Japanese luge riders in the Olympic Games

Japanese Olympic Athletes in Luge*

Facts Medals Athletes Events


Event			Athletes

Luge 1972

	Singles W	JPN	Hiroko Shibuya
			Miyako Kawase
			Yuko Otaka

	Singles M	JPN	Masako Eguchi
			Kazuaki Ichikawa
			Masatoshi Kobayashi
			Satoru Arai

	Doubles M	JPN	Masatoshi Kobayashi
			Masako Eguchi
			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	Mina Tanaka
			Hitomi Koshimizu

	Singles M	JPN	Kazuhiko Takamatsu
			Toru Ito

	Doubles M	JPN	Tsukasa Hirakawa
			Kazuhiko Takamatsu

Luge 1992

	Doubles M	JPN	Atsushi Sasaki
			Yuji Sasaki

Luge 1994

	Doubles M	JPN	Atsushi Sasaki
			Yuji Sasaki


Luge 1998

	Singles W	JPN	Yumie Kobayashi
			Eriko Yamada
			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	Kei Takahashi
			Takahisa Oguchi


Luge 2006

	Singles W	JPN	Madoka Harada

	Singles M	JPN	Takahisa Oguchi
			Shigeaki Ushijima

	Doubles M	JPN	Goro Hayashibe
			Masaki Toshiro


Luge 2010

	Singles W	JPN	Madoka Harada
			Aya Yasuda

	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

Japanese Olympic Athletes in Luge*