Karate is an Asian Games event first held at the 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan.
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| XII | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan |  Japan |
| XIII | 1998 | Bangkok, Thailand | Japan |
| XIV | 2002 | Busan, South Korea |  Japan |
| XV | 2006 | Doha, Qatar | Japan |
| XVI | 2010 | Guangzhou, China | Japan |
| XVII | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea | Japan |
| XVII | 2018 | Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia | Japan |
| XIX | 2022 | Hangzhou, China |  Kazakhstan |
| Event | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's kata | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Men's team kata | X | 1 | |||||||
| Men's kumite 55 kg | X | X | X | X | X | 5 | |||
| Men's kumite 60 kg | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Men's kumite 65 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Men's kumite 67 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Men's kumite 70 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Men's kumite 75 kg | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Men's kumite 80 kg | X | X | 2 | ||||||
| Men's kumite 84 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Men's kumite +84 kg | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Women's kata | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Women's team kata | X | 1 | |||||||
| Women's kumite 48 kg | X | 1 | |||||||
| Women's kumite 50 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Women's kumite 53 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Women's kumite 55 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Women's kumite 60 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Women's kumite 61 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Women's kumite 68 kg | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Women's kumite +68 kg | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 33 | 10 | 10 | 53 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRI) | 15 | 11 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 9 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 7 | 6 | 18 | 31 |
| 7 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 |
| 8 |  China (CHN) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 |  Indonesia (INA) | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
| 10 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 11 |  Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 12 |  Syria (SYR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 |  Macau (MAC) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 14 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 16 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 17 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 18 |  Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 20 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 22 |  Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 23 |  Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 |  Cambodia (CAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Laos (LAO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (31 entries) | 98 | 97 | 192 | 387 | |
The Asian Karate Federation (AKF) is the governing body of sport karate of about 44 countries of karatedo federation in Asia. The AKF is a non-profit organization and performs its activities on an amateur basis in compliance with the principles set forth in the Olympic Charter, duly recognized by the World Karate Federation, the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 198 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than fifty million members. The AKF organizes the Asian Karatedo Championships, the Junior and Senior AKF Championships in every two years in between the Olympic and Asian Games and participates in WKF World Karate Championships. The Current President of the Asian Karate Federation (AKF) is Major Gen Nasser Al Sayed Abdulrazak Alrazooqi of UAE and Mr. Kuong Im Che of Macau, China serves as the Secretary General.
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