Japan at the Youth Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	joc.or.jp (in Japanese)
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 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 Total 30 26 20 76 3

Medals by Winter Games 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 Future event Total 13 16 10 39 7

Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Swimming 21 13 7 41 Gymnastics 14 5 7 26 Wrestling 9 1 3 13 Athletics 6 4 4 14 Taekwondo 5 2 2 9 Weightlifting 3 5 0 8 Boxing 3 2 1 6 Fencing 3 1 1 5 Judo 2 3 1 6 Beach volleyball 2 0 0 2 Tennis 1 3 1 5 Modern pentathlon 1 2 0 3 Shooting 1 2 0 3 Canoeing 1 0 1 2 Breaking 1 0 0 1 Cycling 1 0 0 1 Sailing 0 2 1 3 Handball 0 2 0 2 Diving 0 1 2 3 Basketball 0 1 0 1 Futsal 0 1 0 1 Karate 0 1 0 1 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 Figure skating 7 7 8 22 Biathlon 4 4 4 12 Cross-country skiing 4 1 2 7 Skeleton 2 0 0 2 Luge 1 2 3 6 Freestyle skiing 1 1 2 4 Ice hockey 1 1 1 3       Mixed 1 1 0 2 Ski jumping 1 1 0 2 Snowboarding 0 2 0 2 Speed skating 0 1 2 3 Alpine skiing 0 1 1 2 Bobsleigh 0 1 0 1 Curling 0 0 1 1 Totals (14 entries) 22 23 24 69

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

See also

• Japan at the Olympics
• Japan at the Paralympics

References