Japan at the 2018 Asian Games


Japan is currently taking part in the 2018 Asian Games as competing nation, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

Medalists

The following Japan competitors won medals at the Games.
MedalNameSportEventDate
Satomi SuzukiSwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke
Daiya SetoSwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
EquestrianTeam dressage
SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Rikako IkeeSwimmingWomen's 50 m butterfly
Rikako IkeeSwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle
Kanako WatanabeSwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke
Yui OhashiSwimmingWomen's 400 m individual medley
Yasuhiro KosekiSwimmingMen's 200 m breaststroke
Rikako IkeeSwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly
Shinobu OtaWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 60 kg
Takuya HanedaCanoeingMen's slalom C-1
Aki YazawaCanoeingWomen's slalom K-1
BadmintonWomen's team
Yasuhiro KosekiSwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke
FencingMen's team épée
Daiya SetoSwimmingMen's 400 m individual medley
Natsumi SakaiSwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke
SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
BowlingMen's trios
FencingWomen's team foil
Satomi SuzukiSwimmingWomen's 50 m breaststroke
Shinri ShiouraSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Masayuki Miyaura
Masahiro Takeda		RowingMen's lightweight double sculls
SoftballWomen's team
Rikako IkeeSwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle
Yasuhiro KosekiSwimmingMen's 50 m breaststroke
Hiroto InoueAthleticsMen's marathon
Yoshitaku NagasakuCyclingMen's BMX race
Kiyou ShimizuKarateWomen's individual kata
Ryo KiyunaKarateMen's individual kata
Ayumi UekusaKarateWomen's kumite +68 kg
Keita NakajimaGolfMen's individual
GolfMen's team
Akiyo NoguchiSport climbingWomen's combined
Yoshiaki OiwaEquestrianIndividual eventing
EquestrianTeam eventing
Keisuke UshiroAthleticsMen's decathlon
Takaharu Furukawa
Tomomi Sugimoto		ArcheryMixed team recurve
Mirai IshimotoBowlingWomen's masters
Ryutaro AragaKarateMen's kumite 84 kg
Noa TakahashiSoft tennisWomen's singles
Sakura YosozumiRoller sportsWomen's park
ParaglidingMen's team cross-country
Kensuke SasaokaRoller sportsMen's park
Keyaki IkeRoller sportsMen's street
Natsumi TsunodaJudoWomen's 52 kg
Yumi KajiharaCyclingWomen's omnium
Seito YamamotoAthleticsMen's pole vault
Yuki KoikeAthleticsMen's 200 m
Hayato KatsukiAthleticsMen's 50 km walk
Momo TamaokiJudoWomen's 57 kg
Shohei OnoJudoMen's 73 kg
Nami NabekuraJudoWomen's 63 kg
Saki NiizoeJudoWomen's 70 kg
Eiya HashimotoCyclingMen's omnium
AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay
Yuko TakahashiTriathlonWomen's individual
Tetsuya Isozaki
Akira Takayanagi		SailingMen's 470
Shingen Furuya
Shinji Hachiyama		SailingMen's 49er
Ai Yoshida
Miho Yoshioka		SailingWomen's 470
Manami DoiSailingWomen's laser radial
Ruika SatoJudoWomen's 78 kg
Kentaro IidaJudoMen's 100 kg
Akira SoneJudoWomen's +78 kg
FootballWomen's tournament
Field hockeyWomen's tournament
Jumpei FuruyaTriathlonMen's individual
Soft tennisWomen's team
JudoMixed team
Field hockeyMen's tournament
Rugby sevensWomen's tournament
TriathlonMixed relay
Katsuhiro MatsumotoSwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle
Natsumi SakaiSwimmingWomen's 200 m backstroke
Ryosuke IrieSwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke
Reona AokiSwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke
Nao HoromuraSwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly
Daichi TakataniWrestlingMen's freestyle 65 kg
Shogo NonomuraGymnasticsMen's artistic individual all-around
Shogo TakedaSwimmingMen's 800 m freestyle
Ryosuke IrieSwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke
Kosuke HaginoSwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley
Yuki IrieWrestlingWomen's freestyle 50 kg
Matsuda TomoyakiShootingMen's 10 m air pistol
Katsumi NakamuraSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle
Ippei WatanabeSwimmingMen's 200 m breaststroke
Naito EharaSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle
Hiroe MinagawaWrestlingWomen's freestyle 76 kg
SwimmingWomen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Tomohiro ArayaWushuMen's taijiquan and taijijian
GymnasticsMen's artistic team all-around
Sachi MochidaSwimmingWomen's 200 m butterfly
Kosuke HaginoSwimmingMen's 400 m individual medley
Anna KonishiSwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke
SwimmingMixed 4 × 100 m medley relay
Fumiyuki BeppuCyclingMen's road race
Kazuya AdachiCanoeingMen's slalom K-1
Katsumi NakamuraSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle
Shogo NonomuraGymnasticsMen's rings
Ryosuke IrieSwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
Eri YonamineCyclingWomen's road time trial
SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Yui OhashiSwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley
Keiko NogamiAthleticsWomen's marathon
Kokoro FujiiSport climbingMen's combined
BasketballWomen's 3-on-3
Miki Ishii
Megumi Murakami		VolleyballWomen's beach
Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		BadmintonWomen's doubles
Yukiko Inui
Megumu Yoshida		Artistic swimmingWomen's duet
EquestrianTeam jumping
Ryo ChikataniCyclingMen's individual pursuit
Toshikazu YamanishiAthleticsMen's 20 km walk
Kaya IsaRoller sportsWomen's park
ParaglidingWomen's team cross-country
Kaya IsaRoller sportsWomen's street
Artistic swimmingWomen's team
Ami KondoJudoWomen's 48 kg
Toru ShishimeJudoMen's 60 kg
Joshiro MaruyamaJudoMen's 66 kg
Hikaru MoriGymnasticsWomen's trampoline
Tomohiro FukayaCyclingMen's sprint
Yudai NittaCyclingMen's keirin
Sepak takrawMen's quadrant
Soft tennisMen's team
BaseballMen's tournament
Water poloMen's tournament
FootballMen's tournament
Rugby sevensMen's tournament
Waka KoboriSwimmingWomen's 1500 m freestyle
Norika TamuraFencingWomen's individual sabre
Koki KanoFencingMen's individual épée
Yuki TakahashiWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg
Yuhi FujinamiWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg
Sergio SuzukiTaekwondoMen's 58 kg
Sera AzumaFencingWomen's individual foil
Reona AokiSwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke
Haruna OkunoWrestlingWomen's freestyle 53 kg
Katsuki SakagamiWrestlingWomen's freestyle 57 kg
Risako KawaiWrestlingWomen's freestyle 62 kg
Takayuki MatsumotoShootingMen's 50 m rifle three positions
Women's national water polo teamWater poloWomen's tournament
BadmintonMen's team
Natsumi SakaiSwimmingWomen's 50 m backstroke
Shunichi NakaoSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle
Sakiko ShimizuSwimmingWomen's 400 m individual medley
Kosuke HaginoSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle
Eri YonamineCyclingWomen's road race
FencingWomen's team sabre
GymnasticsWomen's artistic team all-around
Yuki KoboriSwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly
Chihiro IgarashiSwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle
Suzuka HasegawaSwimmingWomen's 200 m butterfly
Arata SonodaWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Ryuta ArakawaRowingMen's single sculls
Yoshihiro Otsuka
Yuta Takano		RowingMen's coxless pair
Sho Shimabukuro
Kaito Uesugi		TennisMen's doubles
Yuya Ito
Yosuke Watanuki		TennisMen's doubles
Mikiko AndoWeightliftingWomen's 58 kg
Miyu YamadaTaekwondoWomen's 49 kg
Yuki KoboriSwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle
Keita SunamaSwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
Miyu Kato
Makoto Ninomiya		TennisWomen's doubles
Erina Hayashi
Kaito Uesugi		TennisMixed doubles
FencingWomen's team épée
Fumiyuki BeppuCyclingMen's road time trial
FencingMen's team foil
Sepak takrawMen's team doubles
Kenta ChibaGymnasticsMen's parallel bars
Shiho NakajiGymnasticsWomen's floor
Chihiro IgarashiSwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle
Miho TeramuraSwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley
Hitomi KatsuyamaAthleticsWomen's hammer throw
Tomoa NarasakiSport climbingMen's combined
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota		BadmintonWomen's doubles
Akihiko NakamuraAthleticsMen's decathlon
Ryota YamagataAthleticsMen's 100 m
ArcheryWomen's team recurve
Kayo SomeyaKarateWomen's kumite 68 kg
Akane YamaguchiBadmintonWomen's singles
Kenta NishimotoBadmintonMen's singles
CyclingMen's team sprint
Miho MiyaharaKarateWomen's kumite 50 kg
Naoto TobeAthleticsMen's high jump
Takatoshi AbeAthleticsMen's 400 m hurdles
Kazuya ShiojiriAthleticsMen's 3000 m steeplechase
CyclingWomen's team pursuit
CyclingMen's team pursuit
Shunya TakayamaAthleticsMen's 110 m hurdles
Ken Terauchi
Sho Sakai		DivingMen's synchronized 3 m springboard
Kumiko OkadaAthleticsWomen's 20 km walk
Yuki YamasakiAthleticsWomen's heptathlon
Toshiki Uematsu
Riko Hayashida		Soft tennisMixed doubles
HandballWomen's tournament
AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 m relay
SquashWomen's team
Eiya Hashimoto
Shunsuke Imamura		CyclingMen's madison
Mashu BakerJudoMen's 90 kg
Daisuke NarimatsuBoxingMen's 64 kg
Yuka OnoCanoeingWomen's K-1 200 m
Yuka Ono
Hideka Tatara		CanoeingWomen's K-2 500 m
BasketballWomen's tournament
Natsuki TomiSamboWomen's 68 kg

;Demonstration events
MedalNameSportEventDate
Naoki Sugimura
Tsubasa Aihara		eSportsPro Evolution Soccer tournament

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Japan that participated at the Games:
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery448
Artistic swimming—99
Athletics352358
Badminton101020
Baseball23—23
Basketball161632
Bowling6612
Boxing718
Canoeing11819
Contract bridge9312
Cycling141024
Diving347
Equestrian11112
Fencing121224
Field hockey181836
Football201838
Golf437
Gymnastics71118
Handball151631
Judo101020
Kabaddi101020
Karate448
Kurash202
Modern pentathlon224
Paragliding538
Pencak silat101
Roller sports224
Rowing7714
Rugby sevens121224
Sailing7512
Sambo213
Sepak takraw9918
Shooting9918
Soft tennis5510
Softball—1717
Sport climbing224
Squash336
Swimming191938
Table tennis448
Taekwondo336
Tennis5510
Triathlon325
Volleyball181836
Water polo131326
Weightlifting8715
Wrestling12618
Wushu426
Total406353759

;Demonstration events
SportMenWomenTotal
Canoe polo6612
eSports303

Archery

;Recurve
;Compound

Artistic swimming

Japan has fielded a squad of nine artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team events.
FR: Reserved in free routine; TR: Reserved in technical routine.

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEventFinalRank
Akihiko NakamuraResult10.957.3411.431.9748.8714.4536.844.8051.354:24.757738
Akihiko NakamuraPoints8728965727768679176018496097797738
Keisuke UshiroResult11.397.0914.491.9750.2915.0945.094.9063.074:44.117878
Keisuke UshiroPoints7768357587768018397748807846557878

;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events - Heptathlon
AthleteEventFinalRank
Meg HemphillResult13.691.6411.9725.375.9743.712:25.0056546
Meg HemphillPoints102378365985384073975756546
Yuki YamasakiResult14.021.7012.1324.755.8946.482:17.755873
Yuki YamasakiPoints9768556709108167928545873

;Mixed

Badminton

Nippon Badminton Association announced its squad of 20 players in 6 June 2018.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Baseball

Japan participated in the baseball competition at the Games, and the team were drawn in the group A.
;Roster
;Round 2 – Group A
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;Super round
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;Final

Basketball

;Summary

5x5 basketball

Japan men's team will compete in group C at the Games, while the women's team in group Y.

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group C
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;Quarter-final
;Classification 5th–8th
;Seventh place game

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group Y
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;Quarter-final
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

3x3 basketball

Japan national 3x3 team participated in the Games. The men's team placed in the pool C and the women's team in the pool B based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament

;Roster
The following is the Japan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
;Pool C
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;Quarter-final

Women's tournament

;Roster
The following is the Japan roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
;Pool B
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;Quarter-final
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Bowling

;Men
;Women

Boxing

;Men
;Women

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Canoe polo (demonstration)

Contract bridge

;Men
;Mixed

Cycling

BMX

Mountain biking

Road

Track

;Sprint
;Team sprint
Riders who entered the competition but did not participating in any phase of the team event.

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
;Pursuit
Riders who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
;Keirin
Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
;Omnium
;Madison
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Eiya Hashimoto
Shunsuke Imamura		Men's madison280
Yuya Hashimoto
Yumi Kajihara		Women's madison1404

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

;Dressage
;Eventing
;Jumping
  1. – 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.

    Esports (demonstration)

;Hearthstone
;Pro Evolution Soccer

Fencing

;Individual
;Team

Field hockey

Japan men's and women's team qualified automatically via 2014 Asian Games, both teams were placed in the pool A respectively.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Pool A
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;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Pool A
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;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Football

Japan men's team were drawn in group D, while the women's team in group C.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group D
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;Round of 16
;Quarter-final
;Semi-final
;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group C
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;Quarter-final
;Semi-final
;Gold medal game

Golf

;Men
;Women

Gymnastics

Handball

Japan men's and women's team were drawn in group B respectively.
;Summary
Key:

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group B
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;Main round
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group B
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Judo

delegate 14 judokas to compete at the Games.
;Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / Rank
AthleteEventOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Toru Shishime–60 kg
W 11–00
W 10–00s2
W 01–00s1
L 00s1–01s1
Joshiro Maruyama–66 kg
W 10–00
W 10s1–00s3
W 10s1–00
L 00–10
Shohei Ono–73 kg
W 10–00
W 10–00s1
W 10–00
W 01s2–00s2
Takeshi Sasaki–81 kg
W 10–00
W 10s1–00
L 01–10
L 00–10s1		–
Mashu Baker–90 kg
W 10–00s3
W 10s1–00s3
L 00s3–10s1
W 10s1–00s1
Kentaro Iida–100 kg
W 10–00
W 10–00s1
W 10–00s3
W 10s1–00s3
Takeshi Ojitani+100 kg
W 11s2–00s1
L 00H–10
L 00–10		–

;Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / Rank
AthleteEventOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Ami Kondo–48 kg
W 10–00
W 10s1–00
L 00s1–01
Natsumi Tsunoda–52 kg
W 10–00s3
W 10–00
W 10–00
W 11–00
Momo Tamaoki–57 kg
W 10–00
W 10–00
W 10–00
W 10–01
Nami Nabekura–63 kg
W 10–00
W 10–00
W 10–00
Saki Niizoe–70 kg
W 10–00
W 10–00
W 01s1–00
Ruika Sato–78 kg
W 10–00
W 10–00s3
W 10s1–00s2
Akira Sone+78 kg
W 10–00s1
W 10s1–00s3
W 01s1–00s2

;Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / Rank
AthleteEventOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Mashu Baker
Masashi Ebinuma
Haruka Funakubo
Kokoro Kageura
Yusuke Kobayashi
Saki Niizoe
Takeshi Ojitani
Shohei Ono
Akira Sone
Momo Tamaoki
Shiho Tanaka
Sara Yamamoto		Team
W 330–321
W 4–0
W 4–0

Kabaddi

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster
;Group B

Women's tournament

;Team roster
;Group A

Karate

Kurash

;Men

Modern pentathlon

Japan entered four pentathletes at the Games.

Paragliding

;Men
;Women

Pencak silat

;Seni

Roller sports

Skateboarding

Rowing

;Men
;Women

Rugby sevens

Japan rugby sevens men's and women's team entered the group B at the Games.

Men's tournament

;Squad
The following is the Japan squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 12 players was officially named by the Japan Rugby Football Union.
;Group B
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Squad
The following is the Japan squad in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 12 players was officially named by the Japan Rugby Football Union.
;Group B
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Sailing

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Sambo

Key:

Sepak takraw

;Men
;Women

Shooting

;Men
;Women
;Mixed team

Soft tennis

Softball

;Summary
;Roster
;Preliminary round
Final round
Eliminated
The top four teams will advance to the Final round.
TeamWLRSRAWIN%GBTiebreaker
605931.000–
4230160.66721–1; RA = 1
4220170.66721–1; RA = 3
4227130.66721–1; RA = 7
2415230.3334
1515410.1675
062550.0006

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;Semifinal
;Final

Sport climbing

;Speed
;Combined

Squash

;Singles
;Team

Swimming

Men

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Table tennis

;Individual
;Team

Taekwondo

;Poomsae
;Kyorugi

Tennis

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Triathlon

;Individual
AthleteEventSwim Trans 1Bike Trans 2Run Total TimeRank
Jumpei FuruyaMen's18:480:2656:360:2033:331:49:43
Makoto OdakuraMen's18:470:2756:380:2337:191:53:347
Yuka SatoWomen's19:130:281:03:090:23DNF–
Yuko Takahashi Women's19:020:291:00:330:2439:011:59:29

;Mixed relay
AthletesEventTotal Times per Athlete
Total Group TimeRank
Jumpei Furuya
Yuichi Hosoda
Yuka Sato
Yuko Takahashi		Mixed relay21:33
22:04
23:26
23:36		1:30:39

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Indoor volleyball

Men's tournament

;Team roster
;Pool C
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;Playoff
;Quarterfinal
;5th place game

Women's tournament

;Team roster
;Pool A
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Water polo

;Summary
Key:
  • FT – After full time.
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament

;Team roster
Head coach: Yoji Omoto
  1. Katsuyuki Tanamura
  2. Seiya Adachi
  3. Harukiirario Koppu
  4. Mitsuaki Shiga
  5. Takuma Yoshida
  6. Atsuto Iida
  7. Takumu Miyazawa
  8. Mitsuru Takata
  9. Atsushi Arai
  10. Yusuke Inaba
  11. Keigo Okawa
  12. Kenta Araki
  13. Tomoyoshi Fukushima
;Group B
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;Quarter-final
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Team roster
Head coach: Makihiro Motomiya
  1. Minami Shioya
  2. Yumi Arima
  3. Akari Inaba
  4. Shino Magariyama
  5. Chiaki Sakanoue
  6. Minori Yamamoto
  7. Maiko Hashida
  8. Yuki Niizawa
  9. Kana Hosoya
  10. Misaki Noro
  11. Marina Tokumoto
  12. Kotori Suzuki
  13. Miyuu Aoki
;Round robin
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Weightlifting

Japan Weightlifting Association entered the Games with 15 weightlifters.
;Men
;Women

Wrestling

Key:
  • F – Victory by fall.
  • PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 or 10 points.

;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle

Wushu

;Taolu