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NORDIC COMBINED PRIZE MONEY · 4TH OF 14 NATIONS

Japan Nordic combined prize money

Japan's athletes have won £303,910 between 15 athletes, 6.3% of all the Nordic combined prize money we hold. Akito Watabe leads on £78,040.

PRIZE MONEY£304k
ATHLETES15
TITLES4
NATION RANK4th

Japan's athletes

By career Nordic combined prize money

Japan's Nordic combined athletes ranked by prize money.
# ATHLETE WORLD WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Akito Watabe 15 1 £78,040£78k
2 Ryota Yamamoto 19 0 £61,559£62k
3 Yuna Kasai 21 2 £57,621£58k
4 Haruka Kasai 22 0 £54,526£55k
5 Anju Nakamura 44 1 £19,453£19k
6 Yoshito Watabe 53 0 £12,513£13k
7 Yuzuki Kainuma 71 0 £6,327£6k
8 Sora Yachi 72 0 £5,928£6k
9 Hideaki Nagai 91 0 £1,960£2k
10 Kodai Kimura 99 0 £1,523£2k
11 Sana Azegami 104 0 £1,265£1k
12 Atsushi Narita 109 0 £1,177£1k
13 Hazuki Ikeda 114 0 £782£782
14 Shogo Azegami 118 0 £667£667
15 Yuya Yamamoto 120 0 £570£570

Japan's top 15

Akito Watabe £78k Ryota Yamamoto £62k Yuna Kasai £58k Haruka Kasai £55k Anju Nakamura £19k Yoshito Watabe £13k Yuzuki Kainuma £6,327 Sora Yachi £5,928
Hideaki Nagai £1,960
Kodai Kimura £1,523
Sana Azegami £1,265
Atsushi Narita £1,177
Hazuki Ikeda £782
Shogo Azegami £667
Yuya Yamamoto £570

Where Japan's money was won

Japan prize money by venue, all 15

Otepää £50k Seefeld £42k Schonach £34k World Championships £32k Klingenthal £28k Ramsau £25k Lahti £20k Lillehammer £19k Oslo £15k Ruka £15k Trondheim £8,811 Val di Fiemme £8,795 Oberstdorf £3,827 Oberhof £2,488 Kulm £792

Japan's titles

4 wins, newest first

Nordic combined titles of Japan's athletes.
RACE WINNER PRIZE
Trondheim World Championships mass start normal hill/5km, women, February 2025 Yuna Kasai £14,639£15k
Otepää mass start normal hill/5km, women, February 2025 Yuna Kasai £4,140£4k
Schonach gundersen normal hill/5km, women, March 2022 Anju Nakamura £3,680£4k
Lahti gundersen large hill/10km, men, January 2021 Akito Watabe £7,360£7k

Japan against other nations

Nordic combined prize money by nation, the countries either side

Nations ranked around Japan by Nordic combined prize money.
# NATION ATHLETES PRIZE MONEY
1 Norway 25 £1,628,586£1.6m
2 Germany 22 £1,082,041£1.1m
3 Austria 20 £1,032,415£1.0m
4 Japan 15 £303,910£304k
5 Finland 11 £279,627£280k
7 France 8 £114,906£115k
8 United States 8 £91,015£91k
9 Italy 8 £69,805£70k
10 Slovenia 7 £35,670£36k
11 Czechia 5 £11,651£12k
12 Individual Neutral Athletes 3 £2,622£3k
Norway £1.6m Germany £1.1m Austria £1.0m Japan £304k Finland £280k France £115k United States £91k Italy £70k Slovenia £36k Czechia £12k Individual Neutral Athletes £2,622

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money have Japan's athletes won?

£303,910 between 15 athletes, 4th of the 14 nations on our Nordic combined money list.

Who is Japan's highest earning athlete?

Akito Watabe, with £78,040 and 1 title.

How many Nordic combined titles has Japan won?

4 titles in the races we hold, most recently Yuna Kasai at the Trondheim World Championships mass start normal hill/5km, women, February 2025.

Where to next

Every nation is ranked on Nordic combined prize money, and across every individual sport on prize money by nation.