' Mass Start			7:13.10	4
Seitarō Ichinohe (一戸　誠太郎)	Boys' 1500 m			2:00.30
	Boys' 3000 m			4:10.00
	Boys' Mass Start			7:11.45

Girls

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Sumire Kikuchi (菊池　純礼)	Girls' 1500 m			2:11.33
	Girls' Mass Start			6:01.24
Rio Harada (原田　梨央)	Girls' 1500 m			2:15.15	7
	Girls' 3000 m			4:41.85
	Girls' Mass Start			6:03.56	6

See also

• Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

1. Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games NOC Flag Bearers

General

• "インスブルックユースオリンピック2012 日本代表選手団名簿 - JOC" [Innsbruck Youth Olympics 2012, Register of names of the Japanese delegated teams - JOC]. Japanese Olympic Committee. 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012.