Masahiro Takamatsu is a Japanese judoka.
Keiko Teshima is a Japanese retired judoka.
"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.
Japan competed in the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman from December 8 to December 16, 2010. The delegation was bannered by 46 athletes. Japan send their representatives in five sports, including beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, sailing, and triathlon.
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.
Ayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist.
Sarina Koga is a Japanese volleyball player who won the bronze medal at the 2013 U23 World Championship with the Japan's U23 national team. She also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball. Now, she is the senior national team captain.
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.
Japan competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
Yasuko Mizui is a former Japanese badminton player who affiliated with NTT Tokyo. She graduated from Shiritsushijonawategakuenko School, and then she joined the Fujitsu team. Mizui competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medals at the 1994 and 1998 Asian Games in the women's team event. Mizui won the women's doubles bronze at the 1996 Asian Championships, and also clinched the women's singles title at the 53 National Championships in 1999. She retired from the international tournament after the 2000 Olympics.
Japan was the host nation of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020 but postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Japanese athletes have appeared at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited due to the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for Japan are basketball player Rui Hachimura and wrestler Yui Susaki. Karateka Ryo Kiyuna is the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.
Japan participated in the 2018 Asian Games as a competing nation, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.
The Japan Curling Championships are the annual Japanese men's and women's curling championships, organized by the Japan Curling Association (JCA). The winners get to represent Japan at the men's and women's World Curling Championships and the next season's Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.
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.
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.
Kenta Takanashi is a Japanese male volleyball player. He plays in V.League Division 1 for Wolf Dogs Nagoya and Japan men's national volleyball team. He was the captain of Japan U-21 national team.
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.
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.
