Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp  (in Japanese)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	393 in 34 sports
Officials	Mitsugi Ogata, chef de mission
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Japanese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1912 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited because of the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott.

Competitors

Mitsugi Ogata will serve as Japan's chef de mission . ^[1]

The following is the list of the number of the competitors representing Japan in the Games. Japan has announce there are 15 male and 14 female swimmers compete in swimming event (include marathon swimming).

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Artistic swimming	0	9	9
Athletics	29	20	49
Badminton	5	7	12
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	2	0	2
Breaking	2	2	4
Canoeing	2	1	3
Cycling	9	9	18
Diving	2	3	5
Equestrian	6	0	6
Fencing	7	7	14
Field hockey	0	16	16
Football	18	18	36
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	6	6	12
Handball	14	0	14
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	1	1	2
Rowing	3	2	5
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	3	4	7
Shooting	2	1	3
Skateboarding	4	6	10
Sport climbing	2	2	4
Surfing	3	1	4
Swimming	15	14	29
Table Tennis	3	3	6
Tennis	2	4	6
Triathlon	2	1	3
Volleyball	12	14	26
Water polo	12	0	12
Weightlifting	2	1	3
Wrestling	8	6	14
Total	209	184	393

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan fielded a full squad of men's team recurve by virtue of their bronze-medal victory and obtaining one of three available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Saito Fumiya	Men's individual			0
Nakanishi Junya				0
Furukawa Takaharu				0
Saito Fumiya Nakanishi Junya Furukawa Takaharu	Men's team			—
Noda Satsuki	Women's individual			0
Noda Satsuki	Mixed team			—

Artistic swimming

Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan fielded a full-squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the open team and women's duet event, by virtue of the five highest rank eligible nations in the combined open team results, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Moe Higa Tomoka Sato	Duet
Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Uta Kobayashi Tomoka Sato Ayano Shimada Ami Wada Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida	Team

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ^{[3] [4]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	100 m			—
Akihiro Higashida				—
Ryuichiro Sakai				—
Towa Uzawa	200 m			—
Shota Iizuka				—
Koki Ueyama				—
Fuga Sato	400 m
Kentaro Sato
Yuki Joseph Nakajima
Tomoki Ota	10000 m	—
Jun Kasai
Shunsuke Izumiya	110 m hurdles
Rachid Muratake
Shusei Nomoto
Kazuki Kurokawa	400 m hurdles
Ryuji Miura	3000 m steeplechase			—
Ryoma Aoki
Naoki Koyama	Marathon	—
Akira Akasaki
Suguru Osako
Ryo Hamanishi	20 km walk	—
Koki Ikeda
Yuta Koga
Akihiro Higashida Yoshihide Kiryu Ryuichiro Sakai Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Shoma Yamamoto Hiroki Yanagita	4 × 100 metres relay			—
Kaito Kawabata Yuki Joseph Nakajima Yudai Nishi Fuga Sato Kentaro Sato Takuho Yoshizu	4 × 400 metres relay			—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nozomi Tanaka	1500 m
	5000 m			—
Yume Goto	1500 m
Yuma Yamamoto	5000 m			—
Wakana Kabasawa
Rino Goshima	10000 m	—
Haruka Kokai
Yuka Takashima
Mako Fukube	100 m hurdles
Yumi Tanaka
Mao Ichiyama	Marathon	—
Honami Maeda
Yuka Suzuki
Nanako Fujii	20 km walk	—
Mumiko Okada
Ayane Yanai

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
	Marathon walk relay

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ryoichi Akamatsu	Men's high jump
Tomohiro Shinno
Yuki Hashioka	Men's long jump
Roderick Genki Dean	Men's javelin throw
Sumire Hata	Women's long jump
Mariko Morimoto	Women's triple jump
Haruka Kitaguchi	Women's javelin throw
Marina Saito
Momone Ueda

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered twelve badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kodai Naraoka	Singles	Coelho  (BRA)	Jeon  (KOR)	—
Kenta Nishimoto		Panarin  (KAZ)	Yang  (CAN)	—
Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	Doubles					—

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Akane Yamaguchi	Singles	Thet Htar  (MYA)	Li  (CAN)	—
Aya Ohori		Arın  (TUR)	Castillo  (PER)	—
Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	Doubles	Mapasa / Yu  (AUS)	Crasto / Ponnappa  (IND)	Kim / Kong  (KOR)		—
Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara		Rahayu / Ramadhanti  (INA)	Tan / Muralitharan  (MAS)	Chen / Jia  (CHN)		—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	Mixed doubles	Christiansen / Bøje  (DEN)	Ye / Lee  (TPE)	Tang / Tse  (HKG)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

5×5 basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament
Japan women's	Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Main articles: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The Japanese men's basketball team, qualified for the games by virtue of their results through the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, as the highest rank from Asian zone. ^[5]

Team roster

A 16-player roster was announced on 26 June 2024. ^[6] The final squad was announced on 8 July 2024. ^[7]

Japan men's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 2 Yuki Togashi 30 – (1993-07-30)30 July 1993 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Chiba Jets Funabashi SG 4 Akira Jacobs 20 – (2004-04-13)13 April 2004 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors PG 5 Yuki Kawamura 23 – (2001-05-02)2 May 2001 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Yokohama B-Corsairs SG 6 Makoto Hiejima 33 – (1990-08-11)11 August 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Utsunomiya Brex PG 7 Kai Toews 25 – (1998-09-17)17 September 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Alvark Tokyo PF 8 Rui Hachimura 26 – (1998-02-08)8 February 1998 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Los Angeles Lakers F 12 Yuta Watanabe 29 – (1994-10-13)13 October 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Chiba Jets Funabashi SG 18 Yudai Baba 28 – (1995-11-07)7 November 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Nagasaki Velca F/C 24 Josh Hawkinson 29 – (1995-06-23)23 June 1995 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Sun Rockers Shibuya PG 30 Keisei Tominaga 23 – (2001-02-01)1 February 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Nebraska Cornhuskers PF 34 Hugh Watanabe 25 – (1998-12-23)23 December 1998 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Ryukyu Golden Kings SF 91 Hirotaka Yoshii 26 – (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Alvark Tokyo	Head coach Tom Hovasse Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 27 July 2024

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals, based on ranking
4	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: 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 2024 13:30

Boxscore

Germany

vs.

Japan

Pierre Mauroy Stadium, Lille

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30 July 2024 17:15

Boxscore

Japan

vs.

France

Pierre Mauroy Stadium, Lille

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2 August 2024 11:00

Boxscore

Japan

vs.

Brazil

Pierre Mauroy Stadium, Lille

Women's tournament

Main articles: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The Japanese women's basketball team, qualified by placing in the top three at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Sopron, Hungary.

Team roster

An 18-player roster was announced on 24 May 2024. ^[8] The final roster was revealed on 25 June 2024. ^[9]

Japan women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 3 Stephanie Mawuli 25 – (1998-11-25)25 November 1998 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Zaragoza PF 8 Maki Takada 34 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Denso Iris PG 12 Asami Yoshida 36 – (1987-10-09)9 October 1987 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Aisin Wings PG 13 Rui Machida 31 – (1993-03-08)8 March 1993 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Fujitsu Red Wave PG 15 Nako Motohashi 30 – (1993-10-10)10 October 1993 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Tokyo Haneda Vickies PG 23 Mai Yamamoto 24 – (1999-10-23)23 October 1999 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Toyota Antelopes SF 27 Saki Hayashi 29 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Fujitsu Red Wave PF 30 Evelyn Mawuli 29 – (1995-06-02)2 June 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Denso Iris PG 32 Saori Miyazaki 28 – (1995-08-27)27 August 1995 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Eneos Sunflowers PF 52 Yuki Miyazawa 31 – (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Fujitsu Red Wave SF 75 Nanako Todo 23 – (2000-11-29)29 November 2000 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits PF 88 Himawari Akaho 25 – (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Denso Iris	Head coach Toru Onzuka Assistant coach(es) Kakeru Konno Yoshikazu Suzuki Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2024

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals, based on ranking
4	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 29 July 2024. Source: 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.

29 July 2024 21:00

Boxscore

United States

vs.

Japan

Pierre Mauroy Stadium, Lille

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1 August 2024 11:00

Boxscore

Japan

vs.

Germany

Pierre Mauroy Stadium, Lille

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4 August 2024 11:00

Boxscore

Japan

vs.

Belgium

Pierre Mauroy Stadium, Lille

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Shudai Harada (men's featherweight) and Sewon Okazawa (men's welterweight) qualified for Paris by advancing to the finals round in their respective division, at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shudai Harada	Men's featherweight	0
Sewon Okazawa	Men's welterweight	0

Breaking

Main articles: Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered four breakdancers to compete in the B-Boy and B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) qualified for the games after he won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. ^[11] Later on, Hiroto Ono (Hiro10) , Ami Yuasa (Ami) and Ayumi Fukushima (Ayumi) outlasted from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.

Athlete	Nickname	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
			Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shigeyuki Nakarai	Shigekix	B-Boys			0
Hiroto Ono	Hiro10				0
Ami Yuasa	Ami	B-Girls			0
Ayumi Fukushima	Ayumi				0

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

Japan entered two boat into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain. ^[12] They also qualified a boat in the men's C-1 class of their result in the 2023 Asian Canoe Slalom Olympic Qualifiers.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's C-1
	Men's K-1
	Women's K-1

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Japan entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. Japan secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking. ^[13]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yukiya Arashiro	Men's road race
Eri Yonamine	Women's road race

Track

Japanese riders obtained a full spots for men's track events and women's sprint, keirin, team pursuit, madison, and omnium; following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
	Men's sprint
	Women's sprint

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
	Men's team sprint

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
	Men's team pursuit
	Women's team pursuit

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
	Men's keirin
	Women's keirin

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Men's omnium
	Women's omnium

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
	Men's madison
	Women's madison

Mountain biking

Japanese mountain bikers secured one female quota places for the Olympic through 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Women's cross-country

BMX

Freestyle

Japanese riders received a single quota spot in the men's BMX freestyle for Paris 2024, finishing among the top two at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ^{[14] [15]}

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Men's freestyle

Race

Japanese riders secured a single quota place in the women's BMX race for Paris 2024 by topping the field of nations vying for qualification at the 2023 Asian Championships in Tagaytay, Philippines. ^{[16] [17]}

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
	Women's race

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese divers secured five quota places for Paris 2024 by advancing to the top twelve final each of the men's individual platform, women's individual springboard and platform, respectively at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, and through 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar and unused quota reallocation.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sakai Sho	Men's 3 m springboard
Rikuto Tamai	Men's 10 m platform
Sayaka Mikami	Women's 3 m springboard
Haruka Enomoto
Matsuri Arai	Women's 10 m platform

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered a squad of three jumping riders and three eventing riders into the Olympic equestrian. Japanese jumping squad entered the competition by securing the last of two available team spots at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group G in Valkenswaard, Netherlands. Meanwhile, Japanese eventing squad entered the competition, through getting the re-allocation spots, at the Groups F and G qualification event in Millstreet, Ireland.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Yoshiaki Oiwa	MGH Grafton Street	Individual
Kazuma Tomoto	Vinci de la Vigne JRA
Ryuzo Kitajima	Cekatinka JRA
Yoshiaki Oiwa Kazuma Tomoto Ryuzo Kitajima	See above	Team									—

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Takashi Haase Shibayama	Karamell M&M	Individual
Eiken Sato	Chadellano
Taizo Sugitani	Quincy 194
Takashi Haase Shibayama Eiken Sato Taizo Sugitani	See above	Team

Reserve is Mike Kawai on Saxo de la Cour.

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered eighteen fencers into the Olympic competition. Kento Yoshida and Miho Yoshimura qualified for the games, by nominated one of two highest ranked individual fencers for Asian & Oceanian zone; meanwhile, the nations men's and women's foil team, and also men's épée team, qualified for the games after becoming one the four highest ranked worldwide team; meanwhile, women's sabre team qualified after becoming the highest ranked team, eligible for Asia & Oceania zone; through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Koki Kano	Men's épée
Kazuyasu Minobe
Masaru Yamada
Koki Kano Kazuyasu Minobe Masaru Yamada	Men's team épée	—
Kazuki Iimura	Men's foil
Kyosuke Matsuyama
Takahiro Shikine
Kazuki Iimura Kyosuke Matsuyama Takahiro Shikine	Men's team foil	—
Kento Yoshida	Men's sabre
Miho Yoshimura	Women's épée
Sera Azuma	Women's foil
Karin Miyawaki
Yuka Ueno
Sera Azuma Karin Miyawaki Yuka Ueno	Women's team foil	—
Misaki Emura	Women's sabre
Shihomi Fukushima
Risa Takashima
Misaki Emura Shihomi Fukushima Risa Takashima	Women's team sabre	—

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full-time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan women's	Women's tournament

Women's tournament

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Japan women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top three at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. ^[18]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 14 June 2024. ^[19]

Head coach: Jude Menezes

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Eika Nakamura	(1996-03-04)4 March 1996 (aged 28)	54	0	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
5	DF	Yu Asai	(1996-01-08)8 January 1996 (aged 28)	124	8	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
7	DF	Miyu Suzuki	(1999-01-08)8 January 1999 (aged 25)	74	7	Sony HC Bravia Ladies
9	FW	Yuri Nagai (Captain)	(1992-05-26)26 May 1992 (aged 32)	232	78	Sony HC Bravia Ladies
10	MF	Hazuki Nagai	(1994-08-15)15 August 1994 (aged 29)	219	65	Sakai Town
11	DF	Shihori Oikawa	(1989-03-12)12 March 1989 (aged 35)	186	55	Tokyo Verdy Hockey Team
13	MF	Miki Kozuka	(1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 28)	116	2	GlaxoSmithKline Orange United
17	FW	Shiho Kobayakawa	(1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 25)	49	11	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
19	FW	Kanon Mori	(1996-05-01)1 May 1996 (aged 28)	62	22	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
21	FW	Mai Toriyama	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 29)	61	16	Nanto Bank SHOOTING STARS
23	MF	Saki Tanaka	(1998-08-18)18 August 1998 (aged 25)	18	2	GlaxoSmithKline Orange United
25	DF	Kana Urata	(1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (aged 25)	51	9	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
26	MF	Amiru Shimada	(1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 26)	50	7	Nanto Bank SHOOTING STARS
29	MF	Sakurako Omoto	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 26)	77	2	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
36	FW	Miyu Hasegawa	(2001-11-20)20 November 2001 (aged 22)	28	9	Sony HC Bravia Ladies
37	DF	Rika Ogawa	(1994-07-28)28 July 1994 (aged 29)	23	2	Sony HC Bravia Ladies

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: 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

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 10:30 v Germany   v   Japan Report Pitch 2

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29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 10:30 v Japan   v   China Report Pitch 2

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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 17:00 v Belgium   v   Japan Report Pitch 1

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1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 19:45 v Japan   v   France Report Pitch 1

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Football

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament
Japan women's	Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Japan men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the finals of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar.

Team roster

Japan announced their final squad on 3 July 2024. ^[20]

Head coach: Go Oiwa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Leo Kokubo	(2001-01-23)23 January 2001 (aged 23)	Benfica
2	2 DF	Riku Handa	(2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 22)	Gamba Osaka
3	2 DF	Ryuya Nishio	(2001-05-16)16 May 2001 (aged 23)	Cerezo Osaka
4	2 DF	Hiroki Sekine	(2002-08-11)11 August 2002 (aged 21)	Kashiwa Reysol
5	2 DF	Seiji Kimura	(2001-08-24)24 August 2001 (aged 22)	Sagan Tosu
6	3 MF	Sota Kawasaki	(2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (aged 22)	Kyoto Sanga
7	3 MF	Rihito Yamamoto	(2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 22)	Sint-Truiden
8	3 MF	Joel Chima Fujita (captain)	(2002-02-16)16 February 2002 (aged 22)	Sint-Truiden
9	4 FW	Shota Fujio	(2001-05-02)2 May 2001 (aged 23)	Machida Zelvia
10	3 MF	Koki Saito	(2001-08-10)10 August 2001 (aged 22)	Sparta Rotterdam
11	4 FW	Mao Hosoya	(2001-09-07)7 September 2001 (aged 22)	Kashiwa Reysol
12	1 GK	Taishi Brandon Nozawa	(2002-12-25)25 December 2002 (aged 21)	FC Tokyo
13	3 MF	Ryotaro Araki	(2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 22)	FC Tokyo
14	3 MF	Shunsuke Mito	(2002-09-28)28 September 2002 (aged 21)	Sparta Rotterdam
15	2 DF	Kota Takai	(2004-09-04)4 September 2004 (aged 19)	Kawasaki Frontale
16	2 DF	Ayumu Ohata	(2001-04-27)27 April 2001 (aged 23)	Urawa Red Diamonds
17	4 FW	Yu Hirakawa	(2001-01-03)3 January 2001 (aged 23)	Machida Zelvia
18	4 FW	Kein Sato	(2001-07-11)11 July 2001 (aged 23)	Werder Bremen

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 24 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)

19:00

Japan	Match 8	Paraguay
	Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

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27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)

21:00

Japan	Match 16	Mali
	Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)

21:00

Israel	Match 23	Japan
	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Women's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Japan women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third round match of the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and in Tokyo. ^[21]

Team roster

• Women's team event – one team of 18 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)

17:00

Spain	Match 5	Japan
	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

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28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)

17:00

Brazil	Match 12	Japan
	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)

17:00

Brazil	Match 17	Spain
	Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their own world ranking positions, on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Hideki Matsuyama	Men's
Keita Nakajima
Yuka Saso	Women's
Miyū Yamashita

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Japan fielded a full squad of male and female artistic gymnasts for Paris. Five male gymnast qualified for the games after scoring a runner-up finish in the team all-around at the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool, Great Britain. ^{[22] [23]} Meanwhile, the five female gymnasts qualified for the games after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. ^[24]

The five members of the men's and women's teams were announced in May 2024 after the conclusion of the NHK Trophy. For the first time in 40 years, all five members of the women's team are first-time Olympians. ^[25] The men's team is led by Daiki Hashimoto, the defending Olympic all-around champion. ^[26] In mid-July Shoko Miyata was removed from the Japanese women's team due to smoking and drinking alcohol, which is prohibited in Japan for those under 20. ^{[27] [28]} No athlete substitution was made due to Miyata being removed for something other than injury. ^[29]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Daiki Hashimoto	Team															—
Kazuma Kaya
Shinnosuke Oka
Takaaki Sugino
Wataru Tanigawa
Total

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Rina Kishi	Team											—
Haruka Nakamura
Mana Okamura
Kohane Ushioku
Total

Trampoline

Japan qualified two gymnast; one for the men's trampoline by finishing in the top five eligible nation's at the 2023 World Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom; ^[30] and one for the women's trampoline competition, through the final ranking of 2023–2024 Trampoline World Cup series.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ryusei Nishioka	Men's
Hikaru Mori	Women's

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• ET: After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament

Main articles: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Japan men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match against Bahrain at the 2023 Asian Men’s Handball Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in Doha, Qatar. ^[31]

Team roster

A 19-player roster was announced on 7 June 2024. ^[32] The final roster was revealed on 28 June 2024. ^[33]

Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Takumi Nakamura (1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (aged 27) 1.90 m 34 1 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 2 CB Kosuke Yasuhira (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 24) 1.72 m 15 61 RK Vardar 4 P Tomoya Sakurai (1999-10-18)18 October 1999 (aged 24) 1.90 m 0 0 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 9 LW Naoki Sugioka (1994-04-18)18 April 1994 (aged 30) 1.77 m 67 129 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 13 P Shuichi Yoshida (2001-03-26)26 March 2001 (aged 23) 1.93 m 39 84 HBC Nantes 15 LB Adam Yuki Baig (1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 25) 1.94 m 78 191 Zeekstar Tokyo 19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 28) 1.78 m 92 297 Al Duhail 20 RB Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 34) 1.83 m 125 393 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 21 GK Daisuke Okamoto (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.90 m 7 0 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 25 RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 32) 1.82 m 119 342 Zeekstar Tokyo 27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 29) 2.00 m 86 80 Zeekstar Tokyo 31 LB Tatsuki Yoshino (1994-07-13)13 July 1994 (aged 30) 1.83 m 75 267 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 39 CB Naoki Fujisaka (2002-07-01)1 July 2002 (aged 22) 1.80 m 0 0 Nippon Sport Science Univ. 44 P Sota Takano (1998-08-19)19 August 1998 (aged 25) 1.93 m 30 22 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: 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.

27 July 2024 14:00	Croatia	v	Japan	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

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29 July 2024 09:00	Japan	v	Germany	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

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31 July 2024 14:00	Spain	v	Japan	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

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2 August 2024 19:00	Japan	v	Slovenia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

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4 August 2024 09:00	Sweden	v	Japan	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan judoka have qualified all fourteen quota places (seven in each gender) for the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryuju Nagayama	–60 kg	0
Hifumi Abe	–66 kg	0
Soichi Hashimoto	–73 kg	0
Takanori Nagase	–81 kg	0
Sanshiro Murao	–90 kg	0
Aaron Wolf	–100 kg	0
Tatsuru Saito	+100 kg	0

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Natsumi Tsunoda	–48 kg	0
Uta Abe	–52 kg	0
Haruka Funakubo	–57 kg	0
Miku Takaichi	–63 kg	0
Saki Niizoe	–70 kg	0
Rika Takayama	–78 kg	0
Akira Sone	+78 kg	0

Mixed

Nations qualifying at least one athlete in the −57 (−48, −52 & −57), −70 (−57, −63 & −70) & +70 (−70, −78 & +78) weight categories for women, and at least one athlete in the −73 (−60, −66 & −73), −90 (−73, −81 & −90) & +90 (−90, −100 & +100) weight categories for men, would compete in the team event.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Team

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese modern pentathletes confirmed two quota place for Paris 2024. Taishu Sato and Misaki Uchida secured their spots in their respective gender events by virtue of top five eligible nation's through the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. ^[34]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Taishu Sato	Men's
Misaki Uchida	Women's

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and 2024 Asian & Oceania Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryuta Arakawa	Men's single sculls
Naoki Furuta Masayuki Miyaura	Men's lightweight double sculls
Emi Hirouchi Ayami Oishi	Women's lightweight double sculls

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

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Pool round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	New Zealand	Ireland	South Africa
Japan women's	Women's tournament	United States	France	Brazil

Men's tournament

Main articles: Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Japan national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament in Osaka, Japan. ^[35]

Team roster

Japan's squad of 12 players was named on 4 July 2024. ^{[36] [37]}

Head coach: Simon Amor

• Kippei Ishida (c)
• Taiga Ishida
• Kazuma Ueda
• Yu Okudaira
• Josua Karevi
• Yoshiyuki Koga
• Kippei Taninaka
• Shotaro Tsuoka
• Yoshihiro Noguchi
• Moeki Fukushi
• Junya Matsumoto
• Takamasa Maruo

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Potential Quarter-finals
4	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) 18:00

New Zealand	v	Japan
	World Rugby

Stade de France, Paris

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24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) 21:00

Ireland	v	Japan
	World Rugby

Stade de France, Paris

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25 July 2024 (2024-07-25) 16:00

South Africa	v	Japan
	World Rugby

Stade de France, Paris

Women's tournament

Main articles: Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Japan women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament in Osaka, Japan. ^[35]

Team roster

Japan's squad of 12 players was named on 4 July 2024. ^{[38] [39]}

Head coach: Takashi Suzuki

• Hanoko Utsumi
• Mei Ohtani
• Marin Kajiki
• Ciaki Saegusa
• Emii Tanaka
• Honoka Tsutsumi
• Chiharu Nakamura
• Arisa Nishi
• Wakaba Hara
• Yume Hirano (c)
• Rinka Matsuda
• Sakura Mizutani

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Potential Quarter-finals
4	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 16:30

United States	v	Japan
	World Rugby

Stade de France, Paris

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28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 20:30

France	v	Japan
	World Rugby

Stade de France, Paris

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29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 15:00

Japan	v	Brazil
	World Rugby

Stade de France, Paris

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Race																									Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	QF	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6
Makoto Tomizawa	Men's IQFoil										—

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Misaki Tanaka Sera Nagamatsu	Women's 49erFX
Keiju Okada Miho Yoshioka	Mixed 470												—
Shibuki Iitsuka Oura Nishida Capiglia	Mixed Nacra 17

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. ^[40]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Naoya Okada	Men's 10 m air rifle
Dai Yoshioka	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol

Skateboarding

Main articles: Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered ten skateboarders (four males and six females) to compete in each of the following events at the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yuro Nagahara	Park
Ginwoo Onodera	Street
Sora Shirai
Yuto Horigome

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Kokona Hiraki	Park
Sakura Yosozumi
Hinano Kusaki
Coco Yoshizawa	Street
Liz Akama
Funa Nakayama

Sport climbing

Main articles: Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered three sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Tomoa Narasaki and Ai Mori qualified directly for the men's and women's boulder and lead combined event, by winning the bronze medal and securing one of the three berths available at the 2023 IFSC World Championships in Bern, Switzerland. ^[41] Sorato Anraku qualified for the men's boulder and lead combined event by winning the Asian Qualifier in Jakarta, Indonesia. ^[42]

Boulder & lead combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification							Final
		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place			Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place
Tomoa Narasaki	Men's
Sorato Anraku
Ai Mori	Women's
Miho Nonaka

Surfing

Main articles: Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese surfers confirmed four shortboard quota places (two male and one female) for Tahiti. Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Kanoa Igarashi and rookie Shino Matsuda topped the list of eligible surfers from Asia to secure the lone available berth in their respective shortboard races at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador, ^{[43] [44]} while a second male Japanese surfer will soon be named to join the Japanese roster for Paris 2024, following his nation's successful triumph in the men's team event at the 2022 ISA World Surfing Games in Huntington Beach, California. ^{[45] [46]}

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kanoa Igarashi	Men's shortboard
Reo Inaba
Connor O'Leary
Shino Matsuda	Women's shortboard

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): ^[47] 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 World Aquatics A-cut at the Japanese Championships and Olympic Trials, scheduled for March 17 to 24, in Tokyo. Furthermore, Japanese swimmers must secure a direct slot on the Paris 2024 roster if they win a gold medal in any individual pool event at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, scheduled for July 22 to 30, in Fukuoka. ^[48]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katsuhiro Matsumoto	200 m freestyle
Tomoyuki Matsushita	400 m individual medley			—
Taishin Minamide	10 km open water	—
	100 m freestyle
	200 m freestyle
	100 m backstroke
	200 m backstroke
	200 m breaststroke
	100 m butterfly
	200 m butterfly
	200 m individual medley
	400 m individual medley			—
	4 × 100 m freestyle relay			—
	4 × 200 m freestyle relay			—
	4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reona Aoki	100 m breaststroke
Airi Ebina	10 km open water	—
Mizuki Hirai	100 m butterfly
Rikako Ikee
Mio Narita	400 m individual medley			—
Satomi Suzuki	100 m breaststroke
Ageha Tanigawa	400 m individual medley			—
	400 m freestyle			—
	200 m backstroke
	200 m breaststroke
	200 m butterfly
	200 m individual medley
	4 × 100 m freestyle relay			—
	4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered a full squad of male and female table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea. ^[49] Japan also entered one mixed doubles pair through the allocations of final world ranking. ^{[50] [51]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomokazu Harimoto	Singles
Shunsuke Togami
Tomokazu Harimoto Hiroto Shinosuka Shunsuke Togami	Team	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hina Hayata	Singles
Miu Hirano
Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Miwa Harimoto	Team	—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomokazu Harimoto Hina Hayata	Doubles

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered four tennis players (two men and two women) into the Olympic tournament. Two men have guaranteed their participation as one of the top-56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while two women did the same as the top-56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings, which were completed on 10th June 2024.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kei Nishikori	Singles
Taro Daniel

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Naomi Osaka	Singles
Moyuka Uchijima

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered three triathletes (two men's and one women) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
	Men's
Yuko Takahashi	Women's

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Japan women's pair qualified for Paris after winning the 2024 AVC Continental Cup Final in Ningbo, China. ^[52]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Akiko Hasegawa Miki Ishii	Women's	Carol / Bárbara  (BRA)	Stam / Schoon  (NED)	Paulikienė / Raupelytė  (LTU)

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Germany	Argentina	United States
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Poland	Brazil	Kenya

Men's tournament

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Japan men's volleyball team qualified for Paris by securing an outright berth as one of the two highest-ranked nations at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. ^[53]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 24 June 2024. ^[54]

Head coach: Philippe Blain

• 1 Yuji Nishida OP
• 2 Taishi Onodera MB
• 3 Akihiro Fukatsu S
• 4 Kento Miyaura OP
• 5 Tatsunori Otsuka OH
• 6 Akihiro Yamauchi MB
• 8 Masahiro Sekita S
• 10 Kentaro Takahashi MB
• 12 Ran Takahashi OH
• 14 Yūki Ishikawa (c) OH
• 15 Masato Kai OH
• 20 Tomohiro Yamamoto L

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Quarterfinals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Possible quarter-finals, based on ranking
4	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 09:00	Japan	v	Germany	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 13:00	Japan	v	Argentina	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

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2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 21:00	Japan	v	United States	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's volleyball team qualified for Paris 2024 as one of five highest ranked eligible team in the World Ranking qualification. ^[55]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 1 July 2024. ^[56]

Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe

• 1 Koyomi Iwasaki S
• 2 Kotona Hayashi OH
• 3 Sarina Koga (c) OH
• 4 Mayu Ishikawa OH
• 6 Nanami Seki S
• 8 Manami Kojima L
• 10 Arisa Inoue OH
• 11 Nichika Yamada MB
• 12 Satomi Fukudome L
• 15 Airi Miyabe MB
• 20 Ayaka Araki MB
• 21 Yukiko Wada OH

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Quarterfinals
2	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Possible quarter-finals, based on ranking
4	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 13:00	Poland	v	Japan	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

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1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 13:00	Brazil	v	Japan	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

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3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 13:00	Japan	v	Kenya	South Paris Arena 1, Paris
	Report

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan’s men’s	Men’s tournament

Men’s tournament

Main articles: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Japan men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics after winning the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. ^[57]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 16 July 2024. ^[58]

Head coach: Shiota Yoshinori

• Katsuyuki Tanamura GK
• Seiya Adachi FP
• Taiyo Watanabe FP
• Daichi Ogihara FP
• Kai Inoue FP
• Toi Suzuki FP
• Kiyomu Date FP
• Mitsuru Takata FP
• Ikkei Nitta FP
• Yusuke Inaba FP
• Keigo Okawa FP
• Kenta Araki FP
• Towa Nishimura GK

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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) Host

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 12:05 v

Serbia

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Japan

Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 15:00 v

Japan

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France

Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris

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1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 21:05 v

Hungary

–

Japan

Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris

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3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 10:30 v

Spain

–

Japan

Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris

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5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 13:35 v

Australia

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Japan

Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Masanori Miyamoto (men's 73 kg), Eishiro Murakami (men's +102 kg) and Rira Suzuki (women's 49 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masanori Miyamoto	Men's −73 kg
Rira Suzuki	Women's −49 kg
Eishiro Murakami	Men's +102 kg

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan qualified fourteen wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Ten of them qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; ^{[59] [60]} meanwhile, the other three wrestlers qualified for the games, by virtue of their victory in their semifinal results, at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Yuri Nakazato received a spot due to the reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes quotas.

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rei Higuchi	Men's −57 kg
Kotaro Kiyooka	Men's −65 kg
Daichi Takatani	Men's −74 kg
Hayato Ishiguro	Men's −86 kg
Yui Susaki	Women's −50 kg
Akari Fujinami	Women's −53 kg
Tsugumi Sakurai	Women's −57 kg
Sakura Motoki	Women's −62 kg
Ami Ishii	Women's −68 kg
Yuka Kagami	Women's −76 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kenichiro Fumita	Men's −60 kg
Kyotaro Sogabe	Men's −67 kg
Nao Kusaka	Men's −77 kg
Yuri Nakazato	Men's −97 kg

See also

• Japan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
• Japan at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

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