Japan at the 1986 Asian Winter Games

Japan participated and hosted the 1986 Asian Winter Games held in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan from March 1 to March 8, 1986. The country sent a total of 92 athletes to the games, 61 men and 31 women. Japan garnered 29 gold medals securing its top spot in the medal tally.

Medal table

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Keiko Asao	Speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Seiko Hashimoto	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Seiko Hashimoto	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Munehisa Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Masahito Shinohara	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Yukihiro Mitani	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Akira Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Naomine Iwaya	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Tetsuya Okabe	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Sachie Sato	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Harumi Jin	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Kazuko Nakajima	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km classical	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Kazuko Nakajima	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km freestyle	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Kazunari Sasaki	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Taniyuki Yuki	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km freestlye	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Hirofumi Sokata Yuji Yamaishi Taniyuki Yuki Hidetsugu Sugawara	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Eiko Shishii	Short-track speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Mariko Kinoshita	Short-track speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Hiromi Takeuchi	Short-track speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Eiko Shishii	Short-track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Yuichi Akasaka	Short-track speed skating	Men's 3000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Toshinobu Kawai	Short-track speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Yuichi Akasaka	Short-track speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Kenichi Sugio	Short-track speed skating	Men's 500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Koichi Sato	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Isao Yamase	Biathlon	Men's 20 km individual	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Koichi Sato Isao Yamase Hirohide Sato Tadashi Nakamura	Biathlon	4 × 7.5 km relay	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Juri Ozawa	Figure skating	Women's singles	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Makoto Kano	Figure skating	Men's singles	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Natsue Seki	Speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Shoko Fusano	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Toshiaki Imamura	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Munehisa Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Makoto Hirose	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Chiaki Ishioka	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Waka Okazaki	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Sachie Sato	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Mihoko Shimizume	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km classical	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Mihoko Shimizume	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km freestyle	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Mayumi Ando Mika Ito Kazuko Nakajima Rumiko Yamamoto	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Yuji Yamaishi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Kazunari Sasaki	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km freestlye	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Hiromi Takeuchi	Short-track speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Yumiko Yamada	Short-track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Short-track speed skating	Men's 3000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Short-track speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Short-track speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Toshinobu Kawai	Short-track speed skating	Men's 500 metres	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Koichi Sato	Biathlon	Men's 20 km individual	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Takeshi Iwamoto Atsuo Kudo Hayato Aoyama Fumihiko Kajikawa Yuji Sugai Kazutoshi Kawamura Hidekatsu Takagi Kunio Takagi Shuji Momoi Sadaki Honma Kenji Tanaka Keiji Takahashi Yoshio Hoshino Toshiyuki Yajima Norio Suzuki Kazumi Unjo Koji Wakasa Toshiyuki Sakai Takayuki Ueno Motoki Ebina Kenichi Suzuki Masaki Hino	Ice hockey	Men's tournaments	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Hiroaki Takita Junko Ito	Figure skating	Ice dancing	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Masako Kato	Figure skating	Women's singles	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Shoko Fusano	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Munehisa Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Akira Kuroiwa	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Hiromi Takeuchi	Short-track speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Isao Yamase	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Kenji Takino Kaoru Takino	Figure skating	Ice dancing	Template:Dts

Demonstration sports

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Jun Shibuya	Ski jumping	Men's large hill	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Sadao Shimizu	Ski jumping	Men's large hill	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Masahiko Takahashi	Ski jumping	Men's large hill	Template:Dts