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Japan at the Youth Olympics

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Japan at the
Youth Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitejoc.or.jp (in Japanese)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
46
Silver
46
Bronze
38
Total
130
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Japan has participated at the Youth Olympic Games in every edition since the inaugural 2010 Games and has earned medals from every edition.

Medal tables

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Takeru Kitazono is Japan's most successful athlete at the Youth Olympic Games, he won 5 gold medals at the Buenos Aires 2018.

Flag bearers

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# Games Season Flag bearer Sport
1 2010 Singapore Summer Ayuka Tanioka Table tennis
2 2012 Innsbruck Winter Sumire Kikuchi Speed skating
3 2014 Nanjing Summer Akane Yamaguchi Badminton
4 2016 Lillehammer Winter Masamitsu Ito Nordic combined
Ski jumping
5 2018 Buenos Aires Summer Yuka Kagami Wrestling
6 2020 Lausanne Winter Yuma Kagiyama Figure skating
7 2024 Gangwon Winter Kaito Fujii
Yuzuki Sato
Curling
Ski jumping

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1st YOG Singapore 2010". IOC. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. ^ "2nd YOG Nanjing 2014". IOC. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ^ "3rd YOG Buenos Aires 2018". IOC. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  4. ^ "4th YOG Dakar 2022". IOC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. ^ "1st WYOG Innsbruck 2012". IOC. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  6. ^ "2nd WYOG Lillehammer 2016". IOC. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  7. ^ "3rd WYOG Lausanne 2020". IOC. Retrieved 31 July 2015.