Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Japan at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Japan.svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23 (23-07) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors556 (295 men and 261 women) in 37 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Rui Hachimura
Yui Susaki
Flag bearer (closing) Ryo Kiyuna
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
27
Silver
14
Bronze
17
Total
58
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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. [1] 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. [2] Karateka Ryo Kiyuna is the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. [3]

Contents

Japan finished the Games with 58 total medals, 27 being gold, an impressive improvement of the country's previous record performances from the 1964 Olympics (also held in Tokyo) and 2004 Olympics. This placed them third overall (for the third time after 1964 and 1968 behind the United States and China. By total medals, they also fell behind the Russian Olympic Committee and the United Kingdom. It was the most successful Summer Olympics in Japan's history.

Medalists

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey, football, and handball are not counted:

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 336
Artistic swimming 99
Athletics 41950
Badminton 6713
Baseball 2424
Basketball 121628
Boxing 426
Canoeing 7512
Cycling 6713
Diving 448
Equestrian 909
Fencing 12921
Field hockey 161632
Football 181836
Golf 224
Gymnastics 51217
Handball 141428
Judo 7714
Karate 448
Modern pentathlon 123
Rugby sevens 121224
Sailing 8715
Shooting 6612
Skateboarding 4610
Softball 1515
Sport climbing 224
Surfing 224
Swimming 181735
Table tennis 336
Taekwondo 224
Tennis 459
Triathlon 224
Volleyball 141428
Water polo 131326
Weightlifting 437
Wrestling 6612
Total295261556

Archery

Japan fielded six archers (three men and three women) at the Games, as the host nation is automatically entitled to use the men's and women's team quota places. [4]

The host nation's archery team was officially announced on March 21, 2021, with London 2012 silver medalist Takaharu Furukawa slated to shoot at his fifth consecutive Olympics. [5] [6]

Men
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Takaharu Furukawa Individual 64946Flag of Mexico.svg  Álvarez  (MEX)
W 7–3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Broeksma  (NED)
W 6–5
Flag of India.svg  Das  (IND)
W 3–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lia Jl  (CHN)
W 4–0
Flag of Turkey.svg  Gazoz  (TUR)
L 1–4
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Tang C-c  (TPE)
W 4–1
Bronze medal icon.svg
Yuki Kawata 66122Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  de Smedt  (BEL)
L 2–6
Did not advance
Hiroki Muto 6785Flag of Israel.svg  Shanny  (ISR)
L 3–7
Did not advance
Takaharu Furukawa
Yuki Kawata
Hiroki Muto
Team 19884ByeFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
W 5–1
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
L 4–5
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
W 5–4
Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ren Hayakawa Individual 65316Flag of Vietnam.svg  Đỗ  (VIE)
W 6–5
Flag of the United States.svg  Kaufhold  (USA)
W 6–2
Flag of South Korea.svg  An S  (KOR)
L 4–6
Did not advance
Miki Nakamura 63931Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Horáčková  (CZE)
W 6–2
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jang M-h  (KOR)
W 6–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Jx  (CHN)
L 1–7
Did not advance
Azusa Yamauchi 6657Flag of Mongolia.svg  Bishindeeg  (MGL)
W 6–2
Flag of Belarus.svg  Marusava  (BLR)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Ren Hayakawa
Miki Nakamura
Azusa Yamauchi
Team 19574ByeFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)
L 3–5
Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Hiroki Muto
Azusa Yamauchi
Team 13433Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
L 3–5
Did not advance

Artistic swimming

Japan as the host nation, entered a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team event.

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Yukiko Inui
Megumu Yoshida
Duet 93.3499493.9333187.28324 Q94.4667187.81664
Juka Fukumura
Yukiko Inui
Moeka Kijima
Okina Kyogoku
Mayu Tsukamoto
Mashiro Yasunaga
Akane Yanagisawa
Megumu Yoshida
Team 93.3773494.9333188.31064

Athletics (track and field)

Japanese athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [7] [8] The team will be selected based on the results of the 2020 Japan Championships and once an athlete wins a medal in race walking and marathon, or attains the top eight position in track and field at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Four marathon runners (two per gender) were the first set of Japanese track and field athletes being selected for the Games, with a top-two finish of their respective races at the Grand Championship in Tokyo on September 15, 2019. [9] [10] By winning the gold medals at the World Championships, race walkers Toshikazu Yamanishi and London 2012 Olympian Yusuke Suzuki were officially added to the track and field roster. [11] [12] Suguru Osako and Mao Ichiyama completed the nation's marathon team lineup at the Nagoya and Lake Biwa Marathon on March 8, 2020. [13]

Key
Track & road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Yuki Koike 100 m Bye10.224Did not advance
Shuhei Tada Bye10.226Did not advance
Ryota Yamagata Bye10.154Did not advance
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 200 m 21.416Did not advance
Shota Iizuka 21.026Did not advance
Jun Yamashita 20.785Did not advance
Julian Walsh 400 m 46.576Did not advance
Yuta Bando 5000 m 14:05.8017Did not advance
Hiroki Matsueda 14:15.5418Did not advance
Akira Aizawa 10000 m 28:18.3717
Tatsuhiko Ito 29:01.3122
Shunsuke Izumiya 110 m hurdles 13.282 Q13.353Did not advance
Taio Kanai 13.413 Q26.118Did not advance
Shunya Takayama 13.986Did not advance
Takatoshi Abe 400 m hurdles 49.986Did not advance
Kazuki Kurokawa 50.306Did not advance
Hiromu Yamauchi 49.213 Q49.356Did not advance
Ryoma Aoki 3000 m steeplechase 8:24.829Did not advance
Ryuji Miura 8:09.922 Q8:16.907
Kosei Yamaguchi 8:31.2712Did not advance
Bruno Dede*
Yoshihide Kiryu
Yuki Koike
Shuhei Tada
Ryota Yamagata
4 × 100 m relay 38.163 QDNF
Rikuya Itō
Kaito Kawabata
Kentarō Satō
Aoto Suzuki
Julian Walsh*
4 × 400 m relay 3:00.765Did not advance
Yuma Hattori Marathon 2:30:0873
Shogo Nakamura 2:22:2362
Suguru Osako 2:10:416
Koki Ikeda 20 km walk 1:12:14Silver medal icon.svg
Eiki Takahashi 1:27:2932
Toshikazu Yamanishi 1:12:28Bronze medal icon.svg
Hayato Katsuki 50 km walk 4:06:3230
Masatora Kawano 3:51:566
Satoshi Maruo 4:06:4432
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ran Urabe 1500 m 4:07.909Did not advance
Nozomi Tanaka 4:02.33 NR 4 Q3:59.19 NR 5 Q3:59.958
Kaede Hagitani 5000 m 15:04.9512Did not advance
Ririka Hironaka 14:55.879 q14:52.84 NR 9
Nozomi Tanaka 14:59.93=6Did not advance
Yuka Ando 10000 m 32:40.7723
Ririka Hironaka 31:00.71 PB 7
Hitomi Niiya 32:23.87 SB 22
Masumi Aoki 100 m hurdles 13.597Did not advance
Ayako Kimura 13.257Did not advance
Asuka Terada 12.955 q13.066Did not advance
Yuno Yamanaka 3000 m steeplechase 9:43.8310Did not advance
Hanae Aoyama
Yu Ishikawa*
Mei Kodama
Remi Tsuruta
Ami Saitō
4 × 100 m relay 43.447Did not advance
Mao Ichiyama Marathon 2:30:138
Honami Maeda 2:35:2833
Ayuko Suzuki 2:33:1419
Nanako Fujii 20 km walk 1:31:5513
Kumiko Okada 1:31:5715
Field events
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Yuki Hashioka Long jump 8.173 Q8.106
Shotaro Shiroyama 7.7023Did not advance
Hibiki Tsuha 7.6126Did not advance
Takashi Eto High jump 2.21=17Did not advance
Naoto Tobe 2.28=4 q2.2413
Masaki Ejima Pole vault 5.30=25Did not advance
Seito Yamamoto 5.30=25Did not advance
Takuto Kominami Javelin throw 78.3919Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Haruka Kitaguchi Javelin throw 62.066 q55.4212

Badminton

Japan as the host nation, entered thirteen badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings. The team was announced by the Nippon Badminton Association on 18 June 2021. [14]

Men
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kento Momota Singles Flag of the United States.svg  Lam  (USA)
W (21–12, 21–9)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Heo K-h  (KOR)
L (15–21, 19–21)
2Did not advance
Kanta Tsuneyama Flag of Mauritius.svg  Paul  (MRI)
W (21–8, 21–6)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Coelho  (BRA)
W (21–14, 21–8)
1 QFlag of Indonesia.svg  Ginting  (INA)
L (18–21, 14–21)
Did not advance
Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe
Doubles Flag of Nigeria.svg  Olofua /
Opeyori  (NGR)
W (21–2, 21–7)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Ivanov /
Sozonov  (ROC)
W (21–19, 21–19)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Astrup /
Rasmussen  (DEN)
W (21–14, 21–12)
1 QFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lee Y /
Wang C-l  (TPE)
L (16–21, 19–21)
Did not advance
Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
Flag of Germany.svg  Lamsfuß /
Seidel  (GER)
W (21–13, 21–8)
Flag of the United States.svg  P Chew /
R Chew  (USA)
W (21–11, 21–3)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Jh /
Liu Yc  (CHN)
L (14–21, 16–21)
2 QFlag of Indonesia.svg  Ahsan /
Setiawan  (INA)
L (14–21, 21–16, 9–21)
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Akane Yamaguchi Singles Flag of Pakistan.svg  Shahzad  (PAK)
W (21–3, 21–8)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gilmour  (GBR)
W (21–9, 21–18)
1 QFlag of South Korea.svg  Kim G-e  (KOR)
W (21–17, 21–18)
Flag of India.svg  Sindhu  (IND)
L (13–21, 20–22)
Did not advance
Nozomi Okuhara Flag of Germany.svg  Li  (GER)
W (21–17, 21–4)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Kosetskaya  (ROC)
W (21–6, 21–16)
1 QFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Li  (CAN)
W (21–9, 21–7)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  He Bj  (CHN)
L (21–13, 13–21, 14–21)
Did not advance
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
Doubles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Birch /
Smith  (GBR)
W (21–13, 21–14)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Chow M K /
Lee M Y  (MAS)
W (17–21, 21–15, 21–8)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Polii /
Rahayu  (INA)
L (22–24, 21–13, 8–21)
2 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Qc /
Jia Yf  (CHN)
L (21–18, 10–21, 10–21)
Did not advance
Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
Flag of Egypt.svg  Hany /
Hosny  (EGY)
W (21–7, 21–3)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Honderich /
Tsai  (CAN)
W (14–21, 21–19, 21–18)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Piek /
Seinen  (NED)
W (24–22, 21–15)
1 QFlag of South Korea.svg  Kim S-y /
Kong H-y  (KOR)
L (14–21, 21–14, 26–28)
Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank=Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
Doubles Flag of Denmark.svg  Christiansen /
Bøje  (DEN)
W (20–22, 21–11, 21–15)
Flag of Australia.svg  Leung /
Somerville  (AUS)
W (21–7, 21–15)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Jordan /
Oktavianti  (INA)
W (21–13, 21–10)
1 QFlag of Thailand.svg  Puavaranukroh /
Taerattanachai  (THA)
W (15–21, 21–16, 21–14)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang /
Huang  (CHN)
L (23–21, 15–21, 14–21)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Tang C M /
Tse Y S  (HKG)
W (21–17, 23–21)
Bronze medal icon.svg

Baseball

Japan national baseball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The final roster was announced on 16 June 2021. [15] [16]

Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics Flag of Japan.svg Japan roster
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches


Group play
PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)220117+41.000 Round 2
2Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 211440.5001 Round 1 game #2
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 202484.0002Round 1 game #1
Source: TOCOG and WBSC
(H) Hosts
28 July 12:00 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 000000201380
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 000000103490
WP: Ryoji Kuribayashi (1–0)   LP: Jairo Asencio (0–1)
Boxscore
31 July 12:00
Yokohama Stadium
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0113001107100
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 100100020472
WP: Masato Morishita (1–0)   LP: Juan Pablo Oramas (0–1)   Sv: Ryoji Kuribayashi (1)
Home runs:
JPN: Tetsuto Yamada (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1)
MEX: Joey Meneses (1)
Boxscore
Round 2
2 August 19:00
Yokohama Stadium
Team12345678910 R H E
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 00033000006122
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (10)00212000117120
WP: Ryoji Kuribayashi (2–0)   LP: Edwin Jackson (0–1)
Home runs:
USA: Triston Casas (2)
JPN: Seiya Suzuki (1)
Boxscore
Semifinal
4 August 19:00
Yokohama Stadium
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 000002000271
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00101003X591
WP: Hiromi Itoh (1–0)   LP: Go Woo-suk (0–1)   Sv: Ryoji Kuribayashi (2)
Boxscore
Gold medal game
7 August 19:00
Yokohama Stadium
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000000000061
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00100001X280
WP: Masato Morishita (2–0)   LP: Nick Martinez (1–1)   Sv: Ryoji Kuribayashi (3)
Home runs:
USA: None
JPN: Munetaka Murakami (1)
Boxscore

Basketball

Indoor

Men's tournament

Japan men's basketball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The roster was announced on 5 July 2021. [17]

Japan national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 2 Yuki Togashi 27 – (1993-07-30)30 July 19931.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Chiba Jets Funabashi Flag of Japan.svg
SG 6 Makoto Hiejima 31 – (1990-04-11)11 April 19901.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Utsunomiya Brex Flag of Japan.svg
SF 8 Rui Hachimura 23 – (1998-02-08)8 February 19982.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Washington Wizards Flag of the United States.svg
PG 9 Leo Vendrame 27 – (1993-11-14)14 November 19931.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Sun Rockers Shibuya Flag of Japan.svg
SF 12 Yuta Watanabe 24 – (1996-10-13)13 October 19962.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Toronto Raptors Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
SG 14 Kosuke Kanamaru 32 – (1989-03-08)8 March 19891.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Shimane Susanoo Magic Flag of Japan.svg
SF 18 Yudai Baba 25 – (1995-11-07)7 November 19951.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Melbourne United Flag of Australia (converted).svg
PF 23 Gavin Edwards 33 – (1988-01-15)15 January 19882.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Chiba Jets Funabashi Flag of Japan.svg
SG 24 Daiki Tanaka 29 – (1991-09-03)3 September 19911.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Alvark Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg
C 32 Avi Schafer 23 – (1998-01-28)28 January 19982.06 m (6 ft 9 in) SeaHorses Mikawa Flag of Japan.svg
PF 34 Hugh Watanabe 22 – (1998-12-23)23 December 19982.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Ryukyu Golden Kings Flag of Japan.svg
SF 88 Tenketsu Harimoto 29 – (1992-01-08)8 January 19921.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Flag of Japan.svg
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Argentina.svg Herman Mandole
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 25 July 2021
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 330329268+616 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 321256243+135
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 31226827684
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)303235301663
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
21:00
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7788Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 14–30, 28–21, 21–19
Pts: Hachimura 20
Rebs: Watanabe 8
Asts: Baba, Tanaka 5
Pts: Rubio 20
Rebs: Claver 9
Asts: Rubio 9
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
13:40
v
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg11681Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter:29–23, 24–18, 27–23, 36–17
Pts: Dončić 25
Rebs: Tobey 11
Asts: Dončić 7
Pts: Hachimura 34
Rebs: Hachimura , Watanabe 7
Asts: Hachimura , Tanaka 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Michael Weiland (CAN), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
13:40
v
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg9777Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter:26–16, 20–22, 19–15, 32–24
Pts: Scola 23
Rebs: Scola 10
Asts: Campazzo 11
Pts: Baba 18
Rebs: Hachimura 11
Asts:three players 3
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Women's tournament

Japan women's basketball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The roster was announced on 1 July 2021. [19]

Japan women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PF 0 Moeko Nagaoka 27 – (1993-12-29)29 December 19931.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Toyota Antelopes Flag of Japan.svg
C 8 Maki Takada 31 – (1989-08-23)23 August 19891.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Denso Iris Flag of Japan.svg
SG 12 Naho Miyoshi 27 – (1993-12-21)21 December 19931.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Toyota Antelopes Flag of Japan.svg
PG 13 Rui Machida 28 – (1993-03-08)8 March 19931.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Fujitsu Red Wave Flag of Japan.svg
PG 15 Nako Motohashi 27 – (1993-10-10)10 October 19931.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Haneda Vickies Flag of Japan.svg
SG 20 Nanaka Todo 20 – (2000-11-29)29 November 20001.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits Flag of Japan.svg
SG 27 Saki Hayashi 26 – (1995-03-16)16 March 19951.73 m (5 ft 8 in) JX-Eneos Sunflowers Flag of Japan.svg
PF 30 Evelyn Mawuli 26 – (1995-06-02)2 June 19951.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Toyota Antelopes Flag of Japan.svg
PG 32 Saori Miyazaki 25 – (1995-08-27)27 August 19951.67 m (5 ft 6 in) JX-Eneos Sunflowers Flag of Japan.svg
PF 52 Yuki Miyazawa 28 – (1993-06-02)2 June 19931.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Fujitsu Red Wave Flag of Japan.svg
SF 88 Himawari Akaho 22 – (1998-08-28)28 August 19981.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Denso Iris Flag of Japan.svg
PF 99 Monica Okoye 22 – (1999-02-07)7 February 19991.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Fujitsu Red Wave Flag of Japan.svg
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Japan.svg Toru Ontsuka
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 July 2021
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 330260223+376 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)321245239+65
3Flag of France.svg  France 312239229+104
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 303217270533
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
10:00
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7470Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 21–19, 18–13, 22–21
Pts: Hayashi 12
Rebs: Akaho 9
Asts: Machida 11
Pts: Gruda 18
Rebs: Gruda 9
Asts: Johannès 4
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), James Boyer (AUS), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
13:40
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8669Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 28–30, 21–10, 16–13, 21–16
Pts: Wilson 20
Rebs: Stewart 13
Asts: Bird, Stewart 6
Pts: Takada 15
Rebs: Akaho 8
Asts: Machida 11
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Gizella Györgyi (NOR)

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
10:00
v
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg83102Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 16–21, 19–33, 26–18
Pts: Macaulay 18
Rebs: Chidom, Elonu 7
Asts: Nyingifa 8
Pts: Hayashi 23
Rebs: Akaho 7
Asts: Machida 15
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Andreia Silva (BRA), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
Quarterfinal
4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
17:20
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8685Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Scoring by quarter:19–16, 22–26, 20–26, 25–17
Pts: Miyazawa 21
Rebs: Akaho 7
Asts: Machida 14
Pts: Meesseman 25
Rebs: Meesseman 11
Asts: Allemand 8
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Amy Bonner (USA), James Boyer (AUS)
Semifinal
6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
20:00
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8771Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 27–12, 27–16, 19–21
Pts: Akaho 17
Rebs: Akaho, Miyazawa 7
Asts: Machida 18
Pts: Gruda 18
Rebs: Williams 8
Asts: Williams 7
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Luis Castillo (ESP), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
Final
8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
11:30
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg9075Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter:23–14, 27–25, 25–17, 15–19
Pts: Griner 30
Rebs: Stewart 14
Asts: Taurasi 8
Pts: Takada 17
Rebs: Okoye 8
Asts: Machida 6
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andreia Silva (BRA), Maripier Malo (CAN)

3×3 basketball

Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsGM / BMRank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Japan men's 3×3 Men's 3×3 tournament Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
L 19–20
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
W 18–16
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
L 20–21
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
L 18–21
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
L 11–21
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC
L 16–19
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
W 21–16
6Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
L 18–21
Did not advance6
Japan women's 3×3 Women's 3×3 tournament Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC
L18–21
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
W 20–8
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
W 19–10
Flag of France.svg  France
W 19–15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
L 12–15
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
W 22–10
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
W 20–18
4Flag of France.svg  France
L 14–16
Did not advance5

Men's tournament

Japan men's basketball 3x3 team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The players were announced on 3 July 2021. [21]

Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 77013891+47 Semifinals
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 74 [lower-alpha 1] 31261271
3Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 74 [lower-alpha 1] 3133129+4 Quarterfinals
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 74 [lower-alpha 1] 3132129+3
5Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 7341161259
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)72 [lower-alpha 2] 512313411
7Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 72 [lower-alpha 2] 512013010
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 72 [lower-alpha 2] 511914223
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
  2. 1 2 3 Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
19:05
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1920 (OT)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Pts: Brown, Tominaga 7Pts: Pawłowski, Zamojski 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
22:25
v
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg1618 (OT)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: Bogaerts 5Pts: Yasuoka 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
19:05
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2021Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Pts: Tominaga 10Pts: Bekkering, Slagter 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
22:25
v
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg2118Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: Lasmanis 7Pts: Tominaga 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
12:00
v
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg2111Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: Domović Bulut 7Pts: Yasuoka 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Glenn Tuitt (USA)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
15:00
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1619Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
Pts: Brown 7Pts: Pisklov 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
15:05
v
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1621Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: Gao 8Pts: Tominaga, Yasuoka 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
Quarter-finals
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
22:20
v
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg2118Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: Krūmiņš 9Pts: Tominaga 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

Women's tournament

Japan women's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. [22]

Team roster

The players were announced on 3 July 2021. [21]

Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 76113698+38 Semifinals
2Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 75 [lower-alpha 1] 212990+39
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 75 [lower-alpha 1] 212797+30 Quarterfinals
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)75 [lower-alpha 1] 213097+33
5Flag of France.svg  France 743118116+2
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7259812527
7Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7168914253
8Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 7077914162
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 ROC 2–0, China 1–1, Japan 0–2
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
10:15
v
ROC  Russian Olympic Committee flag.png2118Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: O. Frolkina 7Pts: Shinozaki 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
14:25
v
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg820Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: Ursu-Kim 3Pts: Mawuli 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
10:15
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1910Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Pts: Mawuli, Yamamoto 6Pts: Chimeddolgor, Solongo 3
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
17:55
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1915Flag of France.svg  France
Pts:three players 5Pts: Paget 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
10:15
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1215Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Pts: Mawuli 5Pts: Wang L. 5
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
14:25
v
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1022Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: Consolini 4Pts: Mawuli 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
13:30
v
United States  Flag of the United States.svg1820Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: Dolson 7Pts: Yamamoto 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Shi Qirong (CHN)
Quarterfinal
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
21:50
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1416Flag of France.svg  France
Pts: Shinozaki 7Pts: Paget 5
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

Boxing

Japan entered six boxers (four men and two women) into the Olympic tournament. Sewon Okazawa (men's welterweight), 2018 world bronze medalist Tsukimi Namiki (women's flyweight), and Sena Irie (women's featherweight) secured the spots on the host nation's squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or by scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan. [23] [24] Three more boxers were officially selected by the Japanese Olympic Committee and the Japanese Boxing Federation to take up the host nation places for the Games, including Rio 2016 Olympian Daisuke Narimatsu in the men's lightweight division. [25]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ryomei Tanaka Men's flyweight Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Finol  (VEN)
W 5–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Hu Jg  (CHN)
W 3–1
Flag of Colombia.svg  Martinez  (COL)
W 4–1
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Paalam  (PHI)
L 0–5
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Daisuke Narimatsu Men's lightweight Flag of Peru.svg  Pezo  (PER)
W 5–0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Safiullin  (KAZ)
LWO
Did not advance
Sewon Okazawa Men's welterweight Flag of India.svg  Yadav  (IND)
W 5–0
Flag of Cuba.svg  Iglesias  (CUB)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Yuito Moriwaki Men's middleweight Flag of Iran.svg  Mousavi  (IRI)
W 3–2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Khyzhniak  (UKR)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Tsukimi Namiki Women's flyweight Flag of Uganda.svg  Nanziri  (UGA)
W 5–0
Flag of Brazil.svg  Sousa  (BRA)
W 5–0
Flag of Colombia.svg  Valencia  (COL)
W 5–0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Krasteva  (BUL)
L 0–5
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Sena Irie Women's featherweight Flag of El Salvador.svg  Solorzano  (ESA)
W 5–0
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hlimi  (TUN)
W 5–0
Flag of Romania.svg  Nechita  (ROU)
W 3–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Artingstall  (GBR)
W 3–2
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Petecio  (PHI)
W 5–0
Gold medal icon.svg

Canoeing

Slalom

Being the host nation, Japan has been awarded one boat each in all four classes. On October 20, 2019, the slalom canoeists were officially selected to the host nation's roster at the conclusion of the NHK Slalom International Cup, with Rio 2016 bronze medalist Takuya Haneda remarkably going to his fourth straight Olympics. [26] [27]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalsFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Takuya Haneda Men's C-1 106.5711105.1511105.1513 Q107.8210 Q109.3010
Kazuya Adachi Men's K-1 97.721492.09692.096 Q101.6016Did not advance
Ayano Sato Women's C-1 161.7721151.0319151.0320Did not advance
Aki Yazawa Women's K-1 129.8721127.9121127.9122 Q124.7319Did not advance

Sprint

Being the host nation, Japan has been awarded a minimum of three boats, with one each in the men's C-1 1000 m, women's C-1 200 m, and women's K-1 500 m. The men's K-4 500 m boat was added to the team roster with a top-ten finish at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary and the women's K-1 200 m with the fastest finish vying for qualification at the 2021 Asian Championships in Pattaya, Thailand. [28] [29] With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships and the lack of eligible competitors available from the Americas in the canoe sprint regatta, the women's C-2 500 m crew accepted a spare berth from the International Canoe Federation for the Japanese team. [30]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Takanori Tōme Men's C-1 1000 m 4:37.2087 QF4:38.5466Did not advance
Hiroki Fujishima
Yūsuke Miyata
Momotaro Matsushita
Keiji Mizumoto
Men's K-4 500 m 1:32.2956 QF1:28.2117Did not advance
Teruko Kiriake
Manaka Kubota
Women's C-2 500 m 2:16.7917 QF2:08.8495 FBBye2:06.19614
Yuka Ono Women's K-1 200 m 45.2517 QF45.6107Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Japan entered a squad of four riders (two per gender) to compete in their respective Olympic road races. Two of them filled out the places reserved for the host nation, while the remaining male and female rider earned a slot each by finishing in the top 50 (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. [31]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Yukiya Arashiro Men's road race 6:15:3835
Nariyuki Masuda 6:25:1684
Hiromi Kaneko Women's road race 4:01:0843
Eri Yonamine Women's road race 3:55:1321
Women's time trial 34:34.9722

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Japanese riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the sprint, keirin, and omnium, as well as the women's madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Topping the podium in the women's omnium at the 2020 Worlds, Yumi Kajihara became the first Japanese rider to guarantee a spot on the host nation's track cycling team for the Games. [32] Five more members on the squad were named on June 4, 2020, with sprint riders Yudai Nitta (London 2012) and Yuta Wakimoto (Rio 2016) booking their spots for the second Olympics. [33]

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2Round 3Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Yudai Nitta Men's sprint 9.728
74.013
26Did not advance
Yuta Wakimoto 9.518
75.646
9 QFlag of Colombia.svg  Quintero  (COL)
W 9.997
72.022
ByeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Kenny  (GBR)
L
Flag of Germany.svg  Bötticher  (GER)
W 10.323
69.747
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Paul  (TTO)
L
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Kenny  (GBR)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Awang  (MAS)
L
Did not advance
Yuka Kobayashi Women's sprint 10.711
67.221
17 QFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Marchant  (GBR)
L
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Krupeckaitė  (LTU)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Marozaitė  (LTU)
W 11.335
63.520
Flag of France.svg  Gros  (FRA)
L
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Voynova  (ROC)
L
Did not advance
Keirin
AthleteEventRound 1RepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
RankRankRankRankRank
Yudai Nitta Men's keirin 1 QFBye6Did not advance
Yuta Wakimoto 1 QFBye1 SF5 FB7
Yuka Kobayashi Women's keirin 2 QFBye6Did not advance
Omnium
AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotal pointsRank
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
Eiya Hashimoto Men's omnium 826161012181505415
Yumi Kajihara Women's omnium 238532238112110Silver medal icon.svg
Madison
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Yumi Kajihara
Kisato Nakamura
Women's madison 0–4013

Mountain biking

As the host nation, Japanese mountain bikers have already received a quota place each per gender at their disposal for the Games. The mountain biking team was officially named to the host nation's roster on June 5, 2020, with Kohei Yamamoto booking his fourth consecutive trip to the Games on the men's side. [34]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Kohei Yamamoto Men's cross-country 1:32:3529
Miho Imai Women's cross-country LAP (3 laps)37

BMX

As the host nation, Japan has already received four quota places each per gender per event at their disposal for the Games.

Race
AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankResultRank
Yoshitaku Nagasako Men's race 125Did not advance
Sae Hatakeyama Women's race 226Did not advance
Freestyle
AthleteEventSeedingFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Rim Nakamura Men's freestyle 87.67285.105
Minato Oike Women's freestyle 61.45875.407

Diving

Japan, as the host nation, is automatically entitled to places in all synchronized diving events, but athletes for individual events must qualify through their own performances at 2019 FINA World Championships, the 2019 Asian Cup, and the 2020 FINA World Cup series.

Five-time Olympian Ken Terauchi and his Rio 2016 partner Sho Sakai became the first Japanese divers to be selected to the squad after finishing seventh in the men's synchronized springboard at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. [35]

Men
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Ken Terauchi 3 m springboard 430.2010 Q424.507 Q359.7012
Reo Nishida 10 m platform 314.3025Did not advance
Rikuto Tamai 374.2516 Q413.658 Q431.957
Sho Sakai
Ken Terauchi
3 m synchronized springboard 393.935
Hiroki Ito
Kazuki Murakami
10 m synchronized platform 377.108
Women
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Haruka Enomoto 3 m springboard 277.8517 Q255.4017Did not advance
Sayaka Mikami 317.105 Q273.7016Did not advance
Matsuri Arai 10 m platform 268.8022Did not advance
Haruka Enomoto
Hazuki Miyamoto
3 m synchronized springboard 269.405
Matsuri Arai
Minami Itahashi
10 m synchronized platform 291.426

Equestrian

Japan, as the host nation, automatically received a team of three riders in each of the three sporting disciplines: dressage, eventing, and jumping.

Dressage

Masanao Takahashi and Rubicon have been named the traveling alternates.

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Shingo Hayashi Scolari Individual 65.71448Did not advance
Hiroyuki Kitahara Huracan66.30445Did not advance
Kazuki Sado Ludwig der Sonnenkönig62.53156Did not advance
Shingo Hayashi
Hiroyuki Kitahara
Kazuki Sado
See above Team 6264.514Did not advanceDid not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Ryuzo Kitajima and Feroza Nieuwmoed have been named the reserves.

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Yoshiaki Oiwa Calle Individual 31.5021EliminatedDid not advance
Toshiyuki Tanaka Talma d'Allou32.702930.8063.503512.0075.5034Did not advance
Kazuma Tomoto Vinci de la Vigne26.1071.6027.5054.0031.5070.4031.90431.904
Yoshiaki Oiwa
Toshiyuki Tanaka
Kazuma Tomoto
Ryuzo Kitajima (s)
Calle
Talma d'Allou
Vinci de la Vigne
Feroza Nieuwmoed
Team 90.104232.40322.501216.00+20.00358.5011358.5011

Jumping

Mike Kawai and As de Mai have been named the traveling alternates.

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalJump-off
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Daisuke Fukushima Canyon Individual 0=1 Q087.57=1 Q043.766
Koki Saito Chilensky0=1 Q589.8213Did not advance
Eiken Sato Saphyr des Lacs1=26 Q1684.6725Did not advance
Daisuke Fukushima
Koki Saito
Eiken Sato
See above Team EliminatedDid not advance

Fencing

Japanese fencers qualified a full squad in the women's team foil for the Games as the highest-ranked nation from Asia and Oceania outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings. [36] Rookies Masaru Yamada (men's épée), Takahiro Shikine (men's foil), Kento Yoshida (men's sabre), and Misaki Emura (women's sabre), with Nozomi Satō (women's épée) going to her third consecutive Games, secured additional places on the host nation's roster as one of the two highest-ranked fencers each vying for qualification from Asia and Oceania in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. [37] [38]

Eight more fencers were officially named to the host nation's roster on April 25, 2021, including Rio 2016 Olympians Kazuyasu Minobe (men's épée) and Chika Aoki (women's sabre) and American-born Kaito Streets (men's sabre). [39]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Koki Kano Épée ByeFlag of Italy.svg  E Garozzo  (ITA)
W 15–12
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Bida  (ROC)
L 12–15
Did not advance
Kazuyasu Minobe ByeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jurka  (CZE)
W 15–14
Flag of South Korea.svg  Park S-y  (KOR)
L 6–15
Did not advance
Masaru Yamada ByeFlag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Petrov  (KGZ)
W 15–13
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kurbanov  (KAZ)
W 15–8
Flag of Italy.svg  Santarelli  (ITA)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Koki Kano
Kazuyasu Minobe
Satoru Uyama
Masaru Yamada
Team épée Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
W 45–39
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
W 45–44
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
W 45–38
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
W 45–36
Gold medal icon.svg
Kyosuke Matsuyama Foil ByeFlag of France.svg  Pauty  (FRA)
W 15–7
Flag of Italy.svg  D Garozzo  (ITA)
L 14–15
Did not advance
Toshiya Saito ByeFlag of Brazil.svg  Toldo  (BRA)
W 15–10
Flag of France.svg  Lefort  (FRA)
L 4–15
Did not advance
Takahiro Shikine ByeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Samandi  (TUN)
W 15–4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Choi  (HKG)
W 15–6
Flag of Egypt.svg  Abouelkassem  (EGY)
W 15–13
Flag of Italy.svg  D Garozzo  (ITA)
L 9–15
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Choupenitch  (CZE)
L 8–15
4
Kyosuke Matsuyama
Yudai Nagano
Toshiya Saito
Takahiro Shikine
Team foil ByeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
W 45–43
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
L 42–45
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
L 31–45
4
Tomohiro Shimamura Sabre Flag of the United States.svg  Mackiewicz  (USA)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Kaito Streets Flag of Algeria.svg  Bounabi  (ALG)
W 15–9
Flag of the United States.svg  Dershwitz  (USA)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Kento Yoshida Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Quintero  (VEN)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Tomohiro Shimamura
Kaito Streets
Kenta Tokunan
Kento Yoshida
Team sabre Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)
L 42–45
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Nozomi Satō Épée ByeFlag of South Korea.svg  Kang Y-m  (KOR)
W 15–14
Flag of Estonia.svg  Beljajeva  (EST)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Rio Azuma Foil ByeFlag of South Korea.svg  Jeon H-s  (KOR)
L 10–11
Did not advance
Sera Azuma ByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryan  (CAN)
L 11–12
Did not advance
Yuka Ueno ByeFlag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed  (EGY)
W 15–5
Flag of the United States.svg  Ross  (USA)
W 15–9
Flag of the United States.svg  Kiefer  (USA)
L 11–15
Did not advance
Rio Azuma
Sera Azuma
Sumire Tsuji
Yuka Ueno
Team foil Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
L 36–45
Classification semifinal
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)
W 45–27
Fifth place match
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
L 31–45
6
Chika Aoki Sabre Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dayibekova  (UZB)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Misaki Emura ByeFlag of Greece.svg  Gkountoura  (GRE)
W 15–8
Flag of France.svg  Brunet  (FRA)
L 12–15
Did not advance
Norika Tamura ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qian Jr  (CHN)
L 8–15
Did not advance
Chika Aoki
Misaki Emura
Shihomi Fukushima
Norika Tamura
Team sabre Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)
W 45–29
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
L 34–45
Classification semifinal
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
W 45–42
Fifth place match
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
W 45–43
5

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

TeamEventGroup stageQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsGM / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
L 3–5
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
L 1–2
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
D 2–2
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
L 1–4
Flag of India.svg  India
L 3–5
6did not advance11
Japan women's Women's tournament Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
L 3–4
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
L 1–2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
L 0–1
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
L 1–2
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
L 1–4
6did not advance11

Men's tournament

As the host nation, Japan men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of obtaining a world ranking equal to or better than thirtieth place by the end of 2018, or not finish lower than sixth at the 2018 Asian Games. [40]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 8 June 2021. [41]

Head coach: Flag of the Netherlands.svg Siegfried Aikman [42]

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1FW Koji Yamasaki (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 25)9728 Flag of Japan.svg Gifu Asahi Club
4MF Genki Mitani (1990-06-12)12 June 1990 (aged 31)1686 Flag of Japan.svg Vercosta Fukui
5MF Seren Tanaka (1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 28)1038 Flag of Japan.svg Gifu Asahi Club
6MF Hiromasa Ochiai (1994-02-09)9 February 1994 (aged 27)755 Flag of Japan.svg Tochigi Liebe
7FW Kazuma Murata (1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (aged 29)12033 Flag of Japan.svg Tochigi Liebe
9FW Kenta Tanaka (1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 33)15480 Flag of the Netherlands.svg HGC
11FW Kenji Kitazato (1989-05-19)19 May 1989 (aged 32)16250 Flag of Japan.svg Alder Hanno
12MF Yuma Nagai (1996-03-18)18 March 1996 (aged 25)110 Flag of Japan.svg Gifu Asahi Club
13DF Manabu Yamashita (Captain) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 32)1861 Flag of Japan.svg Oyabe Redox
14MF Kaito Tanaka (1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 25)455 Flag of Japan.svg Indicator Light Fullertel
15MF Ken Nagayoshi (1999-10-26)26 October 1999 (aged 21)120 Flag of Japan.svg Tenri University Bears
17FW Kentaro Fukuda (1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 25)6915 Flag of Japan.svg Gifu Asahi Club
20DF Masaki Ohashi (1993-05-08)8 May 1993 (aged 28)940 Flag of Japan.svg Tochigi Liebe
25DF Shota Yamada (1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (aged 26)10232 Flag of Japan.svg Gifu Asahi Club
29DF Hirotaka Zendana (1993-02-14)14 February 1993 (aged 28)11930 Flag of Japan.svg Tenri University Bears
30GK Takashi Yoshikawa (1994-11-29)29 November 1994 (aged 26)940 Flag of Japan.svg Gifu Asahi Club
31FW Kota Watanabe (1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 24)748 Flag of Japan.svg Vercosta Fukui
32DF Yoshiki Kirishita (1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (aged 22)554 Flag of Japan.svg Tochigi Liebe
Group play

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5410229+1313 Quarter-finals
2Flag of India.svg  India 54011513+212
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5212101117
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 512291015
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5113111654
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)5014101881
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
09:30
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Ke. Tanaka Field hockey ball.svg 22', 27'
Kirishita Field hockey ball.svg 26'
Report Brand Field hockey ball.svg 11'
Craig Field hockey ball.svg 14'
Govers Field hockey ball.svg 31'
Zalewski Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Beale Field hockey ball.svg 50'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
19:00
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Ke. Tanaka Field hockey ball.svg 60' Report Tolini Field hockey ball.svg 5'
Keenan Field hockey ball.svg 19'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Peter Wright (RSA)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
11:45
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Yamasaki Field hockey ball.svg 3'
Ke. Tanaka Field hockey ball.svg 40'
Report Wilson Field hockey ball.svg 11'
Lane Field hockey ball.svg 41'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
20:45
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Zendana Field hockey ball.svg 2' Report Lleonart Field hockey ball.svg 3', 55'
Quemada Field hockey ball.svg 23'
Alegre Field hockey ball.svg 28'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Martin Madden (GBR)

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
18:30
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–5Flag of India.svg  India
Ke. Tanaka Field hockey ball.svg 19'
Watanabe Field hockey ball.svg 33'
Murata Field hockey ball.svg 59'
Report Harmanpreet Field hockey ball.svg 13'
Gurjant Field hockey ball.svg 17', 56'
Shamsher Field hockey ball.svg 34'
Nilakanta Field hockey ball.svg 51'
North Pitch
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

Women's tournament

As the host nation, Japan women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of obtaining a world ranking equal to or better than thirtieth place by the end of 2018, or not finish lower than sixth at the 2018 Asian Games. [43]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 8 June 2021. [44]

Head coach: Flag of Spain.svg Xavier Arnau

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1DF Yu Asai (1996-01-08)8 January 1996 (aged 25)78{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Coca-Cola Red Sparks
3DF Kimika Hoshi (1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 25)46{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Sony H.C. BRAVIA Ladies
6DF Emi Nishikori (1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 28)73{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Coca-Cola Red Sparks
7FW Kana Nomura (1990-03-23)23 March 1990 (aged 31)128{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Southern Metropolis Silver Shooting Stars
8MF Yukari Mano (captain) (1994-03-04)4 March 1994 (aged 27)124{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Sony H.C. BRAVIA Ladies
9FW Yuri Nagai (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 (aged 29)179{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Sony H.C. BRAVIA Ladies
10MF Hazuki Nagai (1994-08-15)15 August 1994 (aged 26)173{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Sony H.C. BRAVIA Ladies
11DF Shihori Oikawa (1989-03-12)12 March 1989 (aged 32)133{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo Verdy Hockey Team
13DF Miki Kozuka (1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 25)65{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg GlaxoSmithKline Orange United
14MF Maho Segawa (1996-06-23)23 June 1996 (aged 25)46{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo Verdy Hockey Team
15FW Mai Toriyama (1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 26)15{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Southern Metropolis Silver Shooting Stars
16DF Natsuha Matsumoto (1995-07-31)31 July 1995 (aged 25)43{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Coca-Cola Red Sparks
17FW Aki Yamada (1992-11-24)24 November 1992 (aged 28)27{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Coca-Cola Red Sparks
18FW Aki Mitsuhashi (1989-09-12)12 September 1989 (aged 31){{{goals}}}
19FW Kanon Mori (1996-05-01)1 May 1996 (aged 25)28{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Coca-Cola Red Sparks
25FW Kaho Tanaka (1997-10-25)25 October 1997 (aged 23){{{goals}}}
29MF Sakurako Omoto (1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 23)31{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Coca-Cola Red Sparks
32GK Sakiyo Asano (1987-05-26)26 May 1987 (aged 34)111{{{goals}}} Flag of Japan.svg Gifu Morning Ladies
Group play

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5500131+1215 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 530298+19
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 53028809
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 520387+16
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 520391676
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)500561370
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
11:45
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Nomura Field hockey ball.svg 21'
Y. Nagai Field hockey ball.svg 31'
H. Nagai Field hockey ball.svg 45+'
Report Gu Field hockey ball.svg 10', 35'
Zhang Y. Field hockey ball.svg 20'
Liang Field hockey ball.svg 52'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Michelle Meister (GER)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
20:45
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Oikawa Field hockey ball.svg 18' Report Merry Field hockey ball.svg 26'
Ralph Field hockey ball.svg 29'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
18:30
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report M. Fitzpatrick Field hockey ball.svg 33'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
20:45
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Mori Field hockey ball.svg 19' Report Gorzelany Field hockey ball.svg 10'
M. Granatto Field hockey ball.svg 45'
North Pitch
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Ayanna McClean (TTO)

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:00
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Mori Field hockey ball.svg 6' Report Barrios Field hockey ball.svg 25'
García Grau Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Mejías Field hockey ball.svg 55'
Bonastre Field hockey ball.svg 57'
South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Football (soccer)

Summary

Key:

TeamEventGroup stageQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsBronze medal match
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
W 1–0
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
W 2–1
Flag of France.svg  France
W 4–0
1 QFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
W 0–0 (4–2)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
L 0–1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
L 1–3
4
Japan women's Women's tournament Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
D 1–1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
L 0–1
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
W 1–0
3 QFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
L 1–3
Did not advance8

Men's tournament

Japan men's football team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

Japan's final squad was announced on 22 June 2021. [45]

Head coach: Hajime Moriyasu

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)Club
11 GK Keisuke Osako (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 21) Flag of Japan.svg Sanfrecce Hiroshima
22 DF Hiroki Sakai* (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 31) Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds
32 DF Yuta Nakayama (1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 24) Flag of the Netherlands.svg PEC Zwolle
42 DF Ko Itakura (1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 24) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Groningen
52 DF Maya Yoshida* (captain) (1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 32) Flag of Italy.svg Sampdoria
63 MF Wataru Endō* (1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 28) Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart
74 FW Takefusa Kubo (2001-06-04)4 June 2001 (aged 20) Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
83 MF Koji Miyoshi (1997-03-26)26 March 1997 (aged 24) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Antwerp
94 FW Daizen Maeda (1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 23) Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama F. Marinos
103 MF Ritsu Dōan (1998-06-16)16 June 1998 (aged 23) Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV
114 FW Kaoru Mitoma (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 24) Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Frontale
121 GK Kosei Tani (2000-11-22)22 November 2000 (aged 20) Flag of Japan.svg Shonan Bellmare
133 MF Reo Hatate (1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 23) Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Frontale
142 DF Takehiro Tomiyasu (1998-11-05)5 November 1998 (aged 22) Flag of Italy.svg Bologna
152 DF Daiki Hashioka (1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 22) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sint-Truiden
164 FW Yuki Soma (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 24) Flag of Japan.svg Nagoya Grampus
173 MF Ao Tanaka (1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 22) Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Frontale
184 FW Ayase Ueda (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 22) Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers
194 FW Daichi Hayashi (1997-05-23)23 May 1997 (aged 24) Flag of Japan.svg Sagan Tosu
202 DF Koki Machida (1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 23) Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers
212 DF Ayumu Seko (2000-06-07)7 June 2000 (aged 21) Flag of Japan.svg Cerezo Osaka
221 GK Zion Suzuki (2002-08-21)21 August 2002 (aged 18) Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds

* Overage player

Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)330071+69Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 320183+56
3Flag of France.svg  France 310251163
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30033850
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 1–0 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Kubo Soccerball shade.svg71' Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 2–1 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Alvarado Soccerball shade.svg85'

France  Flag of France.svg 0–4 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 0–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Asensio Soccerball shade.svg115'
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

Japan women's football team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The final squad of 22 athletes was announced on 18 June 2021. [46]

Head coach: Asako Takakura

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Sakiko Ikeda (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 31)180 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Reds
22 DF Risa Shimizu (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 27)371 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
32 DF Saori Takarada (1999-12-27) 27 December 1999 (age 24)71 Flag of the United States.svg Washington Spirit
42 DF Saki Kumagai (captain) (1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 (age 33)1141 Flag of France.svg Lyon
52 DF Moeka Minami (1998-12-07) 7 December 1998 (age 25)151 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Reds
63 MF Hina Sugita (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 26)232 Flag of Japan.svg INAC Kobe Leonessa
73 MF Emi Nakajima (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 33)8514 Flag of Japan.svg INAC Kobe Leonessa
83 MF Narumi Miura (1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 26)241 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
94 FW Yuika Sugasawa (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 33)7524 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Reds
104 FW Mana Iwabuchi (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 30)7735 Flag of England.svg Aston Villa
114 FW Mina Tanaka (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 29)4723 Flag of Japan.svg INAC Kobe Leonessa
124 FW Jun Endo (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 23)171 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
133 MF Yuzuho Shiokoshi (1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 26)32 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Reds
143 MF Yui Hasegawa (1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 26)4611 Flag of Italy.svg Milan
154 FW Yuka Momiki (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 27)3814 Flag of the United States.svg OL Reign
162 DF Asato Miyagawa (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 25)140 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
172 DF Nanami Kitamura (1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 (age 24)30 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
181 GK Ayaka Yamashita (1995-09-29) 29 September 1995 (age 28)400 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
192 DF Shiori Miyake (1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 (age 28)250 Flag of Japan.svg INAC Kobe Leonessa
203 MF Honoka Hayashi (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 25)60 Flag of Sweden.svg AIK
213 MF Momoka Kinoshita (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 20)41 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
221 GK Chika Hirao (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 27)20 Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata
Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 321041+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 312043+15
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)31112204
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 30031540
Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 1–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg 0–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)

Chile  Flag of Chile.svg 0–1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)
Miyagi Stadium, Rifu
Attendance: 1,326 [47]
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
Quarterfinal
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg 3–1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report (TOCOG)
Report (FIFA)

Golf

Japan entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Hideki Matsuyama Men's 69646769269−15=4
Rikuya Hoshino 71687366278−6=38
Nasa Hataoka Women's 70686769274−10=9
Mone Inami 70656865268−16Silver medal icon.svg

Gymnastics

Artistic

Japan fielded a full squad of four gymnasts each in both the men's and women artistic gymnastics events, respectively. The men's team secured a berth in the team all-around by winning a bronze at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar, while the women's team claimed one of the nine spots available at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. [48] [49] The women's team was named on 15 May 2021 at the conclusion of the NHK Cup. [50] The full men's team was announced on 6 June 2021. [51]

Men
Team
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Daiki Hashimoto Team 14.70014.76613.86614.86615.30015.033 Q88.5311 Q14.60014.80013.83314.83315.100
Kazuma Kaya 13.93314.833 Q14.36613.20015.10014.03385.465914.56614.10015.00014.200
Takeru Kitazono 14.66613.91613.33314.70014.90014.433 Q85.9487 Q14.60014.20014.16615.00014.500
Wataru Tanigawa 14.46613.83314.30013.66615.24113.40084.9061314.50014.50015.23314.666
Total43.83242.51542.53243.23245.64143.499262.2511 Q43.70043.56642.43344.23244.66643.800262.397Silver medal icon.svg
Individual finals
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Daiki Hashimoto All-around See team results14.83315.16613.53314.70015.30014.93388.465Gold medal icon.svg
Horizontal bar 15.03315.0331 Q15.06615.066Gold medal icon.svg
Kohei Kameyama Pommel horse 15.26615.2662 Q14.60014.6005
Kazuma Kaya 14.83314.8337 Q14.90014.900Bronze medal icon.svg
Takeru Kitazono All-around See team results14.56614.50013.50014.66615.06614.40086.6985
Horizontal bar 14.43314.4336 Q12.33312.3336
Kōhei Uchimura Horizontal bar 13.86613.86620Did not advance
Women
Team
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Hitomi Hatakeda Team 12.26614.13313.00013.33352.7323914.10013.33312.800
Yuna Hiraiwa 13.73311.70013.53312.66651.6324913.90013.566
Mai Murakami 14.43312.13313.36613.933 Q53.96523 Q14.26612.70013.83314.066
Aiko Sugihara 14.26613.36611.56613.33352.5314114.18313.33313.200
Total42.43239.63239.99940.599162.6628 Q42.34940.13340.73240.066163.2805
Individual finals
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Urara Ashikawa Balance beam 13.90013.90012 Q*13.73313.7336
Mai Murakami All-around See team results14.53313.73313.76614.00056.0325
Floor exercise 13.93313.9338 Q14.16614.166Bronze medal icon.svg

Rhythmic

As the host nation, Japan automatically received a guaranteed place in the group all-around competition at the Games. One rhythmic gymnast was added to the roster by finishing in the top sixteen of the individual all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Baku. [52] Chisaki Oiwa qualified an additional spot through the 2021 World Cup series. [53] The athletes for the group all-around were announced on 2 July 2021. [54]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
HoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRank
Chisaki Oiwa Individual 23.10019.60023.60021.25087.55019Did not advance
Sumire Kita 23.15023.90024.55021.20092.80011Did not advance
AthletesEventQualificationFinal
5 apps3+2 appsTotalRank5 apps.3+2 appsTotalRank
Sakura Noshitani
Sayuri Sugimoto
Ayuka Suzuki
Nanami Takenaka
Kiko Yokota
Group 40.40039.32579.7257 Q42.75029.75072.5008

Trampoline

Japan qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo. [55] Japan qualified an additional spot in both men's and women's trampoline through the 2019–2020 Trampoline World Cup series.

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Daiki Kishi Men's 111.5406 Q57.8157
Ryosuke Sakai 62.25015Did not advance
Hikaru Mori Women's 63.77513Did not advance
Megu Uyama 103.5855 Q54.6555

Handball

Summary

Key:

TeamEventGroup stageQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsGM / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
L 30–47
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
L 26–28
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
L 29–33
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
L 30–32
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
W 31–30
6Did not advance
Japan women's Women's tournament Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
L 21–32
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
W 29–26
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
L 24–27
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
L 25–28
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
L 25–37
6Did not advance

Men's tournament

Japan men's handball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The squad was announced on 8 July 2021. [56]

Head coach: Flag of Iceland.svg Dagur Sigurðsson

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
10LW Naoki Sugioka (1994-04-18)18 April 1994 (aged 27)1.77 m3337 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
12GK Yuta Iwashita (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 30)1.83 m201 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Boshoku Kyushu
13P Kenya Kasahara (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 33)1.97 m7764 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
15LB Adam Yuki Baig (1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 22)1.94 m4379 Flag of Japan.svg Chuo University
18LB Kohei Narita (1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 32)1.91 m93136 Flag of Japan.svg Wakunaga Pharmaceutical
19RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 25)1.78 m63224 Flag of Japan.svg Toyoda Gosei
20RB Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 31)1.83 m95305 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
21LW Remi Anri Doi (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 31)1.80 m60145 Flag of Japan.svg Zeekstar Tokyo
22GK Motoki Sakai (1995-11-10)10 November 1995 (aged 25)1.92 m253 Flag of Japan.svg Toyoda Gosei
25RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 29)1.82 m86235 Flag of Japan.svg Osaki Osol
31LB Tatsuki Yoshino (1994-07-13)13 July 1994 (aged 27)1.83 m46181 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
33CB Yuto Agarie (1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 28)1.83 m69238 Flag of Japan.svg Zeekstar Tokyo
38CB Kotaro Mizumachi (1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 26)1.83 m812 Flag of Japan.svg Toyoda Gosei
41RB Rennosuke Tokuda (1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 23)1.80 m1120 Flag of Poland.svg Grupa Azoty Tarnów
43P Shuichi Yoshida (2001-03-26)26 March 2001 (aged 20)1.91 m1023 Flag of Poland.svg Grupa Azoty Tarnów
Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5401174139+358 [lower-alpha 1] Quarter-finals
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 5401154134+208 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5401144142+28 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 5104129149202 [lower-alpha 2]
5Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 5104143156132 [lower-alpha 2]
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)5104146170242 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Egypt 2 Pts, 0 GD, Sweden 2 Pts, −2 GD
  2. 1 2 3 Bahrain 2 Pts, +1 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD, Japan 2 Pts, −1 GD
24 July 2021
21:30
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg47–30Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Holm, Saugstrup 9(25–14) Motoki 8
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26 July 2021
21:30
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg26–28Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Motoki 6(14–17) Wanne 8
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28 July 2021
14:15
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg29–33Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Tokuda 8(11–18) El-Ahmar 8
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30 July 2021
11:00
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg32–30Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Al-Sayyad, Habib 7(17–16) Motoki 7
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1 August 2021
09:00
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg30–31Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
four players 4(14–16) R. Tokuda 6
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Women's tournament

Japan women's handball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The squad was announced on 28 June 2021. [57] On 30 July, Kaho Sunami was replaced by Mana Horikawa. [58]

Head coach: Flag of Denmark.svg Ulrik Kirkely

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
3P Kaho Sunami (1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 28)1.66 m4574 Flag of Japan.svg Sony Semiconductor
4RB Yui Sunami (1991-06-07)7 June 1991 (aged 30)1.62 m59160 Flag of Japan.svg Hokkoku Bank
5LB Sayo Shiota (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 32)1.72 m6662 Flag of Japan.svg Hokkoku Bank
9CB Aya Yokoshima (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 31)1.62 m55160 Flag of Japan.svg Hokkoku Bank
11P Mana Horikawa (1994-03-04)4 March 1994 (aged 27)1.74 m172 Flag of Japan.svg lzumi Maple Reds
12GK Minami Itano (1993-02-02)2 February 1993 (aged 28)1.74 m261 Flag of Japan.svg lzumi Maple Reds
18LW Yuki Tanabe (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 31)1.70 m59196 Flag of Germany.svg Thüringer HC
21RW Ayaka Ikehara (1990-09-24)24 September 1990 (aged 30)1.58 m43101 Flag of Denmark.svg Odense Håndbold
24LB Nozomi Hara (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 30)1.70 m78224 Flag of Japan.svg MIE violet' IRIS
25CB Mana Ohyama (1992-12-07)7 December 1992 (aged 28)1.65 m45105 Flag of Japan.svg Hokkoku Bank
27LB Haruno Sasaki (1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 26)1.72 m2380 Flag of Japan.svg Hokkoku Bank
28P Shiori Nagata (1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 33)1.71 m10992 Flag of Japan.svg Omron
30GK Sakura Hauge (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 34)1.74 m495 Flag of France.svg ESBF Besançon
34LW Maharu Kondo (1996-01-24)24 January 1996 (aged 25)1.58 m00 Flag of Japan.svg lzumi Maple Reds
40RB Shio Fujii (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 36)1.64 m121613 Flag of Japan.svg Osaka Lovvits
81CB Mayuko Ishitate (1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 34)1.67 m96201 Flag of Japan.svg MIE violet' IRIS
Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5500170123+4710 Quarter-finals
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5401169143+268
3Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 520313914234
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5113147165183 [lower-alpha 1]
5Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 5113130156263 [lower-alpha 1]
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)5104124150262
Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 South Korea 31–31 Angola
25 July 2021
09:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg32–21Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Abbingh 7(18–10) Fujii 5
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27 July 2021
09:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg29–26Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Hara, Ikehara 6(14–13) Brnović 6
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29 July 2021
14:15
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg24–27Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Kondo 7(11–12) Ryu 9
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31 July 2021
09:00
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg28–25Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
three players 5(15–13) Hara 6
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2 August 2021
21:30
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg37–25Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Frafjord 6(16–11) Ohyama, Yokoshima 5
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Judo

As the host nation, Japanese judoka have already received fourteen quota places (seven in each gender) at their disposal for the Games. [59]

On November 24, 2019, Akira Sone (women's +78 kg) became the first judoka to be selected to the host nation's squad for the Games, following her triumph at the IJF Grand Slam Cup in Osaka. [60] Twelve more judoka were officially named to the roster on February 27, 2020, with Shohei Ono looking to defend his Olympic title in the men's 73-kg division on the home soil. [61] Meanwhile, Hifumi Abe trounced the reigning world champion Joshiro Maruyama to lock the men's 66 kg spot in a gruelling 24-minute playoff at the Kodokan Judo Institute on December 13, 2020, completing the host nation's judo roster for the rescheduled Games. [62]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Naohisa Takato −60 kg ByeFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Verstraeten  (BEL)
W 01–00
Flag of Georgia.svg  Chkhvimiani  (GEO)
W 10–00
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Smetov  (KAZ)
W 01–00
ByeFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Yang Y-w  (TPE)
W 10–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Hifumi Abe −66 kg ByeFlag of France.svg  Le Blouch  (FRA)
W 10–00
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Yondonperenlei  (MGL)
W 01–00
Flag of Brazil.svg  Cargnin  (BRA)
W 10–00
ByeFlag of Georgia.svg  Margvelashvili  (GEO)
W 01–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Shohei Ono −73 kg ByeFlag of Romania.svg  Raicu  (ROU)
W 10–00
Flag of Turkey.svg  Çiloğlu  (TUR)
W 10–00
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Orujov  (AZE)
W 10–00
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tsend-Ochir  (MGL)
W 01–00
ByeFlag of Georgia.svg  Shavdatuashvili  (GEO)
W 01–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Takanori Nagase −81 kg ByeFlag of Turkey.svg  Albayrak  (TUR)
W 10–00
Flag of Italy.svg  Parlati  (ITA)
W 10–00
Flag of Germany.svg  Ressel  (GER)
W 01–00
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Casse  (BEL)
W 01–00
ByeFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mollaei  (MGL)
W 01–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Shoichiro Mukai −90 kg ByeFlag of Mauritius.svg  Feuillet  (MRI)
W 10–00
Flag of Hungary.svg  Tóth  (HUN)
L 00–10
Did not advance
Aaron Wolf −100 kg ByeFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Khurramov  (UZB)
W 10–00
Flag of Israel.svg  Paltchik  (ISR)
W 01–00
Flag of Georgia.svg  Liparteliani  (GEO)
W 01–00
ByeFlag of South Korea.svg  Cho G-h  (KOR)
W 10–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Hisayoshi Harasawa +100 kg ByeFlag of South Korea.svg  Kim M-j  (KOR)
W 01–00
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Khammo  (UKR)
W 10–00
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Krpálek  (CZE)
L 00–01
ByeFlag of France.svg  Riner  (FRA)
L 00–10
5
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Funa Tonaki −48 kg ByeFlag of Hungary.svg  Csernoviczki  (HUN)
W 10–00
Flag of Argentina.svg  Pareto  (ARG)
W 10–00
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Bilodid  (UKR)
W 01–00
ByeFlag of Kosovo.svg  Krasniqi  (KOS)
L 00–01
Silver medal icon.svg
Uta Abe −52 kg ByeFlag of Brazil.svg  Pimenta  (BRA)
W 10–00
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Giles  (GBR)
W 01–00
Flag of Italy.svg  Giuffrida  (ITA)
W 01–00
ByeFlag of France.svg  Buchard  (FRA)
W 10–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Tsukasa Yoshida −57 kg ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lu Tj  (CHN)
W 10–00
Flag of Israel.svg  Nelson-Levy  (ISR)
W 01–00
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Gjakova  (KOS)
L 00–01
ByeFlag of Georgia.svg  Liparteliani  (GEO)
W 10–00
Bronze medal icon.svg
Miku Tashiro −63 kg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Renshall  (GBR)
W 01–00
Flag of Poland.svg  Ozdoba-Błach  (POL)
L 00–10
Did not advance
Chizuru Arai −70 kg ByeFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Pérez  (PUR)
W 10–00
Flag of Germany.svg  Scoccimarro  (GER)
W 10–00
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Taimazova  (ROC)
W 10–00
ByeFlag of Austria.svg  Polleres  (AUT)
W 01–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Shori Hamada −78 kg ByeFlag of Poland.svg  Pacut  (POL)
W 10–00
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Babintseva  (ROC)
W 11–00
Flag of Germany.svg  Wagner  (GER)
W 10–00
ByeFlag of France.svg  Malonga  (FRA)
W 10–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Akira Sone +78 kg ByeFlag of Israel.svg  Hershko  (ISR)
W 11–00
Flag of Turkey.svg  Sayit  (TUR)
W 10–00
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kindzerska  (AZE)
W 10–00
ByeFlag of Cuba.svg  Ortíz  (CUB)
W 10–00
Gold medal icon.svg
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Shoichiro Mukai
Shohei Ono
Aaron Wolf
Uta Abe
Chizuru Arai
Akira Sone
Tsukasa Yoshida
Team ByeFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
W 4–2
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
W 4–0
ByeFlag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
L 1–4
Silver medal icon.svg

Karate

As the host nation, Japanese karateka have already received eight quota places (four in each gender) at their disposal for the Games. [63] With the cancellation of the last qualifying tournaments before the April 6, 2020 cutoff because of the coronavirus pandemic, World Karate Federation officially named the Japanese karateka to take up the host nation places based on the country's selection criteria. Among the country's karateka were three-time world champion Ryo Kiyuna in the men's individual kata and multiple world medalist Ayumi Uekusa in the women's +61-kg kumite. [64]

Kumite
AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Naoto Sago Men's −67 kg Flag of Egypt.svg  El-Sawy  (EGY)
W 4–3
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Farzaliyev  (AZE)
L 0–1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assadilov  (KAZ)
L 0–3
Flag of Turkey.svg  Şamdan  (TUR)
L 1–2
4Did not advance
Ken Nishimura Men's −75 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Scott  (USA)
W 2–0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Horuna  (UKR)
L 1–2
Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdelaziz  (EGY)
W 8–7
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hárspataki  (HUN)
L 1–3
3Did not advance
Ryutaro Araga Men's +75 kg Flag of Georgia.svg  Arkania  (GEO)
W 3–2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yuldashev  (KAZ)
W 4–2
Flag of Turkey.svg  Aktaş  (TUR)
W 5–3
Flag of Germany.svg  Horne  (GER)
WWO
1 QFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hamedi  (KSA)
L 0–2
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Miho Miyahara Women's −55 kg Flag of Austria.svg  Plank  (AUT)
W 6–2
Flag of Egypt.svg  Sayed  (EGY)
L 3–5
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhangbyrbay  (KAZ)
W 11–2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Terliuga  (UKR)
L 0–4
3Did not advance
Mayumi Someya Women's −61 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Çoban  (TUR)
L 4–0
Flag of France.svg  Heurtault  (FRA)
W 6–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yin Xy  (CHN)
L 2–4
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Garcés  (VEN)
L 5–8
4Did not advance
Ayumi Uekusa Women's +61 kg Flag of Italy.svg  Semeraro  (ITA)
L 3–4
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Zaretska  (AZE)
L 1–4
Flag of Turkey.svg  Hocaoğlu  (TUR)
W 5–4
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Berultseva  (KAZ)
W 5–1
3Did not advance
Kata
AthleteEventElimination roundRanking roundFinal / BM
ScoreRankScoreRankOpposition
Result
Rank
Ryo Kiyuna Men's kata 28.331 Q28.721 QFlag of Spain.svg  Quintero  (ESP)
W 28.72–27.66
Gold medal icon.svg
Kiyou Shimizu Women's kata 27.701 Q27.861 QFlag of Spain.svg  Sánchez  (ESP)
L 27.88–28.06
Silver medal icon.svg

Modern pentathlon

Japanese athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Rio 2016 Olympians Shōhei Iwamoto and Natsumi Tomonaga confirmed places each in the men's and women's event, respectively, with the former finishing fourth and the latter second among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in Kunming, China. [65] [66]

AthleteEventFencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
RRBRRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
Shōhei Iwamoto Men's 12–231301732:03.7520303212027911:52.8731588134328
Rena Shimazu Women's 14–210301842:10.659289482425212:34.4017546127123
Natsumi Takamiya 14–211281852:11.5411287EL3102:11.542651398534

Rowing

Japan qualified two boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowing crews in the men's single sculls and women's lightweight double sculls confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ryuta Arakawa Men's single sculls 7:02.792 QFBye7:26.043 SA/B6:59.266 FB6:50.9111
Chiaki Tomita
Ayami Oishi
Women's lightweight double sculls 7:22.473 R7:34.453 SA/B6:56.525 FB6:54.9410

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Japan men's rugby sevens team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

Japan's 12-man squad plus one alternate was named on 6 July 2021. [67]

Head coach: Kensuke Iwabuchi

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)EventsPoints
1 FW Jose Seru (1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 30)30
2 FW Lote Tuqiri (1987-11-12)12 November 1987 (aged 33)26145
3 FW Colin Bourke (1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 36)227
4 BK Kazushi Hano (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 30)1680
5 FW Kameli Soejima (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 38)21222
6 FW Masakatsu Hikosaka (1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 30)1340
7 BK Brackin Karauria-Henry (1988-07-31)31 July 1988 (aged 33)8150
8 BK Chihito Matsui (c) (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 26)1135
9 BK Ryota Kano (1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 29)1037
10 BK Yoshikazu Fujita (1993-09-08)8 September 1993 (aged 27)20150
11 BK Kippei Ishida (2000-04-28)28 April 2000 (aged 21)520
12 BK Naoki Motomura (1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 29)1495
13 BK Kazuhiro Goya (1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 28)1565
Group play
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 33008540+459 Quarter-finals
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 32016533+327
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31025064145
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)30033194633
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
9:00
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg24–19Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Wainiqolo 1' c
Masi 4' m
Nacuqu (2) 10' c, 11' m
Con: Bolaca (1/2) 1'
Nacuqu (1/1) 10'
Nasoko (0/1)
(Tokyo 2020) Try: Matsui 2' c
Tuqiri 7' c
Soejima 8' m
Con: Fujita (2/3) 3', 7'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
16:30
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg34–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Bibby 1' m
Mitchell 2' m
Glover 7' c
Harris 8' m
Waddleton 9' m
Davis 12' c
Con: Bibby (2/6) 7', 12'
(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
9:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg36–12Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Braid (3) 2' c, 3' m, 9' m
Sauder 5' c
Berna 10' m
Douglas 12' c
Con: Hirayama (2/5) 2', 5'
Kay (1/1) 12'
(Tokyo 2020) Try: Hano 8' m
Matsui 13' c
Con: Bourke (0/1)
Goya (1/1) 13'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

9–12th place playoff
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
17:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg21–7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Otieno 3' c
Oluoch 5' c
Amonde 12' c
Con: Olindi (3/3) 4', 5', 12'
(Tokyo 2020) Try: Matsui 1' c
Con: Kano (1/1) 2'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
11th place match
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
9:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg19–31Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Coquillard 1' c
Jang 4' m
Jeong 10' c
Con: Coquillard (2/3) 1', 10'
(Tokyo 2020) Try: Tuqiri 2' c
Hikosaka 5' c
Kano 7' m
Matsui 8' c
Hano 11' m
Con: Kano (3/4) 2', 6', 8'
Fujita (0/1)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Women's tournament

Japan women's rugby sevens team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

Japan's roster of 12 athletes was named on 19 June 2021. [68]

Head coach: Hare Makiri

Group play
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33005933+269 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 32018624+627
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3102535415
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)3003794873
Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
10:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg48–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Caslick 1' c
Tonegato (3) 3' m, 7' +1 m, 10' m
Hayes (2) 6' c, 8' c
Levi (2) 11' c, 14' m
Con: Williams (3/3) 1', 6', 8'
Hinds (1/2) 12'
(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg17–7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Maher 1' m
Matyas 4' m
Ramsey 9' c
Con: Canett-Oca (0/2)
Heavirland (1/1) 9'
(Tokyo 2020) Try: Koide 13' c
Con: Yamanaka (1/1) 13'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
10:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg29–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Xu (2) 1' c, 5' m
Wang 2' c
Tang 8' m
Yang 13' m
Con: Chen (2/4) 1', 2'
Yu (0/1)
(Tokyo 2020)
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
9–12th place playoff
30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
17:00
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg21–17Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Okulu 3' c
Omondi 7' c
Atieno 14' +1 c
Con: Okulu (3/3) 3', 8', 14' +1
(Tokyo 2020) Try: Hara 1' m
Koide 8' m
Kajiki 10' c
Con: Yamanaka (1/3) 10'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
11th place match
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
9:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg21–12Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Try: Kochhann 2' c
Silva 7' c
Fioravanti 13' c
Con: Cerullo (2/2) 2', 7'
Kochhann (1/1) 13'
(Tokyo 2020) Try: Hirotsu 3' c
Hara 6' m
Con: Yamanaka (1/2) 4'
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

Sailing

As the host nation, Japan has been guaranteed one boat for each of the following classes at the Tokyo regatta, bringing the maximum quota of 15 sailors, in ten boats. [69]

At the end of 2019 season, the Japanese Olympic Committee announced the first set of sailors to compete at the Enoshima regatta, including multiple world medalists Ai Kondo and Miho Yoshioka in the women's 470 class and three-time Olympian Makoto Tomizawa in men's windsurfing. [70] The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 crews were added to the roster on February 15, 2020, with windsurfer Yuki Sunaga and Laser Radial sailor Manami Doi joining them two weeks later upon the completion of their respective class-associated Worlds. [71]

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Makoto Tomizawa RS:X 10211116DNF14171111161111EL14916
Kenji Nanri Laser 27303319251624293118EL21930
Kazumasa Segawa Finn 1816171215161912175EL12816
Jumpei Hokazono
Keiju Okada
470 7441113954151312827
Ibuki Koizumi
Leonard Takahashi
49er 17111311151141248316EL10811
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Yuki Sunaga RS:X 172411351211221071417EL12912
Manami Doi Laser Radial 1691023112815161317EL13015
Ai Kondo
Miho Yoshioka
470 671115221287816797
Sena Takano
Anna Yamazaki
49erFX 716UFD1716UFD9191141315EL14918
Mixed
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Shibuki Iitsuka
Eri Hatayama
Nacra 17 12181512151614614191513EL15015

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

As the host nation, Japan has been guaranteed a minimum of twelve quota places with one in each of the individual events. Additionally, a shooter qualified for one event may compete in others without affecting the quotas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 30 April 2020. [72]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Kojiro Horimizu 10 m air pistol 57615Did not advance
Hiroyuki Ikawa Skeet 11427Did not advance
Takayuki Matsumoto 10 m air rifle 621.737Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 114537Did not advance
Naoya Okada 10 m air rifle 625.720Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 115831Did not advance
Shigetaka Oyama Trap 11529Did not advance
Dai Yoshioka 25 m rapid fire pistol 5828Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Shiori Hirata 10 m air rifle 622.134Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 116911Did not advance
Naoko Ishihara Skeet 11421Did not advance
Haruka Nakaguchi 10 m air rifle 622.232Did not advance
Yukie Nakayama Trap 11519Did not advance
Chizuru Sasaki 10 m air pistol 55650Did not advance
25 m pistol 56740Did not advance
Satoko Yamada 10 m air pistol 57023Did not advance
25 m pistol 56343Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal / BM
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Takayuki Matsumoto
Shiori Hirata
10 m air rifle team 620.326Did not advance
Naoya Okada
Haruka Nakaguchi
625.613Did not advance
Kojiro Horimizu
Satoko Yamada
10 m air pistol team 55920Did not advance
Shigetaka Oyama
Yukie Nakayama
Trap team 1455Did not advance

Skateboarding

Japan qualified ten skateboarder into the olympic competition. Six skateboarder (two men and three women) qualified after being ranked in top 16 based on the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings List of 30 June 2021, and four skateboarder in men's and women's park events after winning the gold, silver and bronze medal at 2021 Street Skateboarding World Championships in Rome, Italy.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Ayumu Hirano Park 62.0314Did not advance
Yukito Aoki Street 18.6017Did not advance
Yuto Horigome 33.75637.18Gold medal icon.svg
Sora Shirai 31.529Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Kokona Hiraki Park 52.463 Q59.04Silver medal icon.svg
Misugu Okamoto 58.511 Q53.584
Sakura Yosozumi 45.984 Q60.09Gold medal icon.svg
Funa Nakayama Street 15.771 Q14.49Bronze medal icon.svg
Aori Nishimura 12.825 Q6.928
Momiji Nishiya 15.402 Q15.26Gold medal icon.svg

Softball

Japan women's national softball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Summary

Legend:W – WinL – LoseD – Draw

TeamEventRound robinGM / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Rank
Japan women's Women's tournament Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
W 8–1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
W 3–2
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
W 5–0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
W 1–0
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 1–2
2 QFlag of the United States.svg  United States
W 2–0
Gold medal icon.svg
Team roster

The roster was released on 23 March 2021. [73] [74]

Softball at the 2020 Summer OlympicsFlag of Japan.svg Japan roster
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches


Group play
PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55092+71.000 Gold medal match
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)541185+13.8001
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 532194+15.6002 Bronze medal match
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5231110+1.4003
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 51452116.2004
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 50512120.0005
Source: Tokyo 2020 and WBSC
(H) Hosts
21 July 08:55 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 31 °C (88 °F)
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10000XX122
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (5)10232XX860
WP: Yukiko Ueno (1–0)   LP: Kaia Parnaby (0–1)
Home runs:
AUS: None
JPN: Minori Naito (1), Yamato Fujita (1), Yu Yamamoto (1)
Boxscore
22 July 12:00 (JST)
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium 28 °C (82 °F)
Team12345678 R H E
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 00001010260
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (8)01001001350
WP: Miu Goto (1–0)   LP: Danielle O'Toole (0–1)
Home runs:
MEX: Anissa Urtez (1)
JPN: Yamato Fujita (2)
Boxscore
24 July 20:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 28 °C (82 °F)
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0002030560
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0000000030
WP: Miu Goto (2–0)   LP: Alexia Lacatena (0–1)
Home runs:
JPN: Yu Yamamoto (2), Yamato Fujita (3)
ITA: None
Boxscore
25 July 14:30 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 33 °C (91 °F)
Team12345678 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 00000000041
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (8)00000001160
WP: Miu Goto (3–0)   LP: Danielle Lawrie (0–1)
Boxscore
26 July 10:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium 29 °C (84 °F)
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1000000140
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0000011241
WP: Monica Abbott (3–0)   LP: Yamato Fujita (0–1)
Home runs:
JPN: None
USA: Kelsey Stewart (1)
Boxscore
Gold medal match
27 July 20:00 (JST)
Yokohama Stadium
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Gold medal icon.svg0001100280
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Silver medal icon.svg0000000030
WP: Yukiko Ueno (2–0)   LP: Ally Carda (0–1)
Boxscore

Sport climbing

Japan, as the host nation, received a guaranteed place each in the gender-based combined events, unless a maximum of two men and two women were selected to the team based on competition results.

Tomoa Narasaki and Akiyo Noguchi booked their spots on the host nation's team, with a successful podium finish each (gold for Narasaki and silver for Noguchi) in the men's and women's combined event at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji. [76] [77] In November 2019, the International Sport Climbing Association (IFSC) and the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA) confirmed Kai Harada and Miho Nonaka as Olympic-qualified sport climbers, occupying a place each reserved for the host nation in their respective events. [78]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
SpeedBoulderLeadTotalRankSpeedBoulderLeadTotalRank
BestPlaceResultPlaceHoldTimePlaceBestPlaceResultPlaceHoldTimePlace
Kai Harada Men's 7.08151T2z 4 81225+173060.0018did not advance
Tomoa Narasaki 5.9422T4z 6 7226+2:111456.002 Q6.0221T3z 1 5333+6364
Akiyo Noguchi Women's 8.2393T4z 5 4327+6162.004 Q8.4240T2z 0 7429+464Bronze medal icon.svg
Miho Nonaka 7.5541T3z 2 3830+396.003 Q7.7630T2z 0 5321545Silver medal icon.svg

Surfing

Japan sent four surfers (two men and two woman) to compete in their respective shortboard races at the Games. Hiroto Ohhara and Shino Matsuda secured a qualification slot each for their nation, as the highest-ranked at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games in El Sunzal and La Bocana. [79] [80] Meanwhile, American-born Kanoa Igarashi finished within the top ten of those eligible for qualification in the World Surf League rankings to join Murakami and Matsuda on the host nation's roster. [81]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
PointsRankPointsRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kanoa Igarashi Men's shortboard 12.771 QByeFlag of Indonesia.svg  Waida  (INA)
W 14.00–12.00
Flag of the United States.svg  Andino  (USA)
W 12.60–11.00
Flag of Brazil.svg  Medina  (BRA)
W 17.00–16.76
Flag of Brazil.svg  Ferreira  (BRA)
L 6.60–15.14
Silver medal icon.svg
Hiroto Ohhara 11.402 QByeFlag of Peru.svg  Tudela  (PER)
W 10.00–9.63
Flag of Brazil.svg  Ferreira  (BRA)
L 11.90–16.30
Did not advance
Mahina Maeda Women's shortboard 9.204 q9.633 QFlag of the United States.svg  Marks  (USA)
L 7.34–15.33
Did not advance
Amuro Tsuzuki 6.994 q11.601 QFlag of Brazil.svg  Weston-Webb  (BRA)
W 10.33–9.00
Flag of Australia.svg  Fitzgibbons  (AUS)
W 13.27–11.67
Flag of the United States.svg  Moore  (USA)
L 7.43–8.33
Flag of the United States.svg  Marks  (USA)
W 6.80–4.26
Bronze medal icon.svg

Swimming

Japanese swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [82] [83] To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual event under both the federation's required standard and a FINA-A qualifying cut at the Japanese Championships and Olympic Trials (April 3 to 10) in Tokyo. [84]

By winning individual gold medals in the medley double (200 and 400) at the 2019 FINA World Championships, Daiya Seto became the first Japanese swimmer to be directly selected to the Olympic team for Tokyo 2020. [85] [86] Thirty-two more swimmers were named for the home-based Games at the end of the Japanese Championships and Olympic Trials, including backstroke veteran and double silver medalist Ryosuke Irie, leukemia survivor, freestyle, and butterfly sprinter Rikako Ikee, and the reigning Olympic champion in the individual medley Kosuke Hagino. For Irie, he became the third Japanese swimmer to compete in fourth consecutive Olympics, tying the record with Kosuke Kitajima and Takeshi Matsuda for the most appearances. [87]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kosuke Hagino 200 m individual medley 1:57.39=5 Q1:57.476 Q1:57.496
Tomoru Honda 200 m butterfly 1:55.106 Q1:55.318 Q1:53.73Silver medal icon.svg
Yuki Ikari 400 m individual medley 4:12.0811Did not advance
Ryosuke Irie 100 m backstroke 52.995 Q53.21=9Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:56.978 Q1:56.698 Q1:57.327
Takeshi Kawamoto 100 m butterfly 51.9320Did not advance
Katsuhiro Matsumoto 200 m freestyle 1:46.69=17Did not advance
Taishin Minamide 10 km open water 1:53:07.513
Naoki Mizunuma 100 m butterfly 51.57=12 Q51.4610Did not advance
Ryuya Mura 100 m breaststroke 59.4011 Q59.82=13Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:09.008 Q2:08.276 Q2:08.427
Katsumi Nakamura 100 m freestyle 48.4817Did not advance
Shoma Sato 100 m breaststroke 1:00.0423Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:09.4311 Q2:09.0410Did not advance
Daiya Seto 200 m butterfly 1:55.269 Q1:55.5011Did not advance
200 m individual medley 1:58.1516 Q1:56.863 Q1:56.224
400 m individual medley 4:10.529Did not advance
Keita Sunama 200 m backstroke 1:57.079 Q1:57.1614Did not advance
Katsumi Nakamura
Akira Namba
Kaiya Seki
Shinri Shioura
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:14.4414Did not advance
Kosuke Hagino
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Kotaro Takahashi
Konosuke Yanagimoto
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:09.5312Did not advance
Ryosuke Irie
Naoki Mizunuma
Ryuya Mura
Katsumi Nakamura
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:32.025 Q3:29.91 AS 6
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Reona Aoki 100 m breaststroke 1:07.2919Did not advance
Suzuka Hasegawa 200 m butterfly 2:10.4313 Q2:09.429Did not advance
Yumi Kida 10 km open water 2:01:40.913
Waka Kobori 400 m freestyle 4:05.5711Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:28.9016Did not advance
Anna Konishi 100 m backstroke 1:00.0416 Q1:00.0713Did not advance
Miyu Namba 400 m freestyle 4:13.4920Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:32.0417Did not advance
Yui Ohashi 200 m individual medley 2:10.7710 Q2:09.795 Q2:08.52Gold medal icon.svg
400 m individual medley 4:35.713 Q4:32.08Gold medal icon.svg
Ageha Tanigawa 400 m individual medley 4:41.7612Did not advance
Miho Teramura 200 m individual medley 2:11.2212 Q2:12.1415Did not advance
Kanako Watanabe 100 m breaststroke 1:07.0117Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:24.7318Did not advance
Chihiro Igarashi
Rikako Ikee
Rika Omoto
Natsumi Sakai
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:36.209Did not advance
Chihiro Igarashi
Nagisa Ikemoto
Aoi Masuda
Rio Shirai
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:58.399Did not advance
Chihiro Igarashi
Rikako Ikee
Anna Konishi
Kanako Watanabe
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:57.176 Q3:58.128
Mixed
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Rikako Ikee
Anna Konishi
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Shoma Sato
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:44.159Did not advance

Table tennis

Japan entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games, as the host nation was automatically entitled to use quota places each in the men's and women's teams. Moreover, an additional berth was awarded to the Japanese table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles by advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou. [88]

The host nation's table tennis players were officially named on January 6, 2020, with Rio 2016 bronze medalist Jun Mizutani participating in his fourth straight Games. [89] [90]

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tomokazu Harimoto Singles ByeFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Lam  (HKG)
W 4–1
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Jorgić  (SLO)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Koki Niwa ByeFlag of Slovakia.svg  Wang  (SVK)
W 4–0
Flag of Germany.svg  Ovtcharov  (GER)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Tomokazu Harimoto
Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Team Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
W 3–0
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
W 3–1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
L 2–3
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
W 3–1
Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kasumi Ishikawa Singles ByeFlag of Thailand.svg  Paranang  (THA)
W 4–2
Flag of Austria.svg  Polcanova  (AUT)
W 4–0
Flag of Singapore.svg  Yu My  (SGP)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Mima Ito ByeFlag of Portugal.svg  Yu  (POR)
W 4–1
Flag of Thailand.svg  Sawettabut  (THA)
W 4–0
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jeon J-h  (KOR)
W 4–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Ys  (CHN)
L 0–4
Flag of Singapore.svg  Yu My  (SGP)
W 4–1
Bronze medal icon.svg
Miu Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito
Team Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
W 3–0
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)
W 3–0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)
W 3–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 0–3
Silver medal icon.svg
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jun Mizutani
Mima Ito
Doubles Flag of Austria.svg  Fegerl /
Polcanova  (AUT)
W 4–1
Flag of Germany.svg  Franziska /
Solja  (GER)
W 4–3
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lin Y-j /
Cheng I-c  (TPE)
W 4–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu X /
Liu Sw  (CHN)
W 4–3
Gold medal icon.svg

Taekwondo

As the host nation, Japanese taekwondo practitioners have already received four quota places, two men and two women, at their disposal for the Games. On 9 February 2020, the Japanese Olympic Committee nominated the four athletes to take up the host nation places, with Mayu Hamada (women's 57 kg) leading them to her third consecutive Games. [91]

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sergio Suzuki Men's −58 kg Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Demse  (ETH)
L 2–22
Did not advance
Ricardo Suzuki Men's −68 kg ByeFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Husić  (BIH)
L 2–22
Did not advance
Miyu Yamada Women's −49 kg ByeFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Su P-y  (TPE)
W 10–9
Flag of South Korea.svg  Sim J-y  (KOR)
W 16–7
Flag of Thailand.svg  Wongpattanakit  (THA)
L 12–34 PTG
ByeFlag of Serbia.svg  Bogdanović  (SRB)
L 6–20
5
Mayu Hamada Women's −57 kg ByeFlag of Niger.svg  Ben Yessouf  (NIG)
L 6–11
Did not advance

Tennis

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Taro Daniel Singles Flag of Italy.svg  Sonego  (ITA)
L 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Did not advance
Kei Nishikori Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Rublev  (ROC)
W 6–3, 6–4
Flag of the United States.svg  Giron  (USA)
W 7–6, 3–6, 6–1
Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivashka  (BLR)
W 7–6(9–7), 6–0
Flag of Serbia.svg  Djokovic  (SRB)
L 2–6, 0–6
Did not advance
Yoshihito Nishioka Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Khachanov  (ROC)
L 6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Yūichi Sugita Flag of Italy.svg  Fognini  (ITA)
L 4–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Taro Daniel
Yoshihito Nishioka
Doubles Flag of Croatia.svg  Čilić /
Dodig  (CRO)
L 2–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Ben McLachlan
Kei Nishikori
Flag of Portugal.svg  Sousa /
Sousa  (POR)
W 6–1, 6–4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Murray /
Skupski  (GBR)
W 6–3, 6–4
Flag of Croatia.svg  Mektić /
Pavić  (CRO)
L 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Misaki Doi Singles Flag of Mexico.svg  Zarazúa  (MEX)
W 6–3, 6–2
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Bencic  (SUI)
L 2–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Nao Hibino Flag of Serbia.svg  Stojanović  (SRB)
L 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Naomi Osaka Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zheng Ss  (CHN)
W 6–1, 6–4
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Golubic  (SUI)
W 6–3, 6–2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vondroušová  (CZE)
L 1–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara
Doubles Flag of Switzerland.svg  Bencic /
Golubic  (SUI)
L 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Did not advance
Nao Hibino
Makoto Ninomiya
Flag of Australia.svg  Barty /
Sanders  (AUS)
L 1–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ena Shibahara
Ben McLachlan
Doubles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Shvedova /
Golubev  (KAZ)
W 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Pavlyuchenkova /
Rublev  (ROC)
L 5–7, 7–6(7–0), [8–10]
Did not advance

Triathlon

As the host nation, Japan reserves four quota places with two for each gender in the individual and mixed relay triathlon events.

Individual
AthleteEventTimeRank
Swim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total
Kenji Nener Men's 17:510:4156:310:2830:531:46:2414
Makoto Odakura 18:210:4156:050:3031:261:47:0319
Niina Kishimoto Women's 19:480:42Did not finish
Yuko Takahashi 19:100:421:03:150:3137:402:01:1818
Relay
AthleteEventTimeRank
Swim (300 m)Trans 1Bike (7 km)Trans 2Run (2 km)Total group
Kenji Nener Mixed relay 4:030:359:360:285:4820:30
Makoto Odakura 4:110:3810:190:296:0121:38
Niina Kishimoto 4:320:3910:220:306:5422:57
Yuko Takahashi 3:520:4010:310:286:2621:57
Total1:24:406

Volleyball

Beach

As the host nation, Japan received a guaranteed place for each gender.

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRepechageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yusuke Ishijima
Katsuhiro Shiratori
Men's Flag of Poland.svg  Kantor /
Łosiak  (POL)
L(15–21, 14–21)
Flag of Italy.svg  Lupo /
Nicolai  (ITA)
L (19–21, 16–21)
Flag of Germany.svg  Thole /
Wickler  (GER)
L (16–21, 11–21)
4Did not advance
Miki Ishii
Megumi Murakami
Women's Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Hermannová /
Sluková  (CZE)
W (21–0, 21–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Kozuch /
Ludwig  (GER)
L (17–21, 20–22)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Betschart /
Hüberli  (SUI)
L (21–14, 19–21, 12–15)
3 qFlag of Spain.svg  Baquerizo /
Fernández  (ESP)
L (15–21, 10–21)
Did not advance

Indoor

Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsGM / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
W 3–0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
W 3–1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
L 1–3
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
L 0–3
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
W 3–2
3 QFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
L 0–3
Did not advance
Japan women's Women's tournament Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
W 3–0
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
L 0–3
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
L 0–3
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
L 2–3
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
L 1–3
5Did not advance

Men's tournament

Japan men's volleyball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The Japanese roster was announced on 21 June 2021. [92]

Head coach: Yuichi Nakagaichi

Group play

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 541131443.5004353651.192 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 541111271.7144474111.088
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)53281091.1114374331.009
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5237991.0003963871.023
5Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 52369110.8184534600.985
6Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 50501150.0672813930.715
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
17:05
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Vladimir Simonovic (SRB)
(25–21, 25–20, 25–15)
Results Statistics

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
19:40
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Patricia Rolf (USA)
(23–25, 25–23, 25–23, 25–20)
Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
19:40
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Fabrice Collados (FRA)
(20–25, 17–25, 25–23, 21–25)
Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
14:20
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(22–25, 21–25, 24–26)
Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
19:40
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
(25–21, 20–25, 29–31, 25–22, 15–13)
Results Statistics
Quarterfinal
3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)
13:00
v
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(20–25, 22–25, 20–25)
Results Statistics

Women's tournament

Japan women's volleyball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The roster was announced 30 June 2021. [93]

Head coach: Kumi Nakada

Group play

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 550141535.0004343151.378 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 541121334.3333813131.217
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 53279100.9003744150.901
4Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 523810101.0004114061.012
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)51446120.5003783950.957
6Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 50500150.0002423760.644
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
19:40
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE)
(25–15, 25–11, 25–23)
Results Statistics

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
14:20
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
(23–25, 16–25, 24–26)
Results Statistics

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
19:40
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
(16–25, 18–25, 24–26)
Results Statistics

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
19:40
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Paulo Turci (BRA)
(19–25, 25–19, 22–25, 25–15, 14–16)
Results Statistics

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
19:40
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–3Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
(10–25, 23–25, 25–19, 19–25)
Results Statistics

Water polo

Summary
Key:
TeamEventGroup stageQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsGM / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 13–15
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
L 11–16
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
L 9–10
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
L 8–16
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
W 24–9
5Did not advance
Japan women's Women's tournament Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 4–25
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
L 11–16
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
L 13–17
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
L 16–20
5Did not advance

Men's tournament

Japan men's water polo team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

Japan's final squad was announced on 19 May 2021. [94] [95]

Head coach: Yoji Omoto [96]

No.PlayerPos.L/RHeightWeightDate of birth (age)AppsOG/
Goals
ClubRef
1 Katsuyuki Tanamura 10GK2R1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 31)1421/0 Flag of Japan.svg Bourbon [97]
2 Seiya Adachi 50D2R1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)76 kg (168 lb) (1995-06-24)24 June 1995 (aged 26)481/1 Flag of Romania.svg CSM Digi Oradea [98]
3 Harukiirario Koppu 20CB2R1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1998-12-28)28 December 1998 (aged 22)1410/0 Flag of Japan.svg DSK Dragons [99]
4 Mitsuaki Shiga 50D2R1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)76 kg (168 lb) (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 (aged 29)1361/3 Flag of Japan.svg Kingfisher74 [100]
5 Takuma Yoshida 50D2R1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)77 kg (170 lb) (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 26)1220/0 Flag of Japan.svg Kingfisher74 [101]
6 Toi Suzuki 50D2R1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)78 kg (172 lb) (1999-10-20)20 October 1999 (aged 21)1120/0 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon Sport [102]
7 Yusuke Shimizu 40CF1L1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 32)1/1 Flag of Japan.svg Bourbon [103]
8 Mitsuru Takata 50D2R1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1995-12-08)8 December 1995 (aged 25)720/0 Flag of Japan.svg Kingfisher74 [104]
9 Atsushi Arai 50D2R1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)66 kg (146 lb) (1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 27)181/4 Flag of Japan.svg Kingfisher74 [105]
10 Yusuke Inaba 50D2R1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)79 kg (174 lb) (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 21)420/0 Flag of Japan.svg Bourbon [106]
11 Keigo Okawa (C)50D2R1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)90 kg (198 lb) (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 31)1181/9 Flag of Japan.svg Kingfisher74 [107]
12 Kenta Araki 40CF2R1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)94 kg (207 lb) (1995-04-06)6 April 1995 (aged 26)180/0 Flag of Japan.svg Kingfisher74 [108]
13 Tomoyoshi Fukushima 10GK2R1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)80 kg (176 lb) (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 28)1121/0 Flag of Japan.svg Kingfisher74 [109]
Average1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)82 kg (181 lb)27 years, 29 days90

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Japan Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 54106834+349 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53206032+288
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 53116435+297
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52035953+64
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)5104656612
6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 500520116960
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
14:00
v
Report United States  Flag of the United States.svg1513Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–5, 4–2, 4–3
Bowen 5Goalsthree players 3

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
18:20
v
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1116Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–4, 2–5, 1–3
Inaba, Okawa 3Goals Zalánki 4

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:20
v
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg109Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–1, 3–3
Kapotsis, Genidounias 3Goals Adachi 3

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
18:20
v
Report Italy  Flag of Italy.svg168Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters:5–0, 3–3, 3–1, 5–4
Bodagas, Figlioli 3Goals Inaba 3

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
18:20
v
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg249Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
John Waldow (NZL), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters:5–4, 7–4, 6–1, 6–0
Adachi, Arai 4Goals Neill 4

Women's tournament

Japan women's water polo team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

Japan's final squad was announced on 19 May 2021. [110] [111]

Head coach: Makihiro Motomiya [112]

No.PlayerPos.L/RHeightWeightDate of birth (age)AppsOG/
Goals
ClubRef
1 Rikako Miura 10GK2R1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)61 kg (134 lb) (1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 31)760/0 Flag of Japan.svg Nittai Club [113]
2 Yumi Arima 50D2R1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)73 kg (161 lb) (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 23)450/0 Flag of Japan.svg Fujimura [114]
3 Akari Inaba 50D2R1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)60 kg (132 lb) (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 23)500/0 Flag of Japan.svg Shumei University [115]
4 Eruna Ura 50D2R1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)61 kg (134 lb) (2002-10-14)14 October 2002 (aged 18)80/0 Flag of Japan.svg Shumei University [116]
5 Kaho Iwano 20CB2R1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)62 kg (137 lb) (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (aged 21)60/0 Flag of Japan.svg Shumei University [117]
6 Miku Koide 40CF2R1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)78 kg (172 lb) (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 29)330/0 Flag of Japan.svg Bourbon [118]
7 Maiko Hashida 50D2R1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)58 kg (128 lb) (2000-12-23)23 December 2000 (aged 20)280/0 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon Sport [119]
8 Yuki Niizawa (C)50D1L1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)56 kg (123 lb) (1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 24)510/0 Flag of Japan.svg Nittai Club [120]
9 Minori Yamamoto 50D2R1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)80 kg (176 lb) (1997-10-14)14 October 1997 (aged 23)450/0 Flag of Japan.svg Shumei University [121]
10 Kako Kawaguchi 50D1L1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)56 kg (123 lb) (1999-07-14)14 July 1999 (aged 22)60/0 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon Sport [122]
11 Marina Tokumoto 20CB2R1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)60 kg (132 lb) (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 (aged 25)650/0 Flag of Japan.svg Toeikai [123]
12 Kyoko Kudo 50D2R1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)56 kg (123 lb) (2001-02-10)10 February 2001 (aged 20)60/0 Flag of Japan.svg Nippon Sport [124]
13 Minami Shioya 10GK2R1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)68 kg (150 lb) (1997-07-27)27 July 1997 (aged 23)510/0 Flag of Japan.svg Shumei University [125]
Average1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)64 kg (141 lb)23 years, 302 days36

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Japan Women | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43016426+386 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 42114643+35 [lower-alpha 1]
3Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 4211536185 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 42025150+14
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)40044478340
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 ROC10–10 Hungary
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
14:00
v
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg425Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–8, 0–6, 1–7, 0–4
Koide 2Goals Haralabidis, Steffens 5

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
18:20
v
Report China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1611Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters:5–2, 4–3, 4–3, 3–3
Zhang 5Goals Arima 3

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
18:20
v
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1317Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters:4–3, 3–4, 3–5, 3–5
Arima, Inaba 4Goals Parkes 6

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
18:20
v
Report ROC  Russian Olympic Committee flag.png2016Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 7–3, 6–4, 2–4
Serzhantova 4Goals Arima 5

Weightlifting

Japanese weightlifters qualified for four quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021 and three quotas from Host Nation Quotas. [126]

Men
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Yoichi Itokazu −61 kg 133315942924
Mitsunori Konnai −67 kg 135817273077
Masanori Miyamoto −73 kg 147818853357
Toshiki Yamamoto −96 kg 1687200DNF168DNF
Women
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Hiromi Miyake −49 kg 741199DNF74DNF
Kanae Yagi −55 kg 81131021118311
Mikiko Andoh −59 kg 9461203214Bronze medal icon.svg

Wrestling

Japan qualified twelve wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Eight of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (65 and 74 kg), men's Greco-Roman 60 kg and women's freestyle wrestling (53, 57, 62, 68, and 76 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while two additional licenses were awarded to the Japanese wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's Greco-Roman 77 kg and women's freestyle 50 kg, respectively, at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan. [127] [128] Two Japanese wrestlers claimed one of the remaining slots each in the men's freestyle 57 and 86 kg, respectively, to complete the host nation's roster at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. [129]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yuki Takahashi Men's −57 kg Flag of Serbia.svg  Mićić  (SRB)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sanayev  (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance8
Takuto Otoguro Men's −65 kg Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tömör-Ochir  (MGL)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Hungary.svg  Muszukajev  (HUN)
W 3–1 PP
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Rashidov  (ROC)
W 3–1 PP
ByeFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Aliyev  (AZE)
W 3–1 PP
Gold medal icon.svg
Keisuke Otoguro Men's −74 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kaisanov  (KAZ)
L 0–5 VT
Did not advance14
Sosuke Takatani Men's −86 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Göçen  (TUR)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance9
Yui Susaki Women's −50 kg Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tsogt-Ochir  (MGL)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Yépez  (ECU)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Stadnik  (AZE)
W 4–0 ST
ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yn  (CHN)
W 4–0 ST
Gold medal icon.svg
Mayu Mukaida Women's −53 kg Flag of Cameroon.svg  Essombe  (CMR)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Poland.svg  Zasina  (POL)
W 4–1 SP
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Bat-Ochir  (MGL)
W 3–1 PP
ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Pang Qy  (CHN)
W 3–1 PP
Gold medal icon.svg
Risako Kawai Women's −57 kg Flag of Guinea.svg  Camara  (GUI)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Boldsaikhan  (MGL)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of the United States.svg  Maroulis  (USA)
W 3–1 PP
ByeFlag of Belarus.svg  Kurachkina  (BLR)
W 3–0 PO
Gold medal icon.svg
Yukako Kawai Women's −62 kg Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Ovcharova  (ROC)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Sweden.svg  Johansson  (SWE)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Yusein  (BUL)
W 3–1 PP
ByeFlag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Tynybekova  (KGZ)
W 3–1 PP
Gold medal icon.svg
Sara Dosho Women's −68 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Mensah  (USA)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advanceFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou F  (CHN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Cherkasova  (UKR)
L 0–5 VT
5
Hiroe Minagawa Women's −76 kg Flag of Mongolia.svg  Ochirbat  (MGL)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Estonia.svg  Mäe  (EST)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Germany.svg  Rotter-Focken  (GER)
L 1–3 PP
ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Q  (CHN)
L 0–5 VT
5
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kenichiro Fumita Men's −60 kg Flag of Algeria.svg  Fergat  (ALG)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Walihan  (CHN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Temirov  (UKR)
W 3–1 PP
ByeFlag of Cuba.svg  Orta  (CUB)
L 1–3 PP
Silver medal icon.svg
Shohei Yabiku Men's −77 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhadrayev  (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Hungary.svg  Lőrincz  (HUN)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceFlag of Morocco.svg  Ayet Ikram  (MAR)
W 5–0 VB
Flag of Iran.svg  Ali Geraei  (IRI)
W 4–1 SP
Bronze medal icon.svg

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Japan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Japanese athletes had appeared at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for two editions; they were not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's role in World War II, and were also part of the United States-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Hungary competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hungarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Hungary was not invited to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, because of its role in the first World War, and was also part of the Soviet boycott, when Los Angeles hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Belgium at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

Belgium competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Belgian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">China at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Peoples Republic of China at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

The People's Republic of China competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for China are volleyball player Zhu Ting and taekwondoin Zhao Shuai. Sprinter Su Bingtian, who broke the Asian record of 100 m during the Games, is the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. The delegation competed in all sports except baseball (softball), handball, and surfing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Spain at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

Spain competed at 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 1920, Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Spain competed in all sports except baseball, rugby sevens, wrestling and surfing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Australia at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

Australia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia is one of only five countries to have sent athletes to every Summer Olympics of the modern era, alongside Great Britain, France, Greece, and Switzerland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis where one Italian may have participated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">France at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> France at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

France competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics, France was the penultimate nation to enter the stadium, alongside the United States which will host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, before the host country Japan during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Additionally, a French segment was performed in Paris and some pre-recorded events at the closing ceremony as performers did not travel to Tokyo due to the travel restrictions related to the pandemic. However, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was the only delegation present at the ceremony.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Netherlands at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

The Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Sweden at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

Sweden competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Swedish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> 2021 sporting event delegation in Tokyo

The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which the U.S. boycotted. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for the United States were baseball player Eddy Alvarez and basketball player Sue Bird. Javelin thrower Kara Winger was the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. For the third consecutive time in the Summer Olympics, the United States was represented by more female than male athletes (285 men and 330 women).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Russia at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

Prior to the 2019 decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Russian Federation was expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which took place from 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It would have been the country's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation; however, their athletes were entered by and represented the "Russian Olympic Committee", using the acronym "ROC", due to the consequences of the doping scandal in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Serbia at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo

Serbia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Japan competed as the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Mexico competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Athletes were given priority for vaccines in March.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

South Africa competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era, and twentieth overall in Summer Olympic history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1948, Iranian athletes have attended every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 which they boycotted.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">China at the 2020 Summer Paralympics</span> Sporting event delegation

China competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1984. China sent 251 athletes to the Games and competed in 20 of the 22 sports except Equestrian and Wheelchair rugby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colombia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Colombia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Korea at the 2020 Summer Paralympics</span> Sporting event delegation

South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

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