Japan at the 2025 World Games

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Japan at the
2025 World Games
Flag of Japan.svg
IOC code JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors26 (9 men and 17 women) in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
7
Silver
12
Bronze
5
Total
24
World Games appearances

Japan competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025. [1] Athletes representing Japan won seven gold medals, 12 silver medals and five bronze medals. The country finished in 9th place in the medal table.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kakeru Nishiyama Karate Men's kata 8 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Japan men's national softball team
Softball Men's tournament10 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mutsuhiro Shiohata Parkour Men's freestyle 12 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Satomi Watanabe Squash Women's singles 12 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Riri Kitazume
Mizuki Saito 		Aerobic gymnastics Mixed pairs15 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yusuke Satake Powerlifting Men's equipped lightweight16 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yuki Hashimoto Air sports Drone racing16 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Maho Ono Karate Women's kata 8 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hiromu Hashimoto Karate Men's kumite 60 kg 8 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yugo Kozaki Karate Men's kumite 67 kg 8 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tomohiro Araya Wushu Men's taijiquan/taijijian combined9 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sarara Shimada Karate Women's kumite 61 kg 9 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yusei Sakiyama Karate Men's kumite 75 kg 9 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shota Tezuka Wakeboarding Men's Freestyle10 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Saki Tanaka
Hikaru Mori 		Trampoline gymnastics Women's synchronised10 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ayaka Miyashita Billiard sports Women's carom three cushion13 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nene Nagai Parkour Women's freestyle 13 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kyota Ushiyama Powerlifting Men's classic lightweight14 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Issin Hishikawa (Issin) Dancesport B-Boys17 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tsubasa Kama Karate Women's kumite 68 kg 9 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rikito Shimada Karate Men's kumite 84 kg 9 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nanoha Kida Wushu Women's changquan/daoshu/gunshu combined9 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Japan women's national softball team
Softball Women's tournament17 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) Dancesport B-Boys17 August
Medals by sport
SportGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
Karate 1528
Parkour 1102
Powerlifting 1102
Softball 1012
Aerobic gymnastics 1001
Air sports 1001
Squash 1001
Dancesport 0112
Wushu 0112
Billiard sports 0101
Trampoline gymnastics 0101
Wakeboarding 0101
Total712524

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Freediving 011
Wushu 224
Total235

Flag football

Women

TeamEventGroup playQuaterfinalsSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Japan women Women's tournament Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
L 41–24		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
L 26–24		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
W 33–6		3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
L 32–27		Consolation semifinalsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
L 28–22		7th place gameFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
W 0–33		7

Freediving

AthleteEventScoreRank
Ozeki Yasuko Women's Dynamic no Fins
Women's Dynamic with Fins

Gymnastics

Parkour

Men

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Mutsuhiro Shiohata Men's freestyle 27.51 Q28.8Gold medal icon.svg

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Nene Nagai Women's freestyle 21.32 Q22.9Silver medal icon.svg

Lacrosse

Summary

TeamEventPreliminary roundSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Japan women Women's tournament

Powerlifting

Classic
AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRank
SquatBench
press		Deadlift
Kyota Ushiyama Men's lightweight 247.5180.0290.0717.5111.95Silver medal icon.svg
Equipped
AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRank
SquatBench
press		Deadlift
Yusuke Satake Men's lightweight 310.0217.5272.5800.0107.63Gold medal icon.svg
Yukako Fukushima Women's lightweight 185.0112.5162.5460.0102.384
Norihiro Otani Men's middleweight 300.024.0245.0785.097.647

Racquetball

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Michimune Kono Men's singles
Harumi Kajino Women's singles
Michimune Kono
Harumi Kajino 		Double

Softball

Men

TeamEventGroup playSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Japan men Men's tournament Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)W 3–10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)W 2–8Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)W 7–51Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)W 1–6Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)CancelledGold medal icon.svg

Women

TeamEventGroup playSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Japan women Women's tournament Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)W 3–10Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)W 0–7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)L 1–22Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)L 6–7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)W 11–1Bronze medal icon.svg

Squash

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16 / CRQuarterfinals / CQSemi-finals / CSFinal / BM / CF
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Ryunosuke Tsukue Men's singles Flag of Croatia.svg  Kegel  (CRO)
W 0–3		Flag of France.svg  Crouin  (FRA)
L 3–1		Classification round
Flag of Guatemala.svg  E. Franco  (GUA)
W 3–0		Classification round
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Zaman  (PAK)
L 1–3		Did not advance11
Satomi Watanabe Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yin  (CHN)
W 3–0		Flag of Hungary.svg  CHukwu  (HUN)
W 3–1		Flag of Egypt.svg  Hani  (EGY)
W 3–0		Flag of Spain.svg  Dominguez  (ESP)
W 3–0		Flag of France.svg  Stephan  (FRA)
W 3–0		Gold medal icon.svg
Risa Sugimoto Women's singles Flag of Spain.svg  Gomez  (ESP)
L 0–3		Classification round
Flag of France.svg  Barbeau  (FRA)
L 3–1		Classification round
Flag of Australia.svg  Lamb  (AUS)
W 3–0		Classification round
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang  (CHN)
W 1–3		Classification Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yin  (CHN)
W 0–3		25

Wushu

Japan qualified four athlete at the 2023 World Wushu Championships.

Taolu
AthleteEventFirst routineSecond routineFinal score
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Tomohiro Araya Men's taijiquan and taijijian combined
Ryo Murakami
Nanoha Kida Women's changquan & jianshu and qiangshu combined
Shiho Saito Women's taijiquan and taijijian combined

References

  1. ↑ "Qualifications for TWG 2025, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  2. ↑ "TWG Sports". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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