Japan at the 2006 Asian Games explained

Noc:	JPN
Nocname:	Japanese Olympic Committee
Year:	2006
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Doha
Flagbearer:	Saori Yoshida
Gold:	50
Silver:	71
Bronze:	77
Rank:	3
Appearances:	auto

Japan participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar from December 1, 2006 to December 15, 2006.

Medalists

This country garnered a total of 198 medals of which 50 are gold.^[1]

Gold medalists

• Shingo Suetsugu – Athletics (Men's 200m)
• Daichi Sawano – Athletics (Men's Pole Vault)
• Kenji Narisako – Athletics (Men's 400 m Hurdles)
• Kumiko Ikeda – Athletics (Women's Long Jump)
• Kayoko Fukushi – Athletics (Women's 10,000m)
• Masaru Ito – Bowling (Men's Five Player Teams)
• Yoshinao Masatoki
• Tomoyuki Sasaki
• Toshihiko Takahashi
• Masaaki Takemoto
• Tomokatsu Yamashita
• Mayuko Hagiwara – Cycling (Women's Road Race)
• Ryuji Umeda – Cue Sports (Men's Carom Cushion 3 Singles)
• Satoshi Kawabata – Cue sports (Men's 8-Ball Pool Singles)
• Tsubasa Kitatsuru – Cycling (Men's Sprint)
• Kazuya Narita – Cycling (Men's Team Sprint)
• Yudai Nitta
• Kazunari Watanabe
• Yoshiaki Oiwa – Equestrian (Eventing-Individual)
• Yuki Ota – Fencing (Men's Individual Foil)
• Hiroyuki Tomita – Artistic Gymnastics (Men's Pommel Horse)
• Hisashi Mizutori – Gymnastics (Men's Horizontal Bar)
• Tatsuaki Egusa Judo (Men's – 60 kg)
• Yasuyuki Muneta Judo (Men's +100 kg)
• Masae Ueno Judo (Women's – 70 kg)
• Sae Nakazawa – Judo (Women's – 78 kg)
• Tetsuya Furukawa – Karate (Men's Individual Kata)
• Tomoko Araga – Karate (Women's Individual Kumite – 53 kg)
• Yuka Sato – Karate (Women's Individual Kumite – 60 kg)
• Nao Morooka – Karate (Women's Individual Kata)
• Yuya Higashiyama – Rowing (Men's Four)
• Yu Kataoka
• Rokuroh Okumura
• Yoshinori Sato
• Hideki Omoto – Rowing (Men's Double Sculls)
• Takahiro Suda
• Masahiro Tsuiki – Rugby (Men's 7 a side)
• Eiji Yamamoto
• Yusuke Kobuki
• Akihito Yamada
• Takashi Sato
• Takeshi Fujiwara
• Yohei Shinomiya
• Takashi Suzuki
• Yuki Okuzono
• Hiroki Yamazaki
• Hiroki Yoshida
• Yusaku Kuwazuru
• Ai Kondo – Sailing (470 Women)
• Naoko Kamata
• Yukiko Ueno – Softball (Women)
• Yuko Endo
• Mariko Masubuchi
• Yuka Suzuki
• Emi Naito
• Aki Uenishi
• Eri Yamada
• Satoko Mabuchi
• Ayumi Karino
• Masumi Mishina
• Megu Hirose
• Rei Nishiyama
• Sachiko Ito
• Emi Inui
• Mariko Goto
• Shigeo Nakahori
• Hidenori Shinohara – Soft Tennis (Men's Team)
• Naoya Hanada
• Tatsuro Kawamura
• Tsuneo Takagawa

Notes and References

1. http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/medals/InfoMedalByNOC.aspx?noc=JPN&sport= 2006 Medal by sports