Japan at the Youth Olympics

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Japan at the Youth Olympics
Medals Ranked 3rd		Gold 43 Silver 42 Bronze 30 Total 115
Summer appearances
2010 2014 2018
Winter appearances
2012 2016 2020 2024

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

Medals by Summer Games

Total		30	26	20	76	3
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2010 Singapore^[1]	71	8	5	3	16	7
2014 Nanjing^[2]	78	7	9	5	21	5
2018 Buenos Aires^[3]	96	15	12	12	39	3
2026 Dakar^[4]	Future event

Medals by Winter Games

Total		16	20	18	54	8
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2012 Innsbruck^[5]	33	2	5	9	16	8
2016 Lillehammer^[6]	29	2	4	0	6	11
2020 Lausanne^[7]	72	9	7	1	17	3
2024 Gangwon	65	3	4	8	15	10

Medals by summer sport

Leading in that sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	0	0	2	2
Volleyball	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)	74	51	34	159

Medals by winter sport

Leading in that sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Cross-country skiing	0	1	0	1
Curling	0	1	0	1
Totals (11 entries)	14	18	16	48

Flag bearers

#	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

References

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

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Men	A1GP American football Australian rules football Bandy Baseball U-18 Basketball U-17 U-19 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Boxing Cricket U-19 Field hockey Floorball U-19 Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-23 U-20 Beach soccer eFootball Cerebral palsy Goalball Gymnastics Handball MJ MY Ice hockey Junior U-18 Kabaddi Korfball Lacrosse Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union 7s U-20 Wheelchair Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-21 U-19 Water polo
Women	Baseball Basketball U-19 U-17 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Beach handball Cricket Field hockey U-21 Floorball Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-20 Goalball Gymnastics Handball W-J Ice hockey F U-18 Rugby union 7s Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-18 U-20 U-23 Water polo
Mixed	Badminton Baseball5 Boxing Tennis
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