Japanese luge riders in the Olympic Games

Japanese Olympic Athletes in Luge*

Facts Medals Athletes Events


Event			Athletes

Luge 1972

	Singles W	JPN	Miyako Kawase
			Yuko Otaka
			Hiroko Shibuya

	Singles M	JPN	Masatoshi Kobayashi
			Masako Eguchi
			Satoru Arai
			Kazuaki Ichikawa

	Doubles M	JPN	Masako Eguchi
			Masatoshi Kobayashi
			Satoru Arai
			Kazuaki Ichikawa


Luge 1976

	Singles W	JPN	Mieko Ogawa
			Teruko Yamada


Luge 1980

	Singles M	JPN	Koji Kuriyama
			Takashi Takagi

	Doubles M	JPN	Takashi Takagi
			Koji Kuriyama


Luge 1984

	Singles W	JPN	Hitomi Koshimizu
			Yumiko Kato

	Singles M	JPN	Takashi Takagi
			Tsukasa Hirakawa

	Doubles M	JPN	Tsukasa Hirakawa
			Takashi Takagi


Luge 1988

	Singles W	JPN	Hitomi Koshimizu
			Mina Tanaka

	Singles M	JPN	Toru Ito
			Kazuhiko Takamatsu

	Doubles M	JPN	Tsukasa Hirakawa
			Kazuhiko Takamatsu

Luge 1992

	Doubles M	JPN	Atsushi Sasaki
			Yuji Sasaki

Luge 1994

	Doubles M	JPN	Yuji Sasaki
			Atsushi Sasaki


Luge 1998

	Singles W	JPN	Eriko Yamada
			Yumie Kobayashi
			Shino Yanagisawa

	Singles M	JPN	Shigeaki Ushijima

	Doubles M	JPN	Atsushi Sasaki
			Kei Takahashi


Luge 2002

	Singles W	JPN	Yumie Kobayashi

	Singles M	JPN	Shigeaki Ushijima

	Doubles M	JPN	Takahisa Oguchi
			Kei Takahashi


Luge 2006

	Singles W	JPN	Madoka Harada

	Singles M	JPN	Shigeaki Ushijima
			Takahisa Oguchi

	Doubles M	JPN	Masaki Toshiro
			Goro Hayashibe


Luge 2010

	Singles W	JPN	Aya Yasuda
			Madoka Harada

	Singles M	JPN	Takahisa Oguchi

Luge 2014

	Singles M	JPN	Hidenari Kanayama

Luge 2022

	Singles M	JPN	Seiya Kobayashi

* The list above only shows a selection of Japanese luge riders - All possible medalists are included in the list.

This information about Japanese luge riders at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database

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