| Noc: | JPN |
| Country: | Japan |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Games: | Summer World University Games |
| Games Link: | 2021 Summer World University Games |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Japan |
| Location: | Chengdu, China |
| Rank: | 2 |
| Gold: | 21 |
| Silver: | 29 |
| Bronze: | 43 |
Japan competed at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China held from 28 July to 8 August 2023.[1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 48 kg | July 29 | ||||
| Men's 60 kg | July 29 | ||||
| Women's 52 kg | July 29 | ||||
| Men's 66 kg | July 29 | ||||
| Women's 63 kg | July 30 | ||||
| Men's 73 kg | July 30 | ||||
| July 30 | |||||
| Women's 70 kg | July 30 | ||||
| Men's 81 kg | July 30 | ||||
| Women's group 3 ribbons + 2 balls | July 31 | ||||
| Women's 78 kg | July 31 | ||||
| Women's team | August 1 | ||||
| Men's team | August 1 | ||||
| August 1 | |||||
| August 4 | |||||
| Kazuma Kaya | Men's floor | August 5 | |||
| Shoko Miyata | Women's vault | August 5 | |||
| August 5 | |||||
| August 6 | |||||
| Konosuke Yanagimoto Ikki Imoto Shui Kurokawa Genki Terakado Temma Watanabe | August 6 | ||||
| Kaito Tabuchi | August 7 | ||||
| July 29 | |||||
| July 29 | |||||
| Women's 57 kg | July 29 | ||||
| Women's group 5 hoops | July 31 | ||||
| July 31 | |||||
| Men's 100 kg | July 31 | ||||
| Men's +100 kg | July 31 | ||||
| August 1 | |||||
| Men's team all-around | August 2 | ||||
| Ayaka Sakaguchi Shoko Miyata Kokoro Fukasawa Kohane Ushioku Chiaki Hatakeda | Women's team all-around | August 3 | |||
| August 3 | |||||
| August 4 | |||||
| August 4 | |||||
| August 4 | |||||
| August 4 | |||||
| August 4 | |||||
| August 5 | |||||
| August 5 | |||||
| Ayaka Sakaguchi | Women's vault | August 5 | |||
| August 5 | |||||
| Basketball | August 5 | ||||
| Kaito Sugimoto | Men's parallel bars | August 5 | |||
| Ayaka Sakaguchi | Women's floor | August 5 | |||
| August 6 | |||||
| Lightweight women's double sculls | August 6 | ||||
| August 6 | |||||
| August 6 | |||||
| August 6 | |||||
| August 7 | |||||
| July 29 | |||||
| July 30 | |||||
| July 30 | |||||
| July 30 | |||||
| Women's group all-around | July 30 | ||||
| Men's 90 kg | July 31 | ||||
| Women's individual clubs | July 31 | ||||
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| August 3 | |||||
| Kazuma Kaya | Men's individual all-around | August 4 | |||
| August 4 | |||||
| Ayaka Sakaguchi | Women's individual all-around | August 4 | |||
| August 4 | |||||
| August 4 | |||||
| Haruki Manju | August 5 | ||||
| August 5 | |||||
| August 5 | |||||
| Ayaka Sakaguchi | Women's balance beam | August 5 | |||
| Kazuma Kaya | Men's parallel bars | August 5 | |||
| August 5 | |||||
| Shoko Miyata | Women's floor | August 5 | |||
| Kaito Sugimoto | Men's horizontal bar | August 5 | |||
| August 6 | |||||
| August 6 | |||||
| August 6 | |||||
| August 6 | |||||
| Women's team foil | August 6 | ||||
| August 7 | |||||
| Mixed doubles | August 7 | ||||
| Women's doubles | August 7 | ||||
| August 7 | |||||
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| August 7 |