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
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 9 Total 16
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

Main article: Cross country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

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

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.