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Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Japan that participated at the Games: ;Demonstration events

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 ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events - Heptathlon ;Mixed

Badminton

Nippon Badminton Association announced its squad of 20 players (10 men's and 10 women's) on 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 The following is the Japan roster (Samurai team) for the men's baseball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 24 players was officially named on 18 June 2018. The team remain of 23 players after Shunpei Yoshikawa withdrawal from the Games. ;Round 2 – Group A ---- ---- ;Super round ---- ;Final

Basketball

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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 The following is the Japan roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. } ;Group C ---- ---- ;Quarter-final ;Classification 5th–8th ;Seventh place game

Women's tournament

;Roster The following is the Japan roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. } ;Group Y ---- ---- ---- ;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. *

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(10) *Hayate Arakawa (14) * Tensho Sugimoto (23) *Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki (24) ;Pool C ---- ---- ---- ;Quarter-final

Women's tournament

;Roster The following is the Japan roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. *Ririka Okuyama (4) *Norika Konno (8) *Miwa Kuribayashi (16) *Kiho Miyashita (18) ;Pool B ---- ---- ;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

Diving

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

;Dressage ;Eventing ;Jumping # – 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 The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, both teams were placed in the pool A respectively. ;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster ;Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster ;Pool A ---- ---- ---- ;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 ---- ---- ;Round of 16 ;Quarter-final ;Semi-final ;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group C ---- ;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: * ET – After

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* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament

;Roster *Hozuki Higashinagahama *Kenya Kasahara * Akihito Kai *

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* Jin Watanabe *Motoki Sakai * Hiroki Shida * Hiroki Motoki *

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Kairi Kochi is a Japanese handball player for Toyota Auto Body Toyota Auto Body ( ja, トヨタ車体) is a manufacturing subsidiary of the Toyota group based in Japan. It is headquartered in Kariya, Aichi and was established in 1945. The company has pla ...

*Tatsuki Yoshino *

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*Naohiro Hamaguchi * Daichi Komuro *Tetsuya Kadoyama ;Group B ---- ;Main round (Group I) ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster *

Kimiko Hida is a Japanese handball goalkeeper for Sony Semiconductor and the Japanese national team. She represented Japan at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship The 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, the 21st event hosted by the Inter ...

* Mika Nagata * Kaho Sunami * Sayo Shiota *

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Aya Yokoshima is a Japanese handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national team. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball ...

* Minami Itano * Chie Katsuren * Hitomi Tada *Natsumi Akiyama *

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Mana Ohyama Mana Ohyama (大山真奈, ''Ōyama Mana''; born 7 December 1992) is a Japanese handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national team. She participated at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship. Achievements *Carpathian Trophy ...

* Shiori Nagata *Miyuki Terada *Tomomi Kawata *

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;Group B ---- ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game

Judo

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delegate 14 judokas (7 men's and 7 women's) to compete at the Games. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Kabaddi

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster *Masayuki Shimokawa *Takamitsu Kono *Terukazu Nitta *Kazuhiro Takano *Tetsuro Abe *Etsuki Manita *Masaki Hatakeyama *Yuten Kawate *Takuya Kikuchi *Tetsuya Itagaki ;Group B

Women's tournament

;Team roster *Yoko Ota *Eri Kasahara *Miho Echizenya *Yumi Kaneko *Minami Ito *Yukiko Hayafuji *Mayuko Ito *Haru Inoue *Serina Takahashi *Chiharu Midorikawa ;Group A

Karate

Kurash

;Men

Modern pentathlon

Japan entered four pentathletes (2 men's and 2 women's) 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

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. *Hashino Kosuke *Taisei Hayashi *Kano Ryota *Chihito Matsui *Naoki Motomura *Rikiya Oishi *Dai Ozawa (Captain) *

Katsuyuki Sakai is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Toyota Industries Shuttles in the Top League. He also plays rugby sevens for Japan's national rugby sevens team and was named in their 2016 Summer Olympics squad. He captained t ...

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Kameli Soejima Kameli Soejima (副島亀里, ''Soejima Kameli'', born June 1, 1983) is a Fijian born Japanese rugby union player. He represents Japan in rugby sevens and made his debut at the 2014 Dubai Sevens. He is Japan's top try-scorer in the 2015–16 Wo ...

*Tevitangongokilitoto Tupou *

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*Taichi Yoshizawa ;Group B ---- ---- ;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

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. *Padivakalolo Laityelmiyo *Yume Hirano *Kozasa Tomomi * Ano Kuwai *Nagata Iroha *

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(Captain) * Yume Okuroda *Fumiko Otake *Sayaka Suzuki *Emii Tanaka * Noriko Taniguchi *Yukari Tateyama ;Group B ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Sambo

Key: * SU – Won by

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Sepak takraw

;Men ;Women

Shooting

;Men ;Women ;Mixed team

Soft tennis

Softball

;Summary ;Roster *Haruka Agatsuma *Mana Atsumi *Yamato Fujita *Yukari Hamamura *Nodoka Harada *Yuka Ichiguchi *Kyoko Ishikawa *Hitomi Kawabata *Misato Kawano *Nozomi Nagasaki *Minori Naito *Natsuko Sugama *

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(in Japanese). ''Japan Softball League''. Retrieved July 31, 2021. medal-winning

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Eri Yamada is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. At Beijing, Yamada hit .344 in the tournament while belting two home runs and driving in five for Japan. In the gold medal game s ...

*Yu Yamamoto *Saori Yamauchi *Saki Yamazaki ;Preliminary round The top four teams will advance to the Final round. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;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 ;Mixed relay

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Indoor volleyball

Men's tournament

;Team roster The following is the Japanese roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. Head coach: Gordon Mayforth ;Pool C ---- ;Playoff ;Quarterfinal ;5th place game

Women's tournament

;Team roster The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. Head coach:

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;Pool A ---- ---- ---- ;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 #

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(GK) #

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(D) #Harukiirario Koppu (CB) #

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(D) #Takuma Yoshida (D) #

Atsuto Iida Atsuto Iida (born 24 December 1993) is a water polo player from Japan. He was part of the Japanese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( ...

(CB) #Takumu Miyazawa (CF) #Mitsuru Takata (D) #

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(D) #Yusuke Inaba (D) #

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(CB) ( C) #Kenta Araki (CF) # Tomoyoshi Fukushima (GK) ;Group B ---- ---- ---- ;Quarter-final ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Team roster Head coach: Makihiro Motomiya #Minami Shioya (GK) #Yumi Arima (CB) #Akari Inaba (D) #Shino Magariyama (D) #Chiaki Sakanoue (D) #Minori Yamamoto (D) #Maiko Hashida (D) #Yuki Niizawa (D) #Kana Hosoya (D) #Misaki Noro (D) #Marina Tokumoto (CB) #Kotori Suzuki (D) ( C) #Miyuu Aoki (GK) ;Round robin ---- ---- ---- ----

Weightlifting

Japan Weightlifting Association entered the Games with 15 weightlifters (8 men's and 7 women's). ;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 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ;Women's freestyle

Wushu

;Taolu

References

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Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Artistic swimming

Athletics

Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

5x5 basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

3x3 basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Bowling

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Canoe polo (demonstration)

Contract bridge

Cycling

BMX

Mountain biking

Road

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Esports (demonstration)

Fencing

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Football

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Golf

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Kabaddi

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Karate

Kurash

Modern pentathlon

Paragliding

Pencak silat

Roller sports

Skateboarding

Rowing

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Sailing

Sambo

Sepak takraw

Shooting

Soft tennis

Softball

Sport climbing

Squash

Swimming

Men

Women

Mixed

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Indoor volleyball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Water polo

Men's tournament

Women's tournament