Japan at the 2022 Asian Games

Japan at the
2022 Asian Games
Japan at the; 2022 Asian Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in Hangzhou, China; 23 September 2023 – 8 October 2023
Competitors	769 in 50 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Akihito Shimizu (Shooting) ; Misaki Emura (Fencing)
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 2 Silver 7 Bronze 5 Total 14
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1951; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Japan is scheduled to compete at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.^[1]^[2] Earlier the event was scheduled to held in September 2022^[3] but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event was postponed and rescheduled to September–October 2023.^[4]^[5] Japan competed with 769 athletes.

Medalists

The following Japan competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Natsumi Tsunoda	Judo	Women's 48 kg	24 September
Gold	Ryoma Tanaka	Judo	Men's 66 kg	24 September
Silver	Sahoko Kinota Akiho Takano Haruna Sakakibara Sayaka Chujo	Rowing	Women's four	24 September
Silver	Kanae Umemura Misaki Uchida Hana Shibata	Modern pentathlon	Women's team	24 September
Silver	Yuiko Niwa	Taekwondo	Women's individual poomsae	24 September
Silver	Satomi Suzuki	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke	24 September
Silver	Ryosuke Irie	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	24 September
Silver	Nagisa Ikemoto Rio Shirai Runa Imai Rikako Ikee	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay	24 September
Silver	Takeru Kitazono Ryota Tsumura Wataru Tanigawa Kakeru Tanigawa Shohei Kawakami	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team	24 September
Bronze	Taishu Sato Kaoru Shinoki Ryo Matsumoto	Modern pentathlon	Men's team	24 September
Bronze	Hiroko Makino	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	24 September
Bronze	Daiya Seto	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	24 September
Bronze	Yukimi Moriyama	Swimming	Women's 1500 m freestyle	24 September
Bronze	Takahiro Sekine	Fencing	Men's individual foil	24 September

By sport events

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	0	1	1	2
Judo	2	0	0	2
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	3	3	6
Fencing	0	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	1	0	1
Total	2	7	5	14

Timeline

Medals by day
Date				Total
September 24	2	7	5	14
Total	2	7	5	14

Competitors

Archery

Artistic Swimming

Athletics

Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

5x5 basketball

3x3 basketball

Boxing

Breaking

Bridge

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Chess

Cricket

Cycling

BMX

Mountain biking

Road

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Esports

Fencing

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Football

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Go

Golf

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Kabaddi

Karate

Kurash

Marathon swimming

Modern pentathlon

Roller skating

Rowing

Rugby

Sailing

Sepak takraw

Shooting

Skateboarding

Soft tennis

Softball

Sport climbing

Squash

Swimming

Men

Women

Mixed

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Indoor volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Wushu

References

^ Sportstar, Team (16 September 2023). "A brief history of the Asian Games: Motto, organisers, controversies and hosts". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ "Biggest ever Asian Games set to kick off in China's Hangzhou". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ Chakraborty, Amlan (6 May 2022). "Games Hangzhou Asian Games postponed until 2023 over COVID". Reuters. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
^ "Asian Games postponed". ocasia.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "OCA Press Release: OCA announces new dates for the 19th Asian Games - Hangzhou". Olympic Council of Asia. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[1] Sportstar, Team (16 September 2023). "A brief history of the Asian Games: Motto, organisers, controversies and hosts". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[2] "Biggest ever Asian Games set to kick off in China's Hangzhou". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[3] Chakraborty, Amlan (6 May 2022). "Games Hangzhou Asian Games postponed until 2023 over COVID". Reuters. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[4] "Asian Games postponed". ocasia.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

[5] "OCA Press Release: OCA announces new dates for the 19th Asian Games - Hangzhou". Olympic Council of Asia. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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