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Japan 5th in ski jumping team event at Vancouver Olympics

WHISTLER, Canada - (Clockwise from L in top) Japan's Noriaki Kasai, Daiki Ito, Taku Takeuchi and Shohei Tochimoto during their second and final jump in the men's ski jumping team event at the Vancouver Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park on Feb. 22, 2010. The Japanese team finished in fifth with a total of 1,007.7 points.

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Japan 5th in ski jumping team event

WHISTLER, Canada - Members of the Japanese ski jumping team -- (from L to R) Noriaki Kasai, Shohei Tochimoto, Taku Takeuchi and Daiki Ito -- pose for photos after finishing fifth in the men's ski jumping team event of the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, Canada, on Feb. 22, 2010.

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Japan 5th in ski jumping team event at Vancouver Olympics

WHISTLER, Canada - Shohei Tochimoto of Japan soars through the air during his second and final jump in the men's ski jumping team event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, Canada, on Feb. 22, 2010. The Japanese team came fifth with a total of 1,007.7 points.

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Japan 5th in ski jumping team event

WHISTLER, Canada - Members of the Japanese ski jumping team -- (from L to R) Noriaki Kasai, Shohei Tochimoto, Taku Takeuchi and Daiki Ito -- pose for photos after finishing fifth in the men's ski jumping team event of the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, Canada, on Feb. 22, 2010.

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Tochimoto qualifies for large hill individual finals

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese ski jumper Shohei Tochimoto jumps in the qualification round for the men's individual large hill event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, making the cut in 19th place with 130.5 meters for the next day's final round at Whistler Olympic Park, north of Vancouver.

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Tochimoto qualifies for large hill individual finals

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese ski jumper Shohei Tochimoto jumps in the qualification round for the men's individual large hill event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, making the cut in 19th place with 130.5 meters for the next day's final round at Whistler Olympic Park, north of Vancouver.

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Japan's ski jumpers get pepped ahead of Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumpers for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games (from L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Daiki Ito and Takanobu Okabe, pose during a pep rally in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010, ahead of their participation in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito and Noriaki Kasai pose for photos in front of the jumping slope after capturing the bronze medal in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships in Liberec on Feb. 28.

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Takanobu Okabe, Shohei Tochimoto, Noriaki Kasai and Daiki Ito celebrate their bronze medal in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships in Liberec on Feb. 28.

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Daiki Ito, Noriaki Kasai and Takanobu Okabe smile about their bronze medals in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships during the award ceremony in Liberec on Feb. 28.

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito and Noriaki Kasai show off their bronze medals in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships during the award ceremony in Liberec on Feb. 28.

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Tochimoto rallies past Kasai in TVh Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Teenage ski jumper Shohei Tochimoto gestures after coming behind to win his first TVh Cup title at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 20.

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Ski jumping: Veteran Kasai wins UHB Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Noriaki Kasai soars into the sky at UHB Cup ski-jumping tournament held at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Hokkaido on Jan. 19. The veteran Japanese skier executed the day's longest leap of 127.5 meters in his first run and added a 116.5-meter effort on his second attempt for a winning total of 235.7 points. Kazuya Yoshioka took second with 233.8 points and 18-year-old Shohei Tochimoto followed in third with 223.7.

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Japan wins bronze in men's large hill team ski jump

SAPPORO, Japan - Host country Japan captures bronze Feb. 25 in the men's large hill team ski jump to follow Austria's gold and Norway's silver at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. (From L to R) Noriaki Kasai, Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe and Daiki Ito pose for the camera.

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Ski jumping: Veteran Kasai wins UHB Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Noriaki Kasai soars into the sky at UHB Cup ski-jumping tournament held at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Hokkaido on Jan. 19. The veteran Japanese skier executed the day's longest leap of 127.5 meters in his first run and added a 116.5-meter effort on his second attempt for a winning total of 235.7 points. Kazuya Yoshioka took second with 233.8 points and 18-year-old Shohei Tochimoto followed in third with 223.7. (Kyodo)

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Tochimoto rallies past Kasai in TVh Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Teenage ski jumper Shohei Tochimoto gestures after coming behind to win his first TVh Cup title at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Sapporo on Jan. 20. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Takanobu Okabe, Shohei Tochimoto, Noriaki Kasai and Daiki Ito celebrate their bronze medal in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships in Liberec on Feb. 28. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Daiki Ito, Noriaki Kasai and Takanobu Okabe smile about their bronze medals in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships during the award ceremony in Liberec on Feb. 28. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito and Noriaki Kasai show off their bronze medals in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships during the award ceremony in Liberec on Feb. 28. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins bronze in team ski jump at Nordic worlds

LIBEREC, Czech Republic - (From L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe, Daiki Ito and Noriaki Kasai pose for photos in front of the jumping slope after capturing the bronze medal in the large hill team event of the Nordic ski world championships in Liberec on Feb. 28. (Kyodo)

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Japan's ski jumpers get pepped ahead of Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumpers for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games (from L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Daiki Ito and Takanobu Okabe, pose during a pep rally in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010, ahead of their participation in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (Kyodo)

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Japan wins bronze in men's large hill team ski jump

SAPPORO, Japan - Host country Japan captures bronze Feb. 25 in the men's large hill team ski jump to follow Austria's gold and Norway's silver at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. (From L to R) Noriaki Kasai, Shohei Tochimoto, Takanobu Okabe and Daiki Ito pose for the camera. (Kyodo)

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Japan 5th in ski jumping team event

WHISTLER, Canada - Members of the Japanese ski jumping team -- (from L to R) Noriaki Kasai, Shohei Tochimoto, Taku Takeuchi and Daiki Ito -- pose for photos after finishing fifth in the men's ski jumping team event of the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, Canada, on Feb. 22, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan 5th in ski jumping team event at Vancouver Olympics

WHISTLER, Canada - Shohei Tochimoto of Japan soars through the air during his second and final jump in the men's ski jumping team event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, Canada, on Feb. 22, 2010. The Japanese team came fifth with a total of 1,007.7 points. (Kyodo)

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Japan 5th in ski jumping team event

WHISTLER, Canada - Members of the Japanese ski jumping team -- (from L to R) Noriaki Kasai, Shohei Tochimoto, Taku Takeuchi and Daiki Ito -- pose for photos after finishing fifth in the men's ski jumping team event of the Vancouver Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, Canada, on Feb. 22, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan 5th in ski jumping team event at Vancouver Olympics

WHISTLER, Canada - (Clockwise from L in top) Japan's Noriaki Kasai, Daiki Ito, Taku Takeuchi and Shohei Tochimoto during their second and final jump in the men's ski jumping team event at the Vancouver Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park on Feb. 22, 2010. The Japanese team finished in fifth with a total of 1,007.7 points. (Kyodo)

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Tochimoto qualifies for large hill individual finals

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese ski jumper Shohei Tochimoto jumps in the qualification round for the men's individual large hill event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, making the cut in 19th place with 130.5 meters for the next day's final round at Whistler Olympic Park, north of Vancouver. (Kyodo)

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Tochimoto qualifies for large hill individual finals

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese ski jumper Shohei Tochimoto jumps in the qualification round for the men's individual large hill event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, making the cut in 19th place with 130.5 meters for the next day's final round at Whistler Olympic Park, north of Vancouver. (Kyodo)