Japan at the 2022 Asian Games

Japan at the
2022 Asian Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Hangzhou
23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) – 8 October 2023 (2023-10-08)
Competitors772 in 50 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Akihito Shimizu
Misaki Emura
Flag bearer (closing)Shigeyuki Nakarai
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
52
Silver
67
Bronze
69
Total
188
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[1][2] Earlier the event was scheduled to held in September 2022[3] but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event was postponed and rescheduled to September–October 2023.[4][5] Japan competed with 772 athletes.

With Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture hosting the 2026 Asian Games, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Background[edit]

Inauguration ceremony[edit]

On September 15, 2023, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) held a team inauguration ceremony in Tokyo in the presence of Prince and Princess Akishino. About 720 people from a total of 1,137 delegates, including 771 players and 366 managers and coaches, excluding players participating in overseas training camps, attended the ceremony.

Broadcasters[edit]

Name Type Ref.
TBS Terrestrial
U-Next Streaming platform [6]

Medalists[edit]

Competitors[edit]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Artistic swimming 1 9 10
Athletics 36 23 59
Badminton 10 10 20
Baseball 24 24
Basketball 16 16 32
Boxing 5 5 20
Breakdancing 5 5 20
Bridge 6 2 8
Canoeing 10 5 15
Chess 2 2
Cricket 15 15
Cycling 14 9 22
Diving 3 4 7
Equestrian 8 3 11
Esports 12 12
Fencing 12 12 24
Field hockey 18 18 36
Football 22 21 43
Go 5 3 8
Golf 4 3 7
Gymnastics 7 9 16
Handball 16 16 32
Judo 8 9 17
Kabaddi 10 10
Karate 6 4 10
Kurash 1 1 2
Marathon swimming 2 1 3
Modern pentathlon 3 3 6
Roller skating 3 2 5
Rowing 9 9 18
Rugby sevens 12 12 24
Sailing 7 6 13
Sepak takraw 12 12 24
Shooting 8 6 14
Skateboarding 4 4 8
Softball 17 17
Soft tennis 5 5 10
Climbing 3 3 6
Squash 3 3 6
Swimming 21 17 38
Table tennis 5 5 10
Taekwondo 3 3 6
Tennis 4 4 8
Triathlon 3 3 6
Volleyball 14 16 30
Water polo 13 11 24
Weightlifting 5 5 10
Wrestling 12 6 18
Wushu 3 3 6
Total 430 343 772

Archery[edit]

Recurve
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Takaharu Furukawa Men's individual 660 24 Q  Nadeem (PAK)
W 7–1
 Baatarkhuyagiin (MGL)
L 5–6
Did not advance 17
Junya Nakanishi 650 32 Q  Alwi (KSA)
W 6–5
 Sadikov (UZB)
L 4–6
Did not advance 17
Fumiya Saito 645 37 Did not advance
Takaharu Furukawa
Junya Nakanishi
Fumiya Saito
Men's team 1955 9 Q  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
W 5–1
 South Korea (KOR)
L 1–5
Did not advance 8
Satsuki Noda Women's individual 656 9 Q Bye  Altangerel (MGL)
W 6–5
 Ku Nurin Afiqah (MAS)
W 6–4
 Li (CHN)
L 0–6
Did not advance 8
Tomomi Sugimoto 653 11 Q Bye  Fallah (IRN)
W 7–1
 Octavia (INA)
W 7–3
 Hai (CHN)
L 3–7
Did not advance 6
Azusa Yamauchi 627 30 Did not advance
Satsuki Noda
Tomomi Sugimoto
Azusa Yamauchi
Women's team 1936 4 Q  Mongolia (MGL)
W 6–0
 India (IND)
L 2–6
Did not advance 6
Satsuki Noda
Takaharu Furukawa
Mixed team 1316 6 Q  Bangladesh (BAN)
W 5–3
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 5–4
 Iran (IRN)
W 6–0
 South Korea (KOR)
L 0–6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Artistic swimming[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yoshihide Kiryū Men's 100 m 10.27 2 Q 10.23 4 Did not advance
Yuki Koike 10.27 1 Q 10.22 5 Did not advance
Koki Ueyama Men's 200 m 20.82 1 Q 20.77 2 Q 20.60 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shoto Uno 20.87 2 Q 20.77 4 q 21.07 8
Fuga Sato Men's 400 m 45.56 1 Q 45.70 4
Kentaro Sato 45.57 1 Q 45.57 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sho Kawamoto Men's 800 m 1:52.93 5 Did not advance
Kazuki Kawamura Men's 1500 m 3:54.11 6 Q 3:44.71 9
Keita Satoh Men's 5000 m 13:39.18 6
Kazuya Shiojiri Men's 10,000 m 28:35.02 5
Ren Tazawa 28:18.66 4
Shuhei Ishikawa Men's 110 m hurdles 13.71 2 Q 13.63 5
Shunya Takayama 13.80 3 Q 13.41 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yusaku Kodama Men's 400 m hurdles 49.99 3 q DQ
Kazuki Kurokawa 49.80 1 Q 49.21 4
Ryoma Aoki Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:23.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Seiya Sunada 8:26.47 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yoshihide Kiryū
Yuki Koike
Koki Ueyama
Shoto Uno
Men's 4 x 100 m relay 38.99 1 Q 38.44 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yohei Ikeda Men's marathon 2:15:04 6
Toshiki Sadakata 2:13:51 4
Yutaro Murayama Men's 20 km walk 1:24:41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tomohiro Noda 1:27:08 4
Ayano Shiomi Women's 800 m 2:06.37 3 q 2:05.21 5
Yume Goto Women's 1500 m 4:19.45 5
Ririka Hironaka Women's 5000 m 15:15.34 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuma Yamamoto 15:30.08 PB 4
Ririka Hironaka Women's 10,000 m 31:50.74 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Masumi Aoki Women's 100 m hurdles 13.38 3 Q 13.34 5
Yumi Tanaka 13.10 3 Q 13.04 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ami Yamamoto Women's 400 m hurdles 57.55 4 q 57.66 7
Hikari Ohnishi Women's marathon 2:30:06 5
Mirai Waku 2:40:54 13
Nanako Fujii Women's 20 km walk 1:33:49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yukiko Umeno 1:39:44 4
Masumi Fuchise
Maika Yagi
Subaru Ishida
Hayato Katsuki
Mixed 35 km walk team 5:22:11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ryoichi Akamatsu Men's high jump 2.15 2 q 2.19 6
Tomohiro Shinno 2.15 2 q 2.29 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Seito Yamamoto Men's pole vault NM
Shotaro Shiroyama Men's long jump 7.21 14 Did not advance
Natsuki Yamakawa 7.63 8 q 7.61 10
Shota Fukuda Men's hammer throw 68.74 6
Ryota Kashimura 70.72 4
Genki Dean Men's javelin 82.68 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kenji Ogura 77.87 5
Yuma Maruyama Men's decathlon 7568 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shun Taue 7271 4
Misaki Morota Women's pole vault 4.48 PB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sumire Hata Women's long jump 6.48 4
Mariko Morimoto Women's triple jump 13.78 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Joyiris McAarthur Women's hammer throw 61.01 6
Marina Saito Women's javelin throw 61.10 4
Sae Takemoto 55.39 6
Karin Odama Women's heptathlon 5605 6
Yuki Yamasaki 5616 5

Badminton[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kodai Naraoka Singles Bye  Bhatti (PAK)
W 2–0
 Kidambi (IND)
W 2–0
 Ng (MAS)
W 2–0
 Shi (CHN)
L 0–2
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kenta Nishimoto  Dahal (NEP)
W 2–0
 Jeon (KOR)
W 2–0
 Li (CHN)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
Doubles  Arjun/Kapila (IND)
W 0–0r
 Lee/Wang (TPE)
wd
Did not advance
Akira Koga
Taichi Saito
 Kang/Seo (KOR)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Kodai Naraoka
Kenta Nishimoto
Kanta Tsuneyama
Kento Momota
Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
Akira Koga
Taichi Saito
Yuta Watanabe
Kyohei Yamashita
Team  Singapore (SGP)
W 3–0
 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 3–1
 China (CHN)
L 0–3
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women[edit]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Aya Ohori Singles Bye  Lo (HKG)
W 2–0
 Tai (TPE)
W 2–0
 Tunjung (INA)
W 2–0
 Chen (CHN)
Natsuki Nidaira Bye  He (CHN)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
Doubles  Go/Siow (MAS)
W 2–0
 Aimsaard/Aimsaard (THA)
W 2–0
 Chen/Jia (CHN)
L 0–2
Did not advance
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
Bye  Rahayu/Ramadhanti (INA)
W 0–0r
 Zhang/Zheng (CHN)
W 2–1
 Baek/Lee (KOR)
Akane Yamaguchi
Aya Ohori
Saena Kawakami
Natsuki Nidaira
Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
Arisa Higashino
Naru Shinoya
Team Bye  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 3–1
 China (CHN)
L 1–3
Did not Advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed[edit]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
Doubles Bye  Rivaldy/Mentari (INA)
W 2–0
 Tang/Tse (HKG)
W 2–0
 Feng/Huang (CHN)
Kyohei Yamashita
Naru Shinoya
 Lee/Ng (HKG)
L 0–2
Did not advance

Baseball[edit]

Basketball[edit]

5x5 basketball[edit]

3x3 basketball[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tomoya Tsuboi Men's 51 kg Bye  Deepak (IND)
W 4–1
 Diushebaev (KGZ)
W 5–0
 Dusmatov (UZB)
L 1–4
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shudai Harada Men's 57 kg  Majrashi (KSA)
W 5–0
 Gantömöriin (MGL)
W 4–1
 Hossain (BAN)
W 5–0
 Juntrong (THA)
W 3–2
 Khalokov (UZB)
L KO
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuta Akiyama Men's 63.5 kg  Choe (PRK)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Sewon Okazawa Men's 71 kg Bye  Ishaish (JOR)
W 4–1
 Nishant (IND)
W 5–0
 Shymbergenov (KAZ)
W 3–2
 Kan (TPE)
W w/o
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Issei Aramoto Men's 80 kg Bye  Jongjoho (THA)
L RSC
Did not advance
Tsukimi Namiki Women's 50 kg Bye  Raksat (THA)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Rinka Kinoshita Women's 54 kg  Gurung (NEP)
W 5–0
 Uktamova (UZB)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Satsuki Yoshizawa Women's 57 kg  Chan (MAC)
W RSC
 Samadova (TJK)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Ayaka Taguchi Women's 60 kg Bye  Tögsjargalyn (MGL)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Mai Kito Women's 66 kg  Seon (KOR)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Breaking[edit]

Bridge[edit]

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shota Saito Men's C-1 97.75 5 101.41 3 Did not advance
Shota Sasaki 99.59 6 97.20 1 103.98 4
Kosuke Saito Men's K-1 95.29 3 105.31 6 Did not advance
Yuuki Tanaka 87.55 1 100.44 3 92.15 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kurumi Ito Women's K-1 102.70 2 127.33 4 DNF

Sprint[edit]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Masato Hashimoto
Ryo Naganuma
Men's C-2 500 m 1:48.569 2 QF Bye 1:49.237 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Akihiro Inoue
Seiji Komatsu
Keiji Mizumoto
Taishi Tanada
Men's K-4 500 m 1:26.563 2 QF Bye 1:25.751 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mio Kobayashi Women's C-1 200 m 54.799 4 QS 51.883 1 QF 50.766 8
Mio Kobayashi
Megumi Tsubota
Women's C-2 500 m 2:16.868 8
Hideka Tatara Women's K-1 500 m 2:06.635 1 QF Bye 2:04.798 4

Chess[edit]

Cricket[edit]

Cycling[edit]

BMX[edit]

Athlete Event Seeding Motos Final
Result Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Asuma Nakai Men's race 39.323 3 3 1 37.542 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mountain biking[edit]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Toki Sawada Men's cross-country 1:40:27 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Akari Kobayashi Women's cross-country Did not finish

Road[edit]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Yukiya Arashiro Men's road race 4:31:11 7
Yuma Koishi 4:32:50 25
Men's time trial 51:27.95 7
Maho Kakita Women's road race 3:36:07 6
Eri Yonamine 3:36:07 13
Women's time trial 25:35.59 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Track[edit]

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Shinji Nakano Men's sprint 9.821 4 Q  Laitonjam (IND)
W 9.918
72.595
Bye  Ponomaryov (KAZ)
W 9.753
73.823
Bye  Sahrom (MAS)
L 9.602
L 9.609
Did not advance Race for 5–8th place
 Kang (TPE): L
 Sahrom (MAS): W
 Elkatohchoongo (IND): W
10.470
6
Kaiya Ota 9.688 2 Q  Angsuthasawit (THA)
W 10.011
71.921
Bye  Kang (KOR)
W 9.616
74.875
Bye  Elkatohchoongo (IND)
W 9.561
W 9.939
 Xue (CHN)
W 9.814
W 10.081
 Zhou (CHN)
W 9.955
W 9.983
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Riyu Ohta Women's sprint 10.648
67.618
4 Q  Chen (TPE)
W 11.126
64.713
Bye  Ng (HKG)
W 11.310
63.660
Bye  Lee (KOR)
W 11.096
W 10.941
 Yuan (CHN)
W 11.032
L 11.237
L 11.606
 Guo (CHN)
L 10.966
W 12.847
W 10.754
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mina Sato 10.587
68.008
2 Q  Paul (IND)
W 10.733
67.083
Bye  Wang (TPE)
W 11.761
61.219
Bye  Rasee (THA)
W 11.617
W 11.418
 Guo (CHN)
W 10.983
W 11.217
 Yuan (CHN)
W 11.151
W 10.844
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Keirin
Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Shinji Nakano Men's keirin 1 Q Bye 1 F 4
Kaiya Ota 1 Q Bye 5 7
Riyu Ohta Women's keirin 1 Q Bye 3 Q 6
Mina Sato 1 Q Bye 1 Q 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total points Rank
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
Kazushige Kuboki Men's omnium 2 38 3 36 9 24 1 80 178 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yumi Kajihara Women's omnium 1 40 2 38 1 40 1 20 138 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Madison
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Shunsuke Imamura
Naoki Kojima
Men's madison 54 0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Maho Kakita
Tsuyaka Uchino
Women's madison 50 0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed
Opposition
Time
Speed
Rank
Yoshitaku Nagasako
Shinji Nakano
Yuta Obara
Kaiya Ota
Men's team sprint 43.954 2 Q  India (IND)
W 43.330
62.312
 China (CHN)
W 42.934
62.887
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Eiya Hashimoto
Naoki Kojima
Kazushige Kuboki
Shoi Matsuda
Shunsuke Imamura
Men's team pursuit 3:58.584
60.356
1  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
W 4:00.843
59.790
 China (CHN)
W 3:52.757
61.867
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mizuki Ikeda
Yumi Kajihara
Maho Kakita
Tsuyaka Uchino
Women's team pursuit 4:26.932
53.946
1 Q  Hong Kong (HKG)
W
 China (CHN)
W 4:21.224 GR
55.125
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Diving[edit]

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yuto Araki Men's 3 m springboard 322.65 9 Q 369.95 7
Haruki Suyama Did not start Did not advance
Yuto Araki
Haruki Suyama
Men's synchronized 3 m springboard 368.31 4
Rikuto Tamai Men's synchronized 10 m platform 438.20 3 Q 480.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Haruka Enomoto Women's 1 m springboard 247.30 5
Women's 3 m springboard 277.5 5 Q 270.35 5
Sayaka Mikami 301.05 4 Q 304.65 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Matsuri Arai Women's 10 m platform 290.90 3 Q 279.30 4
Matsuri Arai
Minami Itahashi
Women's synchronized 10 m platform 290.04 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Equestrian[edit]

Esports[edit]

Fencing[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
`             Opposition Score             ` Rank `      Opposition Score      ` `      Opposition Score      ` `    Opposition Score    ` `    Opposition Score    ` `    Opposition Score    ` Rank
Koki Kano Men's épée  Ng (HKG): L 2–3
 Odeh (JOR): L 2–5
 Almaazmi (UAE): W 4–2
 Alimov (UZB): W 5–3
 Batchuluun (MGL): W 5–1
 Awan (PAK): W 5–1
10 Q  Almaazmi (UAE)
W 15–7
 Kweon (KOR)
W 12–11
 Ng (HKG)
14–9
 Alimzhanov (KAZ)
W 15–9
 Komata (JPN)
W 15–7
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Akira Komata  Petrov (KGZ): W 5–3
 Nguyen (VIE): L 4–5
 Kweon (KOR): L 2–5
 Jose (PHI): W 5–2
 Alzarooni (UAE): L 4–5
17 Q  Chaloemchanen (THA)
W 15–8
 Kurbanov (KAZ)
W 15–14
 Kim (KOR)
W 15–11
 Ho (HKG)
W 15–12
 Kano (JPN)
L 7–15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Koki Kano
Akira Komata
Ryu Matsumoto
Masaru Yamada
Team épée  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
W 45–43
 South Korea (KOR)
W 45–34
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
W 36–35
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kyosuke Matsuyama Men's foil  Au (SGP): W 5–0
 Lam (MAC): W 5–1
 Hussein (QAT): W 5–1
 Chen (TPE): W 5–2
 Sadullaev (UZB): W 5–1
1 Q Bye  Nassar (KUW)
W 15–2
 Shikine (JPN)
L 14–15
Did not advance 5
Takahiro Shikine  Wu (MAC): W 5–0
 Chen (CHN): L 1–5
 Nassar (KUW): W 5–4
 Lock (SGP): L 3–5
 Kathiresan (IND): W 5–2
9 Q Bye  Khalifa (QAT)
W 15–4
 Matsuyama (JPN)
W 15–14
 Cheung (HKG)
L14–15
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kazuki Iimura
Kyosuke Matsuyama
Takahiro Shikine
Kenta Suzumuro
Team foil  Qatar (QAT)
W 45–30
 China (CHN)
L 44–45
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kaito Streets Men's sabre  Yan (CHN): L 3–5
 Nguyen (VIE): W 5–2
 Oh (KOR): L4–5
 Ho (HKG): W 5–1
 Abdulkareem (KUW): W 5–1
 Gajurel (NEP): W 5–0
8 Q Bye  Aymuratov (UZB)
L 13–15
Did not advance 11
Kento Yoshida  Alshamlan (KUW): L 4–5
 Wiriyatangsakul (THA): W 5–3
 Sattarkhan (KAZ): L 1–5
 Almasri (JOR): W 5–2