 | |
| Host city |  Yokohama, Japan |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4–6 September 2015 |
| Main venue | Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Grace Lau  Hong Kong | Praifah Sitthiwong  Thailand |
Celine Lee  Malaysia | |||
| Team kata |  Vietnam Đỗ Thị Thu Hà Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Nguyễn Thị Hằng |  United Arab Emirates Huda Ahmed Salama Al-Akrawi Munira Ali |  Iran Maedeh Nassiri Parisa Rahmani Mehri Yazdani |
 Sri Lanka D. R. E. Bopitige Wathsala Ganewaththe H. M. H. K. Hindagoda | |||
| Kumite −50 kg | Ayaka Tadano Japan | Sahar Karaji Iran | Trần Thị Khánh Vy Vietnam |
| Tsang Yee Ting Hong Kong | |||
| Kumite −55 kg | Wen Tzu-yun  Chinese Taipei | Sabina Zakharova  Kazakhstan | Shiori Nakamura Japan |
| Syakilla Salni Malaysia | |||
| Kumite −61 kg | Yin Xiaoyan  China | Mayumi Someya Japan | Shree Sharmini Segaran Malaysia |
Barno Mirzaeva  Uzbekistan | |||
| Kumite −68 kg | Kayo Someya Japan | Guzaliya Gafurova Kazakhstan | Elaheh Rezazadeh Iran |
| Chao Jou Chinese Taipei | |||
| Kumite +68 kg | Hamideh Abbasali Iran | Gao Mengmeng China | Gaukhar Chaikuzova Kazakhstan |
| Ayumi Uekusa Japan | |||
| Team kumite | Japan | Chinese Taipei | China |
| Malaysia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 9 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Kuwait | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 | |
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