Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Japan at the; 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	338 in 30 sports
Flag bearer	Keisuke Ushiro
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 12 Silver 8 Bronze 21 Total 41
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Japanese athletes had appeared at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for two editions; they were not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's role in World War II, and were also part of the United States-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

As Tokyo was the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics, a Japanese segment was performed during the closing ceremony. The Olympic flag was handed to Yuriko Koike, the Governor of Tokyo from Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, who passed it to IOC President Thomas Bach before handed it to her. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was present in the ceremony, dressed as Nintendo's Mario character. He travelled underground from Tokyo to Rio using the tunnel that was created in animation by both Nintendo and the Japanese Olympic Committee.^[2]

Medalists[edit]

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	August 6
Gold	Shohei Ono	Judo	Men's 73 kg	August 8
Gold	Kenzō Shirai Yūsuke Tanaka Koji Yamamuro Kōhei Uchimura Ryōhei Katō	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	August 8
Gold	Haruka Tachimoto	Judo	Women's 70 kg	August 10
Gold	Mashu Baker	Judo	Men's 90 kg	August 10
Gold	Kōhei Uchimura	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	August 10
Gold	Rie Kaneto	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 11
Gold	Eri Tosaka	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg	August 17
Gold	Kaori Icho	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 58 kg	August 17
Gold	Sara Dosho	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 69 kg	August 17
Gold	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Badminton	Women's doubles	August 18
Gold	Risako Kawai	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 63 kg	August 18
Silver	Masato Sakai	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	August 9
Silver	Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	August 11
Silver	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Judo	Men's +100 kg	August 12
Silver	Shinobu Ota	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg	August 14
Silver	Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura	Table tennis	Men's team	August 17
Silver	Saori Yoshida	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 53 kg	August 18
Silver	Rei Higuchi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	August 19
Silver	Asuka Cambridge Yoshihide Kiryū Ryota Yamagata Shōta Iizuka	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	August 19
Bronze	Ami Kondo	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 6
Bronze	Naohisa Takato	Judo	Men's 60 kg	August 6
Bronze	Hiromi Miyake	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	August 6
Bronze	Daiya Seto	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	August 6
Bronze	Misato Nakamura	Judo	Women's 52 kg	August 7
Bronze	Masashi Ebinuma	Judo	Men's 66 kg	August 7
Bronze	Kaori Matsumoto	Judo	Women's 57 kg	August 8
Bronze	Takuya Haneda	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	August 9
Bronze	Takanori Nagase	Judo	Men's 81 kg	August 9
Bronze	Kosuke Hagino Naito Ehara Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 9
Bronze	Natsumi Hoshi	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	August 10
Bronze	Ryunosuke Haga	Judo	Men's 100 kg	August 11
Bronze	Jun Mizutani	Table tennis	Men's singles	August 11
Bronze	Kanae Yamabe	Judo	Women's +78 kg	August 12
Bronze	Kei Nishikori	Tennis	Men's singles	August 14
Bronze	Kenzō Shirai	Gymnastics	Men's vault	August 15
Bronze	Yukiko Inui Risako Mitsui	Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	August 16
Bronze	Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito	Table tennis	Women's team	August 16
Bronze	Nozomi Okuhara	Badminton	Women's singles	August 19
Bronze	Aika Hakoyama Aiko Hayashi Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Kurumi Yoshida	Synchronized swimming	Women's team	August 19
Bronze	Hirooki Arai	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk	August 19

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Wrestling	4	3	0	7
Judo	3	1	8	12
Swimming	2	2	3	7
Gymnastics	2	0	1	3
Badminton	1	0	1	2
Table Tennis	0	1	2	3
Athletics	0	1	1	2
Synchronized swimming	0	0	2	2
Canoeing	0	0	1	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Total	12	8	21	41

Medals by day
Day				Total
August 6	1	0	4	5
August 7	0	0	2	2
August 8	2	0	1	3
August 9	0	1	3	4
August 10	3	0	1	4
August 11	1	1	2	4
August 12	0	1	1	2
August 13	0	0	0	0
August 14	0	1	1	2
August 15	0	0	1	1
August 16	0	0	2	2
August 17	3	1	0	4
August 18	2	1	0	3
August 19	0	2	3	5
Total	12	8	21	41

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	3	4
Athletics	39	14	53
Badminton	4	5	9
Basketball	0	12	12
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	4	1	5
Cycling	8	2	10
Diving	2	1	3
Equestrian	7	3	10
Fencing	3	3	6
Field hockey	0	16	16
Football	18	0	18
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	7	12	19
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	2	1	3
Rowing	2	2	4
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	5	6	11
Shooting	5	3	8
Swimming	18	18	36
Synchronized swimming	—	9	9
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Tennis	3	3	6
Triathlon	1	3	4
Volleyball	0	12	12
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	3	4	7
Wrestling	4	6	10
Total	174	164	338

Archery[edit]

Three Japanese archers qualified for the women's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[3]^[4] Another Japanese archer also qualified for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the same tournament.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Men's individual	680	7	Dielemans (NED) W 7–1	Nesteng (NOR) W 6–0	Rodríguez (ESP) W 7–3	Ellison (USA) L 2–6	Did not advance
Yuki Hayashi	Women's individual	591	59	Wu JX (CHN) L 1–7	Did not advance
Kaori Kawanaka		650	10	Psarra (GRE) W 7–3	Folkard (GBR) L 0–6	Did not advance
Saori Nagamine		621	39	dos Santos (BRA) L 3–7	Did not advance
Yuki Hayashi Kaori Kawanaka Saori Nagamine	Women's team	1862	9	—		Ukraine (UKR) W 6–2	South Korea (KOR) L 1–5	Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Japanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[6]^[7] The team was selected based on the results of the 2016 Japan Championships in Athletics, and once an athlete wins a medal in race walking and marathon, or attains the top eight position in track and field at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.^[8]^[9]

On March 17, 2016, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) had selected three runners each in both men's and women's marathon race, with Kayoko Fukushi remarkably going to her fourth consecutive Olympics.^[10] Forty-two further athletes (31 men and 11 women) were added to the nation's track and field roster for the Games, based on their performances achieved at the Japan Championships (June 24 to 26). Among them were sprinters Chisato Fukushima and Shota Iizuka, 2015 Worlds bronze medalist and three-time Olympic race walker Takayuki Tanii, and javelin thrower Ryohei Arai.^[11]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Asuka Cambridge	100 m	Bye		10.13	2 Q	10.17	7	Did not advance
Yoshihide Kiryū		Bye		10.23	4	Did not advance
Ryota Yamagata		Bye		10.20	2 Q	10.05	5	Did not advance
Kenji Fujimitsu	200 m	20.86	6	—		Did not advance
Shota Iizuka		20.49	4	—		Did not advance
Kei Takase		20.71	6	—		Did not advance
Yuzo Kanemaru	400 m	48.38	8	—		Did not advance
Julian Walsh	400 m	46.37	6	—		Did not advance
Sho Kawamoto	800 m	1:49.41	4	—		Did not advance
Kota Murayama	5000 m	14:26.72	22	—				Did not advance
Kota Murayama	10000 m	—						29:02.51	30
Suguru Osako	5000 m	13:31.45	16	—				Did not advance
Suguru Osako	10000 m	—						27:51.94	17
Yuta Shitara	10000 m	—						28:55.23	29
Wataru Yazawa	110 m hurdles	13.88	3	—		Did not advance
Yuki Matsushita	400 m hurdles	49.60	4	—		Did not advance
Keisuke Nozawa	400 m hurdles	48.62	1 Q	—		49.20	6	Did not advance
Kazuya Shiojiri	3000 m steeplechase	8:40.98	11	—				Did not advance
Suehiro Ishikawa	Marathon	—						2:17:08	36
Hisanori Kitajima		—						2:25:11	94
Satoru Sasaki		—						2:13:57	16
Isamu Fujisawa	20 km walk	—						1:22:03	21
Daisuke Matsunaga		—						1:20:22	7
Eiki Takahashi		—						1:24:59	42
Hirooki Arai	50 km walk	—						3:41:24
Kōichirō Morioka		—						3:58:59	26
Takayuki Tanii		—						3:51:00	14
Asuka Cambridge Shota Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryū Ryota Yamagata	4 × 100 m relay	37.68 AS	1 Q	—				37.60 AS
Nobuya Kato Takamasa Kitagawa Tomoya Tamura Julian Walsh	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.95	7	—				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chisato Fukushima	200 m	23.21	5	Did not advance
Misaki Onishi	5000 m	15:29.17	9	—		Did not advance
Ayuko Suzuki		15:41.81	12	—		Did not advance
Miyuki Uehara		15:23.41	7 q	—		15:34.97	15
Hanami Sekine	10000 m	—				31:44.44	20
Yuka Takashima	10000 m	—				31:36.44	18
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles	57.34	5	Did not advance
Anju Takamizawa	3000 m steeplechase	9:58.59	17	—		Did not advance
Kayoko Fukushi	Marathon	—				2:29:53	14
Mai Ito		—				2:37:37	46
Tomomi Tanaka		—				2:31:12	19
Kumiko Okada	20 km walk	—				1:32:42	32

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ryohei Arai	Javelin throw	84.16	4 Q	79.47	11
Takashi Eto	High jump	2.17	=35	Did not advance
Daigo Hasegawa	Triple jump	16.17	29	Did not advance
Hiroki Ogita	Pole vault	5.45	21	Did not advance
Daichi Sawano		5.60	=10 q	5.50	=7
Seito Yamamoto		NM	—	Did not advance
Kohei Yamashita	Triple jump	15.71	35	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Konomi Kai	Long jump	5.87	37	Did not advance
Yuki Ebihara	Javelin throw	57.68	21	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Akihiko Nakamura	Result	11.04	7.13	12.00	1.92	48.93	14.57	34.91	4.70	51.24	4:18.37	7612	22
Akihiko Nakamura	Points	852	845	606	731	865	902	562	819	607	823	7612	22
Keisuke Ushiro	Result	11.30	6.83	14.14	1.98	50.43	15.09	49.90	4.90	66.63	4:46.33	7952	20
Keisuke Ushiro	Points	795	774	737	785	795	839	868	880	838	641	7952	20

Badminton[edit]

Japan has qualified a total of nine badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: two entries in the women's singles, one in the men's singles, and a pair each in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.^[12]^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sho Sasaki	Singles	Ouseph (GBR) L (15–21, 9–21)	Koukal (CZE) W (21–10, 16–21, 21–12)	—	2	Did not advance
Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	Doubles	Ahsan / Setiawan (INA) W (21–17, 16–21, 21–14)	Chai B / Hong W (CHN) W (21–18, 14–21, 23–21)	Attri / Reddy (IND) L (21-23, 11–21)	2 Q	—	Ellis / Langridge (GBR) L (19–21, 17–21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nozomi Okuhara	Singles	Vū T T (VIE) W (21–10, 21–8)	Fanetri (INA) W (21–12, 21–12)	—	1 Q	Bae Y-j (KOR) W (21–6, 21–7)	Yamaguchi (JPN) W (11–21, 21–17, 21–10)	Sindhu (IND) L (19–21, 10–21)	Li Xr (CHN) W WO
Akane Yamaguchi	Singles	Gavnholt (CZE) W (20–22, 21–12, 21–15)	Tee J Y (MAS) W (21–18, 21–5)	—	1 Q	Intanon (THA) W (21–19, 21–16)	Okuhara (JPN) L (21–11, 17–21, 10–21)	Did not advance
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Doubles	Muskens / Piek (NED) W (21–9, 21–11)	Gutta / Ponnappa (IND) W (21–15, 21–10)	Supajirakul / Taerattanachai (THA) W (21–15, 21–15)	2 Q	—	Hoo K M / Woon K W (MAS) W (21–16, 18–21, 21–9)	Jung K-e / Shin S-c (KOR) W (21–16, 21–17)	Pedersen / Rytter Juhl (DEN) W (18–21, 21–9, 21–19)

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kenta Kazuno Ayane Kurihara	Doubles	Ko S-h / Kim H-n (KOR) L (23–25, 17–21)	Chew / Subandhi (USA) W (21–6, 21–12)	Arends / Piek (NED) W (21–14, 21–19)	2 Q	Zhang N / Zhao YL (CHN) L (14–21, 12–21)	Did not advance

Basketball[edit]

Women's tournament[edit]

Japan women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal match over China and securing the lone outright berth at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championships.^[14]

Team roster

The following is Japan's roster for the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[15]

Japan women's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Kaede Kondo	24 – (1991-10-06)October 6, 1991	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Toyota Antelopes
F	5	Yuki Miyazawa	23 – (1993-06-02)June 2, 1993	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	JX-Eneos Sunflowers
C	6	Yuka Mamiya	26 – (1990-04-03)April 3, 1990	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	JX-Eneos Sunflowers
F	7	Mika Kurihara	27 – (1989-05-14)May 14, 1989	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Toyota Antelopes
F	8	Maki Takada	26 – (1989-08-23)August 23, 1989	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Denso Iris
G	9	Naho Miyoshi	22 – (1993-12-21)December 21, 1993	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Chanson V-Magic
F	10	Ramu Tokashiki	25 – (1991-06-11)June 11, 1991	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Seattle Storm
F	11	Moeko Nagaoka	22 – (1993-12-29)December 29, 1993	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fujitsu Red Wave
G	12	Asami Yoshida (C)	28 – (1987-10-09)October 9, 1987	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	JX-Eneos Sunflowers
G	13	Rui Machida	23 – (1993-03-08)March 8, 1993	5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)	Fujitsu Red Wave
G	14	Sanae Motokowa	24 – (1992-04-02)April 2, 1992	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Chanson V-Magic
C	15	Asako O	28 – (1987-12-16)December 16, 1987	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Mitsubishi Koalas

Head coach

Tomohide Utsumi

Assistant coach(es)

Eiki Umezaki

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	400	345	+55	10	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	3	2	344	343	+1	8^[a]
3	Turkey	5	3	2	324	325	−1	8^[a]
4	Japan	5	3	2	386	378	+8	8^[a]
5	Belarus	5	1	4	347	361	−14	6
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	5	335	384	−49	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD

6 August 2016
19:45

Boxscore

Belarus	73–77	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 19–15, 20–19, 13–17
Pts: Leuchanka 15 Rebs: Verameyenka 10 Asts: Harding 5		Pts: Kurihara 20 Rebs: Yoshida 9 Asts: Yoshida 8

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,586
Referees: Damir Javor (SLO), Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR), Hwang In-tae (KOR)

8 August 2016
17:30

Boxscore

Japan	82–66	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 28–13, 26–19, 9–14
Pts: Tokashiki 23 Rebs: Tokashiki 9 Asts: Yoshida 11		Pts: Castro Marques 20 Rebs: Dos Santos 16 Asts: Pinto 6

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,624
Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Carlos Peruga (ESP), Nadege Zouzou (CIV)

9 August 2016
17:45

Boxscore

Turkey	76–62	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 14–14, 19–16, 19–23
Pts: Sanders 36 Rebs: Çağlar 9 Asts: Alben, Çakır 5		Pts: Tokashiki 13 Rebs: Tokashiki 7 Asts: Yoshida 7

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 2,624
Referees: Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chanihaz Boussetta (MAR)

11 August 2016
17:45

Boxscore

Japan	86–92	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 26–25, 21–11, 15–33
Pts: Tokashiki 23 Rebs: Kurihara, Tokashiki 7 Asts: Yoshida 11		Pts: Cambage 37 Rebs: Cambage 10 Asts: Mitchell, Taylor 7

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,315
Referees: Anne Panther (GER), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Ahmed Al-Bulushi (OMA)

13 August 2016
17:45

Boxscore

Japan	79–71	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 23–13, 23–22, 16–17
Pts: Yoshida 24 Rebs: Tokashiki 7 Asts: Yoshida 7		Pts: Epoupa, Yacoubou 14 Rebs: Gruda 9 Asts: Gruda 4

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 3,351
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Carlos Peruga (ESP), Carlos Júlio (ANG)

Quarterfinal

16 August 2016
18:45

Boxscore

United States	110–64	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 30–23, 26–23, 25–13, 29–5
Pts: Moore, Taurasi 19 Rebs: Griner 7 Asts: Charles 5		Pts: Tokashiki 14 Rebs: four players 3 Asts: Yoshida 8

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,471
Referees: Carlos Peruga (ESP), Duan Zhu (CHN), Carlos Júlio (ANG)

Boxing[edit]

Japan has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Daisuke Narimatsu had claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory in the men's lightweight division at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China, while bantamweight boxer Arashi Morisaka secured an additional place on the Japanese roster with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[16]^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arashi Morisaka	Men's bantamweight	Avagyan (ARM) L 1–2	Did not advance
Daisuke Narimatsu	Men's lightweight	Cabrera (VEN) W 2–1	Balderas (USA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

Japanese canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the 2016 Asian Championships.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	98.69	6	94.58	4	94.58	5 Q	98.84	6 Q	97.44
Shota Sasaki Tsubasa Sasaki	Men's C-2	122.04	10	119.04	10	119.04	12	Did not advance
Kazuki Yazawa	Men's K-1	92.23	9	98.08	16	92.23	14 Q	97.19	11	Did not advance
Aki Yazawa	Women's K-1	120.17	18	128.00	16	120.17	20	Did not advance

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Japanese riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.^[19] One additional spot was awarded to the Japanese cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yukiya Arashiro	Men's road race	6:19:43	27
Kohei Uchima	Men's road race	Did not finish
Eri Yonamine	Women's road race	3:56:23	17
Eri Yonamine	Women's time trial	46:43.09	15

Track[edit]

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Japanese riders have accumulated spots in the men's sprint and men's keirin, as well as both the men's and women's omnium, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events. The track cycling team was named to the Olympic roster on April 6, 2016.^[21]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Seiichiro Nakagawa	Men's sprint	10.241 70.305	25	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Kazunari Watanabe	Men's keirin	5 R	4	Did not advance
Yuta Wakimoto	Men's keirin	6 R	2	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Kazushige Kuboki	Men's omnium	13	18	4:39.889	18	6	4	34	1:05.498	15	12	13.587	13	10	1	12	81	14
Sakura Tsukagoshi	Women's omnium	17	8	3:46.842	16	10	17	8	35.625	6	30	14.638	15	12	0	14	68	16

Mountain biking[edit]

Japan has qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's twenty-third-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. London 2012 Olympian Kohei Yamamoto was named to the Olympic roster on June 9, 2016.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kohei Yamamoto	Men's cross-country	1:40:34	21

BMX[edit]

Japanese riders qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's thirteenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 31, 2016, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus. Japan's top-ranked BMX rider Yoshitaku Nagasako was named to the Olympic roster on June 9, 2016.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Yoshitaku Nagasako	Men's BMX	35.286	12	21	8	Did not advance

Diving[edit]

Japanese divers qualified for four individual spots at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) announced the Olympic diving team on April 11, 2016.^[23]^[24]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sho Sakai	Men's 3 m springboard	373.70	22	Did not advance
Ken Terauchi	Men's 3 m springboard	380.85	20	Did not advance
Minami Itahashi	Women's 10 m platform	320.20	10 Q	335.55	8 Q	356.60	8

Equestrian[edit]

Japan has fielded a full squad of four equestrian riders each into the Olympic team jumping and dressage competition by obtaining a top finish each at the FEI qualification event for East Asia and Oceania in Hagen and Perl, Germany, respectively.^[25] Two eventing riders have been added to the squad by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top finish from Asia & Oceania, and a top two finish from the combined group of Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.^[26]

Dressage[edit]

Japanese Olympic selection trials were held on June 1–2, 2016 in Hagen, Germany, after which the final team was named.^[27]^[28]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Kiichi Harada	Egistar	Individual	68.286	45	Did not advance
Yuko Kitai	Don Lorean		67.271	48	Did not advance
Akane Kuroki	Toots		66.900	50	Did not advance
Masanao Takahashi	Fabriano		62.986	58	Did not advance
Kiichi Harada Yuko Kitai Akane Kuroki Masanao Takahashi	See above	Team	67.486	11	Did not advance		—		67.486	11

Eventing[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ryuzo Kitajima	Just Chocolate	Individual	57.70	60	74.40	132.00	42	Withdrew			Did not advance
Yoshiaki Oiwa	The Duke of Cavan	Individual	47.00	29	18.00	65.00	17	4.00	69.00	20 Q	8.00	77.00	20	77.00	20

Jumping[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Daisuke Fukushima	Cornet	Individual	47 #	=68^TO	1	TO		Did not advance
Toshiki Masui	Taloubetdarco		16	=64^TO	12	TO		Did not advance
Taizo Sugitani	Imothep		16	=64^TO	12	TO		Did not advance
Reiko Takeda	Bardolino		4	=27 Q	1	5	=26 Q	Retired			Did not advance
Daisuke Fukushima Toshiki Masui Taizo Sugitani Reiko Takeda	See above	Team	36	14	14	—	13	Did not advance			—					14	13

"TO" indicates that the rider only qualified for the team competition. "#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing[edit]

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Japan has entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Kazuyasu Minobe, Chika Aoki, London 2012 Olympian Nozomi Sato (née Nakano), and Beijing 2008 silver medalist and 2015 World men's foil champion Yuki Ota had claimed their Olympic spots as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the Asian zone in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[29]^[30] Kenta Tokunan and 2012 Olympian Shiho Nishioka rounded out the Japanese roster to six by virtue of a top three finish at the Asian Zonal Qualifier in Wuxi, China.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kazuyasu Minobe	Men's épée	Bye	Fichera (ITA) W 15–8	Avdeev (RUS) W 15–11	Grumier (FRA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Yuki Ota	Men's foil	Bye	Toldo (BRA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Kenta Tokunan	Men's sabre	—	Anstett (FRA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Nozomi Nakano	Women's épée	Terán (MEX) W 15–12	Logunova (RUS) W 15–14	Shemyakina (UKR) W 11–8	Szász (HUN) L 4–15	Did not advance
Shiho Nishioka	Women's foil	Bye	Nam H-h (KOR) W 15–12	Boubakri (TUN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Chika Aoki	Women's sabre	Grench (PAN) L 5–15	Did not advance

Field hockey[edit]

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan women's	Women's tournament	India D 2–2	Argentina L 0–4	United States L 1–6	Great Britain L 0–2	Australia L 0–2	5	Did not advance			10

Women's tournament[edit]

Japan women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved the next highest placement in the 2014–2015 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, among the countries that have not qualified yet for the Games.^[31]

Team roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[32]

Head coach: Yuji Nagai

Reserves:

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	12	4	+8	15	Quarter-finals
2	United States	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	12
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	Argentina	5	2	0	3	12	6	+6	6
5	Japan	5	0	1	4	3	16	−13	1
6	India	5	0	1	4	3	19	−16	1

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.^[33]

7 August 2016
11:00

Japan	2–2	India
Nishikori 15' Nakashima 28'	Report	Rani 31' Minz 40'

Umpires:
Kylie Seymour (AUS)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

8 August 2016
20:30

Argentina	4–0	Japan
Barrionuevo 13', 18' Rebecchi 48' Granatto 50'	Report

Umpires:
Melissa Trivic (AUS)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

10 August 2016
17:00

United States	6–1	Japan
González 1' Bam 5', 52', 60' Reinprecht 29' Witmer 37'	Report	Nakashima 47'

Umpires:
Amber Church (NZL)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

11 August 2016
20:30

Japan	0–2	Great Britain
	Report	Owsley 5' White 55'

Umpires:
Kylie Seymour (AUS)
Elena Eskina (RUS)

13 August 2016
19:30

Australia	2–0	Japan
Williams 17' Smith 55'	Report

Umpires:
Elena Eskina (RUS)
Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Football[edit]

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Nigeria L 4–5	Colombia D 2–2	Sweden W 1–0	3	Did not advance			10

Men's tournament[edit]

Japan men's football team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at and by progressing to the gold medal match of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar.^[34]

Team roster

The following is the Japan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 1 July.^[35]

Head coach: Makoto Teguramori

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Masatoshi Kushibiki	(1993-01-29)29 January 1993 (aged 23)	Kashima Antlers
2	2DF	Sei Muroya	(1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 22)	FC Tokyo
3	3MF	Wataru Endō (c)	(1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 23)	Urawa Red Diamonds
4	2DF	Hiroki Fujiharu*	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 27)	Gamba Osaka
5	2DF	Naomichi Ueda	(1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 21)	Kashima Antlers
6	2DF	Tsukasa Shiotani*	(1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 27)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
7	3MF	Riki Harakawa	(1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 22)	Kawasaki Frontale
8	3MF	Ryota Oshima	(1993-01-23)23 January 1993 (aged 23)	Kawasaki Frontale
9	3MF	Shinya Yajima	(1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 22)	Fagiano Okayama
10	3MF	Shoya Nakajima	(1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 21)	FC Tokyo
11	4FW	Musashi Suzuki	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 22)	Albirex Niigata
12	1GK	Kosuke Nakamura	(1995-02-27)27 February 1995 (aged 21)	Kashiwa Reysol
13	4FW	Shinzo Koroki*	(1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 30)	Urawa Red Diamonds
14	3MF	Yosuke Ideguchi	(1996-08-23)23 August 1996 (aged 19)	Gamba Osaka
15	2DF	Masashi Kamekawa	(1993-05-28)28 May 1993 (aged 23)	Avispa Fukuoka
16	4FW	Takuma Asano	(1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 21)	Arsenal
17	2DF	Takuya Iwanami	(1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 22)	Vissel Kobe
18	3MF	Takumi Minamino	(1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 21)	Red Bull Salzburg

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Quarter-finals
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Quarter-finals
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

4 August 2016

22:00 (21:00 UTC–4)

Nigeria	5–4	Japan
Sadiq 6' Etebo 10', 42', 52' (pen.), 66'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Koroki 9' (pen.) Minamino 12' Asano 70' Suzuki 90+5'

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 29,996^[36]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

7 August 2016

22:00 (21:00 UTC–4)

Japan	2–2	Colombia
Asano 67' Nakajima 74'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Gutiérrez 59' Fujiharu 65' (o.g.)

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 26,603^[37]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

10 August 2016

19:00

Japan	1–0	Sweden
Yajima 65'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 17,821^[38]

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Golf[edit]

Japan has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Yuta Ikeda (world no. 93), Shingo Katayama (world no. 107), Haru Nomura (world no. 22) and Shiho Oyama (world no. 43) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[39]^[40]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Yuta Ikeda	Men's	74	69	69	69	281	−3	=21
Shingo Katayama	Men's	74	75	76	66	292	+8	54
Haru Nomura	Women's	69	69	72	65	275	−9	=4
Shiho Oyama	Women's	70	71	77	74	292	+8	42

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

Japan fielded a full squad of five gymnasts in both the men's and women's artistic gymnastics events through a top eight finish each in the team all-around at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.^[41]^[42] The men's and women's gymnastics squads, led by London 2012 individual all-around champion Kōhei Uchimura, were named to the Olympic roster at the conclusion of the All-Japan Championships (for men) and NHK Trophy (for women) in Tokyo on June 5, 2016.^[43]

Men
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Ryōhei Katō	Team	15.033	14.800	13.996	14.933	15.500 Q	15.000	89.232	6 Q	15.466	14.933	—	15.000	15.500	15.066	—
Kenzō Shirai		15.333 Q	—		15.466 Q	—				16.133	—		15.633	—
Yūsuke Tanaka		15.233	13.366	14.733	—	14.666	—			—		14.933	—	15.900	15.166
Kōhei Uchimura		15.533 Q	14.966	14.700	15.533	15.466	14.300	90.498	2 Q	15.600	15.100	14.800	15.566	15.366	15.166
Koji Yamamuro		—	14.533	14.700	13.200	12.733	14.333	—		—	13.900	14.866	—
Total		46.099	44.299	44.133	45.932	44.832	43.999	269.294	4 Q	47.199	43.933	44.599	46.199	46.766	45.398	274.094

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Ryōhei Katō	All-around	15.266	14.900	14.566	15.058	14.900	13.900	88.590	11
Ryōhei Katō	Parallel bars	—				15.233	—	15.233	7
Kenzō Shirai	Floor	15.366	—					15.366	4
Kenzō Shirai	Vault	—			15.449	—		15.449
Kōhei Uchimura	All-around	15.766	14.900	14.733	15.566	15.600	15.800	92.365
Kōhei Uchimura	Floor	15.241	—					15.241	5

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Sae Miyakawa	Team	14.966	—		13.266	—		15.066	—		13.908	—
Mai Murakami		14.700	14.166	13.833	14.566 Q	57.265	9 Q	14.833	—	13.833	14.466
Aiko Sugihara		14.300	14.400	14.133	14.033	56.866	16	—	14.600	14.300	14.100
Asuka Teramoto		14.800	14.900	13.666	13.700	57.066	12 Q	14.933	14.866	14.466	—
Yuki Uchiyama		—	14.800	13.733	—			—	15.000	—
Total		44.466	44.100	41.699	42.299	172.564	7 Q	44.832	44.466	42.599	42.474	174.371	4

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Mai Murakami	All-around	14.866	13.766	13.900	14.133	56.665	14
Mai Murakami	Floor	—			14.533	14.533	7
Asuka Teramoto	All-around	15.100	14.566	14.266	14.033	57.965	8

Rhythmic[edit]

Japan has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[44]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Kaho Minagawa	Individual	16.666	17.341	17.500	17.016	68.52	16	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 balls	3 clubs 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 clubs 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Airi Hatakeyama Rie Matsubara Sakura Noshitani Sayuri Sugimoto Kiko Yokota	Team	17.416	17.733	35.149	5 Q	16.550	17.650	34.200	8

Trampoline[edit]

Japan has qualified two gymnasts in the men's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark.^[45] Meanwhile, an additional Olympic berth had been awarded to the Japanese female gymnast, who finished in the top six at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[46]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Masaki Ito	Men's	108.465	6 Q	58.800	6
Ginga Munetomo	Men's	108.190	7 Q	59.535	4
Rana Nakano	Women's	96.775	13	Did not advance

Judo[edit]

Japan has qualified a full squad of 14 judokas (seven men and seven women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 22 national finish for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[47] Twelve members of the judo team, highlighted by London 2012 champion Kaori Matsumoto and bronze medalist Masashi Ebinuma, were named to the Olympic roster at the All-Japan Championships on April 3, 2016, while the heavyweight judokas rounded out the selection at the end of IJF World Masters in Guadalajara, Mexico.^[48]^[49]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naohisa Takato	−60 kg	Bye	Siccardi (MON) W 101–000	Petřikov (CZE) W 100–000	Papinashvili (GEO) L 000–100	Did not advance	Kim W-j (KOR) W 001–000	Safarov (AZE) W 000–000 S
Masashi Ebinuma	−66 kg	Bye	Chibana (BRA) W 101–000	Ma Db (CHN) W 111–000	Mateo (DOM) W 111–000	An B-u (KOR) L 000–001	Bye	Bouchard (CAN) W 101–000
Shohei Ono	−73 kg	Bye	Murillo (CRC) W 100–000	Scvortov (UAE) W 100–000	Shavdatuashvili (GEO) W 010–000	van Tichelt (BEL) W 111–000	Bye	Orujov (AZE) W 110–000
Takanori Nagase	−81 kg	Bye	Csoknyai (HUN) W 001–000	Kibikal (GAB) W 100–000	Toma (MDA) L 000–001	Did not advance	Valois-Fortier (CAN) W 100–000	Tchrikishvili (GEO) W 001–000
Mashu Baker	−90 kg	Bye	Odenthal (GER) W 100–000	Kukolj (SRB) W 100–000	Iddir (FRA) W 100–000	Cheng Xz (CHN) W 100–000	Bye	Liparteliani (GEO) W 001–000
Ryunosuke Haga	−100 kg	Bye	Borodavko (LAT) W 001–000	Buzacarini (BRA) W 000–000 S	Krpálek (CZE) L 000–000 S	Did not advance	Gviniashvili (GEO) W 000–000 S	Bloshenko (UKR) W 100–000
Hisayoshi Harasawa	+100 kg	—	Okruashvili (GEO) W 000–000 S	Kokauri (AZE) W 100–000	García (CUB) W 100–000	Tangriev (UZB) W 101–000	Bye	Riner (FRA) L 000–000 S

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ami Kondo	−48 kg	Bye	Carrillo (MEX) W 101–000	Galbadrakh (KAZ) W 100–010	Pareto (ARG) L 000–010	Bye	Mönkhbat (MGL) W 001–000
Misato Nakamura	−52 kg	Bye	Tsolmon (MGL) W 100–000	Kuziutina (RUS) W 100–000	Kelmendi (KOS) L 000–000 S	Bye	Miranda (BRA) W 001–000
Kaori Matsumoto	−57 kg	Bye	Dabonne (CIV) W 101–000	Pavia (FRA) W 010–000	Dorjsüren (MGL) L 000–100	Bye	Lien C-l (TPE) W 100–000
Miku Tashiro	−63 kg	Bye	Haecker (AUS) W 111–000	Unterwurzacher (AUT) W 001–000	Agbegnenou (FRA) L 000–000	Bye	Gerbi (ISR) L 000–011	5
Haruka Tachimoto	−70 kg	Zhou C (CHN) W 100–000	Polling (NED) W 002–001	Zupancic (CAN) W 010–000	Koch (GER) W 010–000	Bye	Alvear (COL) W 100–000
Mami Umeki	−78 kg	Bye	Joó (HUN) L 000–002	Did not advance
Kanae Yamabe	+78 kg	Bye	Pakenytė (LTU) W 100–000	Savelkouls (NED) W 101–000	Ortiz (CUB) L 000–001	Bye	Sayit (TUR) W 010–000

Modern pentathlon[edit]

Japan has qualified a total of three modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Natsumi Tomonaga finished among the top five in the women's modern pentathlon, while Tomoya Miguchi and Shōhei Iwamoto received spare Olympic berths freed up by China and South Korea, as the highest-ranked eligible individuals, not yet qualified, in the men's event at the 2015 Asia & Oceania Championships.^[50]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Shōhei Iwamoto	Men's	9–26	0	36	154	2:08.65	33	315	0	1	300	11:54.59	30	586	1355	30
Tomoya Miguchi	Men's	20–15	0	11	220	2:02.62	12	333	19	20	281	12:02.88	31	578	1412	22
Natsumi Tomonaga	Women's	15–20	0	27	190	2:15.63	12	294	2	6	298	12:55.44	15	525	1307	13

Rowing[edit]

Japan has qualified one boat each in the men's and women's lightweight double sculls, respectively, for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.^[51]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto	Men's lightweight double sculls	6:34.27	3 R	7:11.20	3 SC/D	7:30.64	3 FC	6:45.81	15
Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:15.75	4 R	8:00.50	2 SA/B	7:46.41	6 FB	7:42.87	12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Japan men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships in Hong Kong.^[52]^[53]

Team roster

The following is the Japan roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[54]

Head coach: Tomohiro Segawa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	BK	Lomano Lemeki	(1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (aged 27)	14	221	Honda Heat
2	FW	Lote Tuqiri	(1987-11-12)12 November 1987 (aged 28)	20	125	Kubota Spears
3	FW	Yoshitaka Tokunaga	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 24)	3	5	Toshiba Brave Lupus
4	FW	Yusaku Kuwazuru (c)	(1985-10-23)23 October 1985 (aged 30)	31	45	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
5	FW	Kameli Soejima	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 33)	8	92	Genkai Tangaroa
6	FW	Masakatsu Hikosaka	(1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 25)	12	35	Toyota Verblitz
7	BK	Katsuyuki Sakai	(1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 27)	23	424	Toyota Industries Shuttles
8	BK	Kazushi Hano	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 25)	13	45	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
9	BK	Shohei Toyoshima	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27)	11	105	Toshiba Brave Lupus
10	BK	Teruya Goto	(1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 24)	4	15	NEC Green Rockets
11	BK	Kenki Fukuoka	(1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 23)	2	10	Panasonic Wild Knights
12	BK	Kazuhiro Goya	(1993-04-21)21 April 1993 (aged 23)	12	53	Kubota Spears

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	73	45	+28	9	Quarter-finals
2	Japan	3	2	1	64	40	+24	7
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	59	40	+19	5
4	Kenya	3	0	3	19	90	−71	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

9 August 2016
12:30

New Zealand	12–14	Japan
Try: Curry 6' c A. Ioane 10' m Con: Kaka (1/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Goto 3' c Soejima 12' c Con: Lemeki (1/1) Sakai (1/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

9 August 2016
17:00

Great Britain	21–19	Japan
Try: Rodwell (2) 1' c, 2' c Watson 13' c Con: Mitchell (3/3)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Lemeki (2) 6' c, 14' m Sakai 11' c Con: Goya (1/1) Sakai (1/2)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)

10 August 2016
12:00

Kenya	7–31	Japan
Try: Injera 4' c Con: Oliech (1/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Hano 1' c Lemeki (2) 7' c, 13' m Goya 9' m Penalty try 11' c Con: Goya (3/5)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Matthew O'Brien (Australia)

Quarterfinal

10 August 2016
17:30

Japan	12–7	France
Try: Tuqiri 8' m Goto 7' c Con: Sakai (1/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Cler 4' c Con: Bouhraoua (1/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Semifinal

11 August 2016
14:30

Fiji	20–5	Japan
Try: Ravouvou 1' m Tuisova 6' m Kunatani 9' m Tuwai 10' m Con: Ravouvou (0/3) Kolinisau (0/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Goto 4' m Con: Lemeki (0/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Mike Adamson (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match

11 August 2016
18:30

Japan	14–54	South Africa
Try: Kuwazuru 8' c Goya 11' c Con: Goya (2/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: De Jongh 1' c Speckman (3) 3' c, 10' c, 19' c Afrika (2) 12' c, 15' c Geduld 17' m Kolbe 20' c Con: Afrika (5/6) Geduld (2/2)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)

Women's tournament[edit]

Japan women's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships in Hong Kong and Japan.^[55]

Team roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[56]

Head coach: Keiko Asami

Backs		Forwards

1	Chiharu Nakamura (c)	3	Noriko Taniguchi
7	Marie Yamaguchi	4	Mio Yamanaka
9	Mifuyu Koide	5	Ayaka Suzuki
10	Yume Okuroda	6	Ano Kuwai
11	Yuka Kanematsu	8	Chisato Yokoo
2	Makiko Tomita	12	Kana Mitsugi
		13	Aya Takeuchi

Reserve Aya Takeuchi was added to the main squad after day 1 after Tomita suffered an injury.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	91	3	+88	9	Quarter-finals
2	Canada	3	2	1	83	22	+61	7	Quarter-finals
3	Brazil (H)	3	1	2	29	77	−48	5
4	Japan	3	0	3	10	111	−101	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

6 August 2016
12:30

Canada	45–0	Japan
Try: Landry (2) 1' c, 6' c Moleschi 3' c Farella (2) 4' m, 9' m Benn 13' c Watcham-Roy 14' c Con: Landry (3/4) Russell (2/3)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: James Bolabiu (Fiji)

6 August 2016
17:00

Great Britain	40–0	Japan
Try: Wilson-Hardy 1' c Richardson 4' c Watmore 6' c McLean 7' m Scott 10' c Fisher 16' c Con: Richardson (3/3) McLean (0/1) Scott (2/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

[table_hth_FRA0.22856976754431-16] Head-to-head record: France 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, −2 PD; Japan 3 pts, −6 PD

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