Japan at the Asian Games

Japan at the
Asian Games
Japan at the; Asian Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Medals; Ranked 2nd	Gold 1,032 Silver 1,037 Bronze 985 Total 3,054
Summer appearances
	1951; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026;
Winter appearances
	1986; 1990; 1996; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2017;

Japan has competed at the Asian Games since their inception in 1951, held in New Delhi, India. The National Olympic Committee of Japan, Japanese Olympic Committee, is responsible for organizing Japan's participation in the Asian Games. The Committee was established in 1911 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1912; it is also the oldest Asian National Olympic Committee.^[1]^[2] Japan has a distinguished achievement among all Asian countries, being the only one to have won at least 20 gold medals at every Asian Games.

Asian Games

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi^[3]	1	24	21	15	60
1954 Manila^[4]	1	38	36	24	98
1958 Tokyo^[5]	1	67	41	30	138
1962 Jakarta^[6]	1	73	56	23	152
1966 Bangkok^[7]	1	78	53	33	164
1970 Bangkok^[8]	1	74	47	23	144
1974 Tehran^[9]	1	75	49	51	175
1978 Bangkok^[10]	1	70	58	49	177
1982 Delhi^[11]	2	57	52	44	153
1986 Seoul^[12]	3	58	76	77	211
1990 Beijing^[13]	3	38	60	76	174
1994 Hiroshima^[14]	2	64	75	79	218
1998 Bangkok^[15]	3	52	61	68	181
2002 Busan^[16]	3	44	74	72	190
2006 Doha^[17]	3	50	71	77	198
2010 Guangzhou^[18]	3	48	74	94	216
2014 Incheon^[19]	3	47	77	76	200
2018 Jakarta & Palembang	2	75	56	74	205
2022 Hangzhou	Future event
2026 Nagoya	Future event
Total	2	1032	1037	985	3054

Medals by sport

Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	2	8	9	8	25
Athletics	1	194	221	171	586
Badminton	5	7	8	25	40
Baseball	3	1	3	3	7
Beach volleyball	2	1	3	3	7
Basketball	4	2	4	13	19
Board games	9	0	0	1	1
Bodybuilding	11	0	3	2	5
Bowling	2	18	15	7	40
Boxing	6	13	13	38	64
Canoeing	4	6	14	19	39
Cricket	5	0	0	1	1
Cue sports	5	4	3	4	11
Cycling	1	53	54	27	134
Dancesport	3	0	3	4	7
Diving	2	17	21	33	71
Equestrian	1	18	12	8	38
Fencing	3	13	13	40	66
Hockey	5	2	3	5	10
Football	5	2	5	4	11
Golf	3	9	4	5	18
Gymnastics	2	19	33	51	103
Handball	4	0	6	6	12
Judo	1	56	37	30	123
Kabaddi	7	0	0	1	1
Karate	1	30	10	9	49
Modern pentathlon	4	0	2	3	5
Roller sports	3	4	2	0	6
Rowing	2	9	35	12	56
Rugby union	1	4	5	0	9
Sailing	3	20	22	12	54
Sepaktakraw	8	0	1	9	10
Shooting	3	54	44	55	153
Soft tennis	3	7	11	14	32
Softball	1	5	3	0	8
Squash	8	0	0	1	1
Swimming	1	277	260	161	698
Synchronized swimming	2	6	10	0	16
Table tennis	2	20	18	42	80
Taekwondo	15	0	3	10	13
Tennis	1	27	18	38	83
Triathlon	1	8	5	1	14
Volleyball	1	16	5	6	27
Water polo	3	4	9	4	17
Weightlifting	4	23	19	29	71
Wrestling	2	67	50	47	164
Wushu	10	1	7	9	17
Total	2	1032	1037	985	3054

Medals by individual

Athlete	Sport	Years	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Yoshimi Nishigawa	Swimming	1970–1974	F	10	0	0	10
Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	2002–2010	M	7	1	0	8
Kunihiro Iwasaki	Swimming	1966–1970	M	7	1	0	8
Takashi Yamamoto	Swimming	1998–2006	M	7	1	0	8
Yoshiko Sato	Swimming	1954–1962	F	7	0	2	9
Ryosuke Irie	Swimming	2006–2014	M	6	8	0	14
Rikako Ikee	Swimming	2018–2018	F	6	2	0	8
Nobutaka Taguchi	Swimming	1970–1974	M	6	0	0	6
Tadashi Honda	Swimming	1970–1974	M	6	0	0	6
Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	2014-2018	M	5	3	3	11
Katsunori Fujiwara	Swimming	1986–1990	M	5	3	0	8
Reiko Miyagi	Tennis	1958–1966	F	5	3	0	8
Tsuyoshi Yanagidate	Swimming	1974–1978	M	5	2	0	7
Kengo Tagata	Bowling	1986–1998	M	5	1	1	7
Takao Ishii	Shooting	1962–1966	M	5	1	1	7
Hiroko Nagasaki	Swimming	1982–1986	F	5	1	0	6
Shigenobu Murofushi	Athletics	1966–1986	M	5	1	0	6
Keiichi Miki	Table tennis	1962–1966	M	5	0	2	7
Koji Watanabe	Tennis	1962–1966	M	5	0	0	5
Miya Tachibana	Synchronized swimming	1994–2002	F	5	0	0	5
Toyoko Yoshino	Athletics	1951–1954	F	5	0	0	5
Yasue Hatsuda	Swimming	1974–1978	F	5	0	0	5
Yoshiaki Oiwa	Equestrian	2006–2018	M	4	1	1	6

Asian Winter Games

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1986 Sapporo^[20]	1	29	23	6	58
1990 Sapporo^[21]	1	18	16	13	47
1996 Harbin^[22]	3	8	14	10	32
1999 Gangwon^[23]	4	6	14	9	29
2003 Aomori^[24]	1	24	23	20	67
2007 Changchun^[25]	2	13	9	14	36
2011 Astana & Almaty^[26]	2	13	24	17	54
2017 Sapporo & Obihiro	1	27	21	26	74
Total	1	138	144	115	397

East Asian Games

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1993 Shanghai	2	25	37	55	117
1997 Busan	2	47	53	53	153
2001 Osaka	2	61	65	65	191
2005 Macau	2	46	56	77	179
2009 Hong Kong^[27]	2	62	58	70	190
2013 Tianjin	2	47	57	75	179
Total	2	288	326	395	1009

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Asian Indoor Games
2005 Bangkok^[28]	7	6	2	6	14
2007 Macau	7	8	7	11	26
2009 Hanoi	11	5	9	9	23
Asian Martial Arts Games
2009 Bangkok^[29]	5	9	2	3	14
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon^[30]	9	3	4	8	15
2017 Ashgabat	Future event
Total		31	24	37	92

Asian Beach Games

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2008 Bali^[31]	5	3	3	3	9
2010 Muscat	10	2	1	3	6
2012 Haiyang	8	1	3	2	6
2014 Phuket	8	7	5	7	19
2016 Danang	25	1	2	7	10
Total	7	14	14	22	50

Asian Youth Games

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2009 Singapore^[32]	6	5	6	4	15
2013 Nanjing^[33]	3	7	5	6	18
2021 Surabaya	Future event
Total	5	12	11	10	33

Asian Para Games

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2010 Guangzhou	2	32	39	32	103
2014 Incheon	3	38	49	56	143
2018 Jakarta	4	45	70	83	198
Total	3	115	158	171	444

Asian Youth Para Games

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2009 Tokyo	1	65	26	22	113
2013 Kuala Lumpur	1	39	20	25	84
2017 Dubai	Future event
Total	1	104	46	47	197

References

^ "National Olympic Committee – Japan". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
^ "Council – Member countries". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
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^ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1970". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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^ "Overall Medal Standings - Seoul 1986". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Beijing 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Hiroshima 1994". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1998". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Busan 2002". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Doha 2006". Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ Overall Medal Standings - Guangzhou 2010^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Medals - 2014 Incheon Asian Games]
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1986". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Aomori 2003". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Changchun 2007". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ Overall Medal Standings - Astana-Almaty 2011 Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ Overall Medal Standings - Hong Kong 2009 Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ Overall Medal Standings - Incheon 2013
^ "Overall Medal Standings - Bali 2008". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
^ Overall Medal Standings - Singapore 2009 Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ Overall Medal Standings - Nanjing 2013 Archived 2013-09-12 at the Wayback Machine

[JOC-1] "National Olympic Committee – Japan". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved April 6, 2012.

[2] "Council – Member countries". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.

[3] "Overall Medal Standings - New Delhi 1951". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[4] "Overall Medal Standings - Manila 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[5] "Overall Medal Standings - Tokyo 1958". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[6] "Overall Medal Standings - Jakarta 1962". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[7] "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1966". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[8] "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1970". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[9] "Overall Medal Standings - Tehran 1974". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[10] "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1978". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[11] "Overall Medal Standings - New Delhi 1982". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[12] "Overall Medal Standings - Seoul 1986". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[13] "Overall Medal Standings - Beijing 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[14] "Overall Medal Standings - Hiroshima 1994". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[15] "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1998". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[16] "Overall Medal Standings - Busan 2002". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[17] "Overall Medal Standings - Doha 2006". Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[18] Overall Medal Standings - Guangzhou 2010^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[19] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Medals - 2014 Incheon Asian Games]

[20] "Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1986". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[21] "Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[22] "Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[23] "Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[24] "Overall Medal Standings - Aomori 2003". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[25] "Overall Medal Standings - Changchun 2007". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[26] Overall Medal Standings - Astana-Almaty 2011 Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

[27] Overall Medal Standings - Hong Kong 2009 Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

[28] "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[29] "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[30] Overall Medal Standings - Incheon 2013

[31] "Overall Medal Standings - Bali 2008". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.

[32] Overall Medal Standings - Singapore 2009 Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

[33] Overall Medal Standings - Nanjing 2013 Archived 2013-09-12 at the Wayback Machine

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Asian Games

Medals by Games

Medals by sport

Medals by individual

Asian Winter Games

Medals by Games

East Asian Games

Medals by Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Medals by Games

Asian Beach Games

Medals by Games

Asian Youth Games

Medals by Games

Asian Para Games

Medals by Games

Asian Youth Para Games

Medals by Games

See also

References