Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	JPN
Npcname:	Japan Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2020
Flagcaption:	Flag of Japan
Location:	Tokyo
Competitors:	255
Flagbearer:	Koyo Iwabuchi & Mami Tani
Rank:	11
Gold:	13
Silver:	15
Bronze:	23
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1964

Japan competed as the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

See main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				26 August
				27 August
				29 August
				29 August
				31 August
				25 August
				26 August
				27 August
				28 August
				30 August
				31 August
	Men's wheelchair basketball team
				25 August
				27 August
				27 August
				27 August
	Guide: Kohei Tsubaki			28 August
				28 August
				28 August
	Japan national wheelchair rugby team			29 August
				29 August
				29 August
				30 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	3	3	6
	26	20	46
	5	8	13
	7	3	10
	3	3	6
	4	4	8
	4	0	4
	10	0	10
	6	6	12
	7	6	13
	3	1	4
	3	3	6
	2	1	3
	12	9	21
	14	13	27
	7	4	11
	2	1	3
	3	4	7
	12	12	24
	3	3	6
	11	1	12
	6	4	10
Total	153	109	262

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Qualification. Japan fielded nine archers (four men and five women) at the Games, as the host nation is automatically entitled to use the individual quota places.^[3]

Men's individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kohi Oyama	Individual W1	624	9		W 129^10+-129^10	L 129-133	Did not advance
Leon Miyamoto	Individual compound	683	17	W 141-136	L 139-146	Did not advance
Tomohiro Ueyama	align=left rowspan=3	Individual recurve	609	11	L 0-6	Did not advance

Women's individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aiko Okazaki	Individual W1	576	9		W 128-115	L 129-132	Did not advance
Miho Nagano	Compound	647	22	L 130-138	Did not advance
Chika Shigesada	Recurve	584	8		W 7-1	L 1-7	Did not advance

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aiko Okazaki Kohji Oyama	Team W1	1200	4	L 119-132	Did not advance
Miho Nagano Leon Miyamoto	Team compound	1330	10		L 144-145	Did not advance
Chika Shigesada Tomohiro Ueyama	Team recurve	1193	6		W 5-3	L 2-6	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Japan have secured three quotas in athletics after being in the top four of the 2019 World Para Athletics Marathon Championships and twelve more automatic qualification slots at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.^[4]

Men's road & track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daiki Akai	Men's 400m T20	3:58.78	5
align=left rowspan=2	Masayuki Higuchi	Men's 1500 m T54	3:03.60	4 q	2:53.60	9
Men's 5000 m T54	10:11.49	5 q	10:31.28	8
Tadashi Horikoshi	Men's marathon T12	2:28:01
Tomoki Ikoma	Men's 100m T54	14.50	6	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kakeru Ishida	Men's 100m T47	11.15	5 q	11.05	5
Men's 400m T47	51.56	5	Did not advance
Tomoya Ito	Men's 400m T53	57.16	6	Did not advance
Yuku Iwata	Men's 1500m T20	4:01.72	8
align=left rowspan=2	Kenya Karasawa	Men's 1500m T11	4:13.32	1 Q	4:08.84	4
Men's 5000m T11	15:18.12
Junta Kosuda	Men's 100 m T63	13.58	5	Did not advance
Kozo Kubo	Men's 5000 m T54	10:21.34	7	Did not advance
Yutaka Kumagai	Men's marathon T12	2:31:32	7
align=left rowspan=2	Takeru Matsumoto	Men's 100m T36	12.61	4	Did not advance
Men's 400m T36	59.15	7
Tsutomu Nagata	Men's marathon T46	2:29:33
align=left rowspan=2	Kengo Oshima	Men's 100 m T64	11.41	5	Did not advance
Men's 200 m T64	23.99	4	Did not advance
Yuki Oya	Men's 100m T52	17.18
align=left rowspan=2	Tomoki Sato	Men's 400m T52	57.33	1 Q	55.39
Men's 1500m T52	3:29.13
align=left rowspan=3	Tomoki Suzuki	Men's 800m T54	1:37.85	5	Did not advance
Men's 1500 m T54	2:56.34	7 q	2:53.60	9
Men's marathon T54	1:30:45	7
Yuji Togawa	Men's 1500 m T20	4:03.62	9
align=left rowspan=2	Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	Men's 400m T52	1:01.05	2 Q	59.95
Men's 1500 m T52	3:44.17
align=left rowspan=3	Shinya Wada	Men's 1500m T11	4:05.27
Men's 5000m T11	15:21.03
Men's marathon T12	2:33:05	9
Atsushi Yamamoto	Men's 100 m T63	13.20	5	Did not advance
Yuhei Yasuono	Men's 100 m T33	22.34	5

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Kanta Kokubo	Men's long jump T20	7.01	4
Junta Kosuda	Men's javelin throw T46	5.95	7
Takuya Shiramasa	Men's high jump T64	58.35	6
Toru Suzuki	Men's high jump T64	1.88	5
Atsushi Yamamoto	Men's long jump T63	6.70	4
Akihiro Yamazaki	Men's javelin throw T46	57.69	7

Women's road & track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yumiko Fuji	Women's marathon T12	3:17:44	5
Tsubasa Kina	Women's marathon T54	1:42:33	7
Kaede Maegawa	Women's 100 m T63	16.57	4	Did not advance
Sayaka Makita	Women's 1500 m T20	4:54.60	6	Did not advance
Misato Michishita	Women's marathon T12	3:00:50
Momoka Muraoka	Women's 100 m T54	17.10	4 q	16.71	6
Mihoko Nishijima	Women's marathon T12	3:29:12	8
align=left rowspan=2	Mana Sasaki	Women's 100 m T13	12.96	4	Did not advance
Women's 400 m T13	58.48	4 q	58.05	7
Uran Sawada	Women's 100 m T12	12.71	2 q	12.81	4	Did not advance
Chiaki Takada	Women's 100 m T11	13.66	3	Did not advance
Saki Takakuwa	Women's 100 m T64	13.43	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yuka Takamatsu	Women's 100 m T38	14.00	6	Did not advance
Women's 400 m T38	1:07.23	6	Did not advance
Ayumi Takamura	Women's 400 m T38	1:08.29	6	Did not advance
Aimi Toyoma	Women's 400 m T20	1:00.17	4 q	59.99	7
Tomomi Tozawa	Women's 100 m T63	16.26	5 q	16.48	8
Wakako Tschida	Women's marathon T54	1:38:32	4
align=left rowspan=2	Sae Tsuji	Women's 200 m T47	26.88	4	Did not advance
Women's 200 m T47	59.98	3 Q	58.98	5
Moeko Yamamoto	Women's 1500 m T20	4:55.03	7

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Kaede Maegawa	Women's long jump T63	4.23	5
Maya Nakanishi	Women's long jump T64	5.27	6
Uran Sawada	Women's long jump T12	5.15	5
Chiaki Takada	Women's long jump T11	4.74	5
Saki Takakuwa	Women's long jump T64	4.88	8
Tomomi Tozawa	Women's long jump T63	4.39	4

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hiroshi Murayama	Singles WH1	W (15–21, 21–13, 21–17)	W (21–8, 21–7)		1 Q	W (21–15, 21–16)	L (16–21, 11–21)	L (20–22, 21–17, 14-21)	4
Osamu Nagashima		L (9–21, 12–21)	W (21–6, 21–12)		2 Q	L (15–21, 16–21)	Did not advance
Daiki Kajiwara	Singles WH2	W (21–9, 21–5)	W (13–21, 21–12, 21–13)		1 Q		W (21–14, 21–15)	W (21–18, 21–19)
Daisuke Fujihara	Singles SL3	L (11–21, 7–21)	W (21–5, 21–18)		2 Q		L (11–21, 16–21)	L (20–22, 21–23)	4
Taiyo Imai	Singles SU5	L (16–21, 21–17, 10–21)	W (21–5, 21–4)	L (19–21, 12–21)	3		Did not advance
Hiroshi Murayama Daiki Kajiwara	Doubles WH1–WH2	W (21–12, 21–9)	L (13–21, 10–21)		2 Q		L (8–21, 17–21)	W (21–18, 21–19)

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sarina Satomi	Singles WH1	W (21–12, 21–7)	L (11–21, 22–24)	2 Q	W (21–8, 21–9)	W (21–18, 21–18)	W (14–21, 21–19, 21-13)
Yuma Yamazaki	Singles WH2	W (22–20, 21–16)	L (15–21, 21–13, 16–21)	2 Q	W (23–25, 21–7, 21–8)	L (12–21, 13–21)	W (21–16, 21–8)
Rie Ogura		L (6–21, 8–21)	L (14–21, 17–21)	3	Did not advance
Haruka Fujino	Singles SL4	W (21–17, 21–10)	L (25–27, 8–21)	2		Did not advance
Ayako Suzuki	Singles SU5	W (21–7, 21–4)	W (21–12, 21–8)	1 Q		W (21–2, 21–13)	L (17–21, 9–21)
Kaede Kameyama		L 1–2 (22–20, 15–21, 16–21)	W (22–20, 21–13)	2 Q	W (21–11, 21–15)	L (2–21, 13–21)	L (16–21, 21–6, 13-21)	4
Akiko Sugino		W (20–22, 21–15, 21–16)	W (15–21, 21–13, 21–15)	1 Q	W (21–5, 21–12)	L (11–21, 11–21)	W (21–16, 6–21, 21-13)
Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki	Doubles WH1–WH2	W(21–12, 21–5)	W (21–16, 21–9)	1 Q		W (21–17, 21–16)	W (16–21, 21–16, 21-13)
Noriko Ito Ayako Suzuki	Doubles SL3–SU5	W (21–11, 21–17)	L (4–21, 8–21)	2 Q		L (6–21, 12–21)	W (21–16, 21–18)

• Nipada Saensupa from Thailand retired during the match between Ma Huihui from China, though the result doesn't count.

Mixed

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takumi Nakamura	Individual BC1	W 8-5	L 2-6	L 1-9	L 1-11	4	Did not advance
Takayuki Hirose	Individual BC2	W 7-2	L 1-6	W 4-3		2	Did not advance
Hidetaka Sugimura	W 12-0	W 6-4	W 6-1		1 Q	W 8-1	W 3-2	W 6-1
Keisuke Kawamoto	Individual BC3	W 4-2	L 5-5*	L 2-3		3	Did not advance
Kazuki Takahashi	L 2-7	W 9-0	W 3-2		2	Did not advance
Shun Esaki	Individual BC4	L 2-4	L 2-3	L 3-5		4	Did not advance
Takumi Nakamura Yuriko Fujii Hidetaka Sugimura Takayuki Hirose	Team BC1–2	W 8-2	W 5-4	L 5-6	W 6-4	1 Q		L 3-8	W 4-3
Kazuki Takahashi Keisuke Kawamoto Keiko Tanaka	Pairs BC3	W 3-2	L 4-4*	W 7-0	W 3*-3	2 Q		W 5-1	L 4-4*

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Maski Fujita	Road time trial C3	36:47.63	7
Road race C1-3	2:11:06	7
align=left rowspan=2	Shota Kawamoto	Road time trial C2	39:08.26	9
Road race C1-3	2:28:51	28

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Miho Fujii	Road time trial C1-3	33:09.02	15
Road race C1-3	1:37:24	15
align=left rowspan=2	Keiko Sugiura	Road time trial C1-3	25:55.76
Road race C1-3	1:12:55

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Maski Fujita	Individual pursuit C3	3:38.366	8	Did not advance
Time trial C1-3	1:12.306	14
align=left rowspan=2	Shota Kawamoto	Individual pursuit C2	3:36.117	4	L 3:38.947	4
Time trial C1-3	1:08.531	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Miho Fujii	Individual pursuit C1-3	4:52.254	15	Did not advance
Time trial C1-3	41.706	7
align=left rowspan=2	Keiko Sugiura	Individual pursuit C1-3	4:02.834	5	Did not advance
Time trial C1-3	39.869	4

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Result	Rank
Sho Iniba	Exclusive	Individual test grade III	67.529	15
align=left rowspan=2	Mitsuhide Miyaji	align=left rowspan=2	Charmander	Individual test grade II	66.824	7
Individual freestyle test grade II	67.434	8
Katsuji Takashima	Huzette	Individual test grade IV	65.951	14
Sochie Yoshigoe	Hashtag	Individual test grade II	63.823	10
Mitsuhide Miyaji (GII) Sho Iniba (GIII) Katsuji Takashima (GIV)	See above	Team test	198.378	15

Football 5-a-side

See main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Roster

Group stage--------

Fifth place match

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Under goalball rules, as the host nation, Japan gets one of the ten slots for the men's, and women's, competitions. There are up to six athletes on the court at a time; three athletes per team are allowed on the court at one time.

Men

Group stage------------

Quarter-final

Women

Group stage------------

Quarterfinal

Semi-final

Bronze medal match

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Takaaki Hirai	−60 kg	W 10–01	L 00–10	Did not advance		L 00–10	Did not advance	=7
Yujiro Seto	−66 kg	W 11–00	L 00–10	Did not advance		W 10–01	W 11–01
Takamasa Nagai	−73 kg	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance		L 01–11	Did not advance	=7
Aramitsu Kitazono^[5]	−81 kg		Did not advance
Haruka Hirose	−90 kg	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance		L 00–10	Did not advance	=7
Yoshikazu Matsumoto	−100 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance		L 00–10	Did not advance	=7
Kento Masaki	+100 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance		L 00–10	Did not advance	=7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shizuka Hangai	−48 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance		W 10–01	L 00–11	=5
Yui Fujiwara	-52 kg		W 10–00	L 00–10	L 00–10	=5
Junko Hirose	-57 kg	W 10–00	L 00–11	Did not advance		W 10–00	L 01–10	=5
Hiroko Kudo	-63 kg	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance		L 00–10	Did not advance	=7
Hiroko Kudo	-70 kg	W 10–00	W w/o	L 00-10	W 01-00
Minako Tsuchiya	+70 kg		L 00-10	Did not advance		L 00-10	Did not advance	=7

Paracanoeing

See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Koichi Imai	Men's va'a VL3	58.458	5 SF	54.992	5 FB	57.028	10
Yuta Takagi	Men's kayak KL1	1:00.765	6 SF	58.259	5 FB	58.509	12
Hiromi Tatsumi	Men's kayak KL2	47.757	6 SF	46.290	5 FB	47.325	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoshimi Kaji	Women's kayak KL3	55.777	5 SF	52.948	7	Did not advance
Saki Komatsu	Women's va'a VL2	1:14.310	5 SF	1:08.477	4	Did not advance
Monika Seryu	Women's kayak KL1	1:00.180	4 SF	1:00.489	2 FA	57.998	7

Paratriathlon

See main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total Time	Rank
Hideki Uda	Men's PTS4	12:52	1:11	30:30	0:52	18:20	1:03:45
Satoru Yoneoka Guide: Kohei Tsubaki	Men's PTVI	11:49	1:22	29:34	0:54	18:40	1:02:20
Jumpei Kimura	Men's PTWC	12:04	1:24	36:12	1:02	14:08	1:04:50	7
Wakako Tsuchida	Women's PTWC	15:48	1:45	42:03	1:14	17:38	1:22:32	9
Yukako Hata	Women's PTS2	11:55	2:16	41:30	1:53	30:23	1:28:04	6
Mami Tani	Women's PTS5	13:06	1:41	39:19	1:24	26:53	1:22:23	10
Atsuko Maruo Guide: Hideki Kikuchi	Women's PTVI	14:01	1:28	34:29	1:02	26:07	1:20:59	11

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Hiroshi Miura	Men's -49 kg	127	9
Tomihiro Kose	Men's -59 kg	145	10
Hajime Ujiro	Men's -72 kg	162	6
Chika Sakamoto	Women's -79 kg	80	8

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Japan qualified two boats in the women's single sculls and mixed coxed four events for the games. Women's single sculls crews qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, while mixed coxed four received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ichikawa Tomomi	Women's single sculls	13:50.29	5 R	12:41.10	5 FB	14:14.59	11
Yao Haruka Kimura Yui Nishioka Toshihiro Ariyasu Ryohei Tatsuta Hiroyuki	Mixed coxed four	8:14.09	6 R	7:52.35	5 FB	8:36.89	12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Daisuke Sasaki	R3 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1	629.4	28	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yusuke Watanabe	R3 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1	623.0	45	Did not advance
R6 – 50 m air rifle standing SH1	610.1	30	Did not advance
Mika Mizuta	R5 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2	628.6	32	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Five Japanese swimmers have qualified to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method.^{[6] [7]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kaede Hinata	Men's 50m freestyle S5	37.45	16	Did not advance
Men's 50m backstroke S5	41.97	10	Did not advance
Men's 50m butterfly S5	37.80	8 Q	37.24	7
Keiichi Kimura	Men's 100m backstroke SB11	1:14.05	3 Q	1:11.78
Men's 100m butterfly S11	1:02.25	1 Q	1:02.57
Men's 200m individual medley SM11	2:32.60	3 Q	2:29.87	5
Takayuki Suzuki	Men's 50m freestyle S4	38.25	1 Q	37.70
Men's 100m freestyle S4	1:27.48	2 Q	1:21.58
Men's 200m freestyle S4	3:03.47	2 Q	2:55.15
Men's 50m breaststroke SB3	51.75	5 Q	49.32
Men's 150m individual medley SM4	2:45.77	3 Q	2:40.53
Dai Tokairin	Men's 200m individual medley SM14	2:15.54	8 Q	2:11.29	4
Uchu Tomita	Men's 400m freestyle S11	4:35.77	2 Q	4:31.69
Men's 100m butterfly S11	1:03.32	2 Q	1:03.59
Men's 200m individual medley SM11	2:32.87	4 Q	2:28.44
Naohide Yamaguchi	Men's 100m breaststroke SB14	1:04.45	1 Q	1:03.77

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kasumi Fukui	Women's 100m backstroke S14	1:13.12	8 Q	1:12.58	7
align=left rowspan=2	Mami Inoue	Women's 100m butterfly S14	1:12.08	12	Did not advance
Women's 200m individual medley SM14	2:36.60	7 Q	2:37.86	8
align=left rowspan=2	Tomomi Ishiura	Women's 50m freestyle S11	31.08	5 Q	30.85	7
Women's 100m freestyle S11	1:13.76	8 Q	1:13.80	8
Moemi Kinoshita	Women's 100m butterfly S14	1:10.53	7 Q	1:10.25	7
Sakura Koike	Women's 400m freestyle S7	5:34.12	6

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Japan as host nation, entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Takashi Asano qualified from 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and four others via World Ranking allocation.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nobuhiro Minami	Individual C2	L 2-3	L 0-3		3	Did not advance
Masachika Inoue	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C7	L 2-3	W 3-1	L 0-3	3	Did not advance
Katsuyoshi Yagi	L 0-3	W 3-0		2 Q	L 1-3	Did not advance
Koyo Iwabuchi	Individual C9	W 3-2	L 1-3	L 2-3	3	Did not advance
Takashi Asano	Individual C11	W 3-1	L 1-3		2 Q	L 2-3	Did not advance
Koya Kato		L 1-3	L 1-3		3	Did not advance
Takeshi Takemori		L 2-3	W 3-0		2 Q	L 0-3	Did not advance
Masachika Inoue Katsuyoshi Yagi	Team C6-7	L 0-2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuri Tomono	Individual C8	L 0-3	W 3-2		2 Q	L 0-3	Did not advance
Nozomi Takeuchi	Individual C10	L 0-3	L 0-3		3	Did not advance
Kanami Furukawa	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C11	W 3-1	L 0-3	L 1-3	3	Did not advance
Maki Ito	L 1-3	W 3-0	L 0-3	2 Q		L 0-3	Did not advance
Yuri Tomono Nozomi Takeuchi	Team C9-10	L 0-2	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Japan as the host nation qualified three athletes to compete in three events at the Paralympics competition.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mitsuya Tanaka	Men's –61 kg		L 24–58	Did not advance	L 15–20	Did not advance
Shunsuke Kudo	Men's –75 kg		L 23–31	Did not advance	W 52–31	L 22–42	Did not advance
Shoko Ota	Women's +58 kg		L 12–37	Did not advance	W	L 12-32	Did not advance

Sitting Volleyball

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The women's sitting volleyball team finished in 10th place at the 2018 World ParaVolley Championships in the Netherlands but they hope to improve their volleyball skills before the home games.^[9]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	L 0–3	L 0–3	L 0–3	4	Did not advance	Seventh place match L 0–3	8
Japan women's	Women's tournament	L 0–3	L 0–3	L 0–3	4	Did not advance	Seventh place match L 0–3	8

Men's tournament

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament.

Group play--------

Seventh place match

Women's tournament

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament.

Group play--------

Seventh place match

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group stage------------

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group stage------------

Quarter-final

5th–6th classification playoff

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Wheelchair rugby

See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Japan national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games automatically as the host nation quotas.

Team roster

• Team event – 1 team of 12 player

Group stage--------

Semi final

Bronze medal match

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Japan qualified twelve players entries for wheelchair tennis. Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. Meanwhile ten other athletes qualified by world rankings.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daisuke Arai	Men's singles	W 6-1, 6-1	L 0-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Shingo Kunieda		W 6-0, 6-1	W 6-0, 6-1	W 7-6, 6-3	W 6-3, 6-2	W 6-1, 6-2
Takuya Miki	W 6-1, 6-2	W 6-3, 6-1	L 2-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Takashi Sanada	W 6-1, 6-1	W 6-2, 6-1	L 2-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Daisuke Arai Takuya Miki	Men's doubles		W 7-6, 6-3	L 7-6, 6-3	Did not advance
Shingo Kunieda Takashi Sanada			W 6-1, 6-1	W 7-6, 6-3	L 2-6, 1-6	L 3-6, 2-6	4
Yui Kamiji	Women's singles		W 6-0, 6-1	W 6-0, 6-0	W 7-5, 6-1	W 6-2, 6-2	L 3-6, 6-7
Momoko Ohtani		W 6-1, 6-2	W 7-5, 6-1	L 3-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Saki Takamuro		L 2-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Manami Tanaka		W 6-1, 6-2	L 1-6, 0-6	Did not advance
Yui Kamiji Momoko Ohtani	Women's doubles		W 6-0, 6-0	L 4-6, 2-6	W 6-2, 7-6
Saki Takamuro Manami Tanaka		L 2-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Mitsuteru Moroishi	Quad singles	L 6-0, 6-2	Did not advance
Koji Sugeno	W 6-0, 6-0	W 6-4, 6-2	L 2-6, 3-6	L 1-6, 4-6	4
Mitsuteru Moroishi Koji Sugeno	Quad doubles	W 7-5, 6-2	L 2-6, 4-6	W 7-5, 3-6, 7-5

See also

• Japan at the Paralympics
• Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 26 October 2018. www.paralympic.org.
2. Web site: Paralympic Competition Schedule. 26 October 2018. tokyo2020.org.
3. Web site: 30 March 2021. An additional four archers qualify for Tokyo 2020: Qualifiers for the host country slots. The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Centre.
4. Web site: World marathon titles at stake in London. 27 April 2019. World Para Athletics.
5. Web site: Judo – Men -81 kg – Official Communication – Judo weigh-in Men -81kg. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 27 August 2021. 27 August 2021. 27 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210827173126/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/JUD/PG2020-_JUD_C67_JUD-------------------------------3.pdf. dead.
6. Web site: 15 September 2019. Medallists by Event. International Paralympic Committee.
7. Web site: 14 October 2019. World Championships Slot Allocation Method. International Paralympic Committee.
8. Web site: 2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar. 16 March 2019. International Table Tennis Federation.
9. Web site: Japan target Sitting Volleyball success at Tokyo 2020. 28 August 2018. www.worldparavolley.org.
10. Web site: Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda win gold, qualify for 2020 Paralympics. 13 October 2018. www.japantime.co.jp. 26 October 2018. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831081024/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/10/13/more-sports/tennis/yui-kamiji-shingo-kunieda-win-gold-qualify-2020-paralympics/#.W9Mt-vZFzcs. dead.