Japan competed at the 2008 Asian Beach Games held in Bali, Indonesia from October 18, 2008, to October 26, 2008. Japan finished with 3 gold medals, 3 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals. The country sent a total of 80 athletes, 59 men and 21 women.
"Yume ga Chikara" is Kokia's 12th single, released on June 23, 2004. It was the lead single from Kokia's fourth studio album Uta ga Chikara, and was used as the official cheering song for the Japan team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Mizuho Sakaguchi is a Japanese football player. She plays for Omiya Ardija Ventus in the WE League. She also plays for the Japan national team.
Akane Shibata is a Japanese field hockey player born in Nikkō. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Japan women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. She also played for Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Ryosuke Yamamoto is a Japanese triathlete, who has taken part in numerous triathlon championships. At the peak of his career, he has won eight championship titles, including four from the ITC Triathlon Asian Cup. His best international result happened in 2010, when he finished third at the ITC World Cup in Ishigaki, Japan.
Ryosuke Kikuchi is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Yūki Ishikawa is a Japanese male professional volleyball player from Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture.
The Japan men's national volleyball team represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Japan Volleyball Association.
Noshiro Technical High School is a high school located in Noshiro, Akita, Japan. It was established in 1912. Noshiro Tech is best known for their powerhouse basketball and won Japanese high school championship 58 times.
Japan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. This marked the fourth time the country has played host to the Asian Winter Games. Japan competed in all eleven disciplines from five sports. Ice hockey player Go Tanaka was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.
Japan participated in the 2018 Asian Games as a competing nation, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Prestige International Aranmare Yamagata is a women's volleyball team based in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 2. The club was founded in 2015, and the owner of the team is Shinichi Tamagami of the Prestige International. Prestige also runs basketball and handball teams in Akita and Toyama. Their home arena is Kokutai Gymnasium in Sakata.
Masahiro Sekita is a Japanese male professional volleyball player from Tokyo. He currently plays in V.League Division 1 for JTEKT Stings and Japan men's national volleyball team. He used to be the captain of Japan U-21 national team in 2012 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship and 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.
Tomohiro Yamamoto is a Japanese national volleyball player from Ebetsu, Hokkaido. He plays in V.League division 1 for Panasonic Panthers.
Masaki Oya is a Japanese male volleyball player. He plays for Japan men's national volleyball team and the Suntory Sunbirds in V.League 1, where he has served as captain since 2020–21 season. He was formerly the Japan U-23 national team's captain.
Japan competed in the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam from September 24 to October 5, 2016. The delegation was bannered by 54 athletes. Japan send their representatives in 7 sports including beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, beach wrestling, vovinam, pétanque, and bodybuilding.
Japan competed in the 2012 Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China from June 12 to June 22, 2012. The delegation was bannered by 82 athletes. Japan send their representatives in 7 sports including beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, sport climbing, dragon boat, roller speed skating, and water skiing.
Shunichiro Sato is a Japanese male volleyball player. He currently plays in Tokai University and a member of Japan men's national volleyball team. He used to be part of Japan U21 & U19 national team.
Momoha Tabata is a Japanese curler. She is the skip on the Hokkaido Bank curling team. At the international level, Tabata medaled silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics as the third on the Japanese mixed team.
