Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
Website	www.jsad.or.jp  (in Japanese)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	132 in 22 sports
Medals Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 10 Bronze 14 Total 24
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The country qualified athletes in cycling, goalball, judo, sailing, and wheelchair basketball.

While the first-ever (and only) failure to score Gold in Summer Paralympics was disappointing, resulting in a 64th rank, the number of total medals ranked 17th. Despite this, Tokyo will be the host city of the 2020 Summer Paralympics, a Japanese segment was performed during the closing ceremony.

Support

In September 2015, a representative from the country attended the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Chef de Mission seminar as part of the country's preparation efforts for the 2016 Games. ^{[1] [2]}

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. ^{[3] [4]} Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability. ^[5]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Makoto Hirose	Judo	Men's 60 kg	8 September
Silver	Misato Michishita	Athletics	Women's marathon - T12	18 September
Bronze	Satoshi Fujimoto	Judo	Men's 66 kg	8 September
Bronze	Takuya Sugawa	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke S14	8 September

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Japan qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements. ^{[6] [7]}

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Through the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method, the country earned a pair of slots at the Rio Games for their two highest ranked equestrian competitors. These slots were irrespective of class ranking. ^[8]

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Japan women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing first at the 2015 IBSA Goalball Asian-Pacific Championships. ^{[9] [10]} Japan's women enter the tournament ranked 3rd in the world. ^[11]

The following is the Japan roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ^[12]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Haruka Wakasugi	B1	(1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 21)
2	Eiko Kakehata	B3	(1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 23)
5	Rie Urata	B1	(1977-07-01)1 July 1977 (aged 39)
6	Akiko Adachi	B2	(1983-09-10)10 September 1983 (aged 32)
7	Yuki Temma	B1	(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 26)
9	Masae Komiya	B1	(1975-05-08)8 May 1975 (aged 41)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	3	0	1	25	7	+18	9	Quarter-finals
2	United States	4	3	0	1	25	13	+12	9
3	Japan	4	2	1	1	13	8	+5	7
4	Israel	4	1	1	2	16	15	+1	4
5	Algeria	4	0	0	4	1	37	−36	0

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Hosts

8 September 2016 14:30	Japan	1–1	Israel	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alexander Knecht (GER), Vilma Basinkaite (LTU)
	Wakasugi 1	Report	Mahamid 1

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9 September 2016 18:45	Brazil	1–2	Japan	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raili Sipura (FIN), Joelle Boulet (CAN)
	Amorim 1	Report	Adachi 2

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11 September 2016 10:45	United States	5–3	Japan	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
	Armbruster 2 Miller 2 Dennis 1	Report	Temma 1 Adachi 1 Komiya 1

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12 September 2016 15:30	Japan	7–1	Algeria	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Rudi Janssen (BEL)
	Temma 3 Kakehata 2 Adachi 2	Report	Benallou 1

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14 September 2016 14:15	China	5–3	Japan	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Joelle Boulet (CAN), Nejc Jakic (SLO)
	Zhang W. 2 Chen 1 Zhang H. 1 Ju 1	Report	Kakehata 1 Adachi 1 Komiya 1

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

In total judoka representing Japan won one silver medal and three bronze medals.

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Japan qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the Sonar event with a sixteenth-place finish overall and the seventh country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Shin'ya Yamamoto (sailor), Junichi Ohnuma and Koji Ishii. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Japan earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R5 – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Prone SH2 event as a result of the performance Akiko Sega. It was the only qualification spot Japan earned at the event. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Yasuhiro Tanaka earned Japan a spot after winning silver in the Men's 100m Breaststroke SB14. ^{[19] [20]}

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Japan men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. ^[21]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	1	341	265	+76	9 [lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	327	272	+55	9 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Australia	5	4	1	342	293	+49	9 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	264	294	−30	7
5	Japan	5	1	4	278	300	−22	6	9th/10th place playoff
6	Canada	5	0	5	222	350	−128	5	11th/12th place playoff

Source: Paralympic.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Spain 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, +1 PD; Japan 3 pts, −9 PD

8 September 2016 15:45

Report

Turkey	65–49	Japan
Scoring by quarter:18–16, 13–9, 16–16, 18–8
Pts: Gürbulak 25 Rebs: Gümüş 11 Asts: Gürbulak 10		Pts: Fujimoto 22 Rebs: Fujimoto 8 Asts: Kozai 10

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Cristian Roja

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9 September 2016 15:45

Report

Japan	39–55	Spain
Scoring by quarter:11–8, 12–18, 4–16, 12–13
Pts: Kozai 11 Rebs: Fujimoto, Chiwaki 11 Asts: Kozai 8		Pts: Mouriz 20 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 10 Asts: Alejos 4

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bill Kuerzi

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10 September 2016 21:00

Report

Netherlands	67–39	Japan
Scoring by quarter:22–10, 14–23, 16–16, 15–10
Pts: Korkmaz 33 Rebs: Poggenwisch, Bellers 6 Asts: Poggenwisch 8		Pts: Fujimoto 25 Rebs: Fujimoto 11 Asts: Kozai 11

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Jaime Oseguera

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11 September 2016 21:00

Report

Japan	76–45	Canada
Scoring by quarter:13–9, 22–15, 19–14, 22–7
Pts: Kozai 19 Rebs: Chiwaki 8 Asts: Kozai 7		Pts: Eng 18 Rebs: Goncin 7 Asts: Goncin 6

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Max Kindervater

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12 September 2016 13:30

Report

Australia	68–55	Japan
Scoring by quarter:14–7, 20–13, 15–10, 19–25
Pts: Ness 12 Rebs: Knowles 7 Asts: Knowles 9		Pts: Kozai 9 Rebs: Fujimoto 6 Asts: Mayajima 7

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bil Kuerzi

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered the tournament ranked number three in the world. ^[22]

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	165	142	+23	6	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	163	155	+8	4
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	145	151	−6	2	Fifth place Match
4	France	3	0	0	3	141	166	−25	0	Seventh place Match

Source: Rio2016

14 September 2016

16:00

Japan	50–46	Sweden
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Mitch Carr, Darren Roberts

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15 September 2016

16:00

Japan	57–52	France
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Brian Ward, Pierre-Alexandre Briere

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16 September 2016

16:00

United States	57–56	Japan
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briere, Lukasz Symczak

Semifinals

17 September 2016

16:00

Australia	63–57	Japan
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Jean Choiniere, Mitch Carr

Bronze Medal Match

18 September 2016

09:00

Japan	52–50	Canada
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Darren Roberts, Liam Costello

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Shingo Kunieda represented Japan in wheelchair tennis. He would go to Rio as the defending 2008 and 2012 Paralympic gold medalist. ^[23] Shingo Kunieda, Takuya Miki, Satoshi Saida, Takashi Sanada all qualified in the men's singles event via the standard qualification route. Japan qualified three players in the women's singles event. Kanako Domori, Yui Kamiji and Miho Nijo all qualified via the standard qualification route. ^[24]

See also

• Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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