Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Japan participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a delegation of 113 athletes participate.
Flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the skater Joji Katō.
Participants by sport
Biathlon
- Ebisawa Daisuke Biathlon, Men, 10 miles: 64th place; 29:49,7 min.; 3:38,1 Min.
- Isa Hidenori Biathlon, Men, 20 miles: 64th place; 1:02:33,2 h; 8:10,2 Min. Biathlon, Men, 10 miles: 40th place; 28:37,1 min.; 2:25,5 Min.
- Kasahara Tatsumi Biathlon, Men, 20 miles: 68th; 1:02:44,6 h; 8:21,6 Min. Biathlon, Men, 10 miles: 49th place; 29:07,0 min.; 2:55,4 Min.
- Saitō Shinya Biathlon, Men, 20 miles: 79th; 1:05:29,4 h; 11:06,4 Min.
- Suga Kyoji Biathlon, Men, 20 miles: 14th Place; 56:57,7 min.; 2:34,7 Min. Biathlon, Men, 10 miles: 72nd place; 30:10,6 min.; 3:59,0 Min.
Women
- Megumi Izumi
- Meguro Kanae Biathlon, women, 15 miles: 37th place; 55:28,4 min.; 6:04,3 Min. Biathlon, Women, 7.5 miles: 64th place; 26:19,9 min.; 3:48,5 Min.
- Otaka Tomomi Biathlon, women, 15 miles: 69th place; 1:00:22,2 h; 10:58,1 Min. Biathlon, Women, 7.5 miles: 69th place; 26:28,7 min.; 3:57,3 Min.
- Tamami Tanaka Biathlon, women, 15 miles: 32nd place; 55:10,5 min.; 5:46,4 Min. Biathlon, Women, 7.5 miles: 65th place; 26:20,6 min.; 3:49,2 Min.
- Tsukidate Ikuyo Biathlon, women, 15 miles: 55th place; 57:20,4 min.; 7:56,3 Min. Biathlon, Women, 7.5 miles: 51st place; 25:17,0 min.; 2:45,6 Min.
Bob
- Kiyokawa Suguru
- Ryuichi Kobayashi
- Manami Hino
- Meguro Kanae
- Nagaoka Chisato
Curling
Women
- Yumie Hayashi
- Moe Meguro
- Mari Motohashi
- Ayumi Onodera
- Sakurako Terada
Figure skating
- Nozomi Watanabe ( ice dancing )
- Daisuke Takahashi
- Miki Ando
- Shizuka Arakawa Figure Skating, Women's Gold Medal - 191.34 pts
- Akiyuki Kido ( ice dancing )
- Fumie Suguri Figure Skating, Ladies: 4th place - 175.23 pts
Speed Skating
- Yusuke Imai
- Katō Joji
- Miyazaki Kesato 5000 m: 21 space - 6:40,03 min;. 25.35 Sec.
- Keiichiro Nagashima
- Nakajima Takaharu
- Yuya Oikawa
- Hiroyasu Shimizu
- Teruhiro Sugimori
- Ushiyama Takahiro 5000 m: 27 space - 6:51,53 min;. 36.85 Sec.
- Yasuda Naoki
- Eriko Ishino
- Nemoto Nami
- Tomomi Okazaki
- Osuga Sayuri
- Otsu Cities Hiromi
- Seo Eriko
- Maki Tabata
- Tonoike Aki
- Yukari Watanabe
- Sayuri Yoshii
Freestyle
- Mizuno ken ( jumping)
- Ozaki Kai ( moguls )
- Yugo Tsukita ( moguls )
- Osamu Ueno
- Hatanaka Miyuki Moguls: 27th place; 18.61 points in the qualification
- Henmi Kayo ( jumping)
- Miki Itō Moguls: 20th Place; 17.78 points in the final
- Tae Satoya Moguls: 15th Place; 22.12 points in the final
- Aiko Uemura Moguls: 5th place; 24.01 points in the final
Luge
- Hayashibe Goro
- Takahisa Oguchi
- Masaki Toshiro
- Ushiyama Shigeaki
Short track speed skating
- Arino Yoshiharu 5000 m Season: disqualified in the semifinals
- Fujimoto Takahiro 5000 m Season: disqualified in the semifinals
- Takafumi Nishitani 5000 m Season: disqualified in the semifinals
- Sueyoshi Hayato 1500 m: excreted in lead
- Satoru Terao 1000 m: eliminated in quarterfinals 1500 m: B-final and overall 9th place 5000 m Season: disqualified in the semifinals
- Yuka Kamino
- Ozawa Mika
- Chikage Tanaka
- Ikue Teshigawara
Skeleton
- Masaru Inada 18th Place; 1:59,37 min; 3.49 sec
- Kazuhiro Koshi 11th Place; 1:58,05 min; 2.17 sec
- Eiko Nakayama 14th Place; 2:03,92 min; 4.09 sec
Alpine Skiing
- Yasuhiro Ikuta
- Minagawa Kentaro
- Akira Sasaki
- Naoki Yuasa
- Hiroi Noriyo
- Mizue Hoshi
- Sekizuka Mami
Nordic skiing
- Ebisawa Katsuhito
- Komamura Shunsuke
- Nobu Naruse
- Yuichi Onda
- Soneta Chizuru
- Fukuda Nobuku
- Masako Ishida
- Madoka Natsumi
- Sumiko Yokoyama
- Hatakeyama Yosuke Single ( normal hill K106 / 15 km): 32nd place, 4:45,2 min.
- Takashi Kitamura Single ( normal hill K106 / 15 km): 43 Place, 7:32,7 min.
- Kobayashi Norihito Single ( normal hill K106 / 15 km): 16th place, 2:38,5 min.
- Daito Takahashi Single ( normal hill K106 / 15 km): no longer competed to 15 -km running
- Akito Watabe
- Masahiko Harada
- Ichinohe Tsuyoshi
- Daiki Ito
- Itō Kenshiro
- Noriaki Kasai
- Takanobu Okabe
Snowboard
- Chimura Itaru ( boardercross )
- Kazuhiro Kokubo ( Halfpipe )
- Murakami Fumiyuki ( Halfpipe )
- Takaharu Nakai ( Halfpipe )
- Domu Narita ( Halfpipe )
- Tsuruoka, Kentaro (alpine )
- Yuka Fujimori ( boardercross )
- Fushimi Chikaku ( Halfpipe )
- Imai Melo ( Halfpipe )
- Shiho Nakashima ( Halfpipe )
- Takeuchi Tomoma (alpine )
- Soko Yamaoka ( Halfpipe )
- Yanetani Eri (alpine )
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