Japan at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships explained

Games:	World Aquatics Championships
Nf:	JPN
Nfname:	Japan Swimming Federation
Year:	2019
Flagcaption:	Flag of Japan
Location:	Gwangju, South Korea
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	6
Rank:	11
Appearances:	auto

Japan competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				25 July
				28 July
				23 July
				24 July
				13 July
				15 July
				17 July
				20 July
				26 July
				28 July

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Japan entered 13 artistic swimmers.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Yukiko Inui	Solo technical routine	91.7284	3 Q	92.3084
Solo free routine	92.5667	3 Q	93.2000
align=left rowspan=2	Yukiko Inui Megumu Yoshida	Duet technical routine	91.9210	4 Q	92.1116	4
Duet free routine	92.4333	4 Q	93.0000	4
Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Kei Marumo Kano Omata Mayu Tsukamoto Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Okina Kyogoku (R) Akane Yanagisawa (R)	Team technical routine	92.3274	4 Q	92.7207	4
Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Okina Kyogoku Mayu Tsukamoto Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Kei Marumo (R) Kano Omata (R)	Team free routine	92.6667	4 Q	93.3667	4
Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Hinata Kumagai Okina Kyogoku Kei Marumo Mayu Tsukamoto Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Kano Omata (R)	Free routine combination	93.0000	4 Q	93.2333	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi	Duet technical routine	88.2948	3 Q	88.5113
Duet free routine	89.8000	3 Q	90.4000

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Japan entered seven divers.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sho Sakai	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	375.00	28	did not advance
Ken Terauchi	395.80	19	did not advance
Sho Sakai Ken Terauchi	Synchronized 3 metre springboard	384.09	2 Q	389.43	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sayaka Mikami	3 m springboard	291.60	8 Q	307.95	7 Q	323.05	5
Matsuri Arai	align=left rowspan=2	10 metre platform	304.75	11 Q	312.45	10 Q	321.45	9
Rin Kaneto	333.95	5 Q	285.05	17	did not advance
Haruka Enomoto Hazuki Miyamoto	Synchronized 3 metre springboard	253.50	14	did not advance

Open water swimming

See main article: Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Japan qualified two male and two female open water swimmers.^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Taiki Nonaka	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 10 km	1:51:35.3	45
Takeshi Toyoda	1:50:22.0	39

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yumi Kida	align=left rowspan=2	Women's 10 km	1:55:26.7	22
Minami Niikura	1:55:46.8	30

Mixed

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Japan entered 25 swimmers.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Naito Ehara	200 m freestyle	1:47.46	20	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ryosuke Irie	100 m backstroke	53.38	5 Q	53.13	6 Q	53.22	6
200 m backstroke	1:57.60	7 Q	1:57.26	8 Q	1:56.52	5
Kazuki Kohinata	200 m breaststroke	2:09.92	14 Q	2:08.42	9	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yasuhiro Koseki	50 m breaststroke	27.33	16 Q	27.22	13	did not advance
100 m breaststroke	58.91	3 Q	58.89	4 Q	58.93	4
Katsuhiro Matsumoto	200 m freestyle	1:46.51	7 Q	1:45.56	=4 Q	1:45.22 NR
align=left rowspan=2	Naoki Mizunuma	50 m butterfly	23.74	21	did not advance
100 m butterfly	52.23	12 Q	51.71	9	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Katsumi Nakamura	50 m freestyle	22.41	26	did not advance
100 m freestyle	48.68	=11 Q	48.45	=10	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Daiya Seto	200 m butterfly	1:54.56	2 Q	1:55.33	3 Q	1:53.86
200 m individual medley	1:57.90	2 Q	1:57.10	3 Q	1:56.14
400 m individual medley	4:12.27	1 Q	4:08.95
align=left rowspan=2	Shinri Shioura	50 m freestyle	21.78	5 Q	21.74	7 Q	21.81	8
100 m freestyle	48.68	=11 Q	48.54	13	did not advance
Keita Sunama	200 m backstroke	1:58.40	19	did not advance
Ippei Watanabe	200 m breaststroke	2:09.68	9 Q	2:08.04	6 Q	2:06.73
Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura Katsuhiro Matsumoto Akira Namba	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:14.16	9	did not advance
Kotaro Takahashi Katsuhiro Matsumoto Keisuke Yoshida Daiya Seto	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:09.23	9	did not advance
Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Naoki Mizunuma Katsumi Nakamura	4×100 m medley relay	3:32.34	3 Q	3:30.35	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Reona Aoki	100 m breaststroke	1:06.81	5 Q	1:06.30	3 Q	1:06.40	4
200 m breaststroke	2:25.93	11 Q	2:27.95	15	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Suzuka Hasegawa	100 m butterfly	58.71	19	did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:10.03	12 Q	2:09.22	10	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Chihiro Igarashi	200 m freestyle	1:59.18	16 Q	1:58.97	16	did not advance
400 m freestyle	4:13.81	20	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Hiroko Makino	100 m butterfly	58.33	16 Q	58.49	16	did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:09.88	10 Q	2:09.60	11	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yui Ohashi	200 m individual medley	2:11.09	9 Q	2:10.04	6 Q
400 m individual medley	4:37.23	2 Q	4:32.33
align=left rowspan=3	Rika Omoto	50 m freestyle	25.17	20	did not advance
100 m freestyle	54.89	26	did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:10.50	5 Q	2:09.68	5 Q	2:09.32	5
align=left rowspan=3	Natsumi Sakai	50 m backstroke	28.41	20	did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:00.05	10 Q	59.71	8 Q	59.56	=6
200 m backstroke	2:10.40	12 Q	2:10.11	11	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Rio Shirai	200 m freestyle	1:58.10	12 Q	1:56.82	8 Q	1:57.14	8
200 m backstroke	2:14.98	31	did not advance
Tomomi Aoki Aya Sato Rio Shirai Rika Omoto	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:36.17	5 Q	3:36.79	7
Rio Shirai Chihiro Igarashi Tomomi Aoki Nagisa Ikemoto	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:56.00	8 Q	7:56.31	8
Natsumi Sakai Reona Aoki Hiroko Makino Rika Omoto	4×100 m medley relay	3:59.87	8 Q	3:58.14	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katsumi Nakamura Katsuhiro Matsumoto Rika Omoto Aya Sato Tomomi Aoki	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:25.41	7 Q	3:24.67 AS	7
Natsumi Sakai Yasuhiro Koseki Naoki Mizunuma Rika Omoto	4×100 m medley relay			did not advance

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament.

Team roster^[6]

• Katsuyuki Tanamura
• Seiya Adachi
• Harukiirario Koppu
• Mitsuaki Shiga
• Takuma Yoshida
• Atsuto Iida
• Yusuke Shimizu
• Mitsuru Takata
• Atsushi Arai
• Yusuke Inaba
• Keigo Okawa (C)
• Kenta Araki
• Tomoyoshi Fukushima
• Coach: Yoji Omoto

Group D--------

Playoffs

9th–12th place semifinals

Eleventh place game

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament.

Team roster^[7]

• Rikako Miura
• Yumi Arima
• Akari Inaba
• Shino Magariyama
• Chiaki Sakanoue
• Miku Koide
• Maiko Hashida
• Yuki Niizawa
• Minori Yamamoto
• Misaki Noro
• Marina Tokumoto
• Kotori Suzuki (C)
• Minami Shioya
• Coach: Makihiro Motomiya

Group D--------

13th–16th place semifinals

13th place game

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming). 10 July 2019. www.omegatiming.com . 14 July 2019.
2. Web site: Diving Entry List by NAT (Diving) . 11 July 2019 . www.omegatiming.com . 14 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190711204614/http://omegatiming.com/File/0001130005FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF02.pdf . 11 July 2019 . dead .
3. Web site: 18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality. Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. 14 July 2019. pdf. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712100540/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/000113040001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. 12 July 2019.
4. Web site: 18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality. Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. 14 July 2019. pdf. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190712100540/http://www.omegatiming.com/File/000113040002FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. 12 July 2019.
5. Web site: Swimming Entry List. 18 July 2019 . www.omegatiming.com . 20 July 2019.
6. Web site: Men's Water Polo Team Roster Japan. waterpolo.sportresult.com. 14 July 2019.
7. Web site: Women's Water Polo Team Roster Japan. waterpolo.sportresult.com. 14 July 2019. 9 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201209233538/https://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2019/WJPN-R.pdf. dead.