Japan at the 2018 Asian Games explained

Noc:	JPN
Nocname:	Japanese Olympic Committee
Year:	2018
Date:	–
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Jakarta and Palembang
Competitors:	762
Flagbearer:	Yukiko Ueno (Opening) Rikako Ikee (Closing)
Gold:	75
Silver:	56
Bronze:	74
Rank:	2
Appearances:	auto
Website:	www.joc.or.jp

Japan participated in the 2018 Asian Games as a competing nation, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Masanao Takahashi Shunsuke Terui Kazuki Sado Akane Kuroki
	Naito Ehara Reo Sakata Kosuke Hagino Katsuhiro Matsumoto Juran Mizohata Ayatsugu Hirai Yuki Kobori
	Akane Yamaguchi Arisa Higashino Aya Ohori Ayaka Takahashi Koharu Yonemoto Misaki Matsutomo Nozomi Okuhara Sayaka Hirota Sayaka Sato Yuki Fukushima
	Koki Kano Kazuyasu Minobe Satoru Uyama Masaru Yamada
	Katsuhiro Matsumoto Juran Mizohata Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura
	Shusaku Asato Tomoyuki Sasaki Shogo Wada
	Sera Azuma Karin Miyawaki Komaki Kikuchi Sumire Tsuji
	Natsumi Sakai Satomi Suzuki Rikako Ikee Tomomi Aoki Anna Konishi Reona Aoki Ai Soma Sakiko Shimizu
	Yukiko Ueno Yukari Hamamura Yamato Fujita Haruka Agatsuma Saori Yamauchi Mana Atsumi Kyoko Ishikawa Yuka Ichiguchi Hitomi Kawabata Natsuko Sugama Minori Naito Yu Yamamoto Misato Kawano Nozomi Nagasaki Nodoka Harada Saki Yamazaki Eri Yamada
	Keita Nakajima Ren Yonezawa Daiki Imano Takumi Kanaya
	Takayuki Yumira Kenta Hiranaga Ryuzo Kitajima Yoshiaki Oiwa
	Yoshiaki Hirokawa Takuo Iwasaki Taro Kamiyama Yoshiki Kuremoto Yoshiaki Nakagawa
	Ryota Yamagata Shuhei Tada Yoshihide Kiryū Asuka Cambridge
	Sakiko Ikeda Risa Shimizu Aya Sameshima Shiori Miyake Hikari Takagi Saori Ariyoshi Emi Nakajima Mana Iwabuchi Yuika Sugasawa Yuka Momiki Mina Tanaka Rika Masuya Yu Nakasato Yui Hasegawa Moeno Sakaguchi Rin Sumida Aimi Kunitake Ayaka Yamashita
	Megumi Kageyama Natsuki Naito Akiko Ota Emi Nishikori Shihori Oikawa Kimika Hoshi Mayumi Ono Yukari Mano Akiko Kato Hazuki Nagai Minami Shimizu Yuri Nagai Aki Yamada Maho Segawa Yui Ishibashi Mami Karino Motomi Kawamura Akio Tanaka
	Misaki Hangai Riko Hayashida Rurika Kuroki Kurumi Onoue Noa Takahashi
	Masashi Ebinuma Shohei Ono Mashu Baker Yusuke Kobayashi Kokoro Kageura Takeshi Ojitani Haruka Funakubo Momo Tamaoki Saki Niizoe Shiho Tanaka Akira Sone Sara Yamamoto

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By sport events

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Archery	1	0	1	2
Artistic swimming	0	2	0	2
Athletics	6	2	10	18
Badminton	1	1	4	6
Baseball	0	1	0	1
Basketball	0	1	1	2
Bowling	2	0	0	2
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Canoeing	2	1	2	5
Cycling	3	5	6	14
Diving	0	0	1	1
Equestrian	3	1	0	4
Fencing	2	0	6	8
Field hockey	2	0	0	2
Football	1	1	0	2
Golf	2	0	0	2
Gymnastics	0	4	3	7
Handball	0	0	1	1
Judo	9	3	1	13
Karate	4	0	2	6
Paragliding	1	1	0	2
Roller sports	3	2	0	5
Rowing	1	0	2	3
Rugby sevens	1	1	0	2
Sailing	4	0	0	4
Sambo	0	0	1	1
Sepak takraw	0	1	1	2
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Soft tennis	2	1	1	4
Softball	1	0	0	1
Sport climbing	1	1	1	3
Squash	0	0	1	1
Swimming	19	20	13	52
Taekwondo	0	0	2	2
Tennis	0	0	4	4
Triathlon	3	0	0	3
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Water polo	0	1	1	2
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	3	6	10
Wushu	0	1	0	1
Total	75	56	74	205

Timeline

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	3	6	5	14
2	August 20	5	5	6	16
3	August 21	4	6	7	17
4	August 22	8	6	7	21
5	August 23	5	5	8	18
6	August 24	4	3	10	17
7	August 25	5	0	1	6
8	August 26	6	3	4	13
9	August 27	3	2	9	14
10	August 28	0	2	4	6
11	August 29	9	9	2	20
12	August 30	7	2	3	12
13	August 31	10	1	4	15
14	September 1	5	6	4	15
15	September 2	1	0	0	1
Total		75	56	74	205

Demonstration events

Competitors

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

width=200	Sport !	width=60	Men !	width=60	Women !	width=60	Total
Archery	4	4	8
Artistic swimming	—	9	9
Athletics	35	23	58
Badminton	10	10	20
Baseball	23	—	23
Basketball	16	16	32
Bowling	6	6	12
Boxing	7	1	8
Canoeing	11	8	19
Contract bridge	9	3	12
Cycling	14	10	24
Diving	3	4	7
Equestrian	11	1	12
Fencing	12	12	24
Field hockey	18	18	36
Football	20	18	38
Golf	4	3	7
Gymnastics	7	11	18
Handball	15	16	31
Judo	10	10	20
Kabaddi	10	10	20
Karate	4	4	8
Kurash	2	0	2
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Paragliding	5	3	8
Pencak silat	1	0	1
Roller sports	2	2	4
Rowing	7	7	14
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	7	5	12
Sambo	2	1	3
Sepak takraw	9	9	18
Shooting	9	9	18
Soft tennis	5	5	10
Softball	—	17	17
Sport climbing	2	2	4
Squash	3	3	6
Swimming	19	19	38
Table tennis	4	4	8
Taekwondo	3	3	6
Tennis	5	5	10
Triathlon	3	2	5
Volleyball	18	18	36
Water polo	13	13	26
Weightlifting	8	7	15
Wrestling	12	6	18
Wushu	4	2	6
Total	406	353	759

Demonstration events

width=200	Sport!	width=60	Men!	width=60	Women!	width=60	Total
Canoe polo	6	6	12
eSports	3	0	3

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2018 Asian Games.

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Hiroki Muto	Men's individual	649	18	W 6–0	W 6–4	L 1–7	Did not advance
Takaharu Furukawa	668	7		W 6–2	W 6–4	L 4–6	Did not advance
Tomoaki Kuraya	646	30	Did not advance
Hiroki Muto Takaharu Furukawa Tomoaki Kuraya	Men's team	1963	6			W 6–2	L 0–6	Did not advance
Ayano Kato	Women's individual	643	19	Did not advance
Kaori Kawanaka	649	13		W 6–0	L 1–7	Did not advance
Tomomi Sugimoto	663	6		W 6–0	W 6–2	L 0–6	Did not advance
Ayano Kato Kaori Kawanaka Tomomi Sugimoto	Women's team	1955	4	W 6–2	W 6–0	L 2–6	W 6–2
Takaharu Furukawa Tomomi Sugimoto	Mixed team	1331	4			W 6–0	W 5–1	W 6–2	W 6–0

Compound

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2018 Asian Games.

Japan has fielded a squad of nine artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team events.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine		Total	Rank
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yukiko Inui Megumu Yoshida	Duet	90.2363	2	92.1000	2	182.3363
Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Kano Omata Mayu Tsukamoto Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Moeka Kijima^FR Okina Kyogoku^TR	Team	90.9357	2	91.9333	2	182.8690

FR: Reserved in free routine; TR: Reserved in technical routine.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ryota Yamagata	100 m	10.19	2Q	10.10	1Q	10.00
Asuka Cambridge	10.23	2Q	10.36	3	Did not advance
Shōta Iizuka	200 m	21.08	2Q	20.64	2Q	20.68	7
Yuki Koike	21.30	2Q	20.35	1Q	20.23
Julian Walsh	400 m	46.20	2Q	46.01	2	45.89	5
Sho Kawamoto	800 m	1:48.07	4Q	1:50.87	7
Takumi Murashima	1:48.86	3	Did not advance
Ryoji Tatezawa	1500 m	3:50.75	4Q	3:49.40	9
Taioh Kanai	110 m hurdles	13.81	2Q	13.74	7
Shunya Takayama	13.84	1Q	13.48
Takatoshi Abe	400 m hurdles	49.71	3Q	49.12
Takayuki Kishimoto	50.95	10	Did not advance
Kazuya Shiojiri	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.42
Kosei Yamaguchi	8:47.41	9
Hiroto Inoue	Marathon	2:18:22
Hayato Sonoda	2:19:04	4
Eiki Takahashi	20 km walk	1:27:31	5
Toshikazu Yamanishi	1:22:10
Hayato Katsuki	50 km walk	4:03:30
Satoshi Maruo	4:14:13	4
Ryota Yamagata Shuhei Tada Yoshihide Kiryū Asuka Cambridge	4 × 100 m relay	38.20	1	38.16
Julian Walsh Yuki Koike Takatoshi Abe Shōta Iizuka	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.11	1	3:01.94

Field events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yuki Hashioka	Long jump	8.03	1Q	8.05	4
Shotaro Shiroyama	7.74	6Q	7.98	5
Kohei Yamashita	Triple jump	16.46	4
Naoto Tobe	High jump	2.15	1Q	2.24
Takashi Eto	2.15	1Q	2.24	6
Seito Yamamoto	Pole vault	5.70
Kosei Takekawa	5.00	11
Masateru Yugami	Discus throw	57.62	6
Ryohei Arai	Javelin throw	75.24	7

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
Akihiko Nakamura	Result	10.95	7.34	11.43	1.97	48.87	14.45	36.84	4.80	51.35	4:24.75	7738
Points	872	896	572	776	867	917	601	849	609	779
Keisuke Ushiro	Result	11.39	7.09	14.49	1.97	50.29	15.09	45.09	4.90	63.07	4:44.11	7878
Points	776	835	758	776	801	839	774	880	784	655

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chisato Fukushima	100 m	11.99	4	Did not advance
200 m	DNS		Did not advance
Kana Ichikawa	100 m	11.94	5Q	12.01	8	Did not advance
Yume Kitamura	800 m	2:05.31	2Q	2:03.88	4
Ayano Shiomi	2:04.46	2Q	2:04.57	4
Rina Nabeshima	5000 m	15:40.37	4
Minami Yamanouchi	15:52.48	6
Yuka Hori	10000 m	32:42.73	7
Masumi Aoki	100 m hurdles	13.48	3Q	13.63	5
Hitomi Shimura	13.87	8Q	13.74	7
Eri Utsunomiya	400 m hurdles	57.99	2Q	58.97	7
Yukari Ishizawa	3000 m steeplechase	10:13.53	8
Keiko Nogami	Marathon	2:36:27
Hanae Tanaka	2:42:35	9
Kumiko Okada	20 km walk	1:34:02
Midori Mikase Kana Ichikawa Nodoka Seko Masumi Aoki	4 × 100 m relay	44.95	5	44.93	5
Ayaka Kawata Yume Kitamura Eri Utsunomiya Ayano Shiomi	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.14	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Hitomi Katsuyama	Hammer throw	62.95
Akane Watanabe	62.45	4
Marina Saito	Javelin throw	56.46	4
Risa Miyashita	51.05	9

Combined events - Heptathlon

Athlete	Event								Final	Rank
Meg Hemphill	Result	13.69	1.64	11.97	25.37	5.97	43.71	2:25.00	5654	6
Points	1023	783	659	853	840	739	757
Yuki Yamasaki	Result	14.02	1.70	12.13	24.75	5.89	46.48	2:17.75	5873
Points	976	855	670	910	816	792	854

Mixed

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games.

Nippon Badminton Association announced its squad of 20 players (10 men's and 10 women's) on 6 June 2018.^[3]

Men

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
Kento Momota	Singles		W (21–9, 21–10)	L (18–21, 18–21)	Did not advance
Kenta Nishimoto		W (21–11, 21–6)	W (21–7, 21–10)	W (21–17, 21–11)	L (15–21, 21–15, 19–21)	Did not advance
Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Doubles		W (21–11, 21–16)	L (14–21, 17–21)	Did not advance
Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko		W (21–8, 21–16)	L (16–21, 21–19, 18–21)	Did not advance
Kento Momota Kenta Nishimoto Riichi Takeshita Kanta Tsuneyama Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko Yuta Watanabe Takuro Hoki	Team	W 3–0	W 3–0	L 1–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Akane Yamaguchi	Singles	W (21–0, 21–3)	W (21–7, 21–12)	W (21–19, 21–11)	L (17–21, 21–15, 10–21)	Did not advance
Nozomi Okuhara	W (21–2, 21–5)	W (21–10, 21–12)	L (15–21, 10–21)	Did not advance
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Doubles		W (21–3, 21–3)	W (21–10, 21–7)	W (21–15, 21–17)	L (20–22, 20–22)
Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota		W (21–13, 21–17)	W (21–13, 21–17)	L (17–21, 8–21)	Did not advance
Akane Yamaguchi Nozomi Okuhara Sayaka Sato Aya Ohori Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota Arisa Higashino Koharu Yonemoto	Team			W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	Mixed	W (12–21, 22–20, 21–15)	W (21–7, 21–9)	L (17–21, 21–18, 17–21)	Did not advance
Takuro Hoki Koharu Yonemoto		W (21–12, 21–13)	L (13–21, 15–21)	Did not advance

Baseball

See main article: Baseball at the 2018 Asian Games.

Japan participated in the baseball competition at the Games, and the team were drawn in the group A.^[4]

RosterThe 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.^[5] The team remain of 23 players after Shunpei Yoshikawa withdrawal from the Games.^[6]

Round 2 – Group A

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Super round

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Final

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinals /	Final / /
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	L 65−71	W 82−71	W 88−82	2 Q	L 67−93	L 80−113	W 84−66	7
Japan women's	Women's tournament		W 121−44	L 73−105	W 107−35	W 91−41	2 Q	W 104−57	L 74−86	W 76−63
Japan men's	Men's 3x3 tournament	W 22−11	W 22−7	W Disq.	W 21−15	W 21−13	1 Q	L 13−21	Did not advance
Japan women's	Women's 3x3 tournament	W 22−1	W 14−10	W 21−4	1 Q	W 15−6	W 21−16	L 10−21

5x5 basketball

Japan men's team will compete in group C at the Games, while the women's team in group Y.^[7]

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

RosterThe following is the Japan roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[8]

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Group C

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Quarter-final

Classification 5th–8th

Seventh place game

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women.

RosterThe following is the Japan roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[9]

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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

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

RosterThe following is the Japan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[10]

• Ryuto Yasuoka (10)
• Hayate Arakawa (14)
• Tensho Sugimoto (23)
• Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki (24)

Pool C

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Quarter-final

Women's tournament

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women.

RosterThe following is the Japan roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[10]

• Ririka Okuyama (4)
• Norika Konno (8)
• Miwa Kuribayashi (16)
• Kiho Miyashita (18)

Pool B

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Quarter-final

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Bowling

See main article: Bowling at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Block 1	Block 2	Total	Rank	Stepladder final 1	Stepladder final 2	Rank
		Result	Result			Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shusako Asato	Masters	1859	1775	3634	11	Did not advance
Takayu Miyazawa	1882	2000	3882	5	Did not advance
Tomoyuki Sasaki Shogo Wada Shusaku Asato	Trios	2286	2058	4344		colspan=3
Daisuke Yoshida Takuya Miyazawa Shota Koki	2132	2024	4156	8	colspan=3
Tomoyuki Sasaki Shogo Wada Shusaku Asato Daisuke Yoshida Takuya Miyazawa Shota Koki	Team of six	4127	4004	8131	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Block 1	Block 2	Total	Rank	Stepladder final 1	Stepladder final 2	Rank
		Result	Result			Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mirai Ishimoto	Masters	1966	1982	3948	1 Q		W 481–473
Yuri Sato	1847	1870	3717	8	Did not advance
Yuri Sato Megumi Kitamura Hikaru Takekawa	Trios	1891	1966	3857	12	colspan=3
Mirai Ishimoto Futaba Imai Misaki Mukotani	1845	1928	3773	14	colspan=3
Yuri Sato Megumi Kitamura Hikaru Takekawa Mirai Ishimoto Futaba Imai Misaki Mukotani	Team of six	3917	3961	7878	6

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tomoya Tsuboi	–49 kg	W 5–0	L 2–3	Did not advance
Ryomei Tanaka	–52 kg	W 5–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Hayato Tsutsumi	–56 kg	L 2–3	Did not advance
Arashi Morisaka	–60 kg	L 0–5	Did not advance
Daisuke Narimatsu	–64 kg		W 5–0	W 4–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Issei Aramoto	–69 kg		L 0–5	Did not advance
Yuito Moriwaki	–75 kg	L 2–3	Did not advance

Women

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	91.27	5 Q	92.63	2 Q	90.06
Shota Sasaki	93.40	8 Q	92.90	3	Did not advance
Kazuya Adachi	Men's K-1	86.77	5 Q	86.10	2 Q	90.26
Taku Yoshida	81.67	2 Q	86.49	3	Did not advance
Ren Mishima	Women's C-1	110.59	3 Q	122.62	3 Q	116.96	4
Aki Yazawa	Women's K-1	88.82	1 Q	100.50	2 Q	95.83
Yuriko Takeshita	104.91	4 Q	105.05	4	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kaiki Oshiro	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:11.232	5
Hikaru Sato Takanori Tome	Men's C-2 1000 m	4:00.763	7
Momotaro Matsushita	Men's K-1 200 m	38.079	2 QF	37.163	7
Keiji Mizumoto Seiji Komatsu	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:41.327	3 QF	3:35.207	5
Hiroki Fujishima Momotaro Matsushita Seiji Komatsu Keiji Mizumoto	Men's K-4 500 m	1:25.628	1 QF	1:26.939	4
Megumi Tsubota	Women's C-1 200 m	54.278	5 QS	50.758	1 QF	53.520	9
Manaka Kubota Teruko Kiriake	Women's C-2 500 m	2:09.400	4
Yuka Ono	Women's K-1 200 m	44.016	2 QF	43.092
Yuka Ono	Women's K-1 500 m	2:03.206	4
Yuka Ono Hideka Tatara	Women's K-2 500 m	1:49.143

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Canoe polo (demonstration)

Athlete	Event	1st round (qualification)		2nd round (loser pool)		Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuuki Horie Hiroki Horiuchi Takayuki Igawa Ryota Kimura Katsuyuki Shibata Takahiko Yanagi	Men's tournament	W 7–4 : W 24–0 : W 21–0	1 Q	W 9–8	W 8–2
	Women's tournament	L 2–7 : W 15–1 : W 9–3	2 Q	L 1–4	L 3–11	4

Contract bridge

See main article: Bridge at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Point	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Rank
Kazuo Furuta Hiroki Yokoi	Pair	1654.4	4 Q	1015.2	16	Did not advance
Tadashi Teramoto Shugo Tanaka	1605.2	9 Q	1041.8	13	Did not advance
Masayuki Tanaka Hiroshi Kaku	1380.1	28	Did not advance
Tadashi Teramoto Masayuki Tanaka Hiroshi Kaku Kazuo Furuta Shugo Tanaka Hiroki Yokoi	Team	151.46	7	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Point	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Rank
Takumi Seshimo Tomoe Nakao	Pair	1312.5	2 Q	742.7	4 Q	314	11
Toshihiro Katsube Masako Katsube	1140	20	Did not advance
Mariko Ueda Tetsuya Ueda	1131.7	21	Did not advance
Masako Katsube Mariko Ueda Tomoe Nakao Toshihiro Katsube Takumi Seshimo Tetsuya Ueda	Team	136.44	5	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2018 Asian Games.

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding run		Motos		Final
		Time	Rank	Point	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoshitaku Nagasako	Men's race	35.22	1	4	1 Q	33.669
Jukia Yoshimura	36.53	6	3	1 Q	38.334	6
Sae Hatakeyama	Women's race	38.35	1	4	1 Q	1:27.372	8

Road

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Fumiyuki Beppu	Men's road race	3:25:25
Hideto Nakane	3:25:40	5
Miyoko Karami	Women's road race	3:09:00	20
Eri Yonamine	2:57:07
Fumiyuki Beppu	Men's time trial	57:19.20
Eri Yonamine	Women's time trial	31:57.26

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Tomohiro Fukaya	Men's sprint	10.052	6		W 10.250	W 10.337	W 10.096 (FA)	L
Yuta Wakimoto	9.963	4		W 10.531	L	Did not advance		7
Kayono Maeda	Women's sprint	11.305	8		L	Did not advance			9
Riyu Ota	11.360	9		W 11.464	L	Did not advance		8

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Kazuki Amagai Yudai Nitta Tomohiro Fukaya Yuta Wakimoto	Men's team sprint	44.489	4 FB	W 43.899
Kayono Maeda Riyu Ota	Women's team sprint	34.132	4 FB	L	4

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Ryo Chikatani	Men's pursuit	4:26.503	2 FA	L
Kisato Nakamura	Women's pursuit	3:50.604	6	Did not advance
Shogo Ichimaru Shunsuke Imamura Ryo Chikatani Eiya Hashimoto Keitaro Sawada	Men's team pursuit	4:12.173	5 Q	W 4:04.222	1 FB	W
Yuya Hashimoto Miho Yoshikawa Kisato Nakamura Yumi Kajihara Nao Suzuki	Women's team pursuit	4:33.768	3 Q	L	2 FB	W

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

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Yudai Nitta	Men's keirin	1 Q		2 FA
Yuta Wakimoto	1 Q		1 FA	5
Kayono Maeda	Women's keirin	6 R	4	Did not advance
Riyu Ota	4 R	1 Q	4 FB	8

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Eiya Hashimoto	Men's omnium	8	26	2	38	1	40	3	15	119
Yumi Kajihara	Women's omnium	3	36	1	40	1	40	3	22	138

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Eiya Hashimoto Shunsuke Imamura	Men's madison	28	0
Yuya Hashimoto Yumi Kajihara	Women's madison	14	0	4

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sho Sakai	3 m springboard	443.65	4 Q	430.80	5
Ken Terauchi	413.85	6 Q	431.30	4
Kazuki Murakami	10 m platform	424.85	6 Q	386.65	7
Sho Sakai Ken Terauchi	3 m synchronized springboard	408.57

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Minami Itahashi	1 m springboard	235.65	7 Q	226.15	6
Sayaka Mikami	3 m springboard	312.60	3 Q	321.60	4
Hazuki Miyamoto	280.50	6 Q	295.80	6
Matsuri Arai	10 m platform	314.10	5 Q	341.85	5
Sayaka Mikami Hazuki Miyamoto	3 m synchronized springboard	249.90	5
Matsuri Arai Minami Itahashi	10 m synchronized platform	301.56	4

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Asian Games.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Prix St-Georges		Intermediate I		Intermediate I Freestyle
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Akane Kuroki	Toots	Individual	69.675	5 Q	65.470	16	Did not advance
Kazuki Sado	Djuice	68.793 #	9 Q	66.674	11	Did not advance
Masanao Takahashi	Fabriano 58	69.823	4 Q	70.558	4 Q	69.195	9
Shunsuke Terui	Alias Max	68.999	7 Q	69.411	5 Q	74.735	4
Masanao Takahashi Shunsuke Terui Kazuki Sado Akane Kuroki	See above	Team	69.499

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Kenta Hiranaga	Delago	Individual	29.10	5	0.00	29.10	4 Q	4.00 #	33.10	7
Ryuzo Kitajima	Koko Doro	29.60	7	0.00	29.60	5 Q	0.00	29.60	4
Yoshiaki Oiwa	Bart L Jra	22.70	2	0.00	22.70	2 Q	0.00	22.70
Takayuki Yumira	Poacher's Hope	30.10 #	9	0.00 #	30.10	6 Q	0.00	30.10	5
Yoshiaki Oiwa Kenta Hiranaga Ryuzo Kitajima Takayuki Yumira	See above	Team	81.40	1		81.40	1		82.40

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Qualifier 1			Qualifier 2 Team Final			Final round A			Final round B
			Points	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Daisuke Fukushima	Cornet 36	Individual	5.12	19	1	6.12	12	1	7.12	10	0	7.12	7	Did not advance
Toshiki Masui	Carthagena 6	5.26 #	20	8 #	13.26	25 Q	9 #	22.26	29	Did not advance
Shota Ogomori	Sig Iron Man	3.11	10	0	3.11	6 Q	0	3.11	5 Q	4	7.11	6 Q	0	7.11	5
Taizo Sugitani	Heroine de Muze	2.51	7	0	2.51	5 Q	0	2.51	4 Q	4	6.51	5 Q	0	6.51	4
Taizo Sugitani Shota Ogomori Toshiki Masui Daisuke Fukushima	See above	Team	10.74	3	1	11.74	2 Q	1	11.74

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)

See main article: Esports at the 2018 Asian Games.

Hearthstone^[11]

Pro Evolution Soccer^[12]

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Individual

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	W 5–4 : W 5–0 : W 5–2 : W 5–2 : W 5–3	1 Q		W 15–13	W 15–6	L 11–15	Did not advance
Kazuyasu Minobe	L 1–5 : W 5–2 : W 5–1 : W 5–2 : W 5–3	2 Q	W 15–8	W 15–10	L 6–15	Did not advance		6
Toshiya Saito	Men's foil	W 5–0 : W 5–2 : W 5–1 : L 1–5 : W 5–0	2 Q		W 15–12	L 3–15	Did not advance		5
Takahiro Shikine	W 5–0 : W 5–0 : W 5–3 : W 5–1 : W 5–3	1 Q		L 12–15	Did not advance			9
Kenta Tokunan	Men's sabre	W 5–4 : W 5–2 : L 0–5 : W 5–0	2 Q		W 15–9	L 4–15	Did not advance		6
Kento Yoshida	L 2–5 : W 5–0 : W 5–1 : L 4–5 : L 4–5	4 Q		L 7–15	Did not advance			14
Shiori Komata	Women's épée	W 5–3 : L 2–5 : W 5–2 : W 5–3 : W 5–2	2 Q		W 15–10	L 5–15	Did not advance		8
Kanna Oishi	W 5–2 : W 5–1 : L 3–4 : W 5–2 : W 5–4	2 Q		W 15–14	L 8–15	Did not advance		6
Sera Azuma	Women's foil	W 5–4 : W 5–3 : W 5–1 : W 5–1 : W 5–1	1 Q		W 15–8	W 15–7	L 9–15	Did not advance
Karin Miyawaki	L 0–5 : W 5–0 : W 5–2 : W 5–2 : W 5–2	2 Q		W 15–10	L 7–15	Did not advance		6
Shihomi Fukushima	Women's sabre	W 5–3 : W 5–0 : W 5–3 : W 5–3 : W 5–1	1 Q		W 15–3	L 12–15	Did not advance		5
Norika Tamura	W 5–0 : L 3–5 : W 5–2 : W 5–3 : W 5–1	2 Q		W 15–7	W 15–13	L 14–15	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Koki Kano Kazuyasu Minobe Satoru Uyama Masaru Yamada	Men's épée	W 45–19	W 45–38	W 45–36	W 30–22
Kyosuke Matsuyama Toshiya Saito Takahiro Shikine Kenta Suzumura	Men's foil		W 45–29	L 42–45	Did not advance
Tomohiro Shimamura Kaito Streets Kenta Tokunan Kento Yoshida	Men's sabre		L 24–45	Did not advance		6
Haruna Baba Shiori Komata Kanna Oishi Ayumi Yamada	Women's épée		W 45–38	L 33–45	Did not advance
Sera Azuma Karin Miyawaki Komaki Kikuchi Sumire Tsuji	Women's foil		W 45–9	W 45–36	W 35–34
Chika Aoki Shihomi Fukushima Risa Takashima Norika Tamura	Women's sabre		W 45–22	L 25–45	Did not advance

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games.

Japan men's and women's team qualified automatically via 2014 Asian Games, both teams were placed in the pool A respectively.^[13]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	W 11–0	W 3–1	L 0–8	W 13–0	W 3–2	2 Q	W 1–0	W 3–1^P FT: 6–6
Japan women's	Women's tournament	W 11–0	W 6–0	W 4–2	W 3–1		1 Q	W 2–0	W 2–1

Men's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

Pool A

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Semifinal

Gold medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament.

Roster

Pool A

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Semifinal

Gold medal game

Football

See main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games.

Japan men's team were drawn in group D, while the women's team in group C.^[14]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	W 1–0	W 4–0	L 0-1	2 Q	W 1–0	W 2–1	W 1–0	L 1-2
Japan women's	Women's tournament		W 2–0	W 7–0	1 Q		W 2–1	W 2–1	W 1–0

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group D

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Round of 16

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group C

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Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal game

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Keita Nakajima	Individual	68	68	70	71	277	−11
Ren Yonezawa	70	71	74	71	286	−2	13
Daiki Imano	73	68	69	74	284	−4	8
Takumi Kanaya	70	70	73	68	281	−7	4
Keita Nakajima Ren Yonezawa Daiki Imano Takumi Kanaya	Team	208	206	212	210	836	–28

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Sae Ogura	Individual	69	72	77	76	294	+6	20
Riri Sadoyama	69	72	73	78	292	+4	17
Ayaka Furue	67	70	74	68	279	−9	4
Sae Ogura Riri Sadoyama Ayaka Furue	Team	136	142	147	144	569	−7	5

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Asian Games.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games.

Japan men's and women's team were drawn in group B respectively.^[15]

SummaryKey:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Main /	Rank / standing	Semifinals /	Final / /
		Opposition score		Opposition score		Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Group B : W 38–15 : D 26–26	2 Q	Group I : D 26–26 : W 27–24 : L 24–17	2 Q	L 20–31	L 23–24	4
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Group B : W 41–16 : W 41–13 : W 64–3 : W 62–6	1 Q	L 31–32	W 43–14

Men's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

• Hozuki Higashinagahama
• Kenya Kasahara
• Akihito Kai
• Kohei Narita
• Jin Watanabe
• Motoki Sakai
• Hiroki Shida
• Hiroki Motoki
• Hiroyasu Tamakawa
• Kairi Kochi
• Tatsuki Yoshino
• Yuto Agarie
• Naohiro Hamaguchi
• Daichi Komuro
• Tetsuya Kadoyama

Group B----

Main round (Group I)--------

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament.

Roster

• Kimiko Hida
• Mika Nagata
• Kaho Sunami
• Sayo Shiota
• Asuka Fujita
• Aya Yokoshima
• Minami Itano
• Chie Katsuren
• Hitomi Tada
• Natsumi Akiyama
• Nozomi Hara
• Mana Ohyama
• Shiori Nagata
• Miyuki Terada
• Tomomi Kawata
• Mayuko Ishitate

Group B------------

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games.

All Japan Judo Federation delegate 14 judokas (7 men's and 7 women's) to compete at the Games.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

Kabaddi

See main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Japan men's	Men	L 20−55	W 30−20	L 26−34	W 31−28	L 14−25	4	Did not advance		7
Japan women's	Women	L 12−34	L 22−30	L 17−22	L 12−43		5	Did not advance		9

Men's tournament

See main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

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

See main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games – Women.

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

See main article: Karate at the 2018 Asian Games.

Kurash

See main article: Kurash at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kohei Soeda	–81 kg	W 012−001	L 000−013	Did not advance
Tatsumi Kawaguchi	+90 kg	W 101−001	L 000−100	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Asian Games.

Japan entered four pentathletes (2 men's and 2 women's) at the Games.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Swimming (200 m freestyle)		Fencing (épée one touch)		Riding (show jumping)		Laser-run (shooting 10 m air pistol/ running 3200 m)		Total points	Final rank
		Rank	MP points	Rank	MP points	Rank	MP points	Rank	MP points
Shohei Iwamoto	Men's	6	305	7	202	8	280	7	580	1367	8
Tomoyuki Ono	5	311	4	226	4	298	8	571	1406	6
Rena Shimazu	Women's	2	291	11	181	3	293	6	518	1283	4
Natsumi Tomonaga	4	287	5	226	7	234	5	525	1272	5

Paragliding

See main article: Paragliding at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Yoshiaki Hirokawa	Individual accuracy	13	500	20	5	3	31	500	22	284	4	882	17
Yoshiki Kuremoto	20	169	9	1	6	206	244	13	2	134	387	9
Yoshiaki Hirokawa Takuo Iwasaki Taro Kamiyama Yoshiki Kuremoto Yoshiaki Nakagawa	Team accuracy	870	1133	146	466	1373	981	4969	9
Cross-country	2024	741	3296	3273	2057	11391

Women

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Keiko Hiraki	Individual accuracy	500	500	468	16	21	132	208	21	65	10	1450	8
Atsuko Yamashita	60	500	500	500	76	118	500	128	500	6	2388	12
Keiko Hiraki Nao Mochizuki Atsuko Yamashita	Team accuracy	1060	1500	1016	1016	597	372	5561	5
Cross-country	644	405	1891	1079	832	4851

Pencak silat

See main article: Pencak silat at the 2018 Asian Games.

Seni

Roller sports

See main article: Roller sports at the 2018 Asian Games.

Skateboarding

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kensuke Sasaoka	Men's park	83.66	1 Q	76.00
Keyaki Ike	Men's street	28.3	2 Q	31.1
Kensuke Sasaoka	19.9	10	Did not advance
Kaya Isa	Women's park	58.33
Sakura Yosozumi	66.66
Kaya Isa	Women's street	25.0

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryuta Arakawa	Single sculls	7:56.08	1 FA	7:35.29
Keita Yamao Tomokazu Kuribara	Double sculls	7:12.70	2 FA	7:01.26	6
Yoshihiro Otsuka Yuta Takano	Coxless pair	7:38.78	4 FA	7:10.53
Masayuki Miyaura Masahiro Takeda	Lightweight double sculls	6:53.25	1 FA	7:01.17

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haruna Sakakibara	Single sculls	8:50.25	2 R	8:40.21	1 FA	8:25.74	4
Sayaka Chujo Shiho Yonekawa	Double sculls	8:17.81	4 FA	7:51.05	4
Kana Nishihara Akiho Takano	Coxless pair	8:25.11	2 FA	8:07.93	4
Miharu Takashima Hinako Takimoto	Lightweight double sculls	7:59.22	3 FA	7:57.15	4

Rugby sevens

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games.

Japan rugby sevens men's and women's team entered the group B at the Games.^[18]

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal /	Final / /
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	W 92–0	W 47–0	W 31–0	1 Q	W 43–0	W 12–10	L 0–14
Japan women's	Women's tournament	W 65–0	W 31–21	W 26–0	1 Q	W 35–7	W 26–12	W 7–5

Men's tournament

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

SquadThe 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.^[19]

• Hashino Kosuke
• Taisei Hayashi
• Kano Ryota
• Chihito Matsui
• Naoki Motomura
• Rikiya Oishi
• Dai Ozawa (Captain)
• Katsuyuki Sakai
• Kameli Soejima
• Tevitangongokilitoto Tupou
• Lote Tuqiri
• Taichi Yoshizawa

Group B--------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games – Women.

SquadThe 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.^[20]

• Padivakalolo Laityelmiyo
• Yume Hirano
• Kozasa Tomomi
• Ano Kuwai
• Nagata Iroha
• Chiharu Nakamura (Captain)
• Yume Okuroda
• Fumiko Otake
• Sayaka Suzuki
• Emii Tanaka
• Noriko Taniguchi
• Yukari Tateyama

Group B--------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race															Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Makoto Tomizawa	RS:X	2	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	7	5	(11)	53	4
Kazumasa Segawa	Laser	5	3	5	5	4	6	4	5	(8)	8	6	2	53	4
Shingen Furuya Shinji Hachiyama	49er	3	3	1	2	2	1	3	1	2	4	3	6	6	2	(10)	39
Tetsuya Isozaki Akira Takayanagi	470	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	(12)	2	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Race															Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Megumi Komine	RS:X	(6)	6	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	6	5	5	68	5
Manami Doi	Laser Radial	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	(11)	13
Ai Yoshida Miho Yoshioka	470	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	(8)	1	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race															Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Kaiyo Maeda	Laser 4.7	(24)	8	3	2	10	3	4	12	9	8	12	8	79	5
Lisa Nukui	15	13	15	13	13	16	15	3	8	4	(17)	17	132	13

Sambo

See main article: Sambo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Key:

• SU – Won by submission.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kota Yamamoto	Men's 52 kg		W 3–1	L 0–2^SU	Did not advance		W ^Dsq	L 0–0^SU	Did not advance
Yosuke Sato	Men's 90 kg	W 3–1	L 0–7	Did not advance			L 0–4	Did not advance
Natsuki Tomi	Women's 68 kg		W 9–0	L 0–1	Did not advance		W 4^SU–0	W 2–0	W 8–1

Sepak takraw

See main article: Sepak takraw at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuki Sato Seiya Takano Takeshi Terashima Toshitaka Naito Hirokazu Kobayashi Masanori Hayashi	Quadrant	L 0–2	W 2–1	W 2–1	W 2–0	2 Q	W 2–0	L 1–2
Yuki Sato Seiya Takano Takeshi Terashima Toshitaka Naito Ryo Masuda Tsubasa Sato Masahiro Yamada Hirokazu Kobayashi Masanori Hayashi	Team doubles	W 2–1	L 1–2	W 2–1		2 Q	L 0–2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chiharu Yano Sawa Aoki Satomi Ishihara Yuumi Kawamata Naoko Nakatsuka Azusa Kikuchi	Quadrant	W 2–0	L 0–2	L 0–2	L 1–2	4	Did not advance
Nagisa Makio Sawa Aoki Chiharu Yano Satomi Ishihara Yuumi Kawamata Naoko Nakatsuka Chinatsu Saegusa Yuri Tanaka Azusa Kikuchi	Team regu	L 0–3	L 1–2	L 0–3	L 0–3	5	Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tomoyuki Matsuda	10 m air pistol	581	4 Q	239.7
Yoshinobu Sonoda	575	12	Did not advance
Teruyoshi Akiyama	25 m rapid fire pistol	568	13	Did not advance
Naoya Okada	10 m air rifle	623.3	11	Did not advance
Atsushi Shimada	621.0	15	Did not advance
Takayuki Matsumoto	50 m rifle three positions	1163	6 Q	441.4
Toshikazu Yamashita	1151	15	Did not advance
Yokouchi Makoto	Skeet	107	25	Did not advance
Kenji Orihara	120	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Akiko Sato	10 m air pistol	569	11	Did not advance
Satoko Yamada	549	33	Did not advance
Yukari Konishi	25 m pistol	579	10	Did not advance
Akiko Sato	578	13	Did not advance
Maki Konomoto	10 m air rifle	609.3	35	Did not advance
Ayano Shimizu	620.1	16	Did not advance
Ayano Shimizu	50 m rifle three positions	1156	11	Did not advance
Mai Toishi	1148	16	Did not advance
Yukie Nakayama	Trap	106	20	Did not advance
Naoko Ishihara	Skeet	114	7	Did not advance
Rika Orihara	107	14	Did not advance

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tomoyuki Matsuda Akiko Sato	10 m air pistol	766	3 Q	362.2	4
Atsushi Shimada Ayano Shimizu	10 m air rifle	823.3	8	Did not advance

Soft tennis

See main article: Soft tennis at the 2018 Asian Games.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Hayato Funemizu	Men's singles	W 4–0	L 0–4		2	Did not advance
Koichi Nagae	W 4–0	W 4–0	W 4–3	1 Q	L 0–4	Did not advance
Kurumi Onoue	Women's singles	W 4–0	W 4–2		1 Q	L 0–4	Did not advance
Noa Takahashi	W 4–0	W 4–0		1 Q	W 4–3	W 4–0	W 4–3
Kento Masuda Rurika Kuroki	Mixed doubles	W 5–2	W 5–0		1 Q	L 2–5	Did not advance
Toshiki Uematsu Riko Hayashida	W 5–0^R	W 5–0		1 Q	W 5–0	L 3–5	Did not advance
Hayato Funemizu Toshiki Uematsu Taimei Marunaka Koichi Nagae Kento Masuda	Men's team	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	1 Q		W 2–0	L 0–2
Riko Hayashida Misaki Hangai Noa Takahashi Rurika Kuroki Kurumi Onoue	Women's team	W 3–0	W 3–0		1 Q		W 2–0	W 2–1

Softball

See main article: Softball at the 2018 Asian Games.

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
• Yukiko Ueno
• Eri Yamada
• Yu Yamamoto
• Saori Yamauchi
• Saki Yamazaki

Preliminary round

	Final round
	Eliminated

The top four teams will advance to the Final round.

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align = left		4	2	30	16	0.667	2	1–1; RA = 1
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	2	4	15	23	0.333	4
align = left		1	5	15	41	0.167	5
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Semifinal

Final

Sport climbing

See main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Asian Games.

Speed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Best	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Kokoro Fujii	Men's	9.557	23	Did not advance
Tomoa Narasaki	7.260	12 Q	L 6.830–6.512	Did not advance			10
Akiyo Noguchi	Women's	11.488	17	Did not advance
Futaba Ito	10.110	10 Q	L 10.366–9.347	Did not advance			9

Combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Speed Point	Boulder Point	Lead Point	Total	Rank	Speed Point	Boulder Point	Lead Point	Total	Rank
Kokoro Fujii	Men's	17	6	2	204	4 Q	5	3	1	15
Tomoa Narasaki	6	1	1	6	1 Q	4	2	2	16
Akiyo Noguchi	Women's	11	3.5	2	77	3 Q	6	1	2	12
Futaba Ito	9	7	4	252	6 Q	4	2	4	32	4

Squash

See main article: Squash at the 2018 Asian Games.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Tomotaka Endo	Men's	L 0–3	Did not advance
Ryunosuke Tsukue	W 3–0	L 1–3	Did not advance
Misaki Kobayashi	Women's	W 3–0	W 3–2	L 0–3	Did not advance
Satomi Watanabe	W 3–0	W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ryunosuke Tsukue Tomotaka Endo Ryosei Kobayashi	Men's	L 1–2	L 0–3	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	3	Did not advance
Satomi Watanabe Misaki Kobayashi Risa Sugimoto	Women's	W 3–0	W 3–0	L 0–3	W 2–1		2 Q	L 0–2	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Naito Ehara	200 m freestyle	1:47.76	3Q	1:47.66	5
400 m freestyle	3:53.24	5Q	3:47.14
Kosuke Hagino	400 m freestyle	3:50.67	2Q	3:47.20
200 m individual medley	1:59.76	1Q	1:56.75
400 m individual medley	4:16.17	2Q	4:10.30
Ayatsugu Hirai	1500 m freestyle	15:24.26	5
Nao Horomura	100 m butterfly	53.30	8Q	53.00	6
200 m butterfly	1:58.06	2Q	1:55.58
Ryosuke Irie	50 m backstroke	25.25	3Q	24.88
100 m backstroke	53.85	2Q	52.53
200 m backstroke	2:01.74	3Q	1:55.11
Masaki Kaneko	50 m backstroke	26.23	12	Did not advance
100 m backstroke	54.81	4Q	54.61	4
Yuki Kobori	50 m butterfly	24.17	7Q	24.40	7
100 m butterfly	52.47	2Q	51.77
Yasuhiro Koseki	50 m breaststroke	27.28	2Q	27.07
100 m breaststroke	1:01.35	7Q	58.86
200 m breaststroke	2:12.77	3Q	2:07.81
Katsuhiro Matsumoto	200 m freestyle	1:47.94	4Q	1:46.50
Katsumi Nakamura	50 m freestyle	22.50	4Q	22.20
100 m freestyle	49.50	5Q	48.72
Shunichi Nakao	50 m freestyle	22.62	7Q	22.46
50 m butterfly	23.98	4Q	23.88	4
Daiya Seto	50 m breaststroke	27.97	7Q	28.00	8
200 m butterfly	1:57.23	1Q	1:54.53
200 m individual medley	2:01.57	4Q	2:01.57	4
400 m individual medley	4:16.16	1Q	4:08.79
Shinri Shioura	100 m freestyle	49.32	3Q	48.71
Keita Sunama	200 m backstroke	2:02.64	5Q	1:55.54
Shogo Takeda	800 m freestyle	7:53.01
1500 m freestyle	15:17.13	4
Ippei Watanabe	100 m breaststroke	1:00.93	4Q	1:00.15	4
200 m breaststroke	2:11.92	1Q	2:07.82
Kohei Yamamoto	800 m freestyle	7:59.60	4
Shinri Shioura Katsuhiro Matsumoto Katsumi Nakamura Juran Mizohata	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:18.25	2Q	3:12.68
Naito Ehara Reo Sakata Kosuke Hagino Katsuhiro Matsumoto Juran Mizohata Ayatsugu Hirai Yuki Kobori	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:25.73	4Q	7:05.17
Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Yuki Kobari Shinri Shioura Masaki Kaneko Ippei Watanabe Nao Horomura Katsumi Nakamura	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.95	1Q	3:30.03

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sayaka Akase	200 m backstroke	2:12.25	4Q	2:10.35	4
Reona Aoki	100 m breaststroke	1:07.24	2Q	1:06.45
200 m breaststroke	2:29.16	3Q	2:23.33
Tomomi Aoki	100 m freestyle	55.57	3Q	54.58	4
Suzuka Hasegawa	200 m butterfly	2:09.95	1Q	2:08.80
Chihiro Igarashi	200 m freestyle	2:00.21	1Q	1:57.49
400 m freestyle	4:15.89	1Q	4:08.48
Rikako Ikee	50 m freestyle	25.09	1Q	24.53
100 m freestyle	54.33	1Q	53.27
50 m butterfly	25.91	1Q	25.55
100 m butterfly	57.81	2Q	56.30
Waka Kobori	400 m freestyle	4:19.62	3Q	4:11.69	4
800 m freestyle	8:30.65
1500 m freestyle	16:18.31
Anna Konishi	50 m backstroke	28.69	4Q	28.37	4
100 m backstroke	1:00.44	1Q	59.67
Sachi Mochida	200 m butterfly	2:11.87	3Q	2:08.72
Yukimi Moriyama	800 m freestyle	8:40.71	4
1500 m freestyle	16:34.23	4
Natsumi Sakai	50 m backstroke	28.25	3Q	27.91
100 m backstroke	1:00.53	2Q	59.27
200 m backstroke	2:12.30	5Q	2:08.13
Sakiko Shimizu	400 m individual medley	4:45.88	3Q	4:39.10
Ai Soma	50 m butterfly	27.40	11	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	59.16	4Q	58.68	4
Satomi Suzuki	50 m breaststroke	31.02	1Q	30.83
100 m breaststroke	1:06.92	1Q	1:06.40
Miho Teramura	50 m breaststroke	31.26	3Q	Disqualified
200 m individual medley	2:15.73	3Q	2:10.98
Yui Ohashi	200 m freestyle	2:02.41	5Q	2:00.29	4
200 m individual medley	2:13.55	1Q	2:08.88
400 m individual medley	4:42.11	1Q	4:34.58
Kanako Watanabe	200 m breaststroke	2:27.05	1Q	2:23.05
Mayuka Yamamoto	50 m freestyle	25.53	4Q	25.45	4
Rikako Ikee Natsumi Sakai Tomomi Aoki Chihiro Igarashi Mayuka Yamamoto Rio Shirai	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.47	2Q	3:36.52
Chihiro Igarashi Rikako Ikee Yui Ohashi Rio Shirai Waka Kobori Sachi Mochida	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:05.21	2Q	7:53.83
Natsumi Sakai Reona Aoki Rikako Ikee Tomomi Aoki Anna Konishi Reona Aoki Ai Soma Sakiko Shimizu	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:01.65	1Q	3:54.73

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Jin Ueda	Men's singles		W 4–1	W 4–1	L 0–4	Did not advance
Kenta Matsudaira		W 4–1	W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance
Minami Ando	Women's singles		W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance
Miyu Kato		W 4–0	W 4–3	L 3–4	Did not advance
Jin Ueda Miyu Maeda	Mixed doubles		W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance
Masataka Morizono Misaki Morizono		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kenta Matsudaira Masataka Morizono Jin Ueda Masaki Yoshida	Men's	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–1	W 3–0	1 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance
Minami Ando Miyu Kato Misaki Morizono Miyu Maeda	Women's	W 3–0	L 2–3	W 3–0		2 Q	L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Poomsae

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sergio Suzuki	Men's −58 kg		W 50–28	W 22–8	L 11–24	Did not advance
Masanojo Honma	Men's −63 kg	L 18–21	Did not advance
Hidenori Ebata	Men's −80 kg	W 24–20	L 8–28	Did not advance
Miyu Yamada	Women's 49 kg		W 35–27	W 32–8	L 11–14	Did not advance
Kiyoko Nagano	Women's −53 kg		L 6–26	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

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
Yasutaka Uchiyama	Singles		W 6–3, 6–1	L 3–6, 6–7^(6–8)	Did not advance
Yosuke Watanuki		W 6–1, 6–3	L 6–7^(5–7), 4–6	Did not advance
Sho Shimabukuro Kaito Uesugi	Doubles		W 6–2, 4–6, [10–2]	W 7–6^(7–4), 6–3	W 4–6, 6–2, [10–2]	L 6–4, 3–6, [8–10]	Did not advance
Yuya Ito Yosuke Watanuki		W 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]	W 6–4, 6–4	W 6–3, 5–7, [10–2]	L 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), [7–10]	Did not advance

Women

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
Eri Hozumi	Singles		W 6–1, 6–3	L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Miyu Kato		W 6–0, 6–1	L 1–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Erina Hayashi Moyuka Uchijima	Doubles		W 1–6, 6–4, [11–9]	W 6–0, 6–0	L 6–4, 5–7, [5–10]	Did not advance
Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya			W 6–3, 6–3	W 6–3, 6–3	L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Mixed

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
Erina Hayashi Kaito Uesugi	Doubles		W 6–1, 6–0	W 7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(5–7), [12–10]	W 7–6^(7–4), 0–6, [10–8]	L 6–7^(3–7), 4–6	Did not advance
Makoto Ninomiya Yasutaka Uchiyama		W 7–5, 6–7^(7–9), [10–6]	W 6–4, 6–4	L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Asian Games.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (39.6 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Jumpei Furuya	Men's	18:48	0:26	56:36	0:20	33:33	1:49:43
Makoto Odakura	18:47	0:27	56:38	0:23	37:19	1:53:34	7
Yuka Sato	Women's	19:13	0:28	1:03:09	0:23		DNF	–
Yuko Takahashi	19:02	0:29	1:00:33	0:24	39:01	1:59:29

Mixed relay

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games.

Beach volleyball

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Oppositions scores	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Yuya Ageba Katsuhiro Shiratori	Men's tournament	W 2–0 : L 0–2 : W 2–0	2 Q	L 0–2	Did not advance
Yoshiumi Hasegawa Keisuke Shimizu	W 2–0 : L 1–2 : W 2–0	2 Q	L 1–2	Did not advance
Miki Ishii Megumi Murakami	Women's tournament	W 2–0 : W 2–0 : W 2–0	1 Q		W 2–0	W 2–0	L 1–2
Azusa Futami Akiko Hasegawa	W 2–0 : W 2–1 :W 2–0 : W 2–0	1 Q		L 0–2	Did not advance

Indoor volleyball

Team	Event	Group stage		Playoffs	Quarterfinals	Semifinals /	Final / /
		Oppositions scores	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	W 3–2 : W 3–2	1 Q	W 3–1	L 2–3	Did not advance	W 3–2	5
Japan women's	Women's tournament	W 3–0 : W 3–0 : L 0–3 : W 3–0	2 Q		W 3–0	L 0–3	L 1–3	4

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

Team rosterThe following is the Japanese roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[21]

Head coach: Gordon Mayforth

	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	Hideomi Fukatsu (c)		1.80NaN0	70kg (150lb)	327cm (129inches)	305cm (120inches)	Panasonic Panthers
	Shunichiro Sato		2.040NaN0	94kg (207lb)	335cm (132inches)	320cm (130inches)	Tohoku High School
	Naoya Takano		1.90NaN0	78kg (172lb)	335cm (132inches)	320cm (130inches)	Sakai Blazers
	Jin Tsuzuki		1.940NaN0	85kg (187lb)	340cm (130inches)	320cm (130inches)	Chuo University
	Takashi Dekita		20NaN0	94kg (207lb)	345cm (136inches)	330cm (130inches)	Sakai Blazers
	Hiroki Ozawa		1.860NaN0	82kg (181lb)	340cm (130inches)	315cm (124inches)	University of Tsukuba
	Shunsuke Chijiki		1.940NaN0	89kg (196lb)	348cm (137inches)	325cm (128inches)	Sakai Blazers
	Ryota Denda		1.910NaN0	84kg (185lb)	345cm (136inches)	327cm (129inches)	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza
	Takuya Takamatsu		1.860NaN0	86kg (190lb)	341cm (134inches)	320cm (130inches)	Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza
	Motoki Eiro		1.920NaN0	80kg (180lb)	329cm (130inches)	320cm (130inches)	Tokai University
	Tomohiro Horie		1.830NaN0	73kg (161lb)	315cm (124inches)	305cm (120inches)	Waseda University
	Ryuta Homma		1.780NaN0	71kg (157lb)	320cm (130inches)	305cm (120inches)	JTEKT Stings
	Takeshi Ogawa		1.930NaN0	90kg (200lb)	350cm (140inches)	330cm (130inches)	Suntory Sunbirds
	Taishi Onodera		2.010NaN0	98kg (216lb)	330cm (130inches)	320cm (130inches)	JT Thunders

Pool C

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Playoff

Quarterfinal

5th place game

Women's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women.

Team rosterThe following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[22]

Head coach: Kumi Nakada

	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
			1.790NaN0	64kg (141lb)	308cm (121inches)	303cm (119inches)	Hisamitsu Springs
			1.870NaN0	75kg (165lb)	300cm (100inches)	293cm (115inches)	Hisamitsu Springs
			1.730NaN0	64kg (141lb)	292cm (115inches)	285cm (112inches)	Hisamitsu Springs
			1.860NaN0	81kg (179lb)	305cm (120inches)	297cm (117inches)	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
			1.80NaN0	68kg (150lb)	302cm (119inches)	287cm (113inches)	Hisamitsu Springs
			1.820NaN0	78kg (172lb)	298cm (117inches)	290cm (110inches)	NEC Red Rockets
10			1.750NaN0	68kg (150lb)	297cm (117inches)	280cm (110inches)	Ageo Medics
11			1.760NaN0	55kg (121lb)	302cm (119inches)	292cm (115inches)	Denso Airybees
12			1.750NaN0	62kg (137lb)	284cm (112inches)	280cm (110inches)	Hitachi Rivale
13			1.770NaN0	69kg (152lb)	297cm (117inches)	285cm (112inches)	Nakhon Ratchasima
15			1.620NaN0	59kg (130lb)	288cm (113inches)	275cm (108inches)	JT Marvelous
16			1.640NaN0	56kg (123lb)	281cm (111inches)	274cm (108inches)	JT Marvelous
17			1.80NaN0	72kg (159lb)	308cm (121inches)	291cm (115inches)	Hisamitsu Springs
19			1.80NaN0	69kg (152lb)	306cm (120inches)	295cm (116inches)	Toray Arrows

Pool A

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games.

SummaryKey:

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

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal /	Final / /
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	W 12–4	W 24–7	W 23–0	W 20–4		1 Q	W 28–6	W 18–7	L 7–8
Japan women's	Women's tournament	W 15–4	L 8–12	W 19–5	W 31–3	L 11–12	3

Men's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament.

Team rosterHead coach: Yoji Omoto

1. Katsuyuki Tanamura (GK)
2. Seiya Adachi (D)
3. Harukiirario Koppu (CB)
4. Mitsuaki Shiga (D)
5. Takuma Yoshida (D)
6. Atsuto Iida (CB)
7. Takumu Miyazawa (CF)
8. Mitsuru Takata (D)
9. Atsushi Arai (D)
10. Yusuke Inaba (D)
11. Keigo Okawa (CB) (C)
12. Kenta Araki (CF)
13. Tomoyoshi Fukushima (GK)

Group B------------

Quarter-final

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament.

Team rosterHead coach: Makihiro Motomiya

1. Minami Shioya (GK)
2. Yumi Arima (CB)
3. Akari Inaba (D)
4. Shino Magariyama (D)
5. Chiaki Sakanoue (D)
6. Minori Yamamoto (D)
7. Maiko Hashida (D)
8. Yuki Niizawa (D)
9. Kana Hosoya (D)
10. Misaki Noro (D)
11. Marina Tokumoto (CB)
12. Kotori Suzuki (D) (C)
13. Miyuu Aoki (GK)

Round robin----------------

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games.

Japan Weightlifting Association entered the Games with 15 weightlifters (8 men's and 7 women's).^[23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yoichi Itokazu	−62 kg	130	5	158	6	288	5
Hiroaki Takao	125	10	152	9	277	10
Miyamoto Masanori	−69 kg	138	10	178	6	316	8
Konnai Mitsunori	137	11	170	10	307	10
Kasai Takehiro	−77 kg	144	9	182	4	326	6
Ioroi Masakazu	140	12	175	8	315	9
Yamamoto Toshiki	−85 kg	155	5	191	3	346	4
Tanaka Taro	−105 kg	172	6	200	6	372	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ibuki Takahashi	−48 kg	73	7	99	6	172	7
Mizuki Yanagida	70	10	93	9	163	9
Kanae Yagi	−53 kg	84	7	106	7	190	7
Ayana Sadoyama	75	10	91	11	166	11
Mikiko Ando	−58 kg	91	5	127	2	218
Miku Ishii	−69 kg	85	7	115	6	200	7
Kamiya Ayumi	−75 kg	100	4	122	5	222	5

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games. 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

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuki Takahashi	−57 kg		L 5–9	Did not advance			W 7–4	W 3–3 ^PP
Daichi Takatani	−65 kg	W 10–0	W 6^F–0	W 13–2	W 4–4 ^PP	L 8–11
Yuhi Fujinami	−74 kg	W 10–0	W 13–2	W 8–2	L 1–11	W 9–8
Shota Shirai	−86 kg	W 2^F–0	L 0–4	Did not advance					8
Takeshi Yamaguchi	−97 kg			L 0–11	Did not advance			L 0^R–6	5
Nobuyoshi Arakida	−125 kg		L 0–1	Did not advance				Did not advance	10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shinobu Ota	−60 kg	W 8–0	W 9–0	W 6–0		W 8^F–3
Tsuchika Shimoyamada	−67 kg	L 3–7	Did not advance				11
Shohei Yabiku	−77 kg	W 9^F–0	W 3–3 ^PP	L 1–8		L 3–4	5
Masato Sumi	−87 kg	W 3–1	L 0–8	Did not advance			8
Yuta Nara	−97 kg		L 1–7	Did not advance			8
Arata Sonoda	−130 kg		W 9–1	L 0–6		W 2^F–0

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuki Irie	−50 kg		W 8^F–0	W 13–4		L 2–6
Haruna Okuno	−53 kg	W 10–0	W 4–1	L 7–7 ^PP		W 6^F–0
Katsuki Sakagami	−57 kg	L 6–9	Did not advance		W 11–0	W 6–1
Risako Kawai	−62 kg		W 12–1	L 2–2^F		W 10–0
Ayana Gempei	−68 kg	W 5–2	L 3–6	Did not advance	W 10–0	L 3–7	5
Hiroe Minagawa	−76 kg		W 13–1	W 2–1		L 0–8

Wushu

See main article: Wushu at the 2018 Asian Games.

Taolu

Athlete	Event	Event 1		Event 2		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ren Sakamoto	Men's changquan	9.64	7	9.64	7
Ryouta Mouri	Men's nanquan and nangun	9.68	6	9.69	8	19.37	5
Tomohiro Araya	Men's taijiquan and taijijian	9.70	2	9.72	2	19.42
Hibiki Betto	Men's daoshu and gunshu	9.67	7	9.70	4	19.37	5
Shiho Saito	Women's taijiquan and taijijian	9.53	11	9.57	9	19.10	9
Keiko Yamaguchi	Women's jianshu and qiangshu	9.67	4	9.57	5	19.24	5

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4. Web site: 2018 18th Asian Games - Games & Tournament Details . . 19 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225020110/http://www.japan-baseball.jp.e.uu.hp.transer.com/jp/team/amateur/2018/asiangames/overview.html . 25 December 2018 . dead .
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6. News: Samurai Japan Amateur National Team – Pitcher Shunpei Yoshikawa's withdrawal from the 18th Asian Games . . 23 August 2018 . 21 December 2018 .
7. News: Asian Games 2018 hosts grouped with defending champions after draw . . 6 July 2018 . 2 August 2018.
8. News: ja:平成30年度 バスケットボール男子日本代表チーム 「第18回アジア競技大会」 男子日本代表選手発表 . http://www.japanbasketball.jp/japan/45963 . . 9 August 2018 . 17 August 2018 . ja.
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