| Npc: | JPN |
| Npcname: | Japan Paralympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Japan |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 99 |
| Sports: | 15 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1964 |
Japan is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Athletics | 11 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| Badminton | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Boccia | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Equestrian | TBD | TBD | 2 | ||||
| Goalball | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Paracanoeing | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Shooting | TBD | TBD | 3 | ||||
| Swimming | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Table tennis | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Wheelchair basketball | 0 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Wheelchair rugby | TBD | TBD | 12 | ||||
| Wheelchair tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 40 | 99 |
See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Japan secured a quota places in mixed recurve and men's compound event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic and 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Men's individual compound | ||||||||||
| Men's individual recurve | ||||||||||
| Women's individual recurve | ||||||||||
| Mixed team recurve | ||||||||||
See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Japanese track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| 100 m T13 | ||||||
| 200 m T64 | ||||||
| 400 m T36 | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | 400 m T52 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | 5000 m T11 | |||||
| 5000 m T54 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | |||
| Long jump T12 | ||||
| Long jump T13 | ||||
| Discus throw F37 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | |||
| Long jump T12 | ||||
| Long jump T20 | ||||
| Long jump T63 | ||||
| Long jump T64 | ||||
| Shot put F46 | ||||
| Discus throw F53 | ||||
See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Japan has qualified eleven para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Hiroshi Murayama | align=left rowspan=2 | Singles WH1 | |||||||
| Osamu Nagashima | |||||||||
| Daiki Kajiwara | align=left rowspan=2 | Singles WH2 | |||||||
| Takumi Matsumoto | |||||||||
| Daisuke Fujihara | Singles SL3 | ||||||||
| Taiyo Imai | Singles SU5 | ||||||||
| Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama | Doubles WH1–2 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Sarina Satomi | Singles WH1 | ||||||||
| Yuma Yamazaki | Singles WH2 | ||||||||
| Noriko Ito | Singles SL3 | ||||||||
| Fujino Haruka | Singles SL4 | ||||||||
| Mamiko Toyoda | Singles SU5 | ||||||||
| Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki | Doubles WH1–2 | ||||||||
See main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japan entered six athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top two individual athletes in men's individual BC4 events; top four in BC1/BC2 team events, through the final world ranking; and through winning the bronze medal in the mixed pairs event for BC3, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Coimbra, Portugal.
| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Men's individual BC3 | ||||||||||||
| Shunsuke Uchida | Men's individual BC4 | |||||||||||
| Women's individual BC3 | ||||||||||||
| | Mixed team BC1/BC2 | |||||||||||
| Mixed pairs BC3 | ||||||||||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japan entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[2]
See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japan entered two para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Sho Inaba | Huzette BH | Individual championship test grade II | ||
| Individual freestyle test grade II | ||||
| Soshi Yoshigoe | Javyro | Individual championship test grade II | ||
| Individual freestyle test grade II | ||||
See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japanese men's Goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 World Games in Birmingham, Great Britain.[3] Meanwhile, Japanese women's Goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Japan men's | Men's tournament | ||||||||
| Japan women's | Women's tournament | ||||||||
See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japan earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Women's KL1 | ||||||||
| Women's VL2 | ||||||||
See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Japan entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | |||||
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Japan secured five quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| 50 m freestyle S11 | ||||||
| 100 m backstroke S8 | ||||||
| 100 m breaststroke SB14 | ||||||
| 100 m butterfly S11 | ||||||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Japan entered seven athletes for the Paralympic games. Katsuyoshi Yagi and Natsuki Wada qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou;[5] meanwhile the other athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Kazuki Shichino | Individual C4 | |||||||||
| Katsuyoshi Yagi | Individual C7 | |||||||||
| Koyo Iwabuchi | Individual C9 | |||||||||
| Mahiro Funayama | Individual C10 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Natsuki Wada | align=left rowspan=2 | Individual C11 | ||||||||
| Kanami Furukawa | ||||||||||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japan entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Mitsuya Tanaka and Shunsuke Kudo, qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class.
| 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 –58 kg | ||||||||
| Shunsuke Kudo | Men's –70 kg | ||||||||
See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japan women has qualified to compete by virtue of their top four results at the 2024 IWBF Women's Repechage in Osaka.
See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japan has qualified to compete at the Paralympic games, by virtue of their gold medal results, at the 2023 Asian-Oceanian Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Tokyo.
See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Japan entered two players into the Paralympics by virtue of the gold medal results in the respective gender single events at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.
| 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 | |||
| Men's singles | |||||||||
| Women's singles | |||||||||