Japanese luge riders in the Olympic Games

Japanese Olympic Athletes in Luge*

Facts Medals Athletes Events


Event			Athletes

Luge 1972

	Singles W	JPN	Yuko Otaka
			Miyako Kawase
			Hiroko Shibuya

	Singles M	JPN	Satoru Arai
			Masatoshi Kobayashi
			Kazuaki Ichikawa
			Masako Eguchi

	Doubles M	JPN	Kazuaki Ichikawa
			Masako Eguchi
			Masatoshi Kobayashi
			Satoru Arai


Luge 1976

	Singles W	JPN	Teruko Yamada
			Mieko Ogawa


Luge 1980

	Singles M	JPN	Takashi Takagi
			Koji Kuriyama

	Doubles M	JPN	Koji Kuriyama
			Takashi Takagi


Luge 1984

	Singles W	JPN	Hitomi Koshimizu
			Yumiko Kato

	Singles M	JPN	Tsukasa Hirakawa
			Takashi Takagi

	Doubles M	JPN	Takashi Takagi
			Tsukasa Hirakawa


Luge 1988

	Singles W	JPN	Hitomi Koshimizu
			Mina Tanaka

	Singles M	JPN	Toru Ito
			Kazuhiko Takamatsu

	Doubles M	JPN	Kazuhiko Takamatsu
			Tsukasa Hirakawa

Luge 1992

	Doubles M	JPN	Yuji Sasaki
			Atsushi Sasaki

Luge 1994

	Doubles M	JPN	Yuji Sasaki
			Atsushi Sasaki


Luge 1998

	Singles W	JPN	Yumie Kobayashi
			Eriko Yamada
			Shino Yanagisawa

	Singles M	JPN	Shigeaki Ushijima

	Doubles M	JPN	Kei Takahashi
			Atsushi Sasaki


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	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*