| Japan at the 2013 Summer Universiade | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | JPN |
| in Kazan | |
| Competitors | 417 |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Summer Universiade appearances (overview) | |
Japan competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia from 6 July to 17 July 2013. [1] 417 athletes were a part of the Japanese team. The nation won 84 medals (2nd place after Russia), including 24 gold medals (3rd place after Russia and China). [2]
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  |  |  | Total |
| Athletics | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| Belt wrestling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Football | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics Artistic | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Gymnastics Rhythmic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Judo | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Rowing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sambo | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| Synchronized swimming | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Tennis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 24 | 28 | 32 | 84 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Ayuko Suzuki | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres | 7 July |
| Gold | Kanae Yagi | Weightlifting | Women's 53kg | 7 July |
| Gold | Takanori Nagase | Judo | Men's 81kg | 8 July |
| Gold | Rino Abe | Belt wrestling | Women's 76 kg | 8 July |
| Gold | Tomofumi Takajo | Judo | Men's 66kg | 9 July |
| Gold | Ryōhei Katō | Gymnastics Artistic | Men's floor | 10 July |
| Gold | Shinji Kido | Judo | Men's 60kg | 10 July |
| Gold | Yuki Shirai | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 11 July |
| Gold | Yasuhiro Koseki | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | 11 July |
| Gold |
| Judo | Men's team | 11 July |
| Gold | Mai Tsuda | Athletics | Women's half marathon | 12 July |
| Gold | Ayako Mitsui Yukiko Okuno Hitomi Suzuki Mai Tsuda Yasuka Ueno | Athletics | Women's half marathon team | 12 July |
| Gold | Yoko Hirano Yuka Ishigaki Riyo Nemoto Misato Niwa Rika Suzuki | Table tennis | Women's team | 12 July |
| Gold | Eri Tosaka | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 48 kg | 13 July |
| Gold | Hiromitsu Kasahara Rika Suzuki | Table tennis | Mixed doubles | 13 July |
| Gold | Kohei Yamamoto | Swimming | Men's 800 metre freestyle | 14 July |
| Gold | Hikari Sugawara | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 51 kg | 14 July |
| Gold | Sara Dosho | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 67 kg | 14 July |
| Gold | Rui Takahashi | Sambo | Women's 72 kg | 14 July |
| Gold | Sachie Ishizu Hiroko Kuwata Yuki Tanaka | Tennis | Women's team | 15 July |
| Gold | Shori Hamada | Sambo | Women's 80 kg | 15 July |
| Gold | Kona Fujita | Swimming | Women's 200 metre butterfly | 16 July |
| Gold | Mai Toishi | Shooting | Women's 50 metre rifle prone | 16 July |
| Gold | Sachie Ishizu | Tennis | Women's Singles | 16 July |
| Silver | Yu Minobe Mizuho Nagai Mizuho Nagai Sakura Noda Arisa Tominaga Shizuka Tozawa | Gymnastics Artistic | Women's artistic team all-around | 7 July |
| Silver | Ryota Yamagata | Athletics | Men's 100 metres | 8 July |
| Silver | Kayoko Sano | Judo | Women's 78kg | 8 July |
| Silver | Yukiko Inui Risako Mitsui | Synchronized swimming | Women's combined | 8 July |
| Silver |
| Synchronized swimming | Women's team | 8 July |
| Silver | Yoichi Itokazu | Weightlifting | Men's 62 kg | 8 July |
| Silver | Katsuki Sakagami | Belt wrestling | Women's 58 kg | 8 July |
| Silver | Yukiko Inui | Synchronized swimming | Women's duet | 9 July |
| Silver |
| Synchronized swimming | Women's combined | 9 July |
| Silver | Kohei Yamamoto | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle | 10 July |
| Silver | Yusuke Tanaka | Gymnastics Artistic | Men's horizontal bar | 10 July |
| Silver | Masaru Momose | Judo | Men's open weight | 10 July |
| Silver | Ayuko Suzuki | Athletics | Women's 5000 metres | 11 July |
| Silver | Seito Yamamoto | Athletics | Men's pole vault | 11 July |
| Silver | Ryota Yamagata Yousuke Hara Rui Yonaguni Shōta Iizuka | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 12 July |
| Silver | Shogo Nakamura Hiroki Yamagishi Shota Hattori Toshikatsu Ebina Yuta Shitara | Athletics | Women's half marathon team | 12 July |
| Silver | Kohei Yamamoto | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | 12 July |
| Silver | Hiromasa Fujimori | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley | 12 July |
| Silver | Yuki Hirano Hiromitsu Kasahara Koki Niwa Jin Ueda Maharu Yoshimura | Table tennis | Men's team | 12 July |
| Silver | Yukihiro Takahashi | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | 13 July |
| Silver | Kenta Hirai | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | 13 July |
| Silver | Koki Niwa Misato Niwa | Table tennis | Mixed doubles | 13 July |
| Silver | Yuki Shirai | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 15 July |
| Silver | Kota Eto | Sambo | Men's 74 kg | 15 July |
| Silver | Takeharu Fujimori | Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley | 16 July |
| Silver | Nao Kobayashi | Swimming | Women's 200 metre butterfly | 16 July |
| Silver | Yuki Shirai Yasuhiro Koseki Masayuki Umemoto Katsumi Nakamura | Swimming | Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay | 16 July |
| Silver | Shota Tagawa Hiroko Kuwata | Tennis | Mixed Doubles | 16 July |
| Silver |
| Gymnastics Rhythmic | Women's rhythmic group 10 clubs | 16 July |
| Silver |
| Gymnastics Rhythmic | Women's rhythmic group 3 balls + 2 ribbons | 16 July |
| Bronze | Mai Tsuda | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres | 7 July |
| Bronze | Mami Umeki | Judo | Women's 78kg | 7 July |
| Bronze | Masato Kobayashi Hirohide Sakagami Yusuke Sato Yusaku Araki | Rowing | Men's lightweight coxless four | 7 July |
| Bronze | Hiroki Ishikawa Ryōhei Katō Shogo Nonomura Yusuke Tanaka Chihiro Yoshioka | Gymnastics Artistic | Men's artistic team all-around | 8 July |
| Bronze | Yuki Nishiyama | Judo | Men's 73kg | 9 July |
| Bronze | Ai Shishime | Judo | Women's 52kg | 9 July |
| Bronze | Shoko Ono | Judo | Women's 57kg | 9 July |
| Bronze | Shōta Iizuka | Athletics | Men's 200 metres | 10 July |
| Bronze | Fumiya Hidaka | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle | 10 July |
| Bronze | Sakiko Shimizu | Swimming | Women's 400 400 metre individual medley | 10 July |
| Bronze | Ryōhei Katō | Gymnastics Artistic | Men's horizontal bar | 10 July |
| Bronze | Manami Inoue | Judo | Women's open weight | 10 July |
| Bronze | Mai Shoji | Athletics | Women's 5000 metres | 11 July |
| Bronze | Fumitaka Morishita | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 55 kg | 11 July |
| Bronze | Shogo Nakamura | Athletics | Men's half marathon | 12 July |
| Bronze | Yukiko Okuno | Athletics | Women's half marathon | 12 July |
| Bronze | Takahiro Tsutsumi | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley | 12 July |
| Bronze | Kanako Murata | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 55 kg | 13 July |
| Bronze | Nao Kobayashi | Swimming | Women's 100 metre butterfly | 14 July |
| Bronze | Mio Motegi | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | 14 July |
| Bronze | Yuka Ishigaki Riyo Nemoto | Table tennis | Women's doubles | 14 July |
| Bronze | Shota Tanokura | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg | 15 July |
| Bronze |
| Gymnastics Rhythmic | Women's rhythmic group all-around | 15 July |
| Bronze | Koki Niwa | Table tennis | Men's singles | 15 July |
| Bronze | Yuka Ishigaki | Table tennis | Women's singles | 15 July |
| Bronze |
| Field hockey | Women's tournament | 15 July |
| Bronze | Akane Ikuta | Sambo | Women's 64 kg | 15 July |
| Bronze | Hiroko Kuwata | Tennis | Women's Singles | 16 July |
| Bronze | Haruka Murase | Sambo | Women's +80 kg | 16 July |
| Bronze |
| Volleyball | Men's tournament | 16 July |
| Bronze | Football | Men's tournament | 16 July |
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