Japan at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Japan at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	JPN
National federation	Japan Swimming Federation
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in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	72 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 8
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Japan competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Natsumi Hoshi	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	August 6
Gold	Kanako Watanabe	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 7
Gold	Daiya Seto	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	August 9
Silver	Kanako Watanabe	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	August 3
Bronze	Yukiko Inui Risako Mitsui	Synchronized swimming	Duet technical routine	July 26
Bronze	Aika Hakoyama Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Kurumi Yoshida	Synchronized swimming	Team technical routine	July 27
Bronze	Aika Hakoyama Aiko Hayashi Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kurumi Yoshida	Synchronized swimming	Team free routine	July 31
Bronze	Aika Hakoyama Aiko Hayashi Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Asuka Tasaki Kurumi Yoshida	Synchronized swimming	Free routine combination	August 1

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Japanese divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sho Sakai	3 m springboard	411.10	22	Did not advance
Ken Terauchi		440.25	9 Q	463.25	10 Q	468.15	9
Takuma Hagita	10 m platform	290.70	44	Did not advance
Yu Okamoto		402.10	21	Did not advance
Sho Sakai Ken Terauchi	3 m synchronized springboard	394.50	9 Q	—		389.94	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Minami Itahashi	3 m springboard	235.50	35	Did not advance
Sayaka Shibusawa		289.75	14 Q	288.45	14	Did not advance
Minami Itahashi	10 m platform	344.65	6 Q	305.30	16	Did not advance
Nana Sasaki		255.10	31	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Yu Okamoto Minami Itahashi	10 m synchronized platform	289.92	9

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Japan has fielded a team of four swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. Among the official roster are 2012 Olympians Yasunari Hirai and Yumi Kida.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yasunari Hirai	Men's 10 km	1:50:28.3	11
Yōsuke Miyamoto		1:52:06.7	35
Yumi Kida	Women's 10 km	2:00:01.8	28

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Japanese swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): ^[1] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Japanese Championships (for pool events) to confirm their places at the Worlds.

Twenty-four swimmers have been officially nominated to the Japanese team to compete in the Worlds, including defending champion Daiya Seto in the 400 m individual medley and Olympic medalists Ryosuke Irie, Ryo Tateishi, and Natsumi Hoshi. ^[2] Japan's rising superstar Kosuke Hagino was set to compete, but later withdrew from the team due to elbow fracture. ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tsubasa Amai	200 m freestyle	1:50.04	40	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:52.06	35	—		Did not advance
Takuro Fujii	100 m butterfly	51.76	6 Q	51.58	9	Did not advance
Ryosuke Irie	100 m backstroke	53.37	5 Q	53.13	4 Q	53.10	6
	200 m backstroke	1:56.68	2 Q	1:55.76	5 Q	1:54.81	4
Masaki Kaneko	50 m backstroke	25.49	23	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.19	17	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.63	9 Q	1:57.33	10	Did not advance
Takeshi Kawamoto	50 m butterfly	23.61	13 Q	23.74	16	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.41	21	Did not advance
Yuki Kobori	200 m freestyle	1:48.09	18	Did not advance
Yasuhiro Koseki	50 m breaststroke	28.13	30	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	59.93	10 Q	1:00.31	14	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:10.47	13 Q	2:08.03	1 Q	2:09.12	5
Katsumi Nakamura	50 m freestyle	22.25	10 Q	22.15	13	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.07	19	Did not advance
Masato Sakai	200 m butterfly	1:55.97	7 Q	1:54.75	3 Q	1:54.24	4
Daiya Seto	200 m butterfly	1:55.60	3 Q	1:54.95	5 Q	1:55.15	6
	200 m individual medley	1:59.11	7 Q	2:00.05	14	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:12.17	3 Q	—		4:08.50
Shinri Shioura	50 m freestyle	22.34	12 Q	22.08	11	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.84	14 Q	48.96	15	Did not advance
Ryo Tateishi	100 m breaststroke	1:01.26	29	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:13.23	25	Did not advance
Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura Yuki Kobori Takuro Fujii	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:14.76	5 Q	—		3:15.04	6
Yuki Kobori Tsubasa Amai Naito Ehara Daiya Seto	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:11.59	10	—		Did not advance
Takuro Fujii Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Shinri Shioura	4×100 m medley relay	3:32.82	4 Q	—		3:31.10	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sayaka Akase	100 m backstroke	1:01.62	=29	Did not advance
Natsumi Hoshi	100 m butterfly	58.47	15 Q	58.45	14	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:07.97	5 Q	2:06.36	1 Q	2:05.56
Chihiro Igarashi	200 m freestyle	1:58.31	=13 Q	1:57.75	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:13.43	20	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:43.06	16	—		Did not advance
Rikako Ikee	50 m butterfly	26.66	19	Did not advance
Rie Kaneto	50 m breaststroke	31.99	31	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.71	18	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.75	15 Q	2:22.88	6 Q	2:23.19	6
Yayoi Matsumoto	50 m freestyle	25.90	38	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.71	32	Did not advance
Sachi Mochida	200 m freestyle	1:59.35	20	Did not advance
Sakiko Shimizu	200 m individual medley	2:12.27	8 Q	2:11.53	10	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:36.16	6 Q	—		4:37.19	6
Miki Uchida	50 m freestyle	25.33	22	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.22	=10 Q	54.30	12	Did not advance
Kanako Watanabe	100 m breaststroke	1:06.81	5 Q	1:06.64	5 Q	1:06.43	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:23.29	1 Q	2:22.15	3 Q	2:21.15
	200 m individual medley	2:10.37	3 Q	2:09.61	3 Q	2:08.45
Misaki Yamaguchi	50 m butterfly	26.68	20	Did not advance
Miki Uchida Rikako Ikee Misaki Yamaguchi Yayoi Matsumoto	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:38.47	9	—		Did not advance
Chihiro Igarashi Rikako Ikee Sachi Mochida Tomomi Aoki	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:54.58	6 Q	—		7:54.62	7
Sayaka Akase Natsumi Hoshi Miki Uchida Kanako Watanabe	4×100 m medley relay	4:00.43	8 Q	—		DSQ

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuki Kobori Naito Ehara Rikako Ikee Misaki Yamaguchi	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:28.54	10	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Japan fielded a full squad of twelve synchronized swimmers (one male and eleven female) to compete in each of the following events.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yukiko Inui	Solo technical routine	89.5851	5 Q	90.7603	5
	Solo free routine	91.7333	5 Q	92.4333	5
Yukiko Inui Risako Mitsui	Duet technical routine	90.3504	3 Q	92.0079
	Duet free routine	93.5333	3 Q	93.4333	4
Aika Hakoyama Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Kurumi Yoshida	Team technical routine	91.6516	4 Q	92.4133
Aika Hakoyama Aiko Hayashi Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kurumi Yoshida	Team free routine	93.7000	3 Q	93.9000
Aika Hakoyama Aiko Hayashi Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Asuka Tasaki Kurumi Yoshida	Free routine combination	92.6000	3 Q	93.8000

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi	Duet technical routine	81.8724	5 Q	82.3509	5
	Duet free routine	84.9667	7 Q	84.9000	7

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Katsuyuki Tanamura
• Seiya Adachi
• Atsushi Arai
• Mitsuaki Shiga
• Akira Yanase
• Atsuto Iida
• Yusuke Shimizu
• Yuki Kadono
• Koji Takei
• Kenya Yasuda
• Keigo Okawa
• Shota Hazui
• Tomoyoshi Fukushima

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	40	26	+14	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	24	19	+5	3	Advanced to playoffs
3	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	29	26	+3	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	23	45	−22	0

Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

27 July 2015 21:30	Report	Japan	4–10	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 2,287 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 1–3, 1–3
		four players 1	Goals	Campbell 3

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29 July 2015 17:30	Report	Serbia	19–9	Japan	Kazan Attendance: 1,016 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Stephane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 6–2, 5–3, 6–3
		Nikić 6	Goals	Okawa, Takei 3

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31 July 2015 13:30	Report	Japan	10–16	Montenegro	Kazan Attendance: 640 Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–5, 2–5, 4–3
		Takei 4	Goals	Ivović, Radović 4

13th–16th place semifinals

2 August 2015 12:10	Report	Argentina	6–14	Japan	Kazan Attendance: 218 Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–2, 2–4, 2–4
		Carabantes, Demarchi 3	Goals	Takei 4

13th place game

4 August 2015 10:50	Report	Russia	9–13	Japan	Kazan Attendance: 821 Referees: György Kun (HUN), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 1–3, 2–5, 2–2
		Bychkov 3	Goals	Okawa 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Rikako Miura
• Chiaki Sakanoue
• Yuri Kazama
• Shino Magariyama
• Moe Nakata
• Ayaka Takahashi
• Yumi Nakano
• Mitsuki Hashiguchi
• Kana Hosoya
• Tsubasa Mori
• Marina Tokumoto
• Kotori Suzuki
• Yuko Umeda

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	40	18	+22	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	39	14	+25	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	19	36	−17	2
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	13	43	−30	0

Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 July 2015 20:10	Report	Japan	3–15	Italy	Kazan Attendance: 2,286 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Mark Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–3, 2–2, 0–5
		three players 1	Goals	Garibotti, Tabani 3

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28 July 2015 13:30	Report	Brazil	11–8	Japan	Kazan Attendance: 543 Referees: Stephane Roy (CAN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–1, 4–3, 1–2
		Chiappini 5	Goals	Nakano 3

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30 July 2015 10:50	Report	Japan	2–17	United States	Kazan Attendance: 729 Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–4, 1–6, 1–3
		Nakano 2	Goals	Steffens 4

13th–16th place semifinals

1 August 2015 12:10	Report	Japan	6–9	France	Kazan Attendance: 1,969 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 1–4, 1–1, 1–2
		Nakano 2	Goals	Guillet 5

15th place game

3 August 2015 09:30	Report	South Africa	7–15	Japan	Kazan Attendance: 329 Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–2, 3–8, 4–3
		White 2	Goals	Nakano 4

References

1. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
2. "Japan Announces Rosters For 2015 FINA World Championships, World University Games and World Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
3. "Kosuke Hagino Out of World Championships With Broken Elbow". Swimming World Magazine. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)