| Japan at the 2022 Asian Para Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| IPC code | JPN |
| NPC | Japan Paralympic Committee |
| in Hangzhou, China 22-28 October 2023 | |
| Competitors | 259 in 20 sports |
| Flag bearer | Mika Hata |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Asian Para Games appearances (overview) | |
Japan participated at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China from 22 to 28 October 2023. [1] [2] Originally scheduled to take place from 9 to 15 October 2022, the event was postponed to 2023 on 17 May 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] Japan sent 259 athletes to the game, consisting of 153 men and 106 women, and competed in 20 out of 22 events, excepting only Chess and Go. [4] Japanese athletes won a total of 150 medals - 42 gold medals, 49 silver medals and 59 bronze medals and finished third at the medal table after China and Iran. [5]
The Japanese team entered the opening ceremony in twelfth place, and were led into the stadium by flag bearer, women’s seated volleyball player Mike Hata. [4] The closing ceremony flag-bearer for the Japanese delegation was Aira Kinoshita, who won three gold medals and two silver medals in swimming events at the games. [5]
The games were seen as especially important for some Japanese athletes, such as the wheelchair tennis players, since winning gold medals in these games secured those athletes a place in the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [4] [6] In the event, Japan dominated the wheelchair tennis, winning a clean sweep in the men’s singles, Tokita Oda taking gold, Takashi Sanada silver, and Takuya Miki bronze. With his gold, Oda won the coveted Paris spot. [7] Japan also won gold in the women’s singles, quad singles, and all three women’s, men’s and quad doubles golds, [7] with Yui Kamiji gaining a Paris qualifying spot with her women’s singles win. [8]
Other athletes securing Paris qualifying spots included Mika Mizuta for SH2 R5 mixed 10m prone air rifle, and Kazuya Okada for SH1 R3 mixed 10m prone air rifle, [9] as well as Katsuyoshi Yagi for men’s class 7 table tennis, and Natsuki Wada for women’s class 11 table tennis. [10]
Keigo Oshima set a new Asian record in the men’s 100m (T64) sprint with a time of 11.27 seconds. [11]
Reina Hori set a new Asian record for women’s shot putt (F20) with a distance of 11m93cm. [12]
The mixed 4x100m swimming relay team set a new Asian record with a time of 3 minutes 53.63 seconds. [13]
Keiko Sugiura set two new Asian Para Games records - a new record in the women’s C3 class 3000m individual pursuit, and a new record of 39.995 seconds in the women’s C3 class 500m time trial. [14]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Athletics | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| Badminton | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Blind football | 8 | — | 8 |
| Boccia | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Canoeing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cycling | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Goalball | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Judo | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Lawn bowls | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Powerlifting | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Rowing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Shooting | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sitting volleyball | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| Swimming | 26 | 17 | 43 |
| Table tennis | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| Taekwondo | 4 | — | 4 |
| Wheelchair basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Wheelchair fencing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Total | 153 | 106 | 259 |
The following Japan competitors won medals at the Games.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reina Hori | Athletics | Women's shot put F20 | 23 October | |
| Shunsuke Itani | Athletics | Men's 200 m T64 | 23 October | |
| Aira Kinoshita | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle S14 | 23 October | |
| Tatsuya Ito | Athletics | Men's 100 m T52 | 24 October | |
| Junko Hirose | Judo | Women's -57 kg J2 | 24 October | |
| Takayuki Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S4 | 24 October | |
| Uchu Tomita | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle S11 | 24 October | |
| Naohide Yamaguchi | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S14 | 24 October | |
| Akito Minai | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM10 | 24 October | |
| Kota Kubota | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S8 | 24 October | |
| Keiichi Kimura | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S11 | 24 October | |
| Naohide Yamaguchi Aira Kinoshita Mami Inoue Keichi Nakajima | Swimming | Mixed 4x100 m relay S14 | 24 October | |
| Shota Kawamoto | Cycling | Men's 3000 m individual pursuit C2 | 25 October | |
| Masaki Fujita | Cycling | Men's 3000 m individual pursuit C3 | 25 October | |
| Natsuki Wada | Table tennis | Women's singles Class 11 | 25 October | |
| Katsuyoshi Yagi | Table tennis | Men's singles Class 7 | 25 October | |
| Daisuke Ishito Koji Sugeno | Wheelchair tennis | Quad doubles | 25 October | |
| Yui Kamiji Manami Tanaka | Wheelchair tennis | Women's doubles | 25 October | |
| Naohide Yamaguchi | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 25 October | |
| Mikika Serizawa | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 25 October | |
| Sonomi Sakai | Athletics | Women's long jump T20 | 26 October | |
| Koji Sugeno | Wheelchair tennis | Quad singles | 26 October | |
| Yui Kamiji | Wheelchair tennis | Women's singles | 26 October | |
| Kengo Oshima | Athletics | Men's 100 m T64 | 26 October | |
| Saki Takakuwa | Athletics | Women's 100 m T63/64 | 26 October | |
| Masaki Fujita | Cycling | Men's time trial C1-3 | 26 October | |
| Uchu Tomita | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM11 | 26 October | |
| Anku Matsuda | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S14 | 26 October | |
| Sarina Satomi | Badminton | Women's singles WH1 | 26 October | |
| Kanon Fukuda | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 | 26 October | |
| Daiki Kajiwara | Badminton | Men's singles WH2 | 27 October | |
| Tokito Oda | Wheelchair tennis | Men's singles | 27 October | |
| Hiroaki Kozai Koki Maruyama Ryohei Miyamoto Naohiro Murakami Yoshinobu Takamatsu Ryuga Akaishi Kei Akita Renshi Chokai Takuya Furusawa Shota Horiuchi Akinobu Ito Rin Kawahara | Wheelchair basketball | Men's tournament | 27 October | |
| Naohide Yamaguchi | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM14 | 27 October | |
| Aira Kinoshita | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley SM14 | 27 October | |
| An Nishida | Swimming | Women's 50 m butterfly S7 | 27 October | |
| Akito Minai | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle S9 | 27 October | |
| Takayuki Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S4 | 27 October | |
| Taiyo Kawabuchi | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S10 | 27 October | |
| Hajime Kondo | Athletics | Men's long jump T63 | 28 October | |
| Kenta Okawachi | Athletics | Men's 1500 m T20 | 28 October | |
| Moeko Yamamoto | Athletics | Women's 1500 m T20 | 28 October | |
| Monika Seryu | Canoeing | Women's KL1 | 23 October | |
| Kengo Oshima | Athletics | Men's 200 m T64 | 23 October | |
| Mana Sasaki | Athletics | Women's 100 m T13 | 23 October | |
| Keiko Sugiura | Cycling | Women's 3000 m individual pursuit C1-3 | 23 October | |
| Shizuka Hangai | Judo | Women's -48 kg J1 | 23 October | |
| Keiichi Kimura | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S11 | 23 October | |
| Mitsuya Tanaka | Taekwondo | Men's -58 kg K44 | 23 October | |
| Haruka Kitaura | Athletics | Women's 800 m T34 | 24 October | |
| Minako Tsuchiya | Judo | Women's -70 kg J1 | 24 October | |
| Genki Saito | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle S13 | 24 October | |
| Aira Kinoshita | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke S14 | 24 October | |
| Taiyo Kawabuchi | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 | 24 October | |
| Uchu Tomita | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S11 | 24 October | |
| Takeru Matsumoto | Athletics | Men's 400 m T36 | 25 October | |
| Koyo Iwabuchi | Table tennis | Men's singles Class 9 | 25 October | |
| Mahiro Funayama | Table tennis | Men's singles Class 10 | 25 October | |
| Takeshi Takemori | Table tennis | Men's singles Class 11 | 25 October | |
| Yuri Tomono | Table tennis | Women's singles Class 8 | 25 October | |
| Keiichi Kimura | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB11 | 25 October | |
| Eigo Tanaka Takayuki Suzuki Mami Inoue Keichi Nakajima | Swimming | Mixed 4x50 m medley relay | 25 October | |
| Akito Minai | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S10 | 25 October | |
| Yamato Shimbo | Athletics | Men's discus throw F37 | 26 October | |
| Haruka Kitaura | Athletics | Women's 100 m T34 | 26 October | |
| Rio Kawaguchi | Athletics | Women's long jump T20 | 26 October | |
| Daisuke Ishito | Wheelchair tennis | Quad singles | 26 October | |
| Kakeru Ishida | Athletics | Men's 100 m T47 | 26 October | |
| Shunsuke Itani | Athletics | Men's 100 m T64 | 26 October | |
| Keiichi Kimura | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM11 | 26 October | |
| Aira Kinoshita | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly S14 | 26 October | |
| Onta Uezono | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S10 | 26 October | |
| Mikuni Utsugi | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 | 26 October | |
| Kota Kubota Mikuni Utsugi Taiyo Kawabuchi Kanon Fukuda | Swimming | Mixed 4x100 medley relay | 26 October | |
| Mayo Hagino Mari Amimoto Mayumi Tsuchida Chihiro Kitada Miho Otsu Chinami Shimizu Hotaru Tatsuoka Kotone Usui Amane Yanagimoto Izumi Zaima Chihiro Furuya Yui Ishikawa | Wheelchair basketball | Women's tournament | 26 October | |
| Hirokazu Ueyonabaru | Athletics | Men's 400 m T52 | 27 October | |
| Tomohiro Ueyama | Archery | Men's recurve individual | 27 October | |
| Kazuya Kaneko Yuto Sano Yuta Kawashima Koji Miyajiki Yuji Taguchi Haruki Torii | Goalball | Men's tournament | 27 October | |
| Eiko Kakehata Masae Komiya Yuki Temma Minami Arai Rieko Takahashi Norika Hagiwara | Goalball | Women's tournament | 27 October | |
| Sarina Satomi Yuma Yamazaki | Badminton | Women's doubles WH1-WH2 | 27 October | |
| Takashi Sanada | Wheelchair tennis | Men's singles | 27 October | |
| Uchu Tomita | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S12 | 27 October | |
| Daiki Kubo | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S10 | 27 October | |
| Mikuni Utsugi | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke S9 | 27 October | |
| Genki Saito | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM13 | 27 October | |
| Kotaro Ogiwara Kota Kubota Kanon Fukuda Mikuni Utsugi | Swimming | Mixed 4x100 m freestyle relay | 27 October | |
| Daisuke Nakagawa | Athletics | Men's 1500 m T20 | 28 October | |
| Kohji Oyama | Archery | Men's open W1 | 28 October | |
| Misaki Ari | Athletics | Women's 1500 m T20 | 28 October | |
| Takeshi Takemori Koya Kato | Table tennis | Men's doubles Class 22 | 28 October | |
| Koyo Iwabuchi Hayuma Abe | Table tennis | Men's doubles Class 18 | 28 October | |
| Kanami Furukawa Maki Ito | Table tennis | Women's doubles Class 22 | 28 October | |
| Saki Komatsu | Canoeing | Women's VL2 | 23 October | |
| Hiromi Tatsumi | Canoeing | Men's KL2 | 23 October | |
| Yuka Takamatsu | Athletics | Women's 400 m T37/38 | 23 October | |
| Keiko Onidani | Athletics | Women's discus throw F53 | 23 October | |
| Tomomi Ishiura | Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle S11 | 23 October | |
| Ema Maeda | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB9 | 23 October | |
| Mami Inoue | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle S14 | 23 October | |
| Tae Kawabe | Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle S10 | 23 October | |
| Akito Minai | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S10 | 23 October | |
| Daiki Ishiyama | Athletics | Men's 100 m T12 | 24 October | |
| Niina Kanno | Athletics | Women's 400 m T20 | 24 October | |
| Daiki Ishiyama | Athletics | Men's long jump T12 | 24 October | |
| Shota Kawamoto | Cycling | Men's 1000 m time trial C1-3 | 24 October | |
| Keiko Sugiura | Cycling | Women's 500 m time trial C1-3 | 24 October | |
| Yujiro Seto | Judo | Men's -73 kg J2 | 24 October | |
| Shunsuke Kudo | Taekwondo | Men's -70 kg K44 | 24 October | |
| Maori Yui | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle S5 | 24 October | |
| Yuta Wakoh | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F13 | 24 October | |
| Kanon Fukuda | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley SM9 | 24 October | |
| Kotaro Ogiwara | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S8 | 24 October | |
| Masayuki Arita | Boccia | Men's individual BC3 | 25 October | |
| Anri Sakurai | Wheelchair fencing | Women's individual épée | 25 October | |
| Kazuki Shichino | Table tennis | Men's singles Class 4 | 25 October | |
| Takuro Chihara | Table tennis | Men's singles Class 6 | 25 October | |
| Nozomi Nakamura | Table tennis | Women's singles Class 10 | 25 October | |
| Kanami Furukawa | Table tennis | Women's singles Class 11 | 25 October | |
| Yuto Sato | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 25 October | |
| Taiyo Kawabuchi | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S9 | 25 October | |
| Moe Onodera | Athletics | Women's 100 m T34 | 26 October | |
| Daisuke Fujihara | Badminton | Men's singles SL3 | 26 October | |
| Genki Saito | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S13 | 26 October | |
| Kotone Matsunaga | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke S10 | 26 October | |
| Chika Shigesada Tomohiro Ueyama | Archery | Mixed team recurve | 26 October | |
| Takuya Miki Takashi Sanada | Wheelchair tennis | Men's doubles | 26 October | |
| Mamiko Toyoda | Badminton | Women's singles SU5 | 26 October | |
| Keiko Sugiura | Cycling | Women's time trial C1-3 | 26 October | |
| Shota Kawamoto | Cycling | Men's time trial C1-3 | 26 October | |
| Kanon Fukuda | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle S9 | 26 October | |
| Michinobu Fujita Shintaro Kano Naoki Yasu Akira Tsunoda | Wheelchair fencing | Men's team foil | 26 October | |
| Keichi Nakajima | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S14 | 26 October | |
| Mami Inoue | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly S14 | 26 October | |
| Takeru Matsumoto | Athletics | Men's 100 m T36 | 27 October | |
| Takafumi Igusa | Athletics | Men's 1500 m T38 | 27 October | |
| Koto Matayoshi | Athletics | Men's long jump T64 | 27 October | |
| Mamiko Toyoda | Badminton | Women's singles SU5 | 27 October | |
| Daisuke Fujihara | Badminton | Men's singles SL3 | 27 October | |
| Masaki Fujita | Cycling | Men's road race C1-3 | 27 October | |
| Mika Mizuta | Shooting | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 27 October | |
| Genki Saito Kazuki Shichino | Table tennis | Men's doubles Class 8 | 27 October | |
| Nozomi Nakamura Yuri Tomono | Table tennis | Women's doubles Class 20 | 27 October | |
| Kanami Furukawa Takashi Asano | Table tennis | Mixed doubles Class 22 | 27 October | |
| Sachie Akakura Junko Fujii Mika Hata Hikari Yoshimoto Satoko Kikuchi Michiyo Nishiie Mizuho Fujimoto Mamiko Osada Kasumi Iihoshi Mikiko Sumitomo Mika Okuda | Sitting volleyball | Women's tournament | 27 October | |
| Takuya Miki | Wheelchair tennis | Men's singles | 27 October | |
| Keichi Nakajima | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM14 | 27 October | |
| Manami Urata | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle S9 | 27 October | |
| Ema Maeda | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke S9 | 27 October | |
| Tae Kawabe | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly S10 | 27 October | |
| Sae Tsuji | Athletics | Women's 400 m T47 | 28 October | |
| Uran Sawada Yuya Sambongi Yuka Takamatsu Tomoki Ikoma | Athletics | 4x100 m universal relay | 28 October | |
| Takuya Mori | Rowing | Men's single sculls PR1 | 28 October | |
| Medals by sport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | |||||
| Swimming | 19 | 18 | 19 | 56 | ||
| Athletics | 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 | ||
| Wheelchair tennis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Cycling | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Table tennis | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | ||
| Badminton | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Judo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Wheelchair basketball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Archery | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Goalball | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Wheelchair fencing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Boccia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rowing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sitting volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 42 | 49 | 59 | 150 | ||
| Medals by day | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Total | ||||
| 1 | October 23 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |
| 2 | October 24 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 26 | |
| 3 | October 25 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
| 4 | October 26 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 | |
| 5 | October 27 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |
| 6 | October 28 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Total | 42 | 49 | 59 | 150 | ||