Japan at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Japan at the
2024 World Aquatics Championships
Japan at the; 2024 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	JPN
National federation	Japan Swimming Federation
Website	swim.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Doha, Qatar
Competitors	50 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold1Silver1Bronze2Total4
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Last updated February 08, 2025

Japan competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event	Date
Tomoru Honda	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	14 February 2024
Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Uta Kobayashi Tomoka Sato Ami Wada Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida	Artistic swimming	Team free routine	9 February 2024
Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Uta Kobayashi Tomoka Sato Ayano Shimada Ami Wada Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida	Artistic swimming	Team technical routine	4 February 2024
Daiya Seto	Swimming	Men's 400 metre individual medley	18 February 2024

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	10	10
Diving	5	5	10
Open water swimming	2	2*	4*
Swimming	9	3*	12*
Water polo	15	0	15
Total	31	19*	50*

Ichika Kajimoto competed in both open water swimming and pool swimming.

Artistic swimming

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Moe Higa Mashiro Yasunaga	Duet technical routine	Did not start		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Uta Kobayashi Tomoka Sato Ayano Shimada Ami Wada Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida	Team technical routine	282.4379	2 Q	275.8787
Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Uta Kobayashi Tomoka Sato Ami Wada Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida	Team free routine	319.4124	2 Q	315.2229
Moka Fujii Moe Higa Tomoka Sato Ayano Shimada Ami Wada Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida	Team acrobatic routine	209.8801	8 Q	206.7434	7

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kai Kaneto	1 m springboard	290.55	23	—		Did not advance
Kai Kaneto	10 m platform	261.30	39	Did not advance
Sho Sakai	3 m springboard	383.50	12 Q	393.25	8 Q	414.60	9
Haruki Suyama	3 m springboard	371.40	19	Did not advance
Reo Nishida Shuta Yamada	10 m synchro platform	—				319.98	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matsuri Arai	10 m platform	253.20	23	Did not advance
Haruka Enomoto	3 m springboard	258.50	14 Q	282.40	8 Q	265.20	11
Rin Kaneto	10 m platform	279.75	15 Q	271.10	13	Did not advance
Sayaka Mikami	3 m springboard	279.45	7 Q	258.70	13	Did not advance
Matsuri Arai Minami Itahashi	10 m synchro platform	—				270.90	9

Open water swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kaiki Furuhata	Men's 10 km	1:53:58.5	45
Taishin Minamide	Men's 10 km	1:49:57.2	25

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
[Airi Ebina]]	Women's 10 km	1:57:35.5	11
Ichika Kajimoto	Women's 10 km	1:58:17.4	21

Swimming

Japan entered 12 swimmers.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Riki Abe	200 metre individual medley	1:59.48	4 Q	1:59.60	10	Did not advance
Ikuru Hiroshima	200 metre breaststroke	2:10.73	3 Q	2:09.43	4 Q	2:09.37	5
Tomoru Honda	100 metre butterfly	Did not start		Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:56.56	9 Q	1:55.20	2 Q	1:53.88
	400 metre individual medley	Did not start		—		Did not advance
Nao Horomura	200 metre butterfly	1:57.52 1:57.46	16 S/off 2	Did not advance
Osamu Kato	100 metre backstroke	54.70	22	Did not advance
Osamu Kato	200 metre backstroke	1:58.82	13 Q	1:58.97	15	Did not advance
Katsuhiro Matsumoto	200 metre freestyle	1:46.84	8 Q	1:46.53	10	Did not advance
Katsuhiro Matsumoto	100 metre butterfly	51.60	2 Q	51.85	9	Did not advance
Daiya Seto	200 metre individual medley	1:58.26	2 Q	1:57.85	4 Q	1:57.54	4
Daiya Seto	400 metre individual medley	4:13.06	3 Q	—		4:12.51
Shinri Shioura	50 metre freestyle	22.22	22	Did not advance
Shinri Shioura	50 metre butterfly	24.16	31	Did not advance
Shogo Takeda	800 metre freestyle	7:57.54	25	—		Did not advance
Shogo Takeda	1500 metre freestyle	15:04.50	14	—		Did not advance
Osamu Kato Ikuru Hiroshima Nao Horomura Riki Abe	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:39.91	20	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chiharu Iitsuka	50 metre butterfly	26.85	24	Did not advance
Chiharu Iitsuka	100 metre butterfly	58.35	7 Q	58.01	7 Q	58.23	8
Nagisa Ikemoto	50 metre freestyle	25.65	28	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	54.70	10 Q	54.76	13	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	2:00.11	21	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	58.73	11 Q	58.61	11	Did not advance
Ichika Kajimoto	400 metre freestyle	4:09.65	10	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:35.25	8 Q			8:29.24	6
	1500 metre freestyle	16:27.96	13			Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:42.85	6 Q			4:43.61	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Osamu Kato Ikuru Hiroshima Chiharu Iitsuka Nagisa Ikemoto	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:46.92	6	—		3:47.60	8

Water polo

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan	Men's tournament	Serbia L 10–17	United States L 5–18	Montenegro L 11–13	4	—	—	Kazakhstan W 17–4	Brazil W 22–11	13

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster.^[3]

Head coach: Yoshinori Shiota

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	0	45	28	+17	9	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	1	1	0	1	30	36	−6	5	Playoffs
3	United States	3	1	0	1	1	41	30	+11	4	Playoffs
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	26	48	−22	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

5 February 2024 16:00	Report	Japan	10–17	Serbia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 1–5, 2–4
		three players 2	Goals	Jakšić 4

7 February 2024 12:00	Report	United States	18–5	Japan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 4–0, 4–2, 6–2
		Hooper 6	Goals	Ogihara 2

9 February 2024 09:00	Report ^{[ dead link ‍]}	Montenegro	13–11	Japan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 4–0, 4–6
		Matković 4	Goals	Watanabe 5

13–16th place semifinals

11 February 2024 10:30	Report	Japan	17–4	Kazakhstan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 5–0, 5–2, 4–0
		Inaba 3	Goals	four players 1

13th place game

13 February 2024 10:30	Report ^{[ dead link ‍]}	Brazil	11–22	Japan	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 2–5, 3–5, 2–6
		R. Real 3	Goals	Inaba 7

References

↑ "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 August 2024.
↑ "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
↑ "21st World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster JPN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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[1] "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[2] "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

[3] "21st World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster JPN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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