Japan at the 2025 World Athletics Championships

Japan at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
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WA code	JPN
in Tokyo, Japan September 13-21, 2025
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Athletics Championships appearances
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The Japan will compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025. ^[1]

Medallists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Bronze	Hayato Katsuki	Men's 35 kilometres walk	September 13

Results

Key

• 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
• PB = Personal best
• SB = Season best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yoshihide Kiryu	100 metres	10.28	5	Did not advance
Yuhi Mori		10.37	7	Did not advance
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown		10.37	7	Did not advance
Shunsuke Izumiya	110 metres hurdles	13.52	5 q	Did not finish		Did not advance
Rachid Muratake		13.22	2 Q	13.19	2 Q	13.18	5
Shūsei Nomoto		13.29	4 Q	13.30	3	Did not advance
Shōta Iizuka	200 metres
Soshi Mizukubo
Towa Uzawa
Yuki Joseph Nakajima	400 metres	44.44 NR	2 Q	44.53	2 Q
Fuga Satō		45.10 SB	5	Did not advance
Shunta Inoue	400 metres hurdles
Daiki Ogawa
Ken Toyoda
Ko Ochiai	800 metres
Kazuto Iizawa	1500 metres	3:41.76	13	Did not advance
Ryuji Miura	3000 metres steeplechase	8:30.43	3 Q	—	8:35.90	8
Nagiya Mori  [ de ]	5000 metres
Jun Kasai	10000 metres	—	29:41.84	22
Mebuki Suzuki  [ ja; de ]		—	29:33.60	20
Naoki Inoue Yoshihide Kiryu Yūki Koike Yuhi Mori	4 × 100 metres relay
Kentaro Sato Kenki Imaizumi  [ ja; de ] Fuga Satō Yuki Joseph Nakajima	4 × 400 metres relay

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Ryota Kondo	Marathon	2:10:53	11
Yuya Yoshida		2:16:58 SB	34
Naoki Koyama	2:13:42	23
Satoshi Maruo	20 kilometres walk
Toshikazu Yamanishi
Kento Yoshikawa
Hayato Katsuki	35 kilometres walk	2:29:16
Masatora Kawano		2:37:15 SB	18
Satoshi Maruo		2:40:29	26

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Masateru Yugami  [ ja; de ]	Discus throw
Shōta Fukuda  [ de ]	Hammer throw	72.71	26	Did not advance
Roderick Genki Dean	Javelin throw	77.01	31	Did not advance
Gen Naganuma		74.70	36	Did not advance
Yuta Sakiyama		77.61	29	Did not advance
Ryōichi Akamatsu	High jump	2.25	1 q	2.24	8
Yuto Seko		2.25	4 q	2.20	10
Tomohiro Shinno		2.21	14	Did not advance
Yuki Hashioka	Long jump	7.95	13	Did not advance
Riku Ito		7.68	27	Did not advance
Hibiki Tsuha		7.42	36	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mako Fukube	100 metres hurdles	12.92	4 q	13.06	7	Did not advance
Hitomi Nakajima		12.88	5 q	13.02	7	Did not advance
Yumi Tanaka		13.05	6	Did not advance
Abigeirufuka Ido	200 metres
Nanako Matsumoto	400 metres	52.41	7	Did not advance
Rin Kubo	800 metres
Tomoka Kimura	1500 metres	4:15.70	14	Did not advance
Nozomi Tanaka		4:07.34	10	Did not advance
Miu Saito	3000 metres steeplechase	9:24.72 NR	6	—		Did not advance
Ririka Hironaka	5000 metres
Nozomi Tanaka
Yuma Yamamoto
Ririka Hironaka	10,000 metres	—	31:09.62	6
Mikuni Yada		—	32:28.94	20

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Yuka Andō	Marathon	2:35:37	28
Kana Kobayashi		2:28:50	7
Sayaka Sato	2:31:15	13
Nanako Fujii	20 kilometres walk
Kumiko Okada
Ayane Yanai
Masumi Fuchise	35 kilometres walk	3:03:29	21
Yukiko Umeno		2:56:28	15
Maika Yagi	3:00:08	20

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Misaki Morota  [ ja; de ]	Pole vault	4.25	26	Did not advance
Nagisa Takahashi	High jump
Sumire Hata	Long jump	6.45	20	Did not advance
Mariko Morimoto	Triple jump	13.10	35	Did not advance
Maoko Takashima		13.66	25	Did not advance
Haruka Kitaguchi	Javelin
Sae Takemoto
Momone Ueda
Nanaka Kori	Discus throw	54.59	36	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abigeirufuka Ido (W) Kenki Imaizumi  [ ja; de ] (M) Nanako Matsumoto (W) Takuho Yoshizu (M)	4 × 400 metres relay	3:12.08 NR	5 q	3:17.53	8

References

1. "Japan names 80-strong host nation team for WCH Tokyo 25 | News | Tokyo 25 | World Athletics Championships". Archived from the original on September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 12, 2025.