Japan at the 2022 World Games

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Japan at the
2022 World Games
Flag of Japan.svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States
7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors138 (57 men and 81 women) in 23 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
10
Silver
11
Bronze
12
Total
33
World Games appearances

Japan competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022. [1] Athletes representing Japan won 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 12 bronze medals. The country finished in 8th place in the medal table.

Contents

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Air sports 112
Archery 101
Canoe marathon 112
Cue sports 112
Dancesport 336
Duathlon 112
Finswimming 101
Flag football 01212
Flying disc 8715
Karate 224
Lacrosse 121224
Lifesaving 5510
Parkour 112
Powerlifting 213
Racquetball 011
Rhythmic gymnastics —22
Softball 01515
Sport climbing 347
Squash 022
Sumo 5712
Trampoline gymnastics 213
Water skiing 112
Wheelchair rugby 718
Total5781138

Air sports

Japan competed in drone racing. [2]

Archery

Japan competed in archery. [3]

AthleteEventQualificationElimination 1Elimination 2Elimination 3Elimination 4SemifinalFinal / BM
ScoreRankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Wataru Oonuki Men's recurve 3538Bye Flag of Slovakia.svg Habjan Malavašič
W 93–92		 Flag of Croatia.svg Remar
L 804–805		did not advance

Canoe marathon

Japan competed in canoe marathon. [4]

Cue sports

Japan won one bronze medal in cue sports. [5]

Dancesport

Japan won three medals in dancesport. [6] [7]

Duathlon

Japan won one silver medal in duathlon. [8]

Finswimming

Japan competed in finswimming. [9]

Flag football

Japan competed in flag football. [10] [11]

Flying disc

Japan competed in the flying disc competition. [12]

Karate

Japan won three medals in karate. [13] [14]

Men
AthleteEventElimination roundSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Kazumasa Moto Men's kata Flag of Panama.svg  Cención  (Panama)
W 25.74–23.98		Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Heydarov  (Azerbaijan)
W 26.34–22.68		Flag of the United States.svg  Tozaki  (United States)
W 26.46–25.94		1 QFlag of Italy.svg  Busato  (Italy)
W 27.12–25.52		Flag of Spain.svg  Quintero  (Spain)
W 26.60–26.26		Gold medal icon.svg
Soichiro Nakano Men's kumite 67 kg Flag of Greece.svg  Xenos  (Greece)
L 0–1		Flag of Brazil.svg  Figueira  (Brazil)
D 0–0		Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Pavlov  (North Macedonia)
W 4–0		3Did not advance5
Women
AthleteEventElimination roundSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Hikaru Ono Women's kata Flag of Egypt.svg  Ismail  (Egypt)
W 25.46–24.28		Flag of the United States.svg  Kokumai  (United States)
W 25.46–24.00		Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lau  (Hong Kong)
W 25.52–25.06		1 QFlag of Italy.svg  Casale  (Italy)
W 26.34–25.08		Flag of Spain.svg  Sánchez  (Spain)
L 27.92–27.00		Silver medal icon.svg
Miho Miyahara Women's kumite 50 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kryva  (Ukraine)
W 2–1		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Gu  (Chinese Taipei)
W 7–2		Flag of the United States.svg  Alexander  (United States)
W 1–1		1 QFlag of the Philippines.svg  Tsukii  (Philippines)
L 3–4		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Gu  (Chinese Taipei)
W 4–0		Bronze medal icon.svg

Lacrosse

Japan won the bronze medal in the men's lacrosse tournament. [15]

Lifesaving

Japan won one bronze medal in lifesaving. [16]

Parkour

Japan won two bronze medals in parkour. [17] [18] [19]

Powerlifting

Japan won two gold medals in powerlifting. [20] [21]

Racquetball

Japan competed in racquetball. [22]

Rhythmic gymnastics

Japan competed in rhythmic gymnastics. [23]

Softball

Japan won the silver medal in the softball tournament. [24] [25]

Sport climbing

Japan won six medals in sport climbing. [26] [8] [27]

Squash

Japan competed in squash. [28]

Sumo

Japan won nine medals in sumo. [29]

Trampoline gymnastics

Japan won one bronze medal in trampoline gymnastics. [26] [30]

Water skiing

Japan won one gold medal in water skiing. [31]

Wheelchair rugby

Japan won the silver medal in the wheelchair rugby tournament. [32] [33]

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