Japan at the 2021 Summer World University Games

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Japan at the
2021 Summer World University Games
Flag of Japan.svg
IOC code JPN
in Chengdu, China
28 July 2023 (2023-07-28) – 8 August 2023 (2023-08-08)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
21
Silver
29
Bronze
43
Total
93
Summer World University Games appearances

Japan competed at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China held from 28 July to 8 August 2023. [1]

Contents

Medal summary

Medal by sports

RankSportsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Judo 113115
2 Swimming 45817
3 Artistic gymnastics 25613
4 Athletics 24511
5 Rhythmic gymnastics 1135
6 Archery 1102
7 Table tennis 0336
8 Diving 0235
Wushu 0235
10 Basketball 0101
Rowing 0101
Volleyball 0101
13 Tennis 0055
14 Badminton 0033
Fencing 0033
Totals (15 entries)21294393

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hikari Yoshioka Judo Women's 48 kgJuly 29
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Taiki Nakamura Judo Men's 60 kgJuly 29
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hibiki Shiraishi Judo Women's 52 kgJuly 29
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shinsei Hattori Judo Men's 66 kgJuly 29
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kirari Yamaguchi Judo Women's 63 kgJuly 30
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Tatsuki Ishihara Judo Men's 73 kgJuly 30
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Tetsuya Aoshima
Waka Sonoda
Archery Mixed team recurve July 30
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mayu Honda Judo Women's 70 kgJuly 30
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yoshito Hojo Judo Men's 81 kgJuly 30
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kyoka Hayashi
Yuka Ishii
Saya Nishiyama
Yuri Shimada
Mio Takii
Rhythmic gymnastics Women's group 3 ribbons + 2 ballsJuly 31
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mizuki Sugimura Judo Women's 78 kgJuly 31
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hikari Yoshioka
Hibiki Shiraishi
Akari Omori
Kirari Yamaguchi
Mayu Honda
Mizuki Sugimura
Mao Arai
Judo Women's teamAugust 1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Taiki Nakamura
Shinsei Hattori
Tatsuki Ishihara
Yoshito Hojo
Kazuki Nakanishi
Kalanikaito Green
Yuta Nakamura
Judo Men's teamAugust 1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ichika Kajimoto Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley August 1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Takumi Terada Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly August 4
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kazuma Kaya Artistic gymnastics Men's floorAugust 5
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shoko Miyata Artistic gymnastics Women's vaultAugust 5
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ken Toyoda Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles August 5
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hikaru Kitagawa Athletics Women's half marathon August 6
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Konosuke Yanagimoto
Ikki Imoto
Shui Kurokawa
Genki Terakado
Temma Watanabe
Swimming Men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay August 6
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kaito Tabuchi Swimming Men's 400 mindividual medley August 7
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Moka Furukawa Wushu Women's changquan July 29
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rise Shoji Wushu Women's taijiquan July 29
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Akari Omori Judo Women's 57 kgJuly 29
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kyoka Hayashi
Yuka Ishii
Saya Nishiyama
Yuri Shimada
Mio Takii
Rhythmic gymnastics Women's group 5 hoopsJuly 31
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yuki Kawata Archery Men's individual recurve July 31
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kalanikaito Green Judo Men's 100 kgJuly 31
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yuta Nakamura Judo Men's +100 kgJuly 31
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Korono Aoi
Funaba Sayaka
Idesawa Kyoka
Motoyi Akari
Kimura Kasumi
Table tennis Women's team August 1
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Daiki Hashimoto
Shohei Kawakami
Kazuma Kaya
Kazuki Minami
Kaito Sugimoto
Artistic gymnastics Men's team all-aroundAugust 2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ayaka Sakaguchi
Shoko Miyata
Kokoro Fukasawa
Kohane Ushioku
Chiaki Hatakeda
Artistic gymnastics Women's team all-aroundAugust 3
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kaito Tabuchi Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 3
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kazuki Hamada
Yuma Tanigaki
Table tennis Men's doubles August 4
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Karen Yamasaki
Reo Nishida
Diving Mixed synchronized 10 m platform August 4
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ichika Kajimoto Swimming Women's 1500 m freestyle August 4
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yu Hanaguruma Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 4
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yudai Nishi Athletics Men's 200 m August 4
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Haruki Manju
Kazuhiro Tateiwa
Kento Yoshikawa
Athletics Men's 20 km walk team August 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kyoka Idesawa Table tennis Women's singles August 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ayaka Sakaguchi Artistic gymnastics Women's vaultAugust 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kaito Tabuchi Swimming Men's 800 m freestyle August 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yua Emura
Maho Hayashi
Mona Tateyama
Azusa Asahina
Saori Yasue
Maika Miura
Ufuoma Tanaka
Minami Ikematsu
Maho Awatani
Sayaka Suzuoki
Miyu Okamoto
Nanami Morioka
Basketball Women's tournament August 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kaito Sugimoto Artistic gymnastics Men's parallel barsAugust 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ayaka Sakaguchi Artistic gymnastics Women's floorAugust 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hikaru Kitagawa
Rio Einaga
Saki Harada
Athletics Women's half marathon team August 6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mao Kadoya
Chika Yonezawa
Rowing Lightweight women's double scullsAugust 6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Taiyo Yasuhara Athletics Men's 5000 m August 6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kodai Nishiono Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke August 6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sayaka Yokota
Sae Nakajima
Saki Ishikura
Angelina Kobayashi
Kurumi Takama
Hiroyo Yamanaka
Haruna Kawabata
Tsukasa Nakagawa
Yoshino Sato
Haruka Oyama
Furi Kosa
Ameze Miyabe
Volleyball Women's tournament August 6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Reo Nishida
Karen Yamasaki
Diving Mixed team August 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tohma Ebina Wushu Men's taijijian July 29
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Moka Furukawa Wushu Women's jianshu July 30
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rise Shoji Wushu Women's taijijian July 30
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Reina Matsusaka Rhythmic gymnastics Women's individual all-around July 30
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kyoka Hayashi
Yuka Ishii
Saya Nishiyama
Yuri Shimada
Mio Takii
Rhythmic gymnastics Women's group all-aroundJuly 30
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kazuki Nakanishi Judo Men's 90 kgJuly 31
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Reina Matsusaka Rhythmic gymnastics Women's individual clubsJuly 31
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yuta Tanaka
Shodai Miyagawa
Yuma Tanigaki
Jo Yokotani
Kazuki Hamada
Table tennis Men's team August 1
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ikki Imoto Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle August 1
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Momoka Yoshii
Hazuki Yamamoto
Riru Kubota
Shiho Matsumoto
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay August 1
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yuito Yamamoto Athletics Men's 10,000 m August 2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tamaki Terayama Fencing Women's individual épée August 2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tamon Yoshida Fencing Men's individual sabre August 2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hana Kondo
Shuta Yamada
Diving Mixed synchronized 3 m springboard August 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shuta Yamada
Reo Nishida
Diving Men's synchronized 10 m platform August 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shodai Miyagawa
Kyoka Idesawa
Table tennis Mixed doubles August 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Atsushi Shobu Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase August 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kazuma Kaya Artistic gymnastics Men's individual all-aroundAugust 4
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aoi Kurono
Akari Motoi
Table tennis Women's doubles August 4
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ayaka Sakaguchi Artistic gymnastics Women's individual all-aroundAugust 4
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yamato Fukasawa Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 4
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Momoka Yoshii
Shiho Matsumoto
Kanon Nagao
Ichika Kajimoto
Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay August 4
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Haruki Manju Athletics Men's 20 km walk August 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Misaki Matsuda
Ikumi Yamazaki
Tennis Women's doubles August 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shinji Hazawa
Ryotaro Taguchi
Tennis Men's doubles August 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ayaka Sakaguchi Artistic gymnastics Women's balance beamAugust 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kazuma Kaya Artistic gymnastics Men's parallel barsAugust 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Risa Yamazaki Athletics Women's 5000 m August 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shoko Miyata Artistic gymnastics Women's floorAugust 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kaito Sugimoto Artistic gymnastics Men's horizontal barAugust 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Reishi Yoshida
Kotaro Shinohara
Rei Matsunaga
Athletics Men's half marathon team August 6
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tomoya Fujiwara
Lisa-Marie Rioux
Tennis Mixed doubles August 6
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anri Nagata
Lisa-Marie Rioux
Ikumi Yamazaki
Misaki Matsuda
Tennis Women's team August 6
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tomoya Fujiwara
Hikaru Shiraishi
Shinji Hazawa
Shotaro Taguchi
Tennis Men's team August 6
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Reina Iwamoto
Arisa Kano
Haruka Umetsu
Fencing Women's team foilAugust 6
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kai Kaneto
Reo Nishida
Shuta Yamada
Diving Men's team August 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yuto Takiguchi
Rio Uemura
Badminton Mixed doublesAugust 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Moe Aoki
Machi Nagasako
Badminton Women's doublesAugust 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Toma Noda Badminton Men's singles August 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chiho Mizuguchi Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly August 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ei Kamikawabata Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley August 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Natsuki Hiroshita
Haruna Ogata
Yumi Shuno
Shiho Matsumoto
Hazuki Yamamoto
Swimming Women's 4 x 100 m medley relay August 7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Juran Mizohata
Riku Matsuyama
Genki Terakado
Yamato Fukasawa
Konosuke Yanagimoto
Yu Hanaguruma
Takumi Terada
Reo Miura
Swimming Men's 4 x 100 m medley relay August 7

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