Japan at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp
in Jakarta and Palembang
August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors762
Flag bearers Yukiko Ueno (Opening)
Rikako Ikee (Closing)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
75
Silver
56
Bronze
74
Total
205
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Japan participated in the 2018 Asian Games as a competing nation, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.[1]

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table


Demonstration events
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Naoki Sugimura
Tsubasa Aihara		 eSports Pro Evolution Soccer tournament 1 Sep

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Japan that participated at the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 4 4 8
Artistic swimming — 9 9
Athletics 35 23 58
Badminton 10 10 20
Baseball 23 — 23
Basketball 16 16 32
Bowling 6 6 12
Boxing 7 1 8
Canoeing 11 8 19
Contract bridge 9 3 12
Cycling 14 10 24
Diving 3 4 7
Equestrian 11 1 12
Fencing 12 12 24
Field hockey 18 18 36
Football 20 18 38
Golf 4 3 7
Gymnastics 7 11 18
Handball 15 16 31
Judo 10 10 20
Kabaddi 10 10 20
Karate 4 4 8
Kurash 2 0 2
Modern pentathlon 2 2 4
Paragliding 5 3 8
Pencak silat 1 0 1
Roller sports 2 2 4
Rowing 7 7 14
Rugby sevens 12 12 24
Sailing 7 5 12
Sambo 2 1 3
Sepak takraw 9 9 18
Shooting 9 9 18
Soft tennis 5 5 10
Softball — 17 17
Sport climbing 2 2 4
Squash 3 3 6
Swimming 19 19 38
Table tennis 4 4 8
Taekwondo 3 3 6
Tennis 5 5 10
Triathlon 3 2 5
Volleyball 18 18 36
Water polo 13 13 26
Weightlifting 8 7 15
Wrestling 12 6 18
Wushu 4 2 6
Total 406 353 759

Demonstration events

Sport Men Women Total
Canoe polo 6 6 12
eSports 3 0 3

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Asian Games
Recurve
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
Hiroki Muto Men's individual 649 18  Khudoyarov (TJK)
W 6–0 		 Baatarkhuyag (MGL)
W 6–4 		 Kim (KOR)
L 1–7 		Did not advance
Takaharu Furukawa 668 7 Bye  Pathairat (THA)
W 6–2 		 Li (CHN)
W 6–4 		 Kim (KOR)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Tomoaki Kuraya 646 30 Did not advance
Hiroki Muto
Takaharu Furukawa
Tomoaki Kuraya 		Men's team 1963 6 — Bye  Indonesia
W 6–2 		 Chinese Taipei
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Ayano Kato Women's individual 643 19 Did not advance
Kaori Kawanaka 649 13 Bye  Ghapar (MAS)
W 6–0 		 Tan (TPE)
L 1–7 		Did not advance
Tomomi Sugimoto 663 6 Bye  Tagaeva (TJK)
W 6–0 		 Lestari (INA)
W 6–2 		 Le (TPE)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Ayano Kato
Kaori Kawanaka
Tomomi Sugimoto 		Women's team 1955 4 —  Bangladesh
W 6–2 		 Indonesia
W 6–0 		 South Korea
L 2–6 		 China
W 6–2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takaharu Furukawa
Tomomi Sugimoto 		Mixed team 1331 4 — Bye  Iran
W 6–0 		 Bangladesh
W 5–1 		 Mongolia
W 6–2 		 North Korea
W 6–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Compound
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Kazune Nakamura
Yumiko Honda 		Mixed team 1366 10 Bye  Iran
L 152–152(17–19) 		Did not advance

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan has fielded a squad of nine artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team events.[2]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine Total Rank
Points Rank Points Rank
Yukiko Inui
Megumu Yoshida 		Duet 90.2363 2 92.1000 2 182.3363 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Juka Fukumura
Yukiko Inui
Kei Marumo
Kano Omata
Mayu Tsukamoto
Mashiro Yasunaga
Megumu Yoshida
Moeka KijimaFR
Okina KyogokuTR 		Team 90.9357 2 91.9333 2 182.8690 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

FR: Reserved in free routine; TR: Reserved in technical routine.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ryota Yamagata 100 m 10.19 2Q 10.10 1Q 10.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asuka Cambridge 10.23 2Q 10.36 3 Did not advance
Shōta Iizuka 200 m 21.08 2Q 20.64 2Q 20.68 7
Yuki Koike 21.30 2Q 20.35 1Q 20.23 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Julian Walsh 400 m 46.20 2Q 46.01 2 45.89 5
Sho Kawamoto 800 m 1:48.07 4Q — 1:50.87 7
Takumi Murashima 1:48.86 3 — Did not advance
Ryoji Tatezawa 1500 m 3:50.75 4Q — 3:49.40 9
Taioh Kanai 110 m hurdles 13.81 2Q — 13.74 7
Shunya Takayama 13.84 1Q — 13.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takatoshi Abe 400 m hurdles 49.71 3Q — 49.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takayuki Kishimoto 50.95 10 — Did not advance
Kazuya Shiojiri 3000 m steeplechase — 8:29.42 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kosei Yamaguchi — 8:47.41 9
Hiroto Inoue Marathon — 2:18:22 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hayato Sonoda — 2:19:04 4
Eiki Takahashi 20 km walk — 1:27:31 5
Toshikazu Yamanishi — 1:22:10 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hayato Katsuki 50 km walk — 4:03:30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Satoshi Maruo — 4:14:13 4
Ryota Yamagata
Shuhei Tada
Yoshihide Kiryū
Asuka Cambridge 		4 × 100 m relay 38.20 1 — 38.16 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Julian Walsh
Yuki Koike
Takatoshi Abe
Shōta Iizuka 		4 × 400 m relay 3:06.11 1 — 3:01.94 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Yuki Hashioka Long jump 8.03 1Q 8.05 4
Shotaro Shiroyama 7.74 6Q 7.98 5
Kohei Yamashita Triple jump — 16.46 4
Naoto Tobe High jump 2.15 1Q 2.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takashi Eto 2.15 1Q 2.24 6
Seito Yamamoto Pole vault — 5.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kosei Takekawa — 5.00 11
Masateru Yugami Discus throw — 57.62 6
Ryohei Arai Javelin throw — 75.24 7
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Akihiko Nakamura Result 10.95 7.34 11.43 1.97 48.87 14.45 36.84 4.80 51.35 4:24.75 7738 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Points 872 896 572 776 867 917 601 849 609 779
Keisuke Ushiro Result 11.39 7.09 14.49 1.97 50.29 15.09 45.09 4.90 63.07 4:44.11 7878 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Points 776 835 758 776 801 839 774 880 784 655
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chisato Fukushima 100 m 11.99 4 Did not advance
200 m DNS Did not advance
Kana Ichikawa 100 m 11.94 5Q 12.01 8 Did not advance
Yume Kitamura 800 m 2:05.31 2Q — 2:03.88 4
Ayano Shiomi 2:04.46 2Q — 2:04.57 4
Rina Nabeshima 5000 m — 15:40.37 4
Minami Yamanouchi — 15:52.48 6
Yuka Hori 10000 m — 32:42.73 7
Masumi Aoki 100 m hurdles 13.48 3Q — 13.63 5
Hitomi Shimura 13.87 8Q — 13.74 7
Eri Utsunomiya 400 m hurdles 57.99 2Q — 58.97 7
Yukari Ishizawa 3000 m steeplechase — 10:13.53 8
Keiko Nogami Marathon — 2:36:27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hanae Tanaka — 2:42:35 9
Kumiko Okada 20 km walk — 1:34:02 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Midori Mikase
Kana Ichikawa
Nodoka Seko
Masumi Aoki 		4 × 100 m relay 44.95 5 — 44.93 5
Ayaka Kawata
Yume Kitamura
Eri Utsunomiya
Ayano Shiomi 		4 × 400 m relay — 3:34.14 5
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Hitomi Katsuyama Hammer throw 62.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Akane Watanabe 62.45 4
Marina Saito Javelin throw 56.46 4
Risa Miyashita 51.05 9
Combined events - Heptathlon
Athlete Event 110H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Meg Hemphill Result 13.69 1.64 11.97 25.37 5.97 43.71 2:25.00 5654 6
Points 1023 783 659 853 840 739 757
Yuki Yamasaki Result 14.02 1.70 12.13 24.75 5.89 46.48 2:17.75 5873 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Points 976 855 670 910 816 792 854
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Jun Kimura
Ayaka Kawata
Eri Utsunomiya
Jun Yamashita 		4 × 400 m relay — 3:21.90 5

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games

Nippon Badminton Association announced its squad of 20 players (10 men's and 10 women's) on 6 June 2018.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Kento Momota Singles Bye  B Shrestha (NEP)
W (21–9, 21–10) 		 A S Ginting (INA)
L (18–21, 18–21) 		Did not advance
Kenta Nishimoto Bye  K Byambajav (MGL)
W (21–11, 21–6) 		 H Z Shaheed (MDV)
W (21–7, 21–10) 		 Son W-h (KOR)
W (21–17, 21–11) 		 J Christie (INA)
L (15–21, 21–15, 19–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda 		Doubles —  T Isriyanet /
K Namdash (THA)
W (21–11, 21–16) 		 Ong Y S /
Teo E Y (MAS)
L (14–21, 17–21) 		Did not advance
Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko 		—  M I S Bhatti /
A Sarwar (PAK)
W (21–8, 21–16) 		 M F Gideon /
K S Sukamuljo (INA)
L (16–21, 21–19, 18–21) 		Did not advance
Kento Momota
Kenta Nishimoto
Riichi Takeshita
Kanta Tsuneyama
Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko
Yuta Watanabe
Takuro Hoki 		Team —  Malaysia
W 3–0 		 South Korea
W 3–0 		 Indonesia
L 1–3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Akane Yamaguchi Singles  S Lidaa (AFG)
W (21–0, 21–3) 		 N Tamang (NEP)
W (21–7, 21–12) 		 Chen YF (CHN)
W (21–19, 21–11) 		 P V Sindhu (IND)
L (17–21, 21–15, 10–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nozomi Okuhara  M A Shahrurunaz (MDV)
W (21–2, 21–5) 		 He BJ (CHN)
W (21–10, 21–12) 		 Tai T-y (TPE)
L (15–21, 10–21) 		Did not advance
Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi 		Doubles Bye  G Saddique /
S Waqas (PAK)
W (21–3, 21–3) 		 Kim H-r /
Kong H-y (KOR)
W (21–10, 21–7) 		 G Polii /
A Rahayu (INA)
W (21–15, 21–17) 		 Chen QC /
Jia YF (CHN)
L (20–22, 20–22) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota 		Bye  D D Haris /
R A Pradipta (INA)
W (21–13, 21–17) 		 Lee S-h /
Shin S-c (KOR)
W (21–13, 21–17) 		 Chen QC /
Jia YF (CHN)
L (17–21, 8–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Akane Yamaguchi
Nozomi Okuhara
Sayaka Sato
Aya Ohori
Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
Arisa Higashino
Koharu Yonemoto 		Team — Bye  India
W 3–1 		 Indonesia
W 3–1 		 China
W 3–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino 		Mixed  Choi S-g /
Shin S-c (KOR)
W (12–21, 22–20, 21–15) 		 R Azam /
S Waqas (PAK)
W (21–7, 21–9) 		 Wang YL /
Huang DP (CHN)
L (17–21, 21–18, 17–21) 		Did not advance
Takuro Hoki
Koharu Yonemoto 		Bye  Đỗ T Đ /
Phạm N T (VIE)
W (21–12, 21–13) 		 Zheng SW /
Huang YQ (CHN)
L (13–21, 15–21) 		Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan participated in the baseball competition at the Games, and the team were drawn in the group A.[4]

Team Event Round 1 Round 2 Super / Consolation Final / BM
Oppositions
scores 		Rank Oppositions
scores 		Rank Oppositions
scores 		Rank Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Bye  Pakistan: W 15–0 (F/6)
 China: W 17–2 (F/5)
 Thailand: W 24–0 (F/5) 		1 Q  South Korea: L 1–5
 Chinese Taipei: W 5–0 		2 Q  South Korea: L 0–3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Roster

The following is the Japan roster (Samurai team) for the men's baseball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 24 players was officially named on 18 June 2018.[5] The team remain of 23 players after Shunpei Yoshikawa withdrawal from the Games.[6]

Manager
Akio Ishii
Coaches
Yuji Tanahashi
Shigeki Wakabayashi
Masanori Sugiura
Pos. No. Player Date of birth (age) Bats Throws Club
OF 1 Koji Chikamoto (1994-11-09)9 November 1994 (aged 23) Japan Osaka Gas Okayama
IF 2 Jumpei Horimai (1993-04-18)18 April 1993 (aged 25) Japan Toshiba Iwate
IF 3 Sho Aoyagi (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (aged 28) Japan Osaka Gas Okayama
IF 4 Shoji Kitamura (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 24) Japan Toyota Ishikawa
OF 5 Momotaro Matsumoto (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 23) Japan Honda Hokkaido
OF 6 Asahi Sato (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 25) Japan Toshiba Ibaragi
IF 7 Tsuyoshi Tamura (1993-09-06)6 September 1993 (aged 24) Japan JR West Okayama
IF 8 Michiori Okabe (1992-06-04)4 June 1992 (aged 26) Japan Jx-Eneos Tokyo
IF 9 Shohei Morishita (1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 24) Japan Hitachi Tokyo
IF 10 Junya Kino (1992-10-20)20 October 1992 (aged 25) Japan NTT East Kanagawa
P 11 Yuichiro Okano (1994-04-16)16 April 1994 (aged 24) Japan Toshiba Miyagi
IF 12 Yuki Jibiki (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 28) Japan Tokyo Gas Chiba
P 13 Yudai Aranishi (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 26) Japan Honda Kumamoto
P 15 Isamu Usui (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 24) Japan Tokyo Gas Kanagawa
P 17 Makoto Hori (1995-02-27)27 February 1995 (aged 23) Japan NTT East Tokyo
P 18 Takumi Takahashi (1994-06-20)20 June 1994 (aged 24) Japan Japan Life Insurance Gumma
P 19 Katsutoshi Satake (1983-10-14)14 October 1983 (aged 34) Japan Toyota Kanagawa
P 20 Akiyoshi Katsuno (1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 21) Japan Mitsubishi H.I. Gifu
C 23 Takehiro Tsujino (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 (aged 25) Japan Honda Ibaragi
OF 24 Kohei Sasagawa (1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 24) Japan Tokyo Gas Ibaragi
C 27 Ryo Kinami (1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 26) Japan Nippon Express Tokyo
P 34 Ryoga Tomiyama (1997-05-03)3 May 1997 (aged 21) Japan Toyota Wakayama
C 36 Takeshi Hosoyamada (1986-04-29)29 April 1986 (aged 32) Japan Toyota Kagoshima
Round 2 – Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 56 2 1.000 — Super round
2  China 3 2 1 33 20 .667 1
3  Pakistan 3 1 2 11 32 .333 2 Consolation round
4  Thailand 3 0 3 1 47 .000 3
Source: OCA


26 August
9:00 		Japan  15–0 (F/6)  Pakistan Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 200
Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
WP: Yudai Aranishi Boxscore LP: Tariq Nadeem
HR: Kohei Sasagawa (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 4 1
 Japan 0 4 8 1 1 1 — — — 15 15 0
27 August
14:00 		Japan  17–2 (F/5)  China Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 150
Umpires: Chu Hsu-kuang (TPE)
WP: Akiyoshi Katsuno Boxscore LP: Gong Haicheng
HR: Shohei Morishita (1), Momotaro Matsumoto (2), Tsuyoshi Tamura (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 2 0 — — — — 2 5 0
 Japan 13 1 2 0 1 — — — — 17 17 0
28 August
9:00 		Thailand  0–24 (F/5)  Japan Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 130
Umpires: Sujeewa Wijayanayake (SRI)
LP: Alex Clark Boxscore WP: Takumi Takahashi
HR: Tsuyoshi Tamura (2), Yuki Jibiki (1), Michiori Okabe (1), Asahi Sato (1), Kohei Sasagawa (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 4 4 5 3 8 — — — — 24 19 1
 Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 2
Super round
Pos Team
 Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1  South Korea 3 2 1 16 4 .667[a] — Gold medal match
2  Japan 3 2 1 23 7 .667[a] —
3  Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 3 6 .667[a] — Bronze medal match
4  China 3 0 3 3 28 .000 2
Source: OCA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Team quality balance: KOR +0.167, JPN +0.056, TPE −0.222.


30 August
12:00 		Japan  1–5  South Korea Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 637
Umpires: Chu Hsu-kuang (TPE)
LP: Katsutoshi Satake Boxscore WP: Lee Yong-chan
HR: Kim Ha-seong (1), Park Byung-ho (1), Hwang Jae-gyun (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 14 1
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1
31 August
18:30 		Chinese Taipei  0–5  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 500
Umpires: Park Hi-young (KOR)
LP: Lin Hua-ching Boxscore WP: Yuichiro Okano
Sv: Yudai Aranishi
HR: Tsuyoshi Tamura (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 7 0
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
Final
1 September
16:00 		South Korea  3–0  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,700
Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
WP: Yang Hyeon-jong
Sv: Jung Woo-ram 		Boxscore LP: Ryoga Tomiyama
HR: Park Byung-ho (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 South Korea 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 4 2

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinals / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament —  Chinese Taipei
L 65−71 		 Qatar
W 82−71 		 Hong Kong
W 88−82 		2 Q  Iran
L 67−93 		 Philippines
L 80−113 		 Indonesia
W 84−66 		7
Japan women's Women's tournament —  Hong Kong
W 121−44 		 China
L 73−105 		 Mongolia
W 107−35 		 Thailand
W 91−41 		2 Q  Kazakhstan
W 104−57 		 China
L 74−86 		 Chinese Taipei
W 76−63 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Japan men's Men's 3x3 tournament    Nepal
W 22−11 		 Jordan
W 22−7 		 Maldives
W Disq. 		 Qatar
W 21−15 		 Syria
W 21−13 		1 Q  Thailand
L 13−21 		Did not advance
Japan women's Women's 3x3 tournament —  Mongolia
W 22−1 		 Chinese Taipei
W 14−10 		   Nepal
W 21−4 		1 Q  Indonesia
W 15−6 		 Thailand
W 21−16 		 China
L 10−21 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

5x5 basketball

Japan men's team will compete in group C at the Games, while the women's team in group Y.[7]

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[8]

Japan men's national basketball team - 2018 Asian Games roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 3 Naoto Tsuji 28 – (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kawasaki Brave Thunders Japan
PG 4 Taichi Nakamura 21 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Toyama Grouses Japan
C 8 Atsuya Ota 34 – (1984-04-06)6 April 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) San-en NeoPhoenix Japan
PG 9 Leo Vendrame 24 – (1993-11-14)14 November 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Sun Rockers Shibuya Japan
SG 13 Takuya Hashimoto 23 – (1994-12-03)3 December 1994 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Osaka Evessa Japan
SF 27 Naoya Kumagae 27 – (1990-11-16)16 November 1990 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Osaka Evessa Japan
SF 30 Keita Imamura 22 – (1996-01-25)25 January 1996 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Niigata Albirex Japan
C 32 Avi Schafer 20 – (1998-01-28)28 January 1998 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Georgia Tech United States
SF 41 Takuma Sato 23 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Shiga Lakestars Japan
PF 43 Yuya Nagayoshi 27 – (1991-07-14)14 July 1991 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Kyoto Hannaryz Japan
G/F 65 Shogo Tamaki 21 – (1996-08-30)30 August 1996 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) University of Tsukuba Japan
SF 88 Tenketsu Harimoto 26 – (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Japan
Head coach
  • Argentina Herman Mandole
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized player
  • Club - describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age - describes age
    on 14 August 2018
Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 252 202 +50 6 Quarterfinals
2  Japan 3 2 1 235 224 +11 5
3  Qatar 3 1 2 231 245 −14 4
4  Hong Kong 3 0 3 229 276 −47 3
Source: OCA
14 August
10:00
Chinese Taipei  71–65  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 19–20, 29–16, 12–12
Pts: Chen Y.C. 18
Rebs: Liu C. 9
Asts: Chen Y.C. 5		 Pts: Harimoto 12
Rebs: Sato 8
Asts: Vendrame 6
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Preeda Muongmee (THA)
16 August
18:30
Japan  82–71  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 22–14, 22–18, 21–16
Pts: Hashimoto 22
Rebs: Schafer 7
Asts: Hashimoto 4		 Pts: Ngombo 36
Rebs: Yousuf, Suliman 6
Asts: Suliman 6
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)
22 August
16:00
Japan  88–82  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 20–22, 28–20, 18–21
Pts: Ota 19
Rebs: Ota 10
Asts: Vendrame 8		 Pts: Leung S.W. 35
Rebs: Szeto W.K. 16
Asts: Yang 6
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Budi Marfan (INA), Johan Christiana (INA), Haryanto Sutaryo (INA)
Quarter-final
27 August
12:30
Iran  93–67  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 17–21, 25–19, 26–13
Pts: Haddadi 22
Rebs: Haddadi 15
Asts: Nikkhah, Kazemi 4		 Pts: Kumagae 14
Rebs: Tsuji, Ota 5
Asts: Nakamura 7
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)
Classification 5th–8th
28 August
16:00
Philippines  113–80  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 27–27, 30–20, 25–17, 31–16
Pts: Standhardinger 27
Rebs: Standhardinger 13
Asts: Clarkson 9		 Pts: Nakamura 16
Rebs: Schafer 8
Asts: Nakamura 11
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Mohammad Doust (IRI), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)
Seventh place game
31 August
12:30
Japan  84–66  Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 18–12, 18–22, 27–12
Pts: Tsuji 29
Rebs: Ota 11
Asts: Harimoto 8		 Pts: Johnson 23
Rebs: Johnson 12
Asts: Wisnu 6
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta
Referees: Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR), Preeda Muongmee (THA)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[9]

Japan women's national basketball team - 2018 Asian Games roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 2 Layla Takehara 18 – (2000-03-12)12 March 2000 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Mitsubishi Electric Koalas Japan
SF 3 Stephanie Mawuli 19 – (1998-11-25)25 November 1998 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Toyota Antelopes Japan
C 9 Haruka Suzuki 24 – (1993-09-20)20 September 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Hitachi High-Technologies Cougars Japan
SG 11 Mio Shinozaki (C) 26 – (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Fujitsu Red Wave Japan
PG 15 Shiori Yasuma 24 – (1994-07-22)22 July 1994 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) Chanson V-Magic Japan
F 22 Miyuki Kawamura 23 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Chanson V-Magic Japan
PG 23 Moe Nagata 21 – (1997-06-20)20 June 1997 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan
SG 27 Saki Hayashi 23 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) JX-Eneos Sunflowers Japan
PG 32 Saori Miyazaki 22 – (1995-08-27)27 August 1995 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) JX-Eneos Sunflowers Japan
PF 33 Tamami Nakada 20 – (1997-12-21)21 December 1997 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Waseda University Japan
SG 45 Aya Watanabe 26 – (1992-08-12)12 August 1992 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Mitsubishi Electric Koalas Japan
C 66 Kadysha Juna Umezawa 20 – (1998-07-26)26 July 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) JX-Eneos Sunflowers Japan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized player
  • Club - describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age - describes age
    on 15 August 2018
Group Y
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 4 0 448 182 +266 8 Quarterfinals
2  Japan 4 3 1 392 225 +167 7
3  Thailand 4 2 2 231 316 −85 6
4  Mongolia 4 1 3 193 358 −165 5
5  Hong Kong 4 0 4 230 413 −183 4
Source: OCA
15 August
16:00
Hong Kong  44–121  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 15–33, 6–34, 10–25
Pts: Li T.K. 13
Rebs: Wong K.Y. 5
Asts: Wong T.C. 3		 Pts: Nagata 23
Rebs: Umezawa 13
Asts: Yasuma, Miyazaki 12
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Lee Ji-youn (KOR), Johan Christiana (INA)
17 August
12:30
Japan  73–105  China
Scoring by quarter: 22–35, 19–20, 18–26, 14–24
Pts: Hayashi 17
Rebs: Suzuki 6
Asts: Miyazaki 12		 Pts: Li M., Liu J.C. 18
Rebs: Sun M.R., Han X. 8
Asts: Shao T. 7
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Haryanto Sutaryo (INA)
19 August
12:30
Japan  107–35  Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 30–11, 34–8, 25–11, 18–5
Pts: Shinozaki 19
Rebs: Suzuki 15
Asts: Yasuma 9		 Pts: Bulbul 16
Rebs: Bayartsetseg 7
Asts: Bulbul 3
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Kim Jong-kuk (KOR), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Johan Christiana (INA)
21 August
12:30
Thailand  41–91  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 10–28, 13–22, 16–20, 2–21
Pts: Maihom 12
Rebs: Kunchuan 6
Asts: Saechua, Klanbut 3		 Pts: Watanabe 27
Rebs: Umezawa 8
Asts: Yasuma 11
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Budi Marfan (INA)
Quarter-final
26 August
16:00
Japan  104–57  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 23–7, 28–18, 31–11
Pts: Nakada, Watanabe 19
Rebs: Umezawa 9
Asts: Miyazaki 9		 Pts: Kondrakova 14
Rebs: Kolesnikova, Kondrakova 9
Asts: Kolesnikova 3
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Mohammad Doust (IRI), Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)
Semifinal
30 August
12:30
Japan  74–86  China
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 13–20, 24–31, 20–15
Pts: Shinozaki 17
Rebs: Nakada, Watanabe, Umezawa 4
Asts: Miyazaki 10		 Pts: Shao T. 16
Rebs: Li Y.R. 8
Asts: Shao T. 6
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta
Referees: Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA), Mohammad Doust (IRI), Haryanto Sutaryo (INA)
Bronze medal game
1 September
10:00
Chinese Taipei  63–76  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 19–6, 13–26, 17–24
Pts: Cheng I.H. 16
Rebs: Wang W.L., Cheng I.H. 7
Asts: Chen Y.C. 5		 Pts: Hayashi 17
Rebs: Umezawa 9
Asts: Miyazaki 11
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta
Referees: Lee Ji-youn (KOR), Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA), Imran Ali Baig (IND)

3x3 basketball

Japan national 3x3 team participated in the Games. The men's team placed in the pool C and the women's team in the pool B based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[10]

Pool C
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Japan 5 5 0 86 46 +40 Quarterfinals
2  Qatar 5 4 1 74 43 +31
3  Syria 5 3 2 62 76 −14
4    Nepal 5 2 3 59 74 −15
5  Jordan 5 1 4 43 85 −42
—  Maldives 5 0 5 0 0 0
Source: OCA
21 August
17:10
Japan  22–11    Nepal
Pts: Matsuwaki 11 Pts: Maharjan, Bhandari 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Rulyov (KAZ), Al-Harthi (OMA)
21 August
19:20
Jordan  7–22  Japan
Pts: Juha 5 Pts: Arakawa 10
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ho (HKG), Lim (MAS)
24 August
16:20
Japan  vs.  Maldives
Forfeit
24 August
16:00
Japan  21–15  Qatar
Pts: Matsuwaki 10 Pts: Muslić 8
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ho (HKG), Shi (CHN)
Quarter-final
26 August
16:30
Japan  13–21  Thailand
Pts: Matsuwaki 10 Pts: Korsah-dick 10
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Ho (HKG), Quinn (INA)

Women's tournament

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[10]

Pool B
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 57 15 +42 Quarterfinals
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 50 32 +18
3  Mongolia 3 1 2 23 54 −31
4    Nepal 3 0 3 23 52 −29
Source: OCA
22 August
15:40
Mongolia  1–22  Japan
Pts: Khulan 1 Pts: Okuyama 10
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Lim (MAS), Quinn (INA)
22 August
18:20
Japan  14–10  Chinese Taipei
Pts: Miyashita 6 Pts: Wang J.T. 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Tan (SGP)
25 August
20:50
Japan  21–4    Nepal
Pts: Konno 8 Pts: Malla 3
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Harthi (OMA), Ibragimow (TKM)
Quarter-final
26 August
15:30
Japan  15–6  Indonesia
Pts: Okuyama, Mawuli 5 Pts: Apriyani 3
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Liu (MAS)
Semifinal
26 August
17:30
Japan  21–16  Thailand
Pts: Mawuli 8 Pts: Bunsinprom 8
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Shi (CHN), Al-Harthi (OMA)
Gold medal game
26 August
20:30
China  21–10  Japan
Pts: Li Y.Y., Jiang J.Y. 7 Pts: Mawuli 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Lim (MAS), Rulyov (KAZ)

Bowling

Main article: Bowling at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Block 1 Block 2 Total Rank Stepladder
final 1 		Stepladder
final 2 		Rank
Result Result Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Shusako Asato Masters 1859 1775 3634 11 Did not advance
Takayu Miyazawa 1882 2000 3882 5 Did not advance
Tomoyuki Sasaki
Shogo Wada
Shusaku Asato 		Trios 2286 2058 4344 1st place, gold medalist(s) —
Daisuke Yoshida
Takuya Miyazawa
Shota Koki 		2132 2024 4156 8 —
Tomoyuki Sasaki
Shogo Wada
Shusaku Asato
Daisuke Yoshida
Takuya Miyazawa
Shota Koki 		Team of six 4127 4004 8131 4 —
Women
Athlete Event Block 1 Block 2 Total Rank Stepladder
final 1 		Stepladder
final 2 		Rank
Result Result Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Mirai Ishimoto Masters 1966 1982 3948 1 Q Bye  Lee Y-j (KOR)
W 481–473 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yuri Sato 1847 1870 3717 8 Did not advance
Yuri Sato
Megumi Kitamura
Hikaru Takekawa 		Trios 1891 1966 3857 12 —
Mirai Ishimoto
Futaba Imai
Misaki Mukotani 		1845 1928 3773 14 —
Yuri Sato
Megumi Kitamura
Hikaru Takekawa
Mirai Ishimoto
Futaba Imai
Misaki Mukotani 		Team of six 3917 3961 7878 6 —

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Tomoya Tsuboi –49 kg  T Wangdi (BHU)
W 5–0 		 T Zhussupov (KAZ)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Ryomei Tanaka –52 kg  G Solanki (IND)
W 5–0 		 G Gan-Erdene (MGL)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Hayato Tsutsumi –56 kg  K Enkh-Amar (MGL)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Arashi Morisaka –60 kg  H Imankuliyev (TKM)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Daisuke Narimatsu –64 kg Bye  L Gha (INA)
W 5–0 		 K Aal Ezirej (IRQ)
W 4–0 		 I Kholdarov (UZB)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Issei Aramoto –69 kg Bye  S Kazemzadeh (IRI)
L 0–5 		Did not advance
Yuito Moriwaki –75 kg  A Khankhokkhruea (THA)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Madoka Wada –51 kg Bye  A Koddithuwakku (SRI)
W 4–1 		 Pang C-m (PRK)
L RSC 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games

Slalom

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Takuya Haneda Men's C-1 91.27 5 Q 92.63 2 Q 90.06 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shota Sasaki 93.40 8 Q 92.90 3 Did not advance
Kazuya Adachi Men's K-1 86.77 5 Q 86.10 2 Q 90.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Taku Yoshida 81.67 2 Q 86.49 3 Did not advance
Ren Mishima Women's C-1 110.59 3 Q 122.62 3 Q 116.96 4
Aki Yazawa Women's K-1 88.82 1 Q 100.50 2 Q 95.83 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yuriko Takeshita 104.91 4 Q 105.05 4 Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kaiki Oshiro Men's C-1 1000 m — 4:11.232 5
Hikaru Sato
Takanori Tome 		Men's C-2 1000 m — 4:00.763 7
Momotaro Matsushita Men's K-1 200 m 38.079 2 QF Bye 37.163 7
Keiji Mizumoto
Seiji Komatsu 		Men's K-2 1000 m 3:41.327 3 QF Bye 3:35.207 5
Hiroki Fujishima
Momotaro Matsushita
Seiji Komatsu
Keiji Mizumoto 		Men's K-4 500 m 1:25.628 1 QF Bye 1:26.939 4
Megumi Tsubota Women's C-1 200 m 54.278 5 QS 50.758 1 QF 53.520 9
Manaka Kubota
Teruko Kiriake 		Women's C-2 500 m — 2:09.400 4
Yuka Ono Women's K-1 200 m 44.016 2 QF Bye 43.092 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yuka Ono Women's K-1 500 m — 2:03.206 4
Yuka Ono
Hideka Tatara 		Women's K-2 500 m — 1:49.143 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Canoe polo (demonstration)

Athlete Event 1st round (qualification) 2nd round (loser pool) Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Yuuki Horie
Hiroki Horiuchi
Takayuki Igawa
Ryota Kimura
Katsuyuki Shibata
Takahiko Yanagi 		Men's tournament  Chinese Taipei (TPE): W 7–4
 Hong Kong (HKG): W 24–0
 Thailand (THA): W 21–0 		1 Q Bye  Iran (IRI)
W 9–8 		 Malaysia (MAS)
W 8–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's tournament  Chinese Taipei (TPE): L 2–7
 Hong Kong (HKG): W 15–1
 Thailand (THA): W 9–3 		2 Q Bye  Singapore (SGP)
L 1–4 		 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
L 3–11 		4

Contract bridge

Main article: Bridge at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Point Rank Point Rank Point Rank
Kazuo Furuta
Hiroki Yokoi 		Pair 1654.4 4 Q 1015.2 16 Did not advance
Tadashi Teramoto
Shugo Tanaka 		1605.2 9 Q 1041.8 13 Did not advance
Masayuki Tanaka
Hiroshi Kaku 		1380.1 28 Did not advance
Tadashi Teramoto
Masayuki Tanaka
Hiroshi Kaku
Kazuo Furuta
Shugo Tanaka
Hiroki Yokoi 		Team 151.46 7 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Point Rank Point Rank Point Rank
Takumi Seshimo
Tomoe Nakao 		Pair 1312.5 2 Q 742.7 4 Q 314 11
Toshihiro Katsube
Masako Katsube 		1140 20 Did not advance
Mariko Ueda
Tetsuya Ueda 		1131.7 21 Did not advance
Masako Katsube
Mariko Ueda
Tomoe Nakao
Toshihiro Katsube
Takumi Seshimo
Tetsuya Ueda 		Team 136.44 5 Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Asian Games

BMX

Athlete Event Seeding run Motos Final
Time Rank Point Rank Time Rank
Yoshitaku Nagasako Men's race 35.22 1 4 1 Q 33.669 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jukia Yoshimura 36.53 6 3 1 Q 38.334 6
Sae Hatakeyama Women's race 38.35 1 4 1 Q 1:27.372 8

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Toki Sawada Men's cross-country 1:41:10 6

Road

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Fumiyuki Beppu Men's road race 3:25:25 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hideto Nakane 3:25:40 5
Miyoko Karami Women's road race 3:09:00 20
Eri Yonamine 2:57:07 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fumiyuki Beppu Men's time trial 57:19.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eri Yonamine Women's time trial 31:57.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Tomohiro Fukaya Men's sprint 10.052 6 Bye  E Khademi (IRI)
W 10.250 		 Zhou Y (CHN)
W 10.337 		 SF Sahrom (MAS)
W 10.096 (FA) 		 A Awang (MAS)
L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuta Wakimoto 9.963 4 Bye  M Daneshvar (IRI)
W 10.531 		 A Awang (MAS)
L 		Did not advance 7
Kayono Maeda Women's sprint 11.305 8 —  R Ota (JPN)
L 		Did not advance 9
Riyu Ota 11.360 9 —  K Maeda (JPN)
W 11.464 		 Lee WS (HKG)
L 		Did not advance 8
Team sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Kazuki Amagai
Yudai Nitta
Tomohiro Fukaya
Yuta Wakimotob 		Men's team sprint 44.489 4 FB  South Korea (KOR)
W 43.899 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kayono Maeda
Riyu Ota 		Women's team sprint 34.132 4 FB  South Korea (KOR)
L 		4

b Riders who entered the competition but did not participating in any phase of the team event.
Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Ryo Chikatani Men's pursuit 4:26.503 2 FA —  Park S-h (KOR)
L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kisato Nakamura Women's pursuit 3:50.604 6 — Did not advance
Shogo Ichimaru
Shunsuke Imamura
Ryo Chikatani
Eiya Hashimoto
Keitaro Sawada[a] 		Men's team pursuit 4:12.173 5 Q  United Arab Emirates (UAE)
W 4:04.222 		1 FB  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
W 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yuya Hashimoto
Miho Yoshikawa
Kisato Nakamura
Yumi Kajihara
Nao Suzuki[a] 		Women's team pursuit 4:33.768 3 Q  China (CHN)
L 		2 FB  Hong Kong (HKG)
W 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

a Riders who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Yudai Nitta Men's keirin 1 Q Bye 2 FA 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuta Wakimoto 1 Q Bye 1 FA 5
Kayono Maeda Women's keirin 6 R 4 Did not advance
Riyu Ota 4 R 1 Q 4 FB 8

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

Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total points Rank
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
Eiya Hashimoto Men's omnium 8 26 2 38 1 40 3 15 119 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yumi Kajihara Women's omnium 3 36 1 40 1 40 3 22 138 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Madison
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Eiya Hashimoto
Shunsuke Imamura 		Men's madison 28 0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yuya Hashimoto
Yumi Kajihara 		Women's madison 14 0 4

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sho Sakai 3 m springboard 443.65 4 Q 430.80 5
Ken Terauchi 413.85 6 Q 431.30 4
Kazuki Murakami 10 m platform 424.85 6 Q 386.65 7
Sho Sakai
Ken Terauchi 		3 m synchronized springboard — 408.57 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Minami Itahashi 1 m springboard 235.65 7 Q 226.15 6
Sayaka Mikami 3 m springboard 312.60 3 Q 321.60 4
Hazuki Miyamoto 280.50 6 Q 295.80 6
Matsuri Arai 10 m platform 314.10 5 Q 341.85 5
Sayaka Mikami
Hazuki Miyamoto 		3 m synchronized springboard — 249.90 5
Matsuri Arai
Minami Itahashi 		10 m synchronized platform — 301.56 4

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Asian Games
Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Prix St-Georges Intermediate I Intermediate I Freestyle
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Akane Kuroki Toots Individual 69.675 5 Q 65.470 16 Did not advance
Kazuki Sado Djuice 68.793 # 9 Q 66.674 11 Did not advance
Masanao Takahashi Fabriano 58 69.823 4 Q 70.558 4 Q 69.195 9
Shunsuke Terui Alias Max 68.999 7 Q 69.411 5 Q 74.735 4
Masanao Takahashi
Shunsuke Terui
Kazuki Sado
Akane Kuroki 		See above Team 69.499 1st place, gold medalist(s) —
Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank
Kenta Hiranaga Delago Individual 29.10 5 0.00 29.10 4 Q 4.00 # 33.10 7
Ryuzo Kitajima Koko Doro 29.60 7 0.00 29.60 5 Q 0.00 29.60 4
Yoshiaki Oiwa Bart L Jra 22.70 2 0.00 22.70 2 Q 0.00 22.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Takayuki Yumira Poacher's Hope 30.10 # 9 0.00 # 30.10 6 Q 0.00 30.10 5
Yoshiaki Oiwa
Kenta Hiranaga
Ryuzo Kitajima
Takayuki Yumira 		See above Team 81.40 1 81.40 1 82.40 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
Team Final 		Final round A Final round B
Points Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank
Daisuke Fukushima Cornet 36 Individual 5.12 19 1 6.12 12 1 7.12 10 0 7.12 7 Did not advance
Toshiki Masui Carthagena 6 5.26 # 20 8 # 13.26 25 Q 9 # 22.26 29 Did not advance
Shota Ogomori Sig Iron Man 3.11 10 0 3.11 6 Q 0 3.11 5 Q 4 7.11 6 Q 0 7.11 5
Taizo Sugitani Heroine de Muze 2.51 7 0 2.51 5 Q 0 2.51 4 Q 4 6.51 5 Q 0 6.51 4
Taizo Sugitani
Shota Ogomori
Toshiki Masui
Daisuke Fukushima 		See above Team 10.74 3 1 11.74 2 Q 1 11.74 2nd place, silver medalist(s) —
  1. – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Esports (demonstration)

Main article: Esports at the 2018 Asian Games
Hearthstone[11]
Athlete ID Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Akasaka Tetsuro Tredsred Hearthstone  India
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Pro Evolution Soccer[12]
Athlete ID Event Group stage Semifinals Final / BM
Oppositions
scores 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Naoki Sugimura
Tsubasa Aihara 		SOFIA
Leva 		Pro Evolution Soccer  Indonesia: W 2–0
 Vietnam: W 2–0
 India: W 2–0 		1 Q  Malaysia
W 2–0 		 Iran
W 2–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games
Individual
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Koki Kano Men's épée  Nguyễn TN (VIE): W 5–4
 Chantharapidok (THA): W 5–0
 Fong HS (HKG): W 5–2
 R Petrov (KGZ): W 5–2
 M Esmaeili (IRI): W 5–3 		1 Q Bye  Nguyễn TN (VIE)
W 15–13 		 K Minobe (JPN)
W 15–6 		 Park S-y (KOR)
L 11–15 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kazuyasu Minobe  K Baudunov (KGZ): L 1–5
 Ho WH (HKG): W 5–2
 M Mirzaei (QAT): W 5–1
 R Kurbanov (KAZ): W 5–2
 R Pratama (INA): W 5–3 		2 Q  R Pratama (INA)
W 15–8 		 Koh IJ (MAS)
W 15–10 		 K Kano (JPN)
L 6–15 		Did not advance 6
Toshiya Saito Men's foil  H Yoong (MAS): W 5–0
 S Lama (NEP): W 5–2
 M Zulfikar (INA): W 5–1
 Son Y-k (KOR): L 1–5
 A Owaida (QAT): W 5–0 		2 Q Bye  Chen C-c (TPE)
W 15–12 		 Cheung KL (HKG)
L 3–15 		Did not advance 5
Takahiro Shikine  C Theara (CAM): W 5–0
 MP Bhatt (NEP): W 5–0
 Huang MK (CHN): W 5–3
 JI Lim (SGP): W 5–1
 Hoàng NH (VIE): W 5–3 		1 Q Bye  KJ Chan (SGP)
L 12–15 		Did not advance 9
Kenta Tokunan Men's sabre  Kitsiriboon (THA): W 5–4
 N Karim (KAZ): W 5–2
 Gu B-g (KOR): L 0–5
 A Al-Hammadi (UAE): W 5–0 		2 Q Bye  Nguyễn XL (VIE)
W 15–9 		 Oh S-u (KOR)
L 4–15 		Did not advance 6
Kento Yoshida  A Pakdaman (IRI): L 2–5
 Lam HC (HKG): W 5–0
 A Salmanpoor (QAT): W 5–1
 IA Setiawan (INA): L 4–5
 Nguyễn XL (VIE): L 4–5 		4 Q Bye  Oh S-u (KOR)
L 7–15 		Did not advance 14
Shiori Komata Women's épée  K Thanee (THA): W 5–3
 V Kong (HKG): L 2–5
 T Al-Abdulla (QAT): W 5–2
 K Ganbold (MGL): W 5–3
 Nguyễn TNH (VIE): W 5–2 		2 Q Bye  C Lim (SGP)
W 15–10 		 Sun YW (CHN)
L 5–15 		Did not advance 8
Kanna Oishi  Megawati (INA): W 5–2
 JS Singh (IND): W 5–1
 Kang Y-m (KOR): L 3–4
 Trần TTT (VIE): W 5–2
 N Salameh (LBN): W 5–4 		2 Q Bye  K Thanee (THA)
W 15–14 		 Kang Y-m (KOR)
L 8–15 		Did not advance 6
Sera Azuma Women's foil  MI Esteban (PHI): W 5–4
 A Berthier (SGP): W 5–3
 Huo XX (CHN): W 5–1
 M Ananda (INA): W 5–1
 T Fong (MAS): W 5–1 		1 Q Bye  MI Esteban (PHI)
W 15–8 		 K Miyawaki (JPN)
W 15–7 		 Jeon H-s (KOR)
L 9–15 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Karin Miyawaki  Fu YT (CHN): L 0–5
 Thongchampa (THA): W 5–0
 Ho KU (MAC): W 5–2
 SK Catantan (PHI): W 5–2
 RA Jaoude (LBN): W 5–2 		2 Q Bye  Đỗ TA (VIE)
W 15–10 		 S Azuma (JPN)
L 7–15 		Did not advance 6
Shihomi Fukushima Women's sabre  C Linly (CAM): W 5–3
 R Thapa (NEP): W 5–0
 D Permatasari (INA): W 5–3
 FR Delcheh (IRI): W 5–3
 Yoon J-s (KOR): W 5–1 		1 Q Bye  T Pokeaw (THA)
W 15–3 		 Shao YQ (CHN)
L 12–15 		Did not advance 5
Norika Tamura  K Shreshta (NEP): W 5–0
 Qian JR (CHN): L 3–5
 Bùi TTH (VIE): W 5–2
 Au SY (HKG): W 5–3
 Y Ariunzayaa (MGL): W 5–1 		2 Q Bye  Y Lau (SGP)
W 15–7 		 Yoon J-s (KOR)
W 15–13 		 Shao YQ (CHN)
L 14–15 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Team
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Koki Kano
Kazuyasu Minobe
Satoru Uyama
Masaru Yamada 		Men's épée  Pakistan (PAK)
W 45–19 		 Uzbekistan (UZB)
W 45–38 		 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
W 45–36 		 China (CHN)
W 30–22 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kyosuke Matsuyama
Toshiya Saito
Takahiro Shikine
Kenta Suzumura 		Men's foil Bye  Singapore (SGP)
W 45–29 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
L 42–45 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tomohiro Shimamura
Kaito Streets
Kenta Tokunan
Kento Yoshida 		Men's sabre Bye  China (CHN)
L 24–45 		Did not advance 6
Haruna Baba
Shiori Komata
Kanna Oishi
Ayumi Yamada 		Women's épée Bye  Singapore (SGP)
W 45–38 		 South Korea (KOR)
L 33–45 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sera Azuma
Karin Miyawaki
Komaki Kikuchi
Sumire Tsuji 		Women's foil Bye  Lebanon (LBN)
W 45–9 		 South Korea (KOR)
W 45–36 		 China (CHN)
W 35–34 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chika Aoki
Shihomi Fukushima
Risa Takashima
Norika Tamura 		Women's sabre Bye  Indonesia (INA)
W 45–22 		 South Korea (KOR)
L 25–45 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan men's and women's team qualified automatically via 2014 Asian Games, both teams were placed in the pool A respectively.[13]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament  Sri Lanka
W 11–0 		 Indonesia
W 3–1 		 India
L 0–8 		 Hong Kong
W 13–0 		 South Korea
W 3–2 		2 Q  Pakistan
W 1–0 		 Malaysia
W 3–1P
FT: 6–6 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Japan women's Women's tournament  Chinese Taipei
W 11–0 		 Hong Kong
W 6–0 		 China
W 4–2 		 Malaysia
W 3–1 		— 1 Q  South Korea
W 2–0 		 India
W 2–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[14]

Head coach: Netherlands Siegfried Aikman

  2. Koji Yamasaki
  4. Genki Mitani
  6. Seren Tanaka
  8. Hiromasa Ochiai
  10. Kazuma Murata
  12. Suguru Hoshi
  14. Kenta Tanaka
  16. Kenji Kitazato
  18. Manabu Yamashita (C)
  20. Kaito Tanaka
  22. Kentaro Fukuda
  24. Masaki Ohashi
  26. Shota Yamada
  28. Yusuke Takano (GK)
  30. Hirotaka Zendana
  32. Takashi Yoshikawa (GK)
  34. Kota Watanabe
  36. Yoshiki Kirishita
Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  India 5 5 0 0 76 3 +73 15 Semi-finals
2  Japan 5 4 0 1 30 11 +19 12
3  South Korea 5 3 0 2 39 8 +31 9 Fifth place game
4  Sri Lanka 5 2 0 3 7 41 −34 6 Seventh place game
5  Indonesia (H) 5 1 0 4 5 40 −35 3 Ninth place game
6  Hong Kong 5 0 0 5 3 57 −54 0 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts


20 August 2018
14:00
Japan  11–0  Sri Lanka
Zendana field hockey ball 2'
Ke. Tanaka field hockey ball 9', 19'
Yamashita field hockey ball 11'
Yamasaki field hockey ball 13', 28'
Mitani field hockey ball 14'
Murata field hockey ball 32', 34', 54'
Kirishita field hockey ball 52' 		Report
Umpires:
Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
Salim Lucky (BAN)
22 August 2018
18:00
Indonesia  1–3  Japan
Rahmad field hockey ball 18' Report Zendana field hockey ball 14'
Murata field hockey ball 43'
Ke. Tanaka field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Salim Lucky (BAN)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
24 August 2018
20:00
Japan  0–8  India
Report S. V. Sunil field hockey ball 7'
Dilpreet field hockey ball 12'
Rupinder field hockey ball 17', 38'
Mandeep field hockey ball 32', 57'
Akashdeep field hockey ball 46'
Prasad field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
Federico Garcia (URU)
26 August 2018
12:00
Hong Kong  0–13  Japan
Report S. Tanaka field hockey ball 10'
Ka. Tanaka field hockey ball 10', 29'
Ke. Tanaka field hockey ball 22', 38'
Zendana field hockey ball 24'
Ochiai field hockey ball 27'
Yamasaki field hockey ball 30', 41'
Fukuda field hockey ball 44', 51'
Murata field hockey ball 47'
Yamada field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
You Suolong (CHN)
Hafiz Atif Latif (PAK)
28 August 2018
20:00
Japan  3–2  South Korea
Murata field hockey ball 28', 46', 49' Report Kim J field hockey ball 39'
Jang field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)
Gus Soteriades (USA)
Semifinal
30 August 2018
20:00
Pakistan  0–1  Japan
Report Yamada field hockey ball 18'
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Federico Garcia (URU)
Gold medal game
1 September 2018
20:00
Malaysia  6–6  Japan
Razie field hockey ball 4'
Tajuddin field hockey ball 11', 12', 59'
Faizal field hockey ball 17'
Amirol field hockey ball 50' 		Report S. Tanaka field hockey ball 9'
Ke. Tanaka field hockey ball 23', 53'
Ka. Tanaka field hockey ball 52'
Yamasaki field hockey ball 58'
Ochiai field hockey ball 60'
Penalties
Firhan Penalty shoot-out scored
Faizal Penalty shoot-out missed
M. Hasan Penalty shoot-out missed
Tajuddin Penalty shoot-out missed 		1–3 Penalty shoot-out scored Yamasaki
Penalty shoot-out scored Ke. Tanaka
Penalty shoot-out missed S. Tanaka
Penalty shoot-out missed Ochiai
Penalty shoot-out scored Murata
Umpires:
Javed Shaikh (IND)
Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[15]

Head coach: Australia Anthony Farry

  2. Megumi Kageyama (GK)
  4. Natsuki Naito
  6. Akiko Ota
  8. Emi Nishikori
  10. Shihori Oikawa
  12. Kimika Hoshi
  14. Mayumi Ono
  16. Yukari Mano
  18. Akiko Kato
  20. Hazuki Nagai
  22. Minami Shimizu
  24. Yuri Nagai
  26. Aki Yamada
  28. Maho Segawa
  30. Yui Ishibashi
  32. Mami Karino
  34. Motomi Kawamura (C)
  36. Akio Tanaka (GK)
Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 24 3 +21 12 Semifinals
2  China 4 2 1 1 28 6 +22 7
3  Malaysia 4 2 1 1 22 5 +17 7 5th place game
4  Chinese Taipei 4 1 0 3 3 33 −30 3 7th place game
5  Hong Kong 4 0 0 4 2 32 −30 0 9th place game
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[16]


19 August 2018
16:00
Japan  11–0  Chinese Taipei
H Nagai field hockey ball 3', 6', 20', 43', 54'
Kawamura field hockey ball 9', 13', 21', 52'
Nishikori field hockey ball 32'
Karino field hockey ball 59' 		Report
Umpires:
Suzi Sutton (USA)
Binish Hayat (PAK)
21 August 2018
14:00
Japan  6–0  Hong Kong
Yamada field hockey ball 11', 42'
Ono field hockey ball 26'
Aikawa field hockey ball 33'
Nishikori field hockey ball 37', 59' 		Report
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Ornpimol Kittiteerasopon (THA)
25 August 2018
18:00
Japan  4–2  China
Shimizu field hockey ball 4', 8'
Oikawa field hockey ball 19'
Kato field hockey ball 26' 		Report Gu field hockey ball 12', 32'
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Kim Yoon-seon (KOR)
27 August 2018
20:00
Malaysia  1–3  Japan
Zulkifli field hockey ball 47' Report Karino field hockey ball 21'
Nagai field hockey ball 38', 50'
Umpires:
Suzi Sutton (USA)
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Semifinal
29 August 2018
17:30
Japan  2–0  South Korea
Ota field hockey ball 49'
Shimizu field hockey ball 60' 		Report
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Chen Jianjun (CHN)
Gold medal game
31 August 2018
20:00
Japan  2–1  India
Shimizu field hockey ball 11'
Kawamura field hockey ball 44' 		Report Goyal field hockey ball 25'
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan men's team were drawn in group D, while the women's team in group C.[17]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament    Nepal
W 1–0 		 Pakistan
W 4–0 		 Vietnam
L 0-1 		2 Q  Malaysia
W 1–0 		 Saudi Arabia
W 2–1 		 United Arab Emirates
W 1–0 		 South Korea
L 1-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Japan women's Women's tournament —  Thailand
W 2–0 		 Vietnam
W 7–0 		1 Q —  North Korea
W 2–1 		 South Korea
W 2–1 		 China
W 1–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Japan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 20 players was officially named on 3 August.[18]

Head coach: Japan Hajime Moriyasu

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Ryosuke Kojima (1997-01-30)30 January 1997 (aged 21) Japan Waseda University
12 1GK Powell Obinna Obi (1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 20) Japan Ryutsu Keizai University
3 2DF Makoto Okazaki (1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 19) Japan FC Tokyo
4 3MF Ko Itakura (1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 21) Japan Vegalta Sendai
5 2DF Daiki Sugioka (1998-09-08)8 September 1998 (aged 19) Japan Shonan Bellmare
7 2DF Teruki Hara (1998-07-30)30 July 1998 (aged 20) Japan Albirex Niigata
19 2DF Takuma Ominami (1997-12-13)13 December 1997 (aged 20) Japan Júbilo Iwata
20 2DF Yugo Tatsuta (1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 20) Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
2 3MF Yoichi Naganuma (1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 21) Japan Montedio Yamagata
6 3MF Ryo Hatsuse (1997-07-10)10 July 1997 (aged 21) Japan Gamba Osaka
8 3MF Kaoru Mitoma (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 21) Japan University of Tsukuba
10 3MF Koji Miyoshi (1997-03-26)26 March 1997 (aged 21) Japan Kawasaki Frontale
11 3MF Keita Endo (1997-11-22)22 November 1997 (aged 20) Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
13 3MF Yuto Iwasaki (1998-06-11)11 June 1998 (aged 20) Japan Kyoto Sanga
14 3MF Taishi Matsumoto (1998-08-22)22 August 1998 (aged 19) Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
16 3MF Kota Watanabe (1998-10-18)18 October 1998 (aged 19) Japan Tokyo Verdy
17 3MF Yuta Kamiya (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 (aged 21) Japan Ehime FC
9 4FW Reo Hatate (1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 20) Japan Juntendo University
15 4FW Ayase Ueda (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 19) Japan Hosei University
18 4FW Daizen Maeda (1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 20) Japan Matsumoto Yamaga

* Over-aged player.

Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
3  Pakistan 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
4    Nepal 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan 1–0   Nepal
  • Mitoma 7'
 Report
Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang
Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)
Pakistan 0–4 Japan
Report
Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
Japan 0–1 Vietnam
Report
Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang
Referee: Lau Fong Hei (Hong Kong)
Round of 16
Malaysia 0–1 Japan
Report
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
Quarter-final
Saudi Arabia 1–2 Japan
 Report
Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Semi-final
Japan 1–0 United Arab Emirates
 Report
Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Gold medal game
South Korea 2–1 (a.e.t.) Japan
 Report
Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Japan squad in the women's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[19]

Head coach: Japan Asako Takakura

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sakiko Ikeda (1992-09-08)8 September 1992 (aged 25) 13 0 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
18 1GK Ayaka Yamashita (1995-09-29)29 September 1995 (aged 22) 20 0 Japan NTV Beleza
2 2DF Risa Shimizu (1996-06-15)15 June 1996 (aged 22) 13 0 Japan NTV Beleza
3 2DF Aya Sameshima (1987-06-16)16 June 1987 (aged 31) 96 5 Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
4 2DF Shiori Miyake (1995-10-13)13 October 1995 (aged 22) 12 0 Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
5 2DF Hikari Takagi (1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 25) 18 1 Japan Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
6 2DF Saori Ariyoshi (1987-11-01)1 November 1987 (aged 30) 58 1 Japan NTV Beleza
17 2DF Aimi Kunitake (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (aged 21) 1 0 Japan Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
7 3MF Emi Nakajima (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 27) 59 12 Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
10 3MF Yuka Momiki (1996-04-09)9 April 1996 (aged 22) 15 3 Japan NTV Beleza
12 3MF Rika Masuya (1995-09-14)14 September 1995 (aged 22) 25 5 Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
13 3MF Yu Nakasato (1994-07-14)14 July 1994 (aged 24) 18 0 Japan NTV Beleza
14 3MF Yui Hasegawa (1997-01-29)29 January 1997 (aged 21) 25 3 Japan NTV Beleza
15 3MF Moeno Sakaguchi (1992-06-04)4 June 1992 (aged 26) 4 1 Japan Albirex Niigata
16 3MF Rin Sumida (1996-01-12)12 January 1996 (aged 22) 17 0 Japan NTV Beleza
8 4FW Mana Iwabuchi (1993-03-18)18 March 1993 (aged 25) 56 16 Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
9 4FW Yuika Sugasawa (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 27) 54 13 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
11 4FW Mina Tanaka (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 24) 30 12 Japan NTV Beleza
Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 2 1 0 1 3 9 −6 3
3  Thailand 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thailand 0–2 Japan
Report
Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Mi Siyu (China)
Japan 7–0 Vietnam
 Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Quarter-final
Japan 2–1 North Korea
 Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Semi-final
South Korea 1–2 Japan
 Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
Gold medal game
Japan 1–0 China
 Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Keita Nakajima Individual 68 68 70 71 277 −11 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ren Yonezawa 70 71 74 71 286 −2 13
Daiki Imano 73 68 69 74 284 −4 8
Takumi Kanaya 70 70 73 68 281 −7 4
Keita Nakajima
Ren Yonezawa
Daiki Imano
Takumi Kanaya 		Team 208 206 212 210 836 –28 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Sae Ogura Individual 69 72 77 76 294 +6 20
Riri Sadoyama 69 72 73 78 292 +4 17
Ayaka Furue 67 70 74 68 279 −9 4
Sae Ogura
Riri Sadoyama
Ayaka Furue 		Team 136 142 147 144 569 −7 5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Asian Games

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan men's and women's team were drawn in group B respectively.[20]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Preliminary Standing Main / Class. Rank /
standing 		Semifinals / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Group B
 Pakistan: W 38–15
 South Korea: D 26–26 		2 Q Group I
 Saudi Arabia: D 26–26
 Iraq: W 27–24
 Qatar: L 24–17 		2 Q Bahrain 
L 20–31 		 South Korea
L 23–24 		4
Japan women's Women's tournament Group B
 Thailand: W 41–16
 Hong Kong: W 41–13
 Malaysia: W 64–3
 Indonesia: W 62–6 		1 Q —  China
L 31–32 		 Thailand
W 43–14 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament
Roster
Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 2 1 1 0 73 42 +31 3[a] Main round / Group 1–2
2  Japan 2 1 1 0 64 41 +23 3[a]
3  Pakistan 2 0 0 2 31 85 −54 0 Main round / Group 3
Source: AHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: KOR 26–26 JPN. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
15 August
14:00 		Japan  38–15  Pakistan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Shida 7 (20–7) M. Hussain 5
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17 August
9:00 		South Korea  26–26  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
Kim D.C. 10 (13–13) Motoki, Agarie 6
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Main round (Group I)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 3 3 0 0 78 60 +18 6 Semifinals
2  Japan 3 1 1 1 70 74 −4 3
3  Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 69 74 −5 2 Classification 5th–6th
4  Iraq 3 0 1 2 64 73 −9 1 Classification 7th–8th
Source: AHF
20 August
20:00 		Saudi Arabia  26–26  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
Al-Abbas 8 (15–11) Agarie 7
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22 August
16:00 		Japan  27–24  Iraq POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Motoki 9 (12–15) Adnan 5
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24 August
20:00 		Qatar  24–17  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ)
Zouaoui 6 (13–10) Higashinagahama 6
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Semifinal
27 August
18:00 		Bahrain  31–20  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Al-Sayyad 10 (15–9) Watanabe 7
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Bronze medal game
31 August
16:00 		South Korea  24–23  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
Hwang D.Y. 6 (13–12) Watanabe, Agarie 5
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Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament
Roster
Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 208 38 +170 8 Semifinals
2  Thailand 4 3 0 1 120 93 +27 6
3  Hong Kong 4 2 0 2 112 97 +15 4 Classification 5th–8th
4  Indonesia 4 1 0 3 56 146 −90 2
5  Malaysia 4 0 0 4 45 167 −122 0 Classification 9th–10th
Source: AHF
14 August
14:00 		Thailand  16–41  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Bunjarern 7 (6–23) Akiyama 8
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16 August
14:00 		Hong Kong  13–41  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Cheung M.N. 6 (5–18) Fujita, Akiyama 6
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19 August
14:00 		Japan  64–3  Malaysia POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Li, Ke (CHN)
Kawata 10 (32–2) Yusop 2
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23 August
18:00 		Indonesia  6–62  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Apriliani 4 (4–34) Kawata 11
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Semifinal
27 August
16:00 		Japan  31–32  China POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Yokoshima, Akiyama 6 (15–13) Liu X.M. 11
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Bronze medal game
30 August
16:00 		Thailand  14–43  Japan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Bunjarern 6 (6–20) Fujita, Akiyama, Kawata 6
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Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games

All Japan Judo Federation delegate 14 judokas (7 men's and 7 women's) to compete at the Games.[21]

Key:

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Toru Shishime –60 kg Bye  PK Phok (CAM)
W 11–00 		 Shang Y (CHN)
W 10–00s2 		 An J-y (PRK)
W 01–00s1 		—  D Urozboev (UZB)
L 00s1–01s1 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Joshiro Maruyama –66 kg Bye  Wu ZQ (CHN)
W 10–00 		 A Te (KGZ)
W 10s1–00s3 		 Y Zhumakanov (KAZ)
W 10s1–00 		—  An B-u (KOR)
L 00–10 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shohei Ono –73 kg Bye  Qing DG (CHN)
W 10–00 		 Kim C-g (PRK)
W 10–00s1 		 V Scvortov (UAE)
W 10–00 		—  An C-r (KOR)
W 01s2–00s2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Takeshi Sasaki –81 kg Bye  MZ Sarwari (AFG)
W 10–00 		 S Boltaboev (UZB)
W 10s1–00 		 D Khamza (KAZ)
L 01–10 		Bye  V Zoloev (KGZ)
L 00–10s1 		–
Mashu Baker –90 kg Bye  F Bulekulov (KGZ)
W 10–00s3 		 I Bozbayev (KAZ)
W 10s1–00s3 		 Gwak D-h (KOR)
L 00s3–10s1 		Bye  S Sabirov (UZB)
W 10s1–00s1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kentaro Iida –100 kg Bye  Li HL (CHN)
W 10–00 		 B Hojamuhammedov (TKM)
W 10–00s1 		 L Otgonbaatar (MGL)
W 10–00s3 		—  Cho G-h (KOR)
W 10s1–00s3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Takeshi Ojitani +100 kg — Bye  B Oltiboev (UZB)
W 11s2–00s1 		 Kim S-m (KOR)
L 00H–10 		Bye  S Mirmamadov (TJK)
L 00–10 		–
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Ami Kondo –48 kg — Bye  D Keldiyorova (UZB)
W 10–00 		 G Otgontsetseg (KAZ)
W 10s1–00 		—  Jeong B-k (KOR)
L 00s1–01 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Natsumi Tsunoda –52 kg Bye  D Khadka (NEP)
W 10–00s3 		 Chen C-y (TPE)
W 10–00 		 Rim S-s (PRK)
W 10–00 		—  Park D-s (KOR)
W 11–00 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Momo Tamaoki –57 kg Bye  Y Warasiha (THA)
W 10–00 		 Kim J-d (KOR)
W 10–00 		 Lu TJ (CHN)
W 10–00 		—  Kim J-a (PRK)
W 10–01 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nami Nabekura –63 kg — Bye  AY Fradivtha (INA)
W 10–00 		 Tang J (CHN)
W 10–00 		—  K Watanabe (PHI)
W 10–00 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Saki Niizoe –70 kg — Bye  Zhu Y (CHN)
W 10–00 		 Z Bektaskyzy (KAZ)
W 10–00 		—  Kim S-y (KOR)
W 01s1–00 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ruika Sato –78 kg — Bye  K Chanthakoummane (LAO)
W 10–00 		 Ma ZZ (CHN)
W 10–00s3 		—  Park Y-j (KOR)
W 10s1–00s2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Akira Sone +78 kg — Bye  R Kaur (IND)
W 10–00s1 		 G Issanova (KAZ)
W 10s1–00s3 		—  Kim M-j (KOR)
W 01s1–00s2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Mashu Baker
Masashi Ebinuma
Haruka Funakubo
Kokoro Kageura
Yusuke Kobayashi
Saki Niizoe
Takeshi Ojitani
Shohei Ono
Akira Sone
Momo Tamaoki
Shiho Tanaka
Sara Yamamoto 		Team Bye  South Korea (KOR)
W 330–321 		 China (CHN)
W 4–0 		—  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
W 4–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Kabaddi

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games
Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men  Iran
L 20−55 		 Malaysia
W 30−20 		 Indonesia
L 26−34 		   Nepal
W 31−28 		 Pakistan
L 14−25 		4 Did not advance 7
Japan women's Women  India
L 12−34 		 Indonesia
L 22−30 		 Sri Lanka
L 17−22 		 Thailand
L 12−43 		— 5 Did not advance 9

Men's tournament

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Team roster
Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 5 5 0 0 289 109 +180 10 Semifinals
2  Pakistan 5 4 0 1 185 98 +87 8
3  Indonesia 5 3 0 2 132 182 −50 6
4  Japan 5 2 0 3 121 162 −41 4
5    Nepal 5 1 0 4 127 194 −67 2
6  Malaysia 5 0 0 5 100 209 −109 0
Source: OCA

Women's tournament

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games – Women
Team roster
Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  India 4 4 0 0 168 69 +99 8 Semifinals
2  Thailand 4 3 0 1 142 75 +67 6
3  Sri Lanka 4 2 0 2 83 113 −30 4
4  Indonesia 4 1 0 3 84 145 −61 2
5  Japan 4 0 0 4 63 138 −75 0
Source: OCA

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Asian Games

Kurash

Main article: Kurash at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kohei Soeda –81 kg  H Al-Jarrah (YEM)
W 012−001 		 O Tiztak (IRI)
L 000−013 		Did not advance
Tatsumi Kawaguchi +90 kg  Nguyễn CHL (VIE)
W 101−001 		 M Khisomiddinov (UZB)
L 000−100 		Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan entered four pentathletes (2 men's and 2 women's) at the Games.[22]

Athlete Event Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Laser-run
(shooting 10 m air pistol/
running 3200 m) 		Total points Final rank
Rank MP points Rank MP points Rank MP points Rank MP points
Shohei Iwamoto Men's 6 305 7 202 8 280 7 580 1367 8
Tomoyuki Ono 5 311 4 226 4 298 8 571 1406 6
Rena Shimazu Women's 2 291 11 181 3 293 6 518 1283 4
Natsumi Tomonaga 4 287 5 226 7 234 5 525 1272 5

Paragliding

Main article: Paragliding at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Round Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Yoshiaki Hirokawa Individual accuracy 13 500 20 5 3 31 500 22 284 4 882 17
Yoshiki Kuremoto 20 169 9 1 6 206 244 13 2 134 387 9
Yoshiaki Hirokawa
Takuo Iwasaki
Taro Kamiyama
Yoshiki Kuremoto
Yoshiaki Nakagawa 		Team accuracy 870 1133 146 466 1373 981 — 4969 9
Cross-country 2024 741 3296 3273 2057 — 11391 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Keiko Hiraki Individual accuracy 500 500 468 16 21 132 208 21 65 10 1450 8
Atsuko Yamashita 60 500 500 500 76 118 500 128 500 6 2388 12
Keiko Hiraki
Nao Mochizuki
Atsuko Yamashita 		Team accuracy 1060 1500 1016 1016 597 372 — 5561 5
Cross-country 644 405 1891 1079 832 — 4851 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Pencak silat

Main article: Pencak silat at the 2018 Asian Games
Seni
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Daisuke Aso Men's tunggal 442 5 Did not advance

Roller sports

Main article: Roller sports at the 2018 Asian Games

Skateboarding

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Kensuke Sasaoka Men's park 83.66 1 Q 76.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Keyaki Ike Men's street 28.3 2 Q 31.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kensuke Sasaoka 19.9 10 Did not advance
Kaya Isa Women's park — 58.33 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sakura Yosozumi — 66.66 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kaya Isa Women's street — 25.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ryuta Arakawa Single sculls 7:56.08 1 FA Bye 7:35.29 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Keita Yamao
Tomokazu Kuribara 		Double sculls 7:12.70 2 FA Bye 7:01.26 6
Yoshihiro Otsuka
Yuta Takano 		Coxless pair 7:38.78 4 FA — 7:10.53 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Masayuki Miyaura
Masahiro Takeda 		Lightweight double sculls 6:53.25 1 FA Bye 7:01.17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Haruna Sakakibara Single sculls 8:50.25 2 R 8:40.21 1 FA 8:25.74 4
Sayaka Chujo
Shiho Yonekawa 		Double sculls 8:17.81 4 FA — 7:51.05 4
Kana Nishihara
Akiho Takano 		Coxless pair 8:25.11 2 FA Bye 8:07.93 4
Miharu Takashima
Hinako Takimoto 		Lightweight double sculls 7:59.22 3 FA — 7:57.15 4

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan rugby sevens men's and women's team entered the group B at the Games.[23]

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament  Indonesia
W 92–0 		 Malaysia
W 47–0 		 Chinese Taipei
W 31–0 		1 Q  Chinese Taipei
W 43–0 		 Sri Lanka
W 12–10 		 Hong Kong
L 0–14 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Japan women's Women's tournament  Indonesia
W 65–0 		 Kazakhstan
W 31–21 		 Thailand
W 26–0 		1 Q  South Korea
W 35–7 		 Kazakhstan
W 26–12 		 China
W 7–5 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Squad

The following is the Japan squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 12 players was officially named by the Japan Rugby Football Union.[24]

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 170 0 +170 9 Quarterfinals
2  Malaysia 3 2 0 1 56 62 −6 7
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 51 74 −23 5
4  Indonesia 3 0 0 3 31 172 −141 3 Ranking round 9–12
Source: Results
30 August
13:34
Japan 92–0 Indonesia
Try: Matsui (3) 1' m, 5' c, 7' m
Ozawa (2) 2' c, 3' c
Motomura (3) 2' c, 6' c, 9' c
Sakai 7+' c
Oishi (2) 10' m, 11' c
Kano 12' c
Hayashi 14' c
Tuqiri 14+' c
Con: Sakai (11/14)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)
30 August
17:14
Japan 47–0 Malaysia
Try: Hashino (2) 2' c, 12' c
Hayashi 6' c
Sakai (2) 7' c, 14' m
Ozawa 9' c
Kano 13' c
Con: Sakai (5/6)
Hashino (1/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)
31 August
13:56
Japan 31–0 Chinese Taipei
Try: Shin 1' m
Motomura (3) 3' c, 7' m, 13' c
Kano 10' c
Con: Hashino (1/3)
Sakai (2/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)
Quarterfinal
31 August
17:14
Japan 43–0 Chinese Taipei
Try: Matsui (2) 1' m, 4' c
Hashino 6' m
Soejima 8' c
Ozawa (3) 10' c, 12' c, 14' m
Con: Sakai (4/7)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)
Semifinal
1 September
16:56
Japan 12–10 Sri Lanka
Try: Hashino 4' m
Sakai 7+' c
Con: Sakai (1/2)		Try: Perera 2' m
Muthuthanthri 7' m
Con: Sooriyabandara (0/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)
Gold medal game
1 September
21:06
Japan 0–14 Hong Kong
Try: Yiu 2' c
Nardoni 7+' c
Con: Rimene (2/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Matthew Rodden (New Zealand)

Women's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Asian Games – Women
Squad

The following is the Japan squad in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 12 players was officially named by the Japan Rugby Football Union.[25]

Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 122 21 +101 9 Quarterfinals
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 95 36 +59 7
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 58 51 +7 5
4  Indonesia 3 0 0 3 5 172 −167 3
Source: Results
30 August
11:44
Japan 65–0 Indonesia
Try: Otake 2' m
Tanaka 4' m
Hirano 6' c
Nagata (2) 7' m, 7+' m
Bativakalolo 8' m
Nakamura 9' c
Okuroda 10' c
Taniguchi 12' c
Kurogi (2) 13' c, 14+' m
Con: Okuroda (5/9)
Nagata (0/1)
Bativakalolo (0/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Phoenix Xu (China)
30 August
15:46
Japan 31–21 Kazakhstan
Try: Otake 2' c
Okuroda 6' c
Hirano 7+' m
Nagata 8' c
Kozasa 11' m
Con: Otake (1/1)
Okuroda (2/4)		Try: Korotkikh (2) 4' c, 12' c
Nurmatova 9' c
Con: Baktybayeva (3/3)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Charlie Brown (Ireland)
31 August
11:14
Japan 26–0 Thailand
Try: Hirano (2) 5' c, 9' m
Nakamura 12' c
Kurogi 14' c
Con: Okuroda (3/4)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Phoenix Xu (China)
Quarterfinal
31 August
16:08
South Korea 7–35 Japan
Try: Lim J.W. 11' c
Con: Lee M.H. (1/1)		Try: Kurogi (2) 2' m, 10' m
Taniguchi 4' m
Bativakalolo 5' m
Kuwai 7+' m
Tanaka 13' m
Nakamura 14+' m
Con: Tanaka (0/5)
Okuroda (0/2)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Phoenix Xu (China)
Semifinal
1 September
15:50
Kazakhstan 12–26 Japan
Try: Korotkikh (2) 7' m, 12' c
Con: Baktybayeva (0/1)
Nurmatova (1/1)		Try: Otake (2) 2' m, 7+' c
Okuroda 5' c
Penalty try 14' m
Con: Okuroda (2/3)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Craig Chan (Canada)
Gold medal game
1 September
20:40
China 5–7 Japan
Try: Chen K.Y. 9' m
Con: Chen K.Y. (0/1)		Try: Hirano 6' c
Con: Okuroda (1/1)
Gelora Bung Karno Rugby Field, Jakarta
Referee: Patrick Kwok (Hong Kong)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Race Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Makoto Tomizawa RS:X 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 3 3 7 5 (11)
DNC 		53 4
Kazumasa Segawa Laser 5 3 5 5 4 6 4 5 (8) 8 6 2 — 53 4
Shingen Furuya
Shinji Hachiyama 		49er 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 1 2 4 3 6 6 2 (10)
DNC 		39 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tetsuya Isozaki
Akira Takayanagi 		470 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 (12)
DSQ 		2 — 17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Race Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Megumi Komine RS:X (6) 6 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 6 5 5 68 5
Manami Doi Laser Radial 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 (11)
DNC 		— 13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ai Yoshida
Miho Yoshioka 		470 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 (8)
OCS 		1 — 12 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Race Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Kaiyo Maeda Laser 4.7 (24)
DSQ 		8 3 2 10 3 4 12 9 8 12 8 — 79 5
Lisa Nukui 15 13 15 13 13 16 15 3 8 4 (17) 17 — 132 13

Sambo

Main article: Sambo at the 2018 Asian Games

Key:

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage final Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kota Yamamoto Men's 52 kg Bye  G Gurtgeldiýew (TKM)
W 3–1 		 B Ibragim (KAZ)
L 0–2SU 		Did not advance Bye  G Mönkhbat (MGL)
W Dsq 		 I Akhmedjanov (UZB)
L 0–0SU 		Did not advance
Yosuke Sato Men's 90 kg  S Azar (LBN)
W 3–1 		 K Kholmamatov (UZB)
L 0–7 		Did not advance Bye  I Amirkhani (IRI)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Natsuki Tomi Women's 68 kg Bye  S Somching (THA)
W 9–0 		 D Kuryshbayeva (KAZ)
L 0–1 		Did not advance Bye  A Estebesova (KGZ)
W 4SU–0 		 G Ismatova (UZB)
W 2–0 		 D Kudarova (KAZ)
W 8–1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Sepak takraw

Main article: Sepak takraw at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Yuki Sato
Seiya Takano
Takeshi Terashima
Toshitaka Naito
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Masanori Hayashi 		Quadrant  Indonesia (INA)
L 0–2 		 Laos (LAO)
W 2–1 		 Myanmar (MYA)
W 2–1 		 China (CHN)
W 2–0 		2 Q  Vietnam (VIE)
W 2–0 		 Indonesia (INA)
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuki Sato
Seiya Takano
Takeshi Terashima
Toshitaka Naito
Ryo Masuda
Tsubasa Sato
Masahiro Yamada
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Masanori Hayashi 		Team doubles  Indonesia (INA)
W 2–1 		 Vietnam (VIE)
L 1–2 		 Philippines (PHI)
W 2–1 		— 2 Q  Thailand (THA)
L 0–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Chiharu Yano
Sawa Aoki
Satomi Ishihara
Yuumi Kawamata
Naoko Nakatsuka
Azusa Kikuchi 		Quadrant  India (IND)
W 2–0 		 Malaysia (MAS)
L 0–2 		 Thailand (THA)
L 0–2 		 Vietnam (VIE)
L 1–2 		4 Did not advance
Nagisa Makio
Sawa Aoki
Chiharu Yano
Satomi Ishihara
Yuumi Kawamata
Naoko Nakatsuka
Chinatsu Saegusa
Yuri Tanaka
Azusa Kikuchi 		Team regu  Indonesia (INA)
L 0–3 		 Vietnam (VIE)
L 1–2 		 Malaysia (MAS)
L 0–3 		 Myanmar (MYA)
L 0–3 		5 Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Tomoyuki Matsuda 10 m air pistol 581 4 Q 239.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yoshinobu Sonoda 575 12 Did not advance
Teruyoshi Akiyama 25 m rapid fire pistol 568 13 Did not advance
Naoya Okada 10 m air rifle 623.3 11 Did not advance
Atsushi Shimada 621.0 15 Did not advance
Takayuki Matsumoto 50 m rifle three positions 1163 6 Q 441.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Toshikazu Yamashita 1151 15 Did not advance
Yokouchi Makoto Skeet 107 25 Did not advance
Kenji Orihara 120 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Akiko Sato 10 m air pistol 569 11 Did not advance
Satoko Yamada 549 33 Did not advance
Yukari Konishi 25 m pistol 579 10 Did not advance
Akiko Sato 578 13 Did not advance
Maki Konomoto 10 m air rifle 609.3 35 Did not advance
Ayano Shimizu 620.1 16 Did not advance
Ayano Shimizu 50 m rifle three positions 1156 11 Did not advance
Mai Toishi 1148 16 Did not advance
Yukie Nakayama Trap 106 20 Did not advance
Naoko Ishihara Skeet 114 7 Did not advance
Rika Orihara 107 14 Did not advance
Mixed team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Tomoyuki Matsuda
Akiko Sato 		10 m air pistol 766 3 Q 362.2 4
Atsushi Shimada
Ayano Shimizu 		10 m air rifle 823.3 8 Did not advance

Soft tennis

Main article: Soft tennis at the 2018 Asian Games
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Hayato Funemizu Men's singles  M Yahya (PAK)
W 4–0 		 Kim J-w (KOR)
L 0–4 		— 2 Did not advance
Koichi Nagae  P Inthalangsy (LAO)
W 4–0 		 Trần VC (VIE)
W 4–0 		 Chen Y-h (TPE)
W 4–3 		1 Q  Kim D-h (KOR)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Kurumi Onoue Women's singles  P Champamanivong (LAO)
W 4–0 		 Kim Y-h (KOR)
W 4–2 		— 1 Q  Chen C-l (TPE)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Noa Takahashi  S Kraiya (THA)
W 4–0 		 Lee C-w (TPE)
W 4–0 		— 1 Q  Kim J-y (KOR)
W 4–3 		 Yu YY (CHN)
W 4–0 		 Cheng C-l (TPE)
W 4–3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kento Masuda
Rurika Kuroki 		Mixed doubles  E Bolortuya /
N Bulgan (MGL)
W 5–2 		 MA Ehtisham /
SEB Zaidi (PAK)
W 5–0 		— 1 Q  Yu K-w /
Cheng C-l (TPE)
L 2–5 		Did not advance
Toshiki Uematsu
Riko Hayashida 		 D Altankhuyag /
A Munguntsetseg (MGL)
W 5–0R 		 N Seth /
AC Patel (IND)
W 5–0 		— 1 Q  C Leampriboon /
T Bunteng (THA)
W 5–0 		 Kim K-s /
Mun H-g (KOR)
L 3–5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hayato Funemizu
Toshiki Uematsu
Taimei Marunaka
Koichi Nagae
Kento Masuda 		Men's team  Indonesia (INA)
W 3–0 		 Cambodia (CAM)
W 3–0 		 India (IND)
W 3–0 		1 Q Bye  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 2–0 		 South Korea (KOR)
L 0–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Riko Hayashida
Misaki Hangai
Noa Takahashi
Rurika Kuroki
Kurumi Onoue 		Women's team  Indonesia (INA)
W 3–0 		 Pakistan (PAK)
W 3–0 		— 1 Q Bye  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 2–0 		 South Korea (KOR)
W 2–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2018 Asian Games
Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Bronze medal game Final
Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Japan women's Women's tournament  Indonesia: W 7–0
 Chinese Taipei: W 3–1
 Hong Kong: W 14–0
 Philippines: W 11–1
 South Korea: W 10–0
 China: W 14–1 		1 Q  China
W 5–0 		Bye  Chinese Taipei
W 7–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Roster
Preliminary round
Final round
Eliminated

The top four teams will advance to the Final round.

Team W L RS RA WIN% GB Tiebreaker
 Japan 6 0 59 3 1.000 –
 China 4 2 30 16 0.667 2 1–1; RA = 1
 Philippines 4 2 20 17 0.667 2 1–1; RA = 3
 Chinese Taipei 4 2 27 13 0.667 2 1–1; RA = 7
 South Korea 2 4 15 23 0.333 4
 Indonesia 1 5 15 41 0.167 5
 Hong Kong 0 6 2 55 0.000 6
August 19
17:30 		Indonesia  0–7  Japan GBK Softball field
Boxscore
August 20
10:00 		Chinese Taipei  1–3  Japan GBK Softball field
Boxscore
August 21
12:30 		Hong Kong  0–14  Japan GBK Softball field
Boxscore
August 21
17:30 		Philippines  1–11  Japan GBK Softball field
Boxscore
August 22
10:00 		Japan  10–0  South Korea GBK Softball field
Boxscore
August 22
17:30 		Japan  14–1  China GBK Softball field
Boxscore
Semifinal
August 23 15:00 at GBK Softball field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
 Japan 1 2 2 0 0 0 X 5 9 0
WP: Yamato Fujita   LP: Zhao Xinxing
Boxscore
Final
August 24 15:00 at GBK Softball field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 1 1
 Japan 3 4 0 0 X X X 7 5 0
WP: Yukiko Ueno   LP: Tu Yating
Boxscore

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Asian Games
Speed
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Best Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Kokoro Fujii Men's 9.557 23 Did not advance
Tomoa Narasaki 7.260 12 Q  Lee S-b (KOR)
L 6.830–6.512 		Did not advance 10
Akiyo Noguchi Women's 11.488 17 Did not advance
Futaba Ito 10.110 10 Q  Lee H-y (TPE)
L 10.366–9.347 		Did not advance 9
Combined
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Speed
Point 		Boulder
Point 		Lead
Point 		Total Rank Speed
Point 		Boulder
Point 		Lead
Point 		Total Rank
Kokoro Fujii Men's 17 6 2 204 4 Q 5 3 1 15 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tomoa Narasaki 6 1 1 6 1 Q 4 2 2 16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Akiyo Noguchi Women's 11 3.5 2 77 3 Q 6 1 2 12 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Futaba Ito 9 7 4 252 6 Q 4 2 4 32 4

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Asian Games
Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Tomotaka Endo Men's  L Au (HKG)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Ryunosuke Tsukue  P Poonsiri (THA)
W 3–0 		 A Al-Tamimi (QAT)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Misaki Kobayashi Women's  Gu JY (CHN)
W 3–0 		 Choi Y-r (KOR)
W 3–2 		 D P Karthik (IND)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Satomi Watanabe  F Issadeen (SRI)
W 3–0 		 F Eghtedari (IRI)
W 3–0 		 N David (MAS)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Tomotaka Endo
Ryosei Kobayashi 		Men's  Pakistan (PAK)
L 1–2 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
L 0–3 		 Nepal (NEP)
W 3–0 		 South Korea (KOR)
W 3–0 		 Philippines (PHI)
W 3–0 		3 Did not advance
Satomi Watanabe
Misaki Kobayashi
Risa Sugimoto 		Women's  Philippines (PHI)
W 3–0 		 Pakistan (PAK)
W 3–0 		 Malaysia (MAS)
L 0–3 		 South Korea (KOR)
W 2–1 		— 2 Q  Hong Kong (HKG)
L 0–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Naito Ehara 200 m freestyle 1:47.76 3Q 1:47.66 5
400 m freestyle 3:53.24 5Q 3:47.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kosuke Hagino 400 m freestyle 3:50.67 2Q 3:47.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m individual medley 1:59.76 1Q 1:56.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m individual medley 4:16.17 2Q 4:10.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ayatsugu Hirai 1500 m freestyle — 15:24.26 5
Nao Horomura 100 m butterfly 53.30 8Q 53.00 6
200 m butterfly 1:58.06 2Q 1:55.58 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ryosuke Irie 50 m backstroke 25.25 3Q 24.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m backstroke 53.85 2Q 52.53 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 2:01.74 3Q 1:55.11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Masaki Kaneko 50 m backstroke 26.23 12 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 54.81 4Q 54.61 4
Yuki Kobori 50 m butterfly 24.17 7Q 24.40 7
100 m butterfly 52.47 2Q 51.77 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yasuhiro Koseki 50 m breaststroke 27.28 2Q 27.07 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke 1:01.35 7Q 58.86 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke 2:12.77 3Q 2:07.81 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Katsuhiro Matsumoto 200 m freestyle 1:47.94 4Q 1:46.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Katsumi Nakamura 50 m freestyle 22.50 4Q 22.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m freestyle 49.50 5Q 48.72 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shunichi Nakao 50 m freestyle 22.62 7Q 22.46 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50 m butterfly 23.98 4Q 23.88 4
Daiya Seto 50 m breaststroke 27.97 7Q 28.00 8
200 m butterfly 1:57.23 1Q 1:54.53 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m individual medley 2:01.57 4Q 2:01.57 4
400 m individual medley 4:16.16 1Q 4:08.79 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shinri Shioura 100 m freestyle 49.32 3Q 48.71 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Keita Sunama 200 m backstroke 2:02.64 5Q 1:55.54 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shogo Takeda 800 m freestyle — 7:53.01 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle — 15:17.13 4
Ippei Watanabe 100 m breaststroke 1:00.93 4Q 1:00.15 4
200 m breaststroke 2:11.92 1Q 2:07.82 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kohei Yamamoto 800 m freestyle — 7:59.60 4
Shinri Shioura
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Katsumi Nakamura
Juran Mizohata 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:18.25 2Q 3:12.68 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Naito Ehara
Reo Sakata
Kosuke Hagino
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Juran Mizohata[b]
Ayatsugu Hirai[b]
Yuki Kobori[b] 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:25.73 4Q 7:05.17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ryosuke Irie
Yasuhiro Koseki
Yuki Kobari
Shinri Shioura
Masaki Kaneko[b]
Ippei Watanabe[b]
Nao Horomura[b]
Katsumi Nakamura[b] 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:36.95 1Q 3:30.03 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Sayaka Akase 200 m backstroke 2:12.25 4Q 2:10.35 4
Reona Aoki 100 m breaststroke 1:07.24 2Q 1:06.45 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke 2:29.16 3Q 2:23.33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tomomi Aoki 100 m freestyle 55.57 3Q 54.58 4
Suzuka Hasegawa 200 m butterfly 2:09.95 1Q 2:08.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chihiro Igarashi 200 m freestyle 2:00.21 1Q 1:57.49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 m freestyle 4:15.89 1Q 4:08.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rikako Ikee 50 m freestyle 25.09 1Q 24.53 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m freestyle 54.33 1Q 53.27 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 m butterfly 25.91 1Q 25.55 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterfly 57.81 2Q 56.30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Waka Kobori 400 m freestyle 4:19.62 3Q 4:11.69 4
800 m freestyle — 8:30.65 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle — 16:18.31 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Anna Konishi 50 m backstroke 28.69 4Q 28.37 4
100 m backstroke 1:00.44 1Q 59.67 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sachi Mochida 200 m butterfly 2:11.87 3Q 2:08.72 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yukimi Moriyama 800 m freestyle — 8:40.71 4
1500 m freestyle — 16:34.23 4
Natsumi Sakai 50 m backstroke 28.25 3Q 27.91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m backstroke 1:00.53 2Q 59.27 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 2:12.30 5Q 2:08.13 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sakiko Shimizu 400 m individual medley 4:45.88 3Q 4:39.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ai Soma 50 m butterfly 27.40 11 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 59.16 4Q 58.68 4
Satomi Suzuki 50 m breaststroke 31.02 1Q 30.83 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke 1:06.92 1Q 1:06.40 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Miho Teramura 50 m breaststroke 31.26 3Q Disqualified
200 m individual medley 2:15.73 3Q 2:10.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yui Ohashi 200 m freestyle 2:02.41 5Q 2:00.29 4
200 m individual medley 2:13.55 1Q 2:08.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m individual medley 4:42.11 1Q 4:34.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kanako Watanabe 200 m breaststroke 2:27.05 1Q 2:23.05 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mayuka Yamamoto 50 m freestyle 25.53 4Q 25.45 4
Rikako Ikee
Natsumi Sakai
Tomomi Aoki
Chihiro Igarashi
Mayuka Yamamoto[b]
Rio Shirai[b] 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:42.47 2Q 3:36.52 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chihiro Igarashi
Rikako Ikee
Yui Ohashi
Rio Shirai
Waka Kobori[b]
Sachi Mochida[b] 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:05.21 2Q 7:53.83 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Natsumi Sakai
Reona Aoki
Rikako Ikee
Tomomi Aoki
Anna Konishi[b]
Reona Aoki[b]
Ai Soma[b]
Sakiko Shimizu[b] 		4 × 100 m medley relay 4:01.65 1Q 3:54.73 1st place, gold medalist(s)

b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed

Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Ryosuke Irie
Yasuhiro Koseki
Rikako Ikee
Tomomi Aoki
Masaki Kaneko[b]
Ippei Watanabe[b]
Mayuka Yamamoto[b] 		4 × 100 m mixed medley relay 3:48.89 1Q 3:41.21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games
Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Jin Ueda Men's singles Bye  S Wisutmaythangkoon (THA)
W 4–1 		 N Alamian (IRI)
W 4–1 		 Fan ZD (IRI)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Kenta Matsudaira Bye  Choe I (PRK)
W 4–1 		 S Gnanasekaran (IND)
W 4–1 		 Lin GY (CHN)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Minami Ando Women's singles Bye  Nguyễn TN (VIE)
W 4–1 		 Cheng I-c (TPE)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Miyu Kato Bye  K Nur Hawwa (INA)
W 4–0 		 Kim S-i (PRK)
W 4–3 		 Jeon J-h (KOR)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Jin Ueda
Miyu Maeda 		Mixed doubles Bye  M Rameez /
F Khan (PAK)
W 3–0 		 Wang CQ /
Sun YS (CHN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Masataka Morizono
Misaki Morizono 		Bye  Leong CF /
Ho Y (MAS)
W 3–1 		 Lim J-h /
Yang H-e (KOR)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kenta Matsudaira
Masataka Morizono
Jin Ueda
Masaki Yoshida 		Men's  Maldives (MDV)
W 3–0 		 Thailand (THA)
W 3–0 		 Iran (IRI)
W 3–1 		 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
W 3–0 		1 Q  India (IND)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Minami Ando
Miyu Kato
Misaki Morizono
Miyu Maeda 		Women's  Thailand (THA)
W 3–0 		 North Korea (PRK)
L 2–3 		 Mongolia (MGL)
W 3–0 		— 2 Q  China (CHN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games
Poomsae
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mana Umehara Women's individual  K Philavong (LAO)
W 7.68–7.53 		 M Salahshouri (IRI)
L 7.99–8.27 		Did not advance
Kyorugi
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sergio Suzuki Men's −58 kg Bye  T Kuangmany (LAO)
W 50–28 		 A Asiri (KSA)
W 22–8 		 Kim T-h (KOR)
L 11–24 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Masanojo Honma Men's −63 kg  C Liyanage (SRI)
L 18–21 		Did not advance
Hidenori Ebata Men's −80 kg  D A Prayogo (INA)
W 24–20 		 S Al-Sharabaty (JOR)
L 8–28 		Did not advance
Miyu Yamada Women's 49 kg Bye  Trương T K T (VIE)
W 35–27 		 K Wijerathna (SRI)
W 32–8 		 M Mannopova (UZB)
L 11–14 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kiyoko Nagano Women's −53 kg Bye  Su P-y (TPE)
L 6–26 		Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Yasutaka Uchiyama Singles Bye  S Dissanayake (SRI)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Wu YB (CHN)
L 3–6, 6–7(6–8) 		Did not advance
Yosuke Watanuki Bye  S Khaledan (IRI)
W 6–1, 6–3 		 A Bublik (KAZ)
L 6–7(5–7), 4–6 		Did not advance
Sho Shimabukuro
Kaito Uesugi 		Doubles Bye  Lý NH /
Nguyễn PV (VIE)
W 6–2, 4–6, [10–2] 		 T Khabibulin /
A Nedovyesov (KAZ)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–3 		 Gong MX /
Zhang Z (CHN)
W 4–6, 6–2, [10–2] 		 R Bopanna /
D Sharan (IND)
L 6–4, 3–6, [8–10] 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yuya Ito
Yosuke Watanuki 		Bye  J Barki /
C Rungkat (INA)
W 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] 		 Wong C-h /
Yeung P-l (HKG)
W 6–4, 6–4 		 Hong S-c /
Lee J-m (KOR)
W 6–3, 5–7, [10–2] 		 A Bublik /
D Yevseyev (KAZ)
L 4–6, 7–6(7–4), [7–10] 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Eri Hozumi Singles Bye  M Capadocia (PHI)
W 6–1, 6–3 		 A Raina (IND)
L 1–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Miyu Kato Bye  TMA Kurera (SRI)
W 6–0, 6–1 		 A Sutjiadi (INA)
L 1–6, 0–6 		Did not advance
Erina Hayashi
Moyuka Uchijima 		Doubles —  B Gumulya /
J Rompies (INA)
W 1–6, 6–4, [11–9] 		 Mah Rana /
May Rana (NEP)
W 6–0, 6–0 		 Chan H-c /
L Chan (TPE)
L 6–4, 5–7, [5–10] 		Did not advance
Miyu Kato
Makoto Ninomiya 		— Bye  S Sharipova /
I Tulyaganova (UZB)
W 6–3, 6–3 		 Han N-l /
Kim N-r (KOR)
W 6–3, 6–3 		 Xu YF /
Yang ZX (CHN)
L 4–6, 2–6 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Erina Hayashi
Kaito Uesugi 		Doubles Bye  J Altansarnai /
G Batjargal (MGL)
W 6–1, 6–0 		 Chang K-c /
Hsieh C-p (TPE)
W 7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), [12–10] 		 Xu YF /
Zhang Z (CHN)
W 7–6(7–4), 0–6, [10–8] 		 A Sutjiadi /
C Rungkat (INA)
L 6–7(3–7), 4–6 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Makoto Ninomiya
Yasutaka Uchiyama 		Bye  Choi J-h /
Kim Y-s (KOR)
W 7–5, 6–7(7–9), [10–6] 		 Liang E-s /
Peng H-y (TPE)
W 6–4, 6–4 		 A Danilina /
A Nedovyesov (KAZ)
L 1–6, 4–6 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Asian Games
Individual
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (39.6 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Jumpei Furuya Men's 18:48 0:26 56:36 0:20 33:33 1:49:43 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Makoto Odakura 18:47 0:27 56:38 0:23 37:19 1:53:34 7
Yuka Sato Women's 19:13 0:28 1:03:09 0:23 DNF –
Yuko Takahashi 19:02 0:29 1:00:33 0:24 39:01 1:59:29 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed relay
Athletes Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 300 m, Bike 6.3 km,
Run 2.1 km) 		Total Group Time Rank
Jumpei Furuya
Yuichi Hosoda
Yuka Sato
Yuko Takahashi 		Mixed relay 21:33
22:04
23:26
23:36 		1:30:39 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games

Beach volleyball

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Oppositions
scores 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Yuya Ageba
Katsuhiro Shiratori 		Men's tournament  Pham – Nguyen (VIE): W 2–0
 Wu – Aboduhalikejiang (CHN): L 0–2
 Alikhail – Mayar (AFG): W 2–0 		2 Q  Vakili –
Salemiinjehboroun (IRI)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Yoshiumi Hasegawa
Keisuke Shimizu 		 Nguyen – Ly (VIE): W 2–0
 Mirzaali – Raoufi (IRI): L 1–2
 I F Xavier – R F Xavier (TLS): W 2–0 		2 Q  Wu –
Aboduhalikejiang (CHN)
L 1–2 		Did not advance
Miki Ishii
Megumi Murakami 		Women's tournament  Tran – Truong (VIE): W 2–0
 Wang – Zeng (CHN): W 2–0
 Yu – Pan (TPE): W 2–0 		1 Q Bye  Radarong –
Udomchavee (THA)
W 2–0 		 Mashkova –
Tsimbalova (KAZ)
W 2–0 		 Wang –
Xia (CHN)
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Azusa Futami
Akiko Hasegawa 		 Numwong – Hongpak (THA): W 2–0
 Ratnasari – Eka (INA): W 2–1
 Caminha – de Sousa (TLS):W 2–0
 Rachenko – Yeropkina (KAZ): W 2–0 		1 Q Bye  Juliana –
Utami (INA)
L 0–2 		Did not advance

Indoor volleyball

Team Event Group stage Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Oppositions
scores 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament  Kazakhstan: W 3–2
 Myanmar: W 3–2 		1 Q  India
W 3–1 		 Qatar
L 2–3 		Did not advance  Indonesia
W 3–2 		5
Japan women's Women's tournament  Indonesia: W 3–0
 Philippines: W 3–0
 Thailand: L 0–3
 Hong Kong: W 3–0 		2 Q —  Kazakhstan
W 3–0 		 China
L 0–3 		 South Korea
L 1–3 		4

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[26]

Head coach: United States Gordon Mayforth

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block Club
2 Hideomi Fukatsu (c) 1 June 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 327 cm (129 in) 305 cm (120 in) Japan Panasonic Panthers
3 Shunichiro Sato 17 May 2000 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 335 cm (132 in) 320 cm (130 in) Japan Tohoku High School
4 Naoya Takano 30 April 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 335 cm (132 in) 320 cm (130 in) Japan Sakai Blazers
5 Jin Tsuzuki 28 December 1998 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 340 cm (130 in) 320 cm (130 in) Japan Chuo University
7 Takashi Dekita 13 August 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 330 cm (130 in) Japan Sakai Blazers
8 Hiroki Ozawa 21 September 1997 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 340 cm (130 in) 315 cm (124 in) Japan University of Tsukuba
10 Shunsuke Chijiki 6 September 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 348 cm (137 in) 325 cm (128 in) Japan Sakai Blazers
11 Ryota Denda 3 July 1991 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 327 cm (129 in) Japan Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza
12 Takuya Takamatsu 8 January 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 341 cm (134 in) 320 cm (130 in) Japan Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza
13 Motoki Eiro 8 June 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 329 cm (130 in) 320 cm (130 in) Japan Tokai University
14 Tomohiro Horie 23 June 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 305 cm (120 in) Japan Waseda University
17 Ryuta Homma 17 October 1991 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 320 cm (130 in) 305 cm (120 in) Japan JTEKT Stings
18 Takeshi Ogawa 7 July 1994 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 350 cm (140 in) 330 cm (130 in) Japan Suntory Sunbirds
19 Taishi Onodera 27 February 1996 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 320 cm (130 in) Japan JT Thunders
Pool C
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Japan 2 2 0 4 6 4 1.500 224 216 1.037
2  Myanmar 2 1 1 4 5 4 1.250 199 191 1.042
3  Kazakhstan 2 0 2 1 3 6 0.500 193 209 0.923
Source: OCA


22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)
12:30 UTC+7 		Japan  3–2  Kazakhstan GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Ebrahim Ali J Mahmoud (QAT), Khaled Al-Zughaibi (KSA)
(22–25, 25–20, 25–27, 25–19, 20–18)
Report
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)
09:00 UTC+7 		Myanmar  2–3  Japan GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 700
Referees: Komsun Gettaworn (THA), Jun Sang-chun (KOR)
(21–25, 25–17, 19–25, 25–21, 17–19)
Report
Playoff
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26)
12:30 UTC+7 		Japan  3–1  India GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 2,550
Referees: Agung Purwantoro (INA), Cedric Chung Sze-lai (HKG)
(25–23, 25–22, 23–25, 25–20)
Report
Quarterfinal
28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
19:00 UTC+7 		Japan  2–3  Qatar GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Cedric Chung Sze-lai (HKG), Nathanon Sowapark (THA)
(18–25, 28–26, 21–25, 25–22, 22–24)
Report
5th place game
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
19:00 UTC+7 		Indonesia  2–3  Japan Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Dozhan Ulkanov (KAZ), Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI)
(33–35, 25–22, 21–25, 27–25, 12–15)
Report

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women
Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[27]

Head coach: Kumi Nakada

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block Club
1 Miyu Nagaoka 25 July 1991 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 308 cm (121 in) 303 cm (119 in) Japan Hisamitsu Springs
3 Nana Iwasaka (C) 9 July 1990 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 300 cm (120 in) 293 cm (115 in) Japan Hisamitsu Springs
4 Risa Shinnabe 11 July 1990 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 292 cm (115 in) 285 cm (112 in) Japan Hisamitsu Springs
5 Erika Araki 3 August 1984 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 297 cm (117 in) Japan Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
7 Yuki Ishii 8 May 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 302 cm (119 in) 287 cm (113 in) Japan Hisamitsu Springs
9 Haruyo Shimamura 4 March 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 298 cm (117 in) 290 cm (110 in) Japan NEC Red Rockets
10 Koyomi Tominaga 1 May 1989 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 297 cm (117 in) 280 cm (110 in) Japan Ageo Medics
11 Yurie Nabeya 15 December 1993 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 55 kg (121 lb) 302 cm (119 in) 292 cm (115 in) Japan Denso Airybees
12 Miya Sato 7 March 1990 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 284 cm (112 in) 280 cm (110 in) Japan Hitachi Rivale
13 Mai Okumura 31 October 1990 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 297 cm (117 in) 285 cm (112 in) Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima
15 Kotoe Inoue 15 February 1990 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) 59 kg (130 lb) 288 cm (113 in) 275 cm (108 in) Japan JT Marvelous
16 Mako Kobata 15 August 1992 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) 56 kg (123 lb) 281 cm (111 in) 274 cm (108 in) Japan JT Marvelous
17 Rika Nomoto 21 September 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 308 cm (121 in) 291 cm (115 in) Japan Hisamitsu Springs
19 Ai Kurogo 14 June 1998 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 306 cm (120 in) 295 cm (116 in) Japan Toray Arrows
Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Thailand 4 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 322 221 1.457
2  Japan 4 3 1 9 9 3 3.000 290 197 1.472
3  Indonesia 4 2 2 6 7 8 0.875 315 328 0.960
4  Philippines 4 1 3 3 4 9 0.444 260 310 0.839
5  Hong Kong 4 0 4 0 1 12 0.083 190 321 0.592
Source: OCA


19 August 2018 (2018-08-19)
19:00 UTC+7 		Japan  3–0  Indonesia GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Choi Jae-hyo, Ahmed Nasheed
(25–20, 25–11, 25–19)
Report
21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)
16:30 UTC+7 		Philippines  0–3  Japan Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 300
Referees: Chung Shu-fang, Nguyễn Quốc Huy
(12–25, 15–25, 21–25)
Report
23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)
19:00 UTC+7 		Thailand  3–0  Japan GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 800
Referees: Dozhan Ulkanov, Choi Jae-hyo
(25–20, 27–25, 25–20)
Report
27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)
10:00 UTC+7 		Japan  3–0  Hong Kong GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 400
Referees: Gautam Prasad Lasiwa, Nathanon Sowapark
(25–4, 25–7, 25–11)
Report
Quarterfinal
29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)
12:30 UTC+7 		Japan  3–0  Kazakhstan GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Ebrahim Ali J Mahmoud, Chung Shu-fang
(25–16, 25–18, 25–21)
Report
Semifinal
31 August 2018 (2018-08-31)
19:30 UTC+7 		China  3–0  Japan GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Ebrahim Ali J Mahmoud, Dozhan Ulkanov
(25–22, 25–10, 25–20)
Report
Bronze medal game
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
12:30 UTC+7 		South Korea  3–1  Japan GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Leung Yin-yan, Jocelyn del Rosario
(25–18, 21–25, 25–15, 27–25)
Report

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament  China
W 12–4 		 Indonesia
W 24–7 		 Hong Kong
W 23–0 		 Saudi Arabia
W 20–4 		— 1 Q  Singapore
W 28–6 		 Iran
W 18–7 		 Kazakhstan
L 7–8 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Japan women's Women's tournament  Indonesia
W 15–4 		 China
L 8–12 		 Thailand
W 19–5 		 Hong Kong
W 31–3 		 Kazakhstan
L 11–12 		3 — 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament
Team roster

Head coach: Yoji Omoto

  1. Katsuyuki Tanamura (GK)
  2. Seiya Adachi (D)
  3. Harukiirario Koppu (CB)
  4. Mitsuaki Shiga (D)
  5. Takuma Yoshida (D)
  6. Atsuto Iida (CB)
  7. Takumu Miyazawa (CF)
  8. Mitsuru Takata (D)
  9. Atsushi Arai (D)
  10. Yusuke Inaba (D)
  11. Keigo Okawa (CB) (C)
  12. Kenta Araki (CF)
  13. Tomoyoshi Fukushima (GK)
Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 79 15 +64 8 Quarterfinals
2  China 4 3 0 1 63 22 +41 6
3  Saudi Arabia 4 1 1 2 33 55 −22 3[a]
4  Indonesia 4 1 1 2 32 63 −31 3[a]
5  Hong Kong 4 0 0 4 17 69 −52 0
Source: OCA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: KSA 12–12 INA. Goal difference against the highest placed team (JPN): KSA −16, INA −17.
25 August
16:20 		Japan  12–4  China Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–0, 3–1, 3–2
Adachi 3 Goals four players 1
27 August
17:10 		Indonesia  7–24  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Jiathornwattana (THA), Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–9, 1–8, 2–4, 1–3
Harahap 4 Goals Inaba 7
28 August
14:30 		Hong Kong  0–23  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Tan (SGP), Han (KOR)
Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–6, 0–5, 0–5
0 Goals Adachi 5
29 August
15:50 		Japan  20–4  Saudi Arabia Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Ni (CHN), Jiathornwattana (THA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 6–0, 5–2
Adachi 5 Goals Al-Dughather 2
Quarter-final
30 August
17:50 		Singapore  6–28  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–8, 2–10, 1–5
Loh Z.Z., S. Yu 2 Goals Inaba 5
Semifinal
31 August
16:00 		Iran  7–18  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Tan (SGP), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–1, 4–6, 2–6
Malek-Khanbanan, Yazdankhah 2 Goals Inaba 6
Gold medal game
1 September
17:20 		Japan  7–8  Kazakhstan Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Štampalija (CRO), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–0, 2–3, 0–3
Adachi 3 Goals Ruday 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament
Team roster

Head coach: Makihiro Motomiya

  1. Minami Shioya (GK)
  2. Yumi Arima (CB)
  3. Akari Inaba (D)
  4. Shino Magariyama (D)
  5. Chiaki Sakanoue (D)
  6. Minori Yamamoto (D)
  7. Maiko Hashida (D)
  8. Yuki Niizawa (D)
  9. Kana Hosoya (D)
  10. Misaki Noro (D)
  11. Marina Tokumoto (CB)
  12. Kotori Suzuki (D) (C)
  13. Miyuu Aoki (GK)
Round robin
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  China 5 5 0 0 76 24 +52 10
2  Kazakhstan 5 4 0 1 70 34 +36 8
3  Japan 5 3 0 2 84 36 +48 6
4  Thailand 5 2 0 3 53 62 −9 4
5  Indonesia 5 1 0 4 30 82 −52 2
6  Hong Kong 5 0 0 5 22 97 −75 0
Source: OCA
16 August
14:30 		Japan  15–4  Indonesia Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Štampalija (CRO), Tan (SGP)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–1, 3–0, 5–1
Sakanoue 4 Goals four players 1
17 August
17:10 		Japan  8–12  China Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Flahive (AUS), Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 3–2, 4–4
four players 2 Goals Xiong D.H., Zhang J. 3
19 August
17:10 		Thailand  5–19  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Han (KOR), Ni (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–7, 0–2, 0–6, 3–4
Sathitanon 2 Goals Arima, Inaba 5
20 August
15:50 		Japan  31–3  Hong Kong Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Jiathornwattana (THA), Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 8–2, 5–0, 12–0, 6–1
Arima 7 Goals Chan S.T., Ng W.Y., Yeung S.W. 1
21 August
17:10 		Kazakhstan  12–11  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta
Referees:
Stavridis (GRE), Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 4–5, 4–3
Myrzabekova 6 Goals Magariyama, Hashida 3

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan Weightlifting Association entered the Games with 15 weightlifters (8 men's and 7 women's).[28]

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Yoichi Itokazu −62 kg 130 5 158 6 288 5
Hiroaki Takao 125 10 152 9 277 10
Miyamoto Masanori −69 kg 138 10 178 6 316 8
Konnai Mitsunori 137 11 170 10 307 10
Kasai Takehiro −77 kg 144 9 182 4 326 6
Ioroi Masakazu 140 12 175 8 315 9
Yamamoto Toshiki −85 kg 155 5 191 3 346 4
Tanaka Taro −105 kg 172 6 200 6 372 6
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ibuki Takahashi −48 kg 73 7 99 6 172 7
Mizuki Yanagida 70 10 93 9 163 9
Kanae Yagi −53 kg 84 7 106 7 190 7
Ayana Sadoyama 75 10 91 11 166 11
Mikiko Ando −58 kg 91 5 127 2 218 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Miku Ishii −69 kg 85 7 115 6 200 7
Kamiya Ayumi −75 kg 100 4 122 5 222 5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games

Key:

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Yuki Takahashi −57 kg Bye  Kang K-s (PRK)
L 5–9 		Did not advance Bye  Z Ismailov (KAZ)
W 7–4 		 Liu MH (CHN)
W 3–3 PP 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Daichi Takatani −65 kg  M Hussain (PAK)
W 10–0 		 C Thoun (CAM)
W 6F–0 		 B Borjakow (TKM)
W 13–2 		 Okassov (KAZ)
W 4–4 PP 		Bye  B Punia (IND)
L 8–11 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuhi Fujinami −74 kg  S Chunara (NEP)
W 10–0 		 Mandakhnaran (MGL)
W 13–2 		 Batirov (BRN)
W 8–2 		 Abdurakhmonov (UZB)
L 1–11 		Bye  Hosseinkhani (IRI)
W 9–8 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shota Shirai −86 kg  S Al-Asta (SYR)
W 2F–0 		 Kurbanov (UZB)
L 0–4 		Did not advance 8
Takeshi Yamaguchi −97 kg — Bye  Karimi (IRI)
L 0–11 		Did not advance Bye —  Ibragimov (UZB)
L 0R–6 		5
Nobuyoshi Arakida −125 kg —  O Boltin (KAZ)
L 0–1 		Did not advance — Did not advance 10
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Shinobu Ota −60 kg  H Sidik (INA)
W 8–0 		 Mardani (IRI)
W 9–0 		 I Bakhramov (UZB)
W 6–0 		Bye  Zholchubekov (KGZ)
W 8F–3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tsuchika Shimoyamada −67 kg  MKundu (IND)
L 3–7 		Did not advance 11
Shohei Yabiku −77 kg  Nguyễn B S (VIE)
W 9F–0 		 Dilmukhamedov (KAZ)
W 3–3 PP 		 Geraei (IRI)
L 1–8 		Bye  Yang B (CHN)
L 3–4 		5
Masato Sumi −87 kg  Peng F (CHN)
W 3–1 		 H Singh (IND)
L 0–8 		Did not advance 8
Yuta Nara −97 kg Bye  Dzhuzupbekov (KGZ)
L 1–7 		Did not advance 8
Arata Sonoda −130 kg Bye  S Belliýew (TKM)
W 9–1 		 Tinaliyev (KAZ)
L 0–6 		Bye  P Ramadhani (INA)
W 2F–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Yuki Irie −50 kg Bye  E Setiawati (INA)
W 8F–0 		 Kim S-h (PRK)
W 13–4 		Bye  V Phogat (IND)
L 2–6 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Haruna Okuno −53 kg  S Eshmuratova (UZB)
W 10–0 		 Pang QY (CHN)
W 4–1 		 Pak Y-m (PRK)
L 7–7 PP 		Bye  Chiu H-j (TPE)
W 6F–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Katsuki Sakagami −57 kg  Jong M-s (PRK)
L 6–9 		Did not advance  E Tissina (KAZ)
W 11–0 		 P Dhanda (IND)
W 6–1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Risako Kawai −62 kg Bye  Hang J-w (KOR)
W 12–1 		 P Orkhon (MGL)
L 2–2F 		Bye  Nguyễn T M H (VIE)
W 10–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ayana Gempei −68 kg  Z Bakbergenova (KAZ)
W 5–2 		 Zhou F (CHN)
L 3–6 		Did not advance  S Sultana (BAN)
W 10–0 		 M Zhumanazarova (KGZ)
L 3–7 		5
Hiroe Minagawa −76 kg Bye  O Nasanburmaa (MGL)
W 13–1 		 A M Kyzy (KGZ)
W 2–1 		—  Zhou Q (CHN)
L 0–8 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2018 Asian Games
Taolu
Athlete Event Event 1 Event 2 Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ren Sakamoto Men's changquan 9.64 7 — 9.64 7
Ryouta Mouri Men's nanquan and nangun 9.68 6 9.69 8 19.37 5
Tomohiro Araya Men's taijiquan and taijijian 9.70 2 9.72 2 19.42 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hibiki Betto Men's daoshu and gunshu 9.67 7 9.70 4 19.37 5
Shiho Saito Women's taijiquan and taijijian 9.53 11 9.57 9 19.10 9
Keiko Yamaguchi Women's jianshu and qiangshu 9.67 4 9.57 5 19.24 5

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