Japan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Japan at the
2018 Winter Paralympics
Japan at the; 2018 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Pyeongchang
Competitors	38 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Momoka Muraoka (opening)
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 10
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Japan sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The group from Japan competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and sledge hockey.

Medalists

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Momoka Muraoka	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom, sitting	14 March
Gold	Gurimu Narita	Snowboarding	Men's banked slalom, SB-LL2	16 March
Gold	Yoshihiro Nitta	Cross country skiing	Men's 10 kilometre classical, standing	17 March
Silver	Momoka Muraoka	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill, sitting	10 March
Silver	Taiki Morii	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill, sitting	10 March
Silver	Yoshihiro Nitta	Cross country skiing	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing	14 March
Silver	Momoka Muraoka	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom, sitting	18 March
Bronze	Momoka Muraoka	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G, sitting	11 March
Bronze	Gurimu Narita	Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross, SB-LL2	12 March
Bronze	Momoka Muraoka	Alpine skiing	Women's super combined, sitting	13 March

Team

There were three announcements with who would go to the 2018 Winter Games representing Japan. The second announcement was made on 8 February 2018. The last announcement was made on 18 February 2018.^[1]^[2]^[3] The last announcement said two male para-alpine skiers would be going to South Korea.^[4] The country has the third largest team among all nations. It has 38 people.^[5]

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Japan") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Team Japan
Name	Sport	Classification	Events	ref
Gurimu Narita	para-snowboarding	SB-LL2		^[6]
Keiichi Sato	para-Nordic skiing		biathlon, cross country skiing	^[7]
Atsushi Yamamoto	para-snowboarding			^[7]

Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers

Keiichi Sato competes in two sports: para-triathlon and para-Nordic skiing. The first sport he did was para-Nordic skiing. As a member of Team Japan, he went to the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics. After para-triathlon became a Paralympic sport, Sato decided to try it. He then was part of Team Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He then went to the 2017 Triathlon World Championships. After that, he stopped competing in para-triathlon. He wanted to try to medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. He thought he needed to focus on para-Nordic skiing to do that.^[7]

Schedule and results

On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM. Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals. The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.^[8]

Para-snowboarding

Snowboarders

Atsushi Yamamoto is a track and field competitor. He won a silver medal in the men's T42 long jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. In November 2017, he went to the World Para Snowboard World Cup in Landgraaf, Netherlands. The World Cup was his first para-snowboarding competition. Also there was Daniel Wagner of Denmark. Wagner won gold in the event which Yamamoto won silver. Both men had decided to compete internationally in snowboarding during the same year.^[7]

Schedule and results

The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March. It goesfrom 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women.^[9] The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.^[8]

Para ice hockey

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Group stage				Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	South Korea L 1–4	United States L 0–10	Czech Republic L 0–3	4	Norway L 1–6	Sweden L 1–5	8

Mixed Tournament

Roster

Japan's team has 17 men. Their coach is Kojin Nakakita.^[10]

Team Japan
Name	Position	Role	Past Games	ref
Mikio Annaka	forward		2014	^[10]
Shinobu Fukushima	goaltender		2014	^[10]
Susumu Hirose	forward			^[10]
Wataru Horie	forward			^[10]
Hideaki Ishii	defenseman			^[10]
Nao Kodama	forward			^[10]
Masaharu Kumagai	forward	alternate captain		^[10]
Eiji Misawa	defenseman		2014	^[10]
Kazuya Mochizuki	goaltender			^[10]
Keisuke Nagumo	forward			^[10]
Toshiyuki Nakamura	defenseman			^[10]
Taimei Shiba	forward		2014	^[10]
Yoshihiro Shioya	forward			^[10]
Satoru Sudo	defenseman	captain	2014	^[10]
Kazuhiro Takahashi	forward	alternate captain	2014	^[10]
Daisuke Uehara	defenseman		2014	^[10]
Mamoru Yoshikawa	forward		2014	^[10]

Qualification

Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic were the last 3 teams that were able to go to the 2018 Games. They could go because of how they finished at the Qualification Tournament in October in Ostersund, Sweden in October 2017.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	28	0	+28	9	Semifinals
2	South Korea (H)	3	1	1	0	1	7	11	−4	5	Semifinals
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	1	1	5	13	−8	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: PyeongChang 2018
(H) Host

10 March 2018
15:30

South Korea

4–1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Japan

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 6,022

Game reference

Yu Man-gyun

Goalies

Shinobu Fukushima

Referee:

Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:

Matt Clark

Leon Wesley

Jang D. (Kim Y., Jang J.) (PP) – 21:08	1–0
Jung – 30:51	2–0
Cho Y. (Cho B., Jung) – 35:56	3–0
Lee H. (Jang D., Lee Ji.) (PP) – 40:31	4–0
	4–1	42:53 – Takahashi (Uehara, Kumagai) (PP)

12 min

Penalties

14 min

24

Shots

7

11 March 2018
12:00

United States

10–0
(3–0, 6–0, 1–0)

Japan

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,435

Game reference

Jen Lee

Goalies

Shinobu Fukushima
Kazuya Mochizuki

Referee:

Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:

Matt Clark

Han Youl

McKee (Landeros) – 01:01	1–0
Roybal (Misiewicz) – 04:34	2–0
Grove (Farmer, DeQuebec) – 12:26	3–0
Landeros (Roybal, Farmer) (PP) – 20:25	4–0
Farmer – 20:55	5–0
McDermott (Page, DeQuebec) – 23:20	6–0
Roman (Page, Pauls) – 23:54	7–0
Roybal (Misiewicz) – 24:02	8–0
Roybal (McKee, Misiewicz) – 24:49	9–0
Wallace (Farmer, Pauls) – 38:25	10–0

2 min

Penalties

4 min

24

Shots

2

13 March 2018
19:00

Czech Republic

3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Japan

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 4,569

Game reference

Michal Vápenka

Goalies

Shinobu Fukushima

Referee:

Jonathan Morrison
Linesmen:

Han Youl

Andreas Lundén

Kubeš (Hábl) – 27:26	1–0
Šafránek (Hrbek, Krupička) – 33:11	2–0
Kubeš (ENG) – 44:42	3–0

4 min

Penalties

4 min

11

Shots

5

5–8th place semifinal

14 March 2018
20:00

Norway

6–1
(2–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Japan

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 3,919

Game reference

Kjell Christian Hamar

Goalies

Shinobu Fukushima
Kazuya Mochizuki

Referee:

Johnathan Morrison
Linesmen:

Jan Vaněk

Leon Wesley

Bakke (Øiseth) (PP) – 02:25	1–0
Pedersen (Bøgle, Nordstoga) – 09:37	2–0
	2–1	18:20 – Takahashi (Horie) (SH)
Bøgle – 18:34	3–1
Pedersen (Hamre) – 18:55	4–1
Bakke (Værnes, Bøgle) – 20:02	5–1
Pedersen (Bøgle, Nordstoga) – 35:28	6–1

0 min

Penalties

4 min

14

Shots

6

Seventh place game

16 March 2018
16:00

Japan

1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 5,979

Game reference

Shinobu Fukushima

Goalies

Ulf Nilsson

Referee:

Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:

Jan Vaněk

Leon Wesley

	0–1	00:52 – Gyllsten (Kasperi, Meng)
Takahashi (Uehara) – 16:25	1–1
	1–2	19:19 – Ingvarsson (Meng, Kasperi) (PP)
	1–3	27:33 – Kasperi (Hedberg) (SH)
	1–4	37:24 – Holm (Rakos, Kasperi)
	1–5	44:17 – Ingvarsson (Gyllsten, P. Nilsson)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

10

Shots

14

Media and television

For the first time, the Paralympic Games will be live on television. The 2018 Games will be on NHK.^[14] People can watch on NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV channels.^[14] Some will be televised with a resolution of 8K.^[14] There are going to be 62 hours of live coverage.^[14]

References

^ パラリンピック委員会. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ パラリンピック委員会｜ニュース. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ パラリンピック委員会｜ニュース. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ 平昌2018パラリンピック冬季競技大会　日本代表選手団 [Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Games Japan national team] (PDF). Japanese Paralympic Committee (in Japanese). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "PyeongChang to host largest Winter Paralympics next month". Yonhap News Agency. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ "PyeongChang 2018 Sport Week: Snowboard Ones to Watch". International Paralympic Committee. 6 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "PyeongChang 2018: 6 dual-sport athletes". International Paralympic Committee. 9 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Programm". Austrian Paralympic Committee (in German). 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "Programm". Austrian Paralympic Committee (in German). 2 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "PyeongChang 2018: Japan name Para ice hockey team". International Paralympic Committee.
^ "PyeongChang 2018: 10 things to know". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ "PyeongChang 2018: Para ice hockey seedings and groups revealed". International Paralympic Committee.
^ "Ostersund 2017: Sweet Victory for Sweden". International Paralympic Committee.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NHK: Zimowe igrzyska paraolimpijskie w 8K | 8K - SATKurier.pl". SATKurier.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[1] パラリンピック委員会. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[2] パラリンピック委員会｜ニュース. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[3] パラリンピック委員会｜ニュース. www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[4] 平昌2018パラリンピック冬季競技大会　日本代表選手団 [Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Games Japan national team] (PDF). Japanese Paralympic Committee (in Japanese). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[5] "PyeongChang to host largest Winter Paralympics next month". Yonhap News Agency. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[6] "PyeongChang 2018 Sport Week: Snowboard Ones to Watch". International Paralympic Committee. 6 February 2018.

[:02-7] "PyeongChang 2018: 6 dual-sport athletes". International Paralympic Committee. 9 February 2018.

[:12-8] "Programm". Austrian Paralympic Committee (in German). 12 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[:13-9] "Programm". Austrian Paralympic Committee (in German). 2 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[:2-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "PyeongChang 2018: Japan name Para ice hockey team". International Paralympic Committee.

[11] "PyeongChang 2018: 10 things to know". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

[:0-12] "PyeongChang 2018: Para ice hockey seedings and groups revealed". International Paralympic Committee.

[13] "Ostersund 2017: Sweet Victory for Sweden". International Paralympic Committee.

[:3-14] "NHK: Zimowe igrzyska paraolimpijskie w 8K | 8K - SATKurier.pl". SATKurier.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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